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Anti-Semitism, Islamophobia, online hate speech increased in 2014
Annual report from Council of Europe’s anti-racism commission
Human rights report on Serbia
Serbia: Impunity for war crimes, discrimination and lack of media freedom hamper human rights progress
Council of Europe Raoul Wallenberg Prize 2016
Call for Raoul Wallenberg Prize nominations to reward extraordinary humanitarian achievements
Children are holders of rights, in their own right
Secretary General Jagland comments “What next?” for child rights and the law
Eastern Ukraine: freedom of movement vital to prevent isolation and favour reintegration
Commissioner for Human Rights's statement following visit to Ukraine
Report of the Group of States against Corruption on Serbia
Serbia: Council of Europe says tools for preventing corruption among parliamentarians, judges and prosecutors must be improved
Award of the North-South Prize
Award ceremony of Council of Europe North-South Prize at Assembly of Portuguese Republic
Combatting discrimination on grounds of sexual orientation or gender identity
New online database of good practices and policies
Secretary General condemns attacks in Tunisia and France
Jagland calls for closer international cooperation to combat terrorism
Co-rapporteurs urge restraint from all sides in Yerevan protests
The co-rapporteurs for the monitoring of Armenia by the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE), Axel Fischer (Germany, EPP/CD) and Sir Alan Meale (United Kingdom, SOC), have appealed to police as well as protesters to show maximum restraint in order to ensure that peaceful...
PACE maintains sanctions against Russian delegation
But leaves door open to dialogue
Mladen Ivanić: joining the EU ‘is the only hope for Bosnia and Herzegovina’
Joining the European Union “is the only hope for our country”, said Mladen Ivanić, Chairman of the Presidency of Bosnia and Herzegovina, speaking today in an address to the Parliamentary Assembly. “If we remain isolated, our internal differences will be more relevant. If we are part of something...
Gabriella Battaini-Dragoni re-elected Deputy Secretary General of the Council of Europe
The Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe today re-elected Gabriella Battaini-Dragoni (Italy) as Deputy Secretary General of the Council of Europe. It is her second mandate in this post. For the past two and a half years, Mrs Battaini-Dragoni has served as the Council of Europe’s Deputy...
Let Snowden return to US and plead ‘public interest’, says PACE
The United States should allow whistle-blower Edward Snowden to return to his home country “without fear of criminal prosecution under conditions that would not allow him to raise the public interest defence”, according to the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE). The 1917...
Ban Ki-moon calls for mobilisation against violent extremism
In his address to PACE convened today in plenary session in Strasbourg, United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon assured Europe of UN support in combating violent extremism and the rise of antisemitism, anti-muslim attacks and related forms of discrimination. He commended the action of the...
MONEYVAL publishes a report on Montenegro
Council of Europe report calls on Montenegro to investigate and prosecute money laundering offences more proactively
Igor Crnadak presents the priorities of Bosnia and Herzegovina’s Chairmanship
Addressing the Assembly today, Igor Crnadak, Minister for Foreign Affairs of Bosnia and Herzegovina and current Chairman of the Committee of Ministers, said his country is “honoured to be assuming the Chairmanship for the first time since its accession to the Council of Europe in 2002”. The...
International Conference on the interface between trafficking in human beings and asylum
The Bulgarian National Commission for Combatting Trafficking in Human beings, the Council of Europe and the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) in partnership with the Hanns Seidel Foundation is holding an International Conference on “The interface between protection of victims...
Human Rights report on Bulgaria
Progress on human rights protection remains slow in Bulgaria
Migrants can become an asset to our economies, says Maltese President
Addressing PACE today at its June session, on the occasion of the 50th anniversary of Malta’s membership of the Council of Europe, the President of Malta, Marie-Louise Coleiro Preca, called for “an effective, comprehensive and holistic migration policy”, pinned on a human rights-based approach....
