Newsletter - September 2019
Compilation on Child-friendly practices and training on alternatives to immigration detention
In October 2019, the Office of the Special Representative on Migration and Refugees (SRSG) will publish a compilation of promising practices on migration-related child-friendly procedures entitled “Promoting child-friendly approaches in the area of migration: standards, guidance and current...
Time to deliver on commitments to protect people on the move from human trafficking and exploitation
On 12 September 2019, the Council of Europe Commissioner for Human Rights, Dunja Mijatović, published a Human Rights Comment entitled: “Time to deliver on commitments to protect people on the move from human trafficking and exploitation”. In the comment, she pointed out that few human rights...
HELP launched a new course on CPT Standards
On 5 September 2019, the Council of Europe launched a new free online course on the standards developed by the European Committee for the Prevention of Torture and Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment (CPT) on the HELP online platform. The course was developed by the HELP Programme in...
Climate refugees, labour migration and missing refugee and migrant children in Europe
On 30 September - 4 October 2019, during the upcoming autumn session of the Parliamentary Assembly, two reports adopted by the Migration Committee will be debated: “A legal status for ‘climate refugees’” (rapporteur Marie-Christine Verdier-Jouclas, France) and “Labour migration from eastern...
Achieving equal opportunities for migrants through learning and assessment
On 16 October 2019, in Strasbourg, the Council of Europe and the Association of Language Testers in Europe (ALTE) will organise an intergovernmental conference entitled “Achieving Equal Opportunities for All Migrants Through Learning and Assessment: Language and knowledge of society requirements...
New factsheet on protecting the rights of migrant, refugee and asylum-seeking women and girls
On 17 July 2019, the Gender Equality Division of the Council of Europe published a new Factsheet on protecting the rights of migrant, refugee and asylum-seeking women and girls. The factsheet aims at providing an analysis of the situation that migrant, refugee and asylum-seeking women and girls...
Situation of unaccompanied children on Greek islands
On 9 August 2019, the European Committee of Social Rights received third-party observations by the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees in the case of International Commission of Jurists (ICJ) and European Council for Refugees and Exiles (ECRE) v. Greece, Complaint No. 173/2018. In the...
Updated Intercultural Cities Step-by-step guide on integration and inclusion of people of diverse backgrounds
On 16 September 2019, the Council of Europe’s Intercultural cities programme launched an updated version of The Intercultural Cities Step-by-step guide on integration and inclusion of people of diverse national, ethnic, linguistic and faith backgrounds for local authorities. The guide highlights...
- Border protection and the rights of young refugees and children in focus
- Spain did not breach the Convention when returning migrants to Morocco at Melilla border
- PACE to discuss violence and discrimination against religious minorities
- New study on gender-based asylum claims and non-refoulement
- Launch of toolkit on academic integration of refugees into higher education
- Taking young refugees seriously: key messages from the conference
- North-South Prize 2019 honours the efforts to support the integration of migrants