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Council of Europe and Microsoft sign framework cooperation agreement to promote human rights in the age of AI
The new framework for cooperation between the Council of Europe and Microsoft comes at a time when rapid advances in artificial intelligence are creating both significant opportunities...
“When democracy is secure, business is too”, says Deputy Secretary General at the European Democracy Summit 2026 in Brussels
“Our standards are stronger when they are built with those who apply them”: the event focuses on the role of business in defending Europe’s democratic foundations
Belgium: Anti-trafficking experts welcome progress but express concern over vulnerabilities to human trafficking
Growing number of suspected victims despite recent changes to law and practices
Türkiye: Anti-torture committee highlights worsening prison overcrowding
The large fall in Türkiye’s prison population was reversed between 2021 and 2024
German Foreign Minister reaffirms Germany’s commitment to Council of Europe
Johann Wadephul wants strengthened Council of Europe as a pan-European voice for democracy, human rights and the rule of law
“Multilateralism is our shared destiny” - Prince Albert II of Monaco
The Prince champions rule of law, calls for dialogue between nations and urges protection of the planet at Parliamentary Assembly
Parliamentary Assembly: Europe needs treaty on right to a healthy environment
Binding commitments necessary condition to ensure implementation
Parliamentary Assembly denounces threats to the International Criminal Court
Resolution calls on member states and other countries to forbear from sanctioning judges for their work
“The Council of Europe must respond to crises, without ever allowing urgency to take precedence over the law” – Isabelle Berro-Amadeï
The President of the Committee of Ministers addresses the Parliamentary Assembly
President Martins Seguro: Europe must not be a fortress but a space of freedom, dialogue and cooperation
Portuguese President delivers speech to Council of Europe’s Parliamentary Assembly
Countering growing threats to media pluralism and independence
Parliamentary Assembly calls for pan-European database of media ownership across continent
Register of Damage for Ukraine now fully open for compensation claims
Claims can now be registered for people’s loss of access to healthcare and education, and damage to the country’s environment and natural resources
“The Council of Europe is building a common legal space for an order now in rupture” – Alain Berset
Secretary General addresses Parliamentary Assembly and takes questions from members
“Law is Europe’s form of power”: Alain Berset brings democratic security message to Washington
“In a fragmenting world, law remains the last common language capable of restraining power.” That was the message that Secretary General Alain Berset of the 46-member Council of Europe brought to Washington this week, as he discussed Ukraine, democratic security and the future of international...
Systemic support for Ukrainian veterans across Europe discussed at Parliamentary Assembly
Social inclusion an important aspect of the Council of Europe’s new Action Plan for Ukraine presented today
From New York, a call for the rule of law and democratic security
Secretary General Alain Berset takes his message to the UN, calling for stronger international cooperation in an increasingly divided world
Prevention remains weak link in tackling violence against women, says new Council of Europe report
Annual GREVIO report finds legislation being brought up to standard, but prevalence of technology-facilitated violence among younger people rising
Anti-corruption body GRECO publishes summaries of reports on Denmark, Hungary, Türkiye and Ukraine evaluating compliance with its recommendations
New GRECO publication policy aims at increasing transparency
Russia’s “fake” Duma elections on menu for roundtable discussion in Strasbourg
Participants, including leading opposition figures, exchanged on post-Putin era and a future democratic Russia
