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Headlines"Stop Violence against Women by Implementing International Standards", 30 May 2013, GenevaA Side Event at the 23rd Session of the UN Human Rights Council co-organised by the Council of Europe and the Permanent Mission of Turkey to the United Nations Office at Geneva
"No Hate Speech Movement" [21/03/2013, Strasbourg]
An overflow of xenophobia, intolerance and discrimination inundates cyberspace: Hate Speech online has recently turned into a major form of human rights abuse, with serious consequences both online and offline. Spreading, inciting, justifying or promoting expressions of hatred amongst young people on internet has become a pressing challenge for today’s societies.
The Council of Europe’s answer to these compelling threats is the Youth project on combating Hate Speech Online, an initiative aiming at fighting racism and discrimination in the online articulation of hate speech
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"Say No-UNite to End Violence against Women" [March 2013]
In the framework of the “Say No-UNiTE to End Violence against Women” campaign, Austria, Belgium, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Finland, France, Georgia, Germany, Greece, the Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Serbia, Slovakia, and Sweden have stated their commitment to the Istanbul Convention. For more information, please visit:
http://saynotoviolence.org/commit
"Violence against women: our concern, our response"A Side Event at the 57th Session of the Commission on the Status of Women co-organised by the Council of Europe and the Permanent Mission of France to the United Nations
"The End of Impunity for Violence against Women? The Istanbul Convention in Europe"[07/02/2013, London] The event was organised by London School of Economics."Regional Conference on the Istanbul Convention: From signature to ratification and implementation - Exchange of experiences and practices"
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On 22 April 2013, Montenegro became the fourth member state
of the Council of Europe to ratify the Convention