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Implementing European Court of Human Rights judgments
The Council of Europe’s Committee of Ministers is holding its quarterly meeting to oversee the execution of judgments and decisions from the European Court of Human Rights in Strasbourg from 17 to 19 September. Cases proposed for detailed examination concern Albania, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belgium,...
European Audiovisual Observatory: new report on the share of women in today’s European film industry
The proportion of women working in the various different roles in European film production only grew from 19% in 2015 to 24% in 2023. Between 2019 and 2023, the proportion of women in the cinema industry represented around 30% for producers, editors, screenwriters and directors, and only 12% for...
«No me había percatado de que la brutalidad humana pudiera tener tales expresiones»
En poco más de cuatro años, 52.000 seres humanos —entre judíos, romaníes y sinti, personas LGBTI, opositores políticos y otros— fueron encarcelados en Natzweiler-Struthof. Veintidós mil personas perdieron la vida allí. La crueldad absoluta —la maldad flagrante— supuso un enorme golpe para muchos...
El Congreso examina la aplicación de la Carta Europea de Autonomía Local en San Marino
Una delegación del Congreso de Poderes Locales y Regionales, integrada por los relatores Alexander Boomgaars (Países Bajos) y Tanja Joona (Finlandia), realizará una visita de seguimiento a la República de San Marino del 17 al 18 de septiembre de 2024 para evaluar la aplicación de la Carta Europea...
Local innovation is a catalyst for empowering communities
“We are living through unprecedented crises that pose new challenges and require innovating in response to them; local authorities are at the forefront of responding to these new challenges,” underlined Melanie Lepoultier, Deputy Permanent Rapporteur of the Congress on human rights and Mayor of...
Boosting citizen participation
A round table on “Boosting democracy by engaging all citizens”, held in Strasbourg on 13 September 2024, focused on the challenges faced by democratic societies such as a crisis of trust in...
Congress and national associations: Renewed commitment to upholding democratic values in cities and regions
At the close of the two-day conference in Strasbourg, the Congress of the Council of Europe and national associations of local and regional authorities from the 46 member states reiterated their shared commitment to upholding democracy, the rule of law, and human rights at the grassroots.
La democracia se construye desde la base: declaración del presidente del Congreso por el Día Internacional de la Democracia
“La democracia, construido desde la base, es nuestro bien común. Las autoridades locales y regionales pueden hacer una valiosa contribución para mantener la estabilidad democrática”, ha destacado Marc Cools, presidente del Congreso de Poderes Locales y Regionales del Consejo de Europa,...
Resilience and reconstruction of Ukraine: call for expanded partnerships with Ukrainian municipalities - Congress of Local and Regional Authorities
There is a need for expanding municipal partnerships and co-operation between Ukrainian and other European municipalities, and for sharing good practices of municipal support for rural and...
Co-rapporteurs express concern at Russia's attempts to interfere in the Republic of Moldova's domestic politics and electoral processes
In an information note declassified by the Monitoring Committee on 11 September, the co-rapporteurs for the monitoring of the Republic of Moldova, Pierre-Alain Fridez (Switzerland, SOC) and Zanda Kalniņa-Lukaševica (Latvia, EPP/CD), expressed their concern at “the exponential increase in attempts...
