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The Directorate of Standard-Setting is responsible for the
preparation of a wide range of binding and non-binding legal instruments
such as conventions and recommendations. It organises Ministerial
Conferences, seminars and assures the secretariat of 5 Steering Committees,
their subordinate bodies, as well as of several conventional committees. Moreover, it co-operates with the European Union, the
Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) and the United
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 3rd
meeting of the Ad Hoc Committee on Preventing and Combating Violence against
Women and Domestic Violence (CAHVIO)
[18/11/2009] The 3rd meeting of the Ad Hoc
Committee on Preventing and Combating Violence against Women and Domestic
Violence (CAHVIO) will be held in Strasbourg from 1 to 3 December. On the
agenda will be the examination of the document "Draft convention on the
preventing and combating violence against women and domestic violence".
 Website
CAHVIO
 The
Council of Europe and the European Commission are organising jointly a
conference on: “Challenges in Adoption Procedures in Europe: ensuring the
best interests of the child”
[18/11/2009] This event will be held at the
Council of Europe Headquarters, in Strasbourg (Palais de l’Europe - Room 1),
from Monday 30 November (09h30) to Tuesday 1 December 2009 (16h15).
The first day of the Conference will be devoted to national adoption and the
second day to international adoption.
Link
to the special file
 2009
Internet Governance Forum
[04/11/2009] The Council of Europe will be
calling for greater protection and respect for human rights, rule of law and
democracy on the Internet at the 2009 Internet Governance Forum (IGF) on
15-18 November in Sharm el Sheikh (Egypt). (more
...)
Council
of Europe special file on the IGF
Website
of IGF
Practical
information on IG Forum 2009
IGF
website of the Council of Europe |
 19th
Bureau of the Consultative Committee of the Convention for the Protection of
Individuals with regard to Automatic Processing of Personal Data (T-PD-BUR),
Strasbourg, 18-20 November 2009
[18/11/2009] The 19th Bureau of the
Consultative Committee of the Convention for the Protection of Individuals
with regard to Automatic Processing of Personal Data (T-PD-BUR) will be held
on 18-20 November 2009 in Strasbourg. (link
to draft agenda). The 18 November will be dedicated to a public
consultation on the Draft Recommendation on the protection of individuals
with regard to automatic processing of personal data in the framework of
profiling
Website
Data protection
 Hearing
with the Group of Specialists on Child-Friendly Justice (CJ-S-CH) in
Strasbourg on 7 December 2009
[18/11/2009] International non-governmental
organisations active in the promoting and protecting the rights of the child
are invited to participate in a hearing with the Group of Specialists on
Child-Friendly Justice (CJ-S-CH) in Strasbourg on 7 December 2009. This
hearing is part of the consultation process to enable interested parties to
contribute to the drafting process of the Council of Europe Guidelines on
Child-friendly Justice.
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Child-friendly Justice
 Thorbjørn
Jagland speaks at Google event in Berlin
[04/11/2009] ''The Internet is a space of enormous opportunity
and freedom, but also challenging the very exercise of this freedom,'' said
the Secretary General in his speech at'the Google event ''Breaking
borders'', on 3 November. He asked for cooperation among states and
non-states actors to ensure that going online would become a true tribute to
democracy. The event was organised to mark the 20th Anniversary of the Fall
of the Berlin Wall.
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 How
to be safe and protect your rights online
To mark Safer Internet Day 2008 the Media and Information Society Division
of the Council of Europe launched a new website on Internet literacy. The
website contains information materials and tools produced by the Council of
Europe to promote safer surfing and human rights protection online. Teachers
and parents can learn more about Internet safety and human rights by reading
the Internet Literacy Handbook, now available online in 7 languages
"Internet literacy" website |
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