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World Forum for Democracy 2021: “Can democracy save the environment?”
The World Forum for Democracy will bring together intellectuals, politicians, activists, experts and young people from all over the world from 8 to 10 November to answer the question “Can democracy save the environment” after a year-long, worldwide, online debate about democracy and the...
Bulgaria: CPT issues public statement regretting persistent lack of progress addressing serious problems in social care homes and psychiatric hospitals
The Council of Europe’s Committee for the Prevention of Torture and Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment (CPT) has issued a public statement strongly criticising the persistent failure of the Bulgarian authorities to address grave problems in social care institutions and psychiatric...
Secretary General on official visit to Ukraine
Council of Europe Secretary General Marija Pejčinović Burić visited Kyiv on 4 November for meetings on key issues facing the Organisation. The Secretary General met with Dmytro Kuleba, Minister for Foreign Affairs; Olha Stefanyshyna, Deputy Prime Minister for European and Euro-Atlantic...
Data protection: Committee of Ministers updates recommendation on profiling
The Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe has adopted a Recommendation aiming to respond to the radical changes in profiling techniques in the last decade and to the consequent need for additional safeguards to protect personal data and private life of individuals. The text, which...
