Archives for 01 - 2011

A Council of Europe summit to give fresh political impetus to the organisation
	27.01.11 - Strasbourg, Expressing concern at the decline in member states’ commitment to the Council of Europe, the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) has suggested holding a summit “to give the Organisation fresh political impetus, make its member states more responsible towards...(>>>)

PACE elects its President and Vice-Presidents
	25.01.11 - Strasbourg, The Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) re-elected Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu as its President. PACE also elected its 20 Vice-Presidents, among of them the representative of Georgia Petre Tsiskarishvili.(>>>)

Seminars on - Conformity of Investigation of Allegations of Ill-treatment in Georgia with European Standards
	20.01.11 - Tbilisi, The Council of Europe, under the EU/CoE joint programme “Combating ill-treatment and impunity in South Caucasus, Moldova and Ukraine” is organizing series of seminars on the “Conformity of Investigation of Allegations of Ill-treatment in Georgia with European Standards”...(>>>)

PACE winter session
	18.01.11 - Strasbourg, A report on illicit trafficking in human organs in Kosovo will be among the highlights of the winter plenary session of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (24-28 January 2011), along with addresses by the President of Turkey Abdullah Gül, the President of Serbia...(>>>)

Council of Europe publishes 2011 Programme and Budget
	18.01.11 - Strasbourg, The Council of Europe Programme and Budget for 2011, adopted on 24 November 2010, is now available online. The programme and budget for 2011 reflects the need to control expenditure, reduce operating costs and redeploy resources to priority sectors.(>>>)

Seminar for Judges, Prosecutors and NGOs staff on Code of Imprisonment of Georgia and European Prison Rules
	10.01.11 - Tbilisi, Two working days activity in the framework of Denmark's Georgia Programme 2010-2013 "Promotion of Judicial Reform, Human and Minority Rights", is planned to be conducted in the Hotel "Kachreti Ambassadori" on 29-30 January 2011 on the new Code of Imprisonment(>>>)

Training of Trainers on European Standards of Imprisonment and European Court of Human Rights Practice on Article 3 of the European Convention on Human Rights
	06.01.11 - Tbilisi, Four working days Training of Trainers (ToT) will be organised on 10-13 January 2011 for 20 trainers of the Penitentiary and Probation Training Centre of Georgia under the auspices of Denmark's Georgia Programme for 2010-2013 - "Promotion of Judicial Reform, Human and Minority...(>>>)

Forthcoming Council of Europe events - January-April 2011
	06.01.11 - (N.B. please consult www.coe.int regularly as all events are subject to change) JANUARY 10-11, Ankara - Seminar "The fight against discrimination based on racial, ethnic, religious and other bias" organised by the European Commission against Racism and Intolerance (ECRI) and...