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Stopping violence against women: welcome progress but obstacles remain
A new report from the Council of Europe’s Group of Experts on Action against Violence against Women and Domestic Violence (GREVIO) finds that while gender-based violence is now at the “forefront of public debate”, many Council of Europe member states should do more to end such violence. GREVIO,...
Anti-trafficking experts note 44% rise in identified victims since 2015
The number of people across Europe identified as being victims of human trafficking rose by almost half between 2015 and 2018, according to the latest annual report from the Council of Europe’s Group of Experts on Action against Trafficking in Human Beings (GRETA). According to information...
Human rights under quarantine: debate at St Petersburg Legal Forum
The Council of Europe’s Directorate General Human Rights and Rule of Law will co-chair an online debate on human rights under quarantine at the special digital session of the St Petersburg Legal Forum on 10 April 2020. The ongoing sanitary catastrophe and the measures taken by states in response...
Persons with disabilities must not be left behind in the response to the COVID-19 pandemic
Statement by the Commissioner for Human Rights As governments in Europe react to the rapid spread of the coronavirus through wide-reaching measures, they must not forget that a large proportion of their population is living with disabilities. Persons with disabilities are not only often at...
