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Council of Europe must rise to challenges of multicultural Europe
[08/02/2010 11:30:00] On the first day of his official visit to Turkey, Secretary General Thorbjørn Jagland met with the President of Turkey, Abdullah Gül to discuss democratic institutions and human rights in Turkey and within the 47 member states of the Council of Europe. In Istanbul, President Gül and Secretary General Jagland expressed their firm commitment to strengthening the fight against racism, xenophobia and islamophobia in Europe. ''We must uphold our fundamental values and avoid new dividing lines within our societies'', the Secretary General said.
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Human Rights Commissioner
Thomas Hammarberg: ''The Strasbourg Court is a source of hope for many''
[08/02/2010 14:30:00] ''The Strasbourg Court is essential to sustain the European system of human rights protection. Further measures are therefore needed to reinforce its functioning and to ensure that member states implement its decisions,'' said the Commissioner for Human Rights, in his Viewpoint published on 8 February, in view of the high-level Conference on the future of the European Court which will take place in Interlaken on 18-19 February.
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Thomas Hammarberg: visit to Greece
[05/02/2010 15:00:00] The Commissioner for Human Rights is to visit Greece from 8 to 10 February to discuss with the authorities issues relating to the protection of human rights of asylum seekers and minorities, as well as police misconduct. The visit follows up on the Commissioner’s reports published in February 2009.
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Bulgaria: “Minorities and children must be better protected”
[08/02/2010 15:30:00] ''More efforts are needed to better protect minorities and children and to ensure that their needs are embedded in the decision making process,'' said the Commissioner for Human Rights. He published on 9 February a report on his visit to Bulgaria carried out in November 2009 to assess progress on the protection of the rights of minorities and disadvantaged children.
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Interlaken Conference on the future of European Court of Human Rights
[09/02/2010 10:00:00] The future of the Court will take centre-stage when human rights ministers from the 47 member states of the Council of Europe gather on 18 and 19 February at the Casino Kursaal in Interlaken. The aim of the conference is to reaffirm member states’ commitment to protecting human rights in Europe, and their determination to enable the Court to cope with the growing volume of applications.
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Anti-torture Committee visits Ireland
[09/02/2010 16:00:00] A delegation of the Committee for the Prevention of Torture and Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment (CPT) carried out a visit to Ireland from 25 January to 5 February. The visit was carried out within the framework of the CPT's programme of periodic visits for 2010 and was the Committee's fifth periodic visit to Ireland.
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Deputy Secretary General
Donation to Strasbourg European School
[05/02/2010 12:00:00] Deputy Secretary General, Maud de Boer-Buquicchio, presented on 5 February a donation of over 400 books to the Strasbourg European School by the Amicale of the Council of Europe in conjunction with the Permanent Representations of the Council of Europe.
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IN DEPTH
European prison reform
[01/12/2009 17:30:00] A driving force for prison reform since the 1960s, the Council of Europe is working to improve the treatment of those imprisoned or deprived of their liberty. Its committees develop standards on the basis of relevant judgments of the European Court of Human Rights, criteria determined by the European Committee for the prevention of torture (CPT), and recommendations made by the Commissioner for Human Rights.
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Safer Internet Day 2010
[09/02/2010 10:00:00] The Council of Europe is launching on 9 February – on Safer Internet Day – an online teacher’s guide to safer Internet for children in six languages. The Teacher’s Guide to the online game for children Through the Wild Web Woods aims to assist educators in helping children to use the Internet safely and responsibly.
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Ukraine's presidential election meets most international commitments
[08/02/2010 14:30:00] Ukraine's run-off presidential election confirmed the international election observation mission's assessment that the electoral process met most OSCE and Council of Europe commitments. ''Democratic elections in Ukraine are now a reality'' said Head of Assembly delegation, Matyas Eörsi, in a statement issued on 8 January.
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Implementation of judgments of the Court: Rapporteur to visit Russia
[05/02/2010 16:30:00] Christos Pourgourides (Cyprus), rapporteur of Committee on Legal Affairs and Human Rights, is to make a fact-finding visit to Moscow on 8 and 9 February as part of the preparation of his report on the implementation of judgments of the European Court of Human Rights.
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WHO challenged on handling of Swine Flu pandemic(more ...)
President of Venice Commission to visit Moldova
[08/02/2010 17:30:00] The President of the Venice Commission, Gianni Buquicchio and its Acting Secretary, Thomas Markert, will visit Moldova from 9 to 10 February, following a recent request for assistance to constitutional reform addressed to the Venice Commission by the Acting President of the Republic of Moldova, Mihai Ghimpu. The purpose of the visit is to discuss the procedural aspects of the constitutional reform.
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Congress
Ian Micallef on official visit to Andorra
[05/02/2010 11:30:00] The acting President of the Congress is to pay an official visit to Andorra on 9 February. This is the first in a series of visits to the three Council of Europe member states that have not yet ratified the European Charter of Local Self-Government (Andorra, Monaco and San Marino).
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Thomas Hammarberg: ''The Strasbourg Court is a source of hope for many''
Interlaken Conference on the future of European Court of Human Rights
Anti-torture Committee visits Ireland
Donation to Strasbourg European School
European prison reform
Safer Internet Day 2010
Ukraine's presidential election meets most international commitments
President of Venice Commission to visit Moldova
Ian Micallef on official visit to Andorra
