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Spanish authorities should amend the Criminal Code to strengthen existing safeguards of the right to freedom of expression
Commissioner for Human Rights
22 March 2021
Strasbourg
In a letter addressed to the Minister of Justice of Spain, made public today, the Council of Europe Commissioner for Human Rights, Dunja Mijatović invites the Spanish authorities to amend in a comprehensive manner the Criminal Code to strengthen existing safeguards of the right to freedom of...
Council of Europe leaders react to Turkey’s announced withdrawal from the Istanbul Convention
Council of Europe
21 March 2021
Strasbourg
The German Federal Minister for Foreign Affairs Heiko Maas, Chair of the Council of Europe's Committee of Ministers, and the President of the Council of Europe’s Parliamentary Assembly, Rik Daems, joined their voices to the Secretary General of the 47-nation Council of Europe, Marija Pejčinović...
