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Human rights
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Protection of Human Rights
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- Developing human rights law and policy
- ECHR training for legal professionals
- Torture – European Committee for the Prevention of Torture CPT
Promoting Human Rights
- Commissioner for Human Rights
- Gender equality
- Violence against women and domestic violence
- Trafficking in Human Beings - GRETA
- Integration of people with disabilities
- Racism and intolerance – ECRI
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- Children's rights – Child-friendly justice
Ensuring Social Rights
- Democracy
Democracy
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Sustainable Democratic Societies
- Social cohesion strategy
- Social cohesion - Council of Europe Development Bank CEB
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- Cultural diversity - Cultural routes
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- Intercultural dialogue - North South Centre
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- Education for democratic citizenship
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- Support to youth activities - European Youth Foundation EYF
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- Sport and Ethics
- Sport - Enlarged Partial Agreement on Sport EPAS
- Rule of Law
Rule of Law
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- European Commission for Democracy through Law - Venice Commission
- Crime problems - European Committee on Crime Problems CDPC
- Data protection
- Transnational Criminal Justice
- Legal cooperation - European Committee on Legal Cooperation CDCJ
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European Conference on Protection and promoting the rights of persons with disabilities in Europe: towards full participation, inclusion and empowerment
Thomas Hammarberg: We need standards not only approved, but also implemented in reality
In his keynote speech at the European conference on protection of the rights of people with disabilities, the Council of Europe Commissioner for Human Rights said there was a considerable implementation gap among member states concerning already agreed standards and policies towards people with disabilities. The Commissioner emphasised that urgent action was needed regarding three groups of people: children, the elderly and persons with mental disabilities.
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