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CPT visits prisons affected by strikes in Belgium
A delegation of the Council of Europe's Committee for the Prevention of Torture and Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment (CPT) has just completed a visit from 7 to 9 May 2016 to penitentiary establishments in Belgium where a large number of staff were absent due to industrial action and...
Chair of the Committee of Ministers and Deputy Secretary General on official visit to Georgia
Chair of the Committee of Ministers Daniel Mitov and Deputy Secretary General Gabriella Battaini-Dragoni paid an official visit to Georgia in order to hold high-level meetings and to launch the Council of Europe Action Plan for Georgia for 2016-2019. In Tbilisi, Daniel Mitov and Gabriella...
Secretary General speaks out against death penalty in Belarus
Council of Europe Secretary General regrets another execution in Belarus, calls for moratorium on death penalty
World Press Freedom Day, 3 May
Council of Europe Secretary General calls on European states to ensure that defamation legislation does not silence the media
Secretary General Jagland on official visit to Denmark
Meetings with H.M. Queen Margrethe II, Prime Minister Rasmussen, Minister for Foreign Affairs Jensen, Minister of Justice Pind