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Statement by Timo Soini, Chair of the Committee of Ministers on the International Day of Persons with Disabilities
“The Council of Europe strives to protect and promote human rights of all, including people with disabilities of which there are an estimated 80 million in Europe,” Mr Timo Soini, Chair of the Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe and Minister for Foreign Affairs of Finland pointed out...
Council of Europe discussed European academic cooperation with Russian universities
The Council of Europe discussed yesterday and today in Moscow with leading Russian universities the prospects for enhanced academic cooperation on the Council of Europe's conventions. As a first step, a new training course on human rights and biomedicine (bioethics) was presented at the Faculty...
“Ethics and Human Rights must guide any use of genome editing technologies in human beings”
Statement by the Council of Europe Committee on Bioethics
