A delegation of the Council of Europe’s Group of Experts on Action against Violence against Women and Domestic Violence (GREVIO) carried out an evaluation visit to Denmark from 1 to 5 May 2017. To evaluate the conditions of women asylum-seekers, the GREVIO delegation visited the refugee reception facility in Sandholm. Meetings with civil society and NGOs included representatives of specialist support services, which offer counselling to victims of domestic violence, stalking, rape, forced marriage and female genital mutilation, as well as lawyers, health professionals, media and the national institute for human rights. GREVIO has only recently launched its first evaluation of the Council of Europe’s Convention on preventing and combatting violence against women and domestic violence. Denmark is the fourth state party to undergo the evaluation procedure. GREVIO plans to publish its evaluation report before the end of 2017.
Newsletter on migration and refugees - May 2017
- PACE calls for better use of emergency refugee funding; and missions to Hungary and Italy
- Council of Europe Action Plan on protecting refugee and migrant children and high-level meetings
- Detention of asylum-seekers in Belgium did not breach the ECHR
- Human rights of persons forcibly displaced during the Kosovo* conflict and annual report for 2016
- CPT publishes a report on UK and visits a detention centre for foreigners in Slovenia
- HELP launches human rights training for judges, prosecutors and lawyers in Spain
- Building diverse communities based on shared values – the intercultural cities approach
- Council of Europe’s expert group on violence against women visits refugee reception facility in Denmark
- International conference on risks, security and citizenship
- Administrative detention of migrants