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    • Youth Mobility through the Youth Card
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  • Rule of Law

    Rule of Law

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    Common standards and policies

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    • Freedom of Expression and Media
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    Threats to the Rule of Law

    • Corruption - GRECO
    • Money laundering - MONEYVAL
    • Terrorism
    • Cybercrime
    • Counterfeiting of medical products – MEDICRIME Convention
    • Drug abuse and illicit trafficking – Pompidou Group
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    Institutions

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      • Directorate General Human Rights and Rule of Law
      • Directorate General Democracy
      • Directorate of External Relations
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      • Directorate of Legal Advice and Public International Law
      • Treaty Office

    Partial Agreements

    • North-South Centre (Lisbon)
    • European Audiovisual Observatory
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    • Eurimages
    • European Commission for Democracy through Law (Venice Commission)
    • EDQM/European Pharmacopoeia
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CONVENTIONS
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COOPERATION
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Events
  Conference "Tackling hate speech - Living together on-line"
Budapest 27-28/11/2012
  Conference of Ministers
Reykjavik - Iceland
28-29 May 2009
  European Dialogue on Internet Governance (EuroDIG)
 
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See the 2011 calendar of activities

 

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