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Spokesperson of the Secretary General: Council of Europe Platform for the Protection of Journalists registers alert on Ukraine - RIA Novosti Journalist Kyrylo Vyshynsky Held on Treason Allegations in Ukraine
The Council of Europe Platform for the Protection of Journalists has today published an alert by its partner organisations European Federation of Journalists and International Federation of Journalists on the detention of RIA Novosti journalist Kyrylo Vyshynsky on treason allegations in Ukraine....
Spokesperson of the Secretary General: Council of Europe Platform for the Protection of Journalists registers alert on Russia - Proposed Amendments to Criminal Code Threaten Media Freedom
The Council of Europe Platform for the Protection of Journalists has today published an alert by its partner organisations Article 19, Index and RSF on draft amendments to the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation (Article 284.2). This, according to the alert, could be used to prevent the media...
New reports on Croatia, Liechtenstein and Malta by the Council of Europe anti-discrimination commission
The Council of Europe’s anti-discrimination commission, European Commission against Racism and Intolerance (ECRI) has published today new reports on Croatia, Liechtenstein and Malta welcoming progress made in a number of fields as well as expressing concern with the persisting problems. In...
Secretary General 2018 Report: Role of Institutions, Threats to Institutions
Human rights, democracy and the rule of law depend on the institutions that give them form. But for populists, who invoke the proclaimed “will of the people”, these institutional checks and balances on power are often seen as an obstacle that should be subverted. The 5th annual report of the...
Committee of Ministers Annual Session in Denmark
At the closing of the meeting, Denmark will hand over the chairmanship of the Committee of Ministers to Croatia
Secretary General shocked over the attack on investigative journalist in Montenegro
“I was shocked and saddened by the news of yet another attack on a journalist, in Montenegro. According to several media reports, investigative journalist Olivera Lakić was wounded outside her home in Podgorica. An alert on this case is being published on our platform for the protection and...
Election of Nikol Pashinyan as Prime Minister of Armenia
Statement by the Secretary General
Team from Spanish IE University wins 2018 edition of the European Human Rights Moot Court Competition
Students from IE University (Spain) were declared winners of the sixth edition of the European Moot Court Competition in English on the European Convention on Human Rights, after beating a team from the King’s College London in the final round. The team from City University London, placed third....
Secretary General Jagland concerned about Saturday's demonstrations in Russia
In a statement on Sunday, Secretary General Jagland offered Russia the Council of Europe’s assistance to improve legislation in the field of freedom of assembly
5 May: Europe Day
Statement by Anders Samuelsen, Chair of the Committee of Ministers and Minister of Foreign Affairs of Denmark on Europe Day
Secretary General Jagland to Armenian President Sarkissian: Letter and spirit of Constitution should be respected
In their phone conversation today, the Secretary General of the Council of Europe, Thorbjorn Jagland, and the President of Armenia, Mr Armen Sarkissian, discussed the current situation in Armenia. Secretary General Jagland was informed about the latest events in Yerevan. He underlined that after...
Bulgaria: slight improvement in penitentiary establishments, but staffing still insufficient, social care institutions conditions inhuman and degrading
The Council of Europe’s anti-torture committee published a new report today following its visit to police, penitentiary, psychiatric establishments and social care establishments in Bulgaria in September – October 2017. The Council of Europe’s Committee for the Prevention of Torture and Inhuman...
North-South Prize 2017 to Kristiina Kumpula and Abbas Gullet
The Secretary General of the Finnish Red Cross Kristiina Kumpula and the Secretary General of the Kenya Red Cross Society Dr Abbas Gullet are the two laureates of the Council of Europe North-South Prize 2017, a distinction awarded annually to two personalities, who stood out internationally for...
Europe’s duty to protect journalists
In an opinion editorial that more than 20 leading news outlets published today, ahead of World Press Freedom Day, Commissioner Mijatović called on member states to improve the safety of journalists. The article shows the extent of the threats journalists face in Europe, calls upon states to...
Council of Europe warns against reversal of progress in fight against corruption
New legislative initiatives in certain European countries in 2017 reversed reforms previously undertaken to strengthen the prevention of corruption or started reforms that may result in breaches of the Council of Europe´s anti-corruption standards. Although there was overall progress in...
Conference to launch the Council of Europe Gender Equality Strategy 2018-2023
In the framework of the Danish Chairmanship of the Committee of Ministers, the international conference “Gender Equality: Paving the Way” will launch the Council of Europe Gender Equality Strategy 2018-2023. The aim of the event is to address current and emerging challenges which prevent a faster...
Deputy Secretary General welcomes European Minimum Income Network Bus
Deputy Secretary General Gabriella Battaini-Dragoni today welcomed, on the forecourt of the Palais de l’Europe, the European Minimum Income Network (EMIN) Bus, an awareness raising operation on the relevance of the right to adequate, accessible and enabling minimum income schemes. The EMIN BUS...
Hungary must better identify victims of human trafficking among migrants and asylum seekers – including children, says expert group
The ability to detect potential victims of human trafficking among migrants and asylum seekers in Hungary has worsened, according to a new report published today, along with the Hungarian government’s reply, by the Council of Europe’s Group of Experts on Action against Trafficking in Human Beings...
Organ and tissue donation: A guide to better understand the principle of prohibition of financial gain
The Council of Europe has just published a new guide to facilitate the implementation of the principle that the human body and its parts must not, as such, give rise to financial gain. The principle of prohibition of financial gain, as set out in the Oviedo Convention and its additional Protocol...
Zero tolerance for corruption within PACE
The Assembly intends to draw all the necessary consequences, on all levels, from the conclusions of the investigation body on corruption allegations within PACE, “which are now indisputable”. This applies to recommendations aimed at improving its general operating framework and at remedying...
