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Anti-Corruption Day: “No quarter to corruption in healthcare, governments must lead by example”
To mark the International Anti-Corruption Day, commemorated every year on 9 December, the President of the Group of States against Corruption of the Council of Europe (GRECO), Marin Mrčela, today made the following statement: “As promising news about vaccines to prevent COVID-19 reach us, I call...
Armenia, Croatia, Montenegro and Sweden: Committee of Ministers recommends protecting and promoting minority languages
The Council of Europe’s Committee of Ministers has published sets of recommendations on the protection and promotion of minority languages in Armenia, Croatia, Montenegro and Sweden. The recommendations are based on the respective country evaluation reports by the Committee of Experts under the...
Implementing ECHR judgments: New thematic factsheet on judicial independence
The Department for the Execution of Judgments of the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) has published a new factsheet focusing on cases related to the independence and impartiality of the judicial system. The factsheet summarises measures reported by 21 member states to safeguard and reinforce...
Secretary General in Berlin for conference to mark the 70th anniversary of the European Convention on Human Rights and bilateral meetings
Council of Europe Secretary General Marija Pejčinović Burić will deliver a keynote speech in Berlin on 9 December at a conference entitled "70 Years of the European Convention on Human Rights - Safeguarding Human Rights in Germany and Europe" organised as part of Germany’s Presidency of the...
