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Growing anti-immigrant sentiment and Islamophobia among key 2015 trends
The ongoing migration crisis and the terror attacks were the key factors that influenced public debate and policies in Europe in 2015, said the European Commission against Racism and Intolerance (ECRI) in its annual report published today. With Europe is witnessing an unprecedentedly high number...
Secretary General meets Greek PM Tsipras
As part of his official visit to Greece, Secretary General Thorbjorn Jagland met with Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras. The Secretary General also met the President of Greece, Prokopis Pavlopoulos, the Minister of Justice, Nikos Paraskevopoulos and the the Speaker of the Parliament, Nikos Voutsis. ...
Declaration by the Committee of Ministers on the death penalty in Belarus
The Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe deeply deplores the third death sentence passed by a Belarusian court in 2016, this time against Siarhei Vostrykau, on 19 May. It recalls that capital punishment contravenes the principles set out in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and...
Unaccompanied minor refugees: local participation and inclusion
Unaccompanied minor refugees’ local participation and inclusion are the focus of a meeting at the European Youth Centre held by the Council of Europe’s Youth Department and an international network Voices of Young Refugees in Europe (VYRE) on 23-27 May 2016. Some 40 participants, including...
Pedro Agramunt warmly welcomes release of PACE member Nadiia Savchenko
“The release of my fellow PACE member Nadiia Savchenko is excellent news,” said Pedro Agramunt, President of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE). “I commend both Russia and Ukraine for making this possible, and I look forward to welcoming her in Strasbourg soon – perhaps...
