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Brutal aggression against Ukraine: One Year On
Council of Europe
23 February 2023
Strasbourg
Icelandic Minister for Foreign Affairs and President of the Committee of Ministers Thórdís Kolbrún Reykfjörd Gylfadóttir, President of the Parliamentary Assembly Tiny Kox, Secretary General Marija Pejčinović Burić, Commissioner for Human Rights Dunja Mijatović as well as President of the Congress...
Anti-torture Committee Lithuania report: persistent violence in prisons, need to modernise prison estate
European Committee for the Prevention of Torture and Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment (CPT)
23 February 2023
Strasbourg
In a new report on Lithuania the Council of Europe’s European Committee for the Prevention of Torture and Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment (CPT) again raises concerns over the numerous allegations of serious inter-prisoner violence and the ineffectiveness of measures taken to address...