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15 oct. 2026
Sexuality education about consent and boundaries in relationships helps protect children from violence from early age

Committee of Ministers Strasbourg 15 October 2026

The Council of Europe recommends providing comprehensive sexuality education while recognising parents’ responsibility for child’s upbringing
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14 oct. 2026
Global cybercrime experts meet at Council of Europe conference marking 25 years of the Budapest Convention

Council of Europe Strasbourg 14 October 2026

Conference to examine lessons from the convention’s implementation and emerging challenges in the fight against cybercrime
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14 oct. 2026
Council of Europe treaty strengthening criminal-asset recovery opened for signature

Council of Europe Strasbourg 14 October 2026

Eight countries and the European Union have signed a new Council of Europe treaty that strengthens authorities’ capacity to confiscate assets...
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12 oct. 2026
Death-penalty abolition in focus of the first event in Vilnius by the Council of Europe Information point for Belarusian people

Council of Europe Vilnius, Lithuania 12 October 2026

Council of Europe reaffirms its strong political opposition to capital punishment

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Inclusive societies make stronger democracies

Inclusive societies make stronger democracies

Protection of national minorities in Slovakia: legal and institutional framework in place, but concerns remain

Protection of national minorities in Slovakia: legal and institutional framework in place, but concerns remain

Death penalty: the Committee of Ministers reaffirms its commitment to universal abolition

Death penalty: the Committee of Ministers reaffirms its commitment to universal abolition

Anti-torture committee calls for comprehensive mental-health law and protections for foreign-national children in Türkiye

Anti-torture committee calls for comprehensive mental-health law and protections for foreign-national children in Türkiye

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14 October 2026

Georgia, Greece, Hungary, Luxembourg, Monaco, Montenegro, San Marino, the United Kingdom and the European Union signed the Additional Protocol to the Council of Europe Convention on Laundering, Search, Seizure and Confiscation of the Proceeds from Crime and on the Financing of Terrorism (CETS No. 232)

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Secretary General Berset opens major Council of Europe foreign ministers’ meeting in Chișinău

The 46 countries of the Council of Europe come together to issue a declaration on the European Convention on Human Rights and migration

The 46 countries of the Council of Europe come together to issue a declaration on the European Convention on Human Rights and migration