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Committee of Ministers calls on member states to recognise the right to a clean, healthy and sustainable environment as a human right
In a Recommendation on human rights and the protection of the environment adopted today, the Council of Europe calls on its 46 member states to actively consider recognising, at national level, the right to a clean, healthy and sustainable environment, as a human right. Considering that measures...
Committee of Ministers calls on member states to better address human trafficking for labour exploitation
As trafficking in human beings for the purpose of labour exploitation has been on the rise across Europe, affecting an increasing number of women, men and children, the Committee of Ministers calls on its 46 member states to adopt national laws, policies and strategies to address the problem and...
Committee of Ministers adopts guidelines on preventing and remedying violations of the European Convention on Human Rights
The Committee of Ministers today adopted a set of guidelines aimed at assisting the 46 Council of Europe member states in their efforts to comply with their obligations to secure to everyone, within their jurisdiction, the rights and freedoms defined in the European Convention on Human Rights....
Licenciement abusif : la France viole la Charte sociale européenne
Dans une décision rendue publique aujourd’hui, le Comité européen des droits sociaux du Conseil de l’Europe (CEDS) considère que le plafonnement des indemnités prud’homales en cas de licenciement injustifié constitue une « violation » de la Charte sociale européenne (article 24b). Dans leurs...
