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Georgia: progress in fighting human trafficking, but improvements required
In its third report on Georgia’s implementation of the Convention on Action against Trafficking in Human Beings, the Council of Europe’s anti-human trafficking monitoring body, GRETA, focuses on trafficking victims’ access to justice and effective remedies. The report acknowledges progress in...
40th Session of the Congress: first part-session
The Congress will hold the first part of its 40th Session, 23-24 March 2021. The session will be held remotely, given the current COVID-19 health crisis. The Congress will elect its President, and the Presidents and Vice-Presidents of its chambers of local and regional authorities. It will decide...
Azerbaijan: Committee of Ministers deplores absence of progress in execution of European Court’s judgments
The Committee of Ministers of the 47-nation Council of Europe exhorts the Azerbaijani authorities to immediately restore the rights of human rights activists and government critics, as required by the judgments of the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) in the Mammadli group of cases against...