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Conference on Social Resilience and Health Equity: A human right prospective for better resilience and preparedness
In the framework of the Italian Chairmanship of the Committee of Ministers, the Council of Europe is organising an event on Social Resilience and Health Equity. In the current international context, member States are urged to further engage in dialogue and co-operation, and to rediscover the very...
France should improve the identification, protection and compensation of victims of trafficking in human beings
In a new report the Council of Europe’s Group of Experts on Trafficking in Human Beings (GRETA) calls on the French authorities to take additional steps to facilitate and guarantee access to justice for all trafficking victims and set up a national victim identification and referral mechanism....
Criminal conviction of independent journalist Vladislav Yesipenko further undermines media freedom in Crimea
Statement by Dunja Mijatović, Commissioner for Human Rights
Belgium found to have breached the European Social Charter over “bogus internships”
The European Committee of Social Rights (ECSR) has concluded that Belgium has breached the European Social Charter with regard to “bogus internships”. The ECSR considered that a traineeship must be understood as a limited period of work practice, either paid or unpaid, that includes a learning...