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European Court of Human Rights asks Russia to release Aleksey Navalnyy
Mr Navalnyy’s current application before the Court was lodged on 20 January 2021 under Article 34 of the European Convention on Human Rights. On the same date the applicant made a request to the Court under Rule 39 of the Rules of Court related to his detention, asking for his release. On 21...
New Congress report: Time to reverse “clear trend towards recentralisation” in Hungary
In a new report approved today by the Statutory Forum of the Council of Europe’s Congress of Local and Regional Authorities, two rapporteurs express concern about a clear trend towards recentralisation in the country, a lack of effective consultation and significant interference by the central...
European Sports Charter and Human Rights in Sport: resolutions adopted at Conference of Ministers
The 16th Conference of Ministers responsible for Sport of the Council of Europe, organised in line with the activities of the Enlarged Partial Agreement on Sport (EPAS), has adopted two resolutions : 1) A European approach to sport policies: the revision of the European Sports Charter The...
Human Rights Commissioner urges Russian authorities to halt the practice of arresting peaceful demonstrators
Commissioner for Human Rights Dunja Mijatovic has published a letter addressed to the Minister of Interior of the Russian Federation, Vladimir Kolokoltsev, in which she highlights a number of human rights concerns related to the policing of demonstrations that have taken place in many Russian...
