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Türkiye: Draft criminal provision on “false or misleading information” interferes with freedom of expression says Venice Commission
Following an urgent request from the Monitoring Committee of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE), the Venice Commission has published an urgent opinion on draft amendments to the Penal Code introducing a provision on “false and misleading information”. The provision...
European and World Day against the Death Penalty, 10 October
Joint statement by the High Representative, on behalf of the European Union, and the Secretary General of the Council of Europe
Secretary General statement on awarding of Nobel Peace Prize to human rights activists in Belarus, Russia and Ukraine
"The Nobel Peace Prize was awarded this year to longstanding partners of the Council of Europe - Ales Bialiatski from Belarus, the Russian human rights organisation Memorial and the Ukrainian human rights organization the Center for Civil Liberties. We are delighted by the decision of the Nobel...
Germany: Council of Europe experts find serious gaps in protecting women and girls from gender-based violence
In its first baseline evaluation report on Germany, the Council of Europe Group of Experts on Action against Violence against Women and Domestic Violence (GREVIO) welcomes criminal law measures taken before and after Germany’s ratification of the Istanbul Convention in 2018, but also points out...
