DEPUTY SECRETARY GENERAL

Gabriella Battaini-Dragoni

Deputy Secretary General

Mrs Battaini-Dragoni was born in Brescia, Italy on 13 August 1950. She was elected to the post of Deputy Secretary General in June 2012 and took up her duties in September 2012.

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Deputy Secretary General launches No Hate Speech Movement in Rome

Rome,  10 June 2013, "Parole libere o parole d'odio ?" ("Free speech or hate speech ?"): Gabriella Battaini Dragoni sets in motion today the No Hate Speech Movement in Italy, during a parliamentary seminar organised by the President of the Chamber of Deputies, Laura...

Visit from a delegation of the Mexican Senate

Strasbourg,  22 May 2013, In the meeting between the Deputy Secretary General and a Delegation of Mexican senators a number of areas have been identified where the cooperation between the Council of Europe and Mexico could be strengthened, such as match fixing and illegal...

“The importance of Being European”: Deputy Secretary General’s discourse at European Schools of Political Studies

Strasbourg,  22 May 2013, "Being a European today is defined by belonging to a community of destiny,  becoming after 60 years a community of purpose", highlighted today Gabriella Battaini Dragoni, while addressing a public debate on "What does it mean to be a European,...

Deputy Secretary General attends the Council of Europe North-South Prize ceremony

Lisbon,  21 May 2013, Gabriella Battaini-Dragoni, Deputy Secretary General, attended the ceremony of the Council of Europe North-South Prize in Lisbon. The Prize was awarded to two women's rights activists, Monika Hauser, founder of medica mondiale – an NGO which assists...

Deputy Secretary General addresses the IOC Founding Working Group in Lausanne

Lausanne (Switzerland),  14 May 2013, Gabriella Battaini-Dragoni attended the fourth meeting of the Founding Working Group (FWG) hosted by the International Olympic Committee on the fight against irregular and illegal betting in sport, together with representatives of the sports...

Deputy Secretary General meets Italian Foreign Minister Bonino

Strasbourg,  16 May 2013, Deputy Secretary General Gabriella Battaini-Dragoni today met the Minister for Foreign Affairs of Italy, Emma Bonino, who attended the 123rd Session of the Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe in Strasbourg. They discussed a number of...

Deputy Secretary General meets Albanian Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs

Strasbourg,  16 May 2013, Deputy Secretary General, Gabriella Battaini-Dragoni, met with Ms. Edith Harxhi, Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs of Albania. They discussed the progress in the implementation of the Council of Europe Albania Cooperation Document 2012-2014, with a...

Deputy Secretary General inaugurates the Festival of Europe 2013 in Venice

Venice (Italy),  5th May 2013, Gabriella Battaini Dragoni has addressed today in Venice the Festival of Europe 2013 : "Rights and responsibilities in the European citizenship", together with the President of the Italian Chamber of Deputies, Laura Boldrini. Deputy...

Lithuania ratifies Lanzarote Convention on the Protection of Children against Sexual Exploitation and Sexual Abuse

Strasbourg,  9 April 2013, Lithuania has ratified today the Lanzarote Convention on the Protection of Children against Sexual Exploitation and Sexual Abuse ( CETS No. 201 ), during a ceremony with the Ambassador  Gediminas ŠERKŠNYS (Permanent Representative to the...

New EU-CoE Human Rights Joint Programme in Georgia

25 March 2013, The Deputy Secretary General, Gabriella Battaini Dragoni and the Head of the Delegation of the European Union to the Council of Europe, Ambassador Luisella Pavan Woolfe, signed a new EU/CoE Joint Programme "Human rights and healthcare in prisons and other closed...
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