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Azerbaijan ratifies Convention to protect children against sexual violence
Council of Europe
19 December 2019
Strasbourg
Azerbaijan has become the 46th state to have ratified the Convention on Protection of Children against Sexual Exploitation and Sexual Abuse (“Lanzarote Convention”). Today, the Permanent Representative of Azerbaijan to the Council of Europe, Ambassador Fakhraddin Ismayilov, has deposited the...
Greece: Criminal justice system inadequate to counter corruption
Group of States against Corruption (GRECO)
18 December 2019
Strasbourg
Following heavy criticism against Greece from the Council of Europe’s Group of States against Corruption (GRECO) and the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) for having downgraded and softened its anti-corruption legislation, GRECO published a report today concluding that...