Strasbourg, 12.12.2007 – The Council of Europe's Commissioner for Human Rights, Thomas Hammarberg today presented his report on the human-rights situation in Austria. Mr Hammarberg underlined the...
[06/12/07 18:00] At the conference on "Support Services for Women Victims of Violence" held in Strasbourg, the Commissioner declared that stopping violence against women requires clear and...
[03/12/07 16:30] Thomas Hammarberg today took part at a conference on "Roma women's rights" in Stockholm organised jointly by the Council of Europe, the Swedish Ministry of Integration and Gender...
[30/11/07 13:00] The Commissioner for Human Rights, Thomas Hammarberg, has concluded today a five-day high-level official visit to Ireland, where he assessed a broad range of human rights issues,...
Strasbourg, 23.11.2007 – Children's rights, juvenile justice and migrants' rights as well as measures against discrimination will be some of the main topics that the Council of Europe's...
Warsaw 20.11.2007 - On the occasion of the universal children's day, the Council of Europe's Commissioner for Human Rights, Thomas Hammarberg called for "a culture of greater receptivity and...
[16/11/07 12:30] Thomas Hammarberg today took part in a conference on "Human rights protection for vulnerable groups of people" in Oslo organised by the Ombudsman of Norway. The Commissioner's...
[12/11/07 15:00] Thomas Hammarberg today met with the Permanent Representative of Georgia to the Council of Europe, Ambassador Zurab Tchiaberashvili, in Strasbourg to discuss about the situation...
Country visit "The time has come to move from standard setting to implementation" Commissioner Hammarberg said at today's press conference concluding his official visit to Albania....
 [06/11/07 10:00] What can be done to improve the protection of human rights at domestic level? What role could National Human Rights Structures (NHRSs) play in this context? To find...
[05/11/07 14:30] In a speech delivered today at the International Federation of Journalists in Brussels on the occasion of the European Day of Action for Journalists Rights, Commissioner Hammarberg...
[25/10/07 14:00] In a discussion with the Ministers of Justice of the Council of Europe's member States gathered in Lanzarote (Spain) today, the Commissioner affirmed that States and international...
[24/10/07 09:00] “Governments should take positive steps to protect the housing rights of Roma in Europe”, said today in a joint statement the Council of Europe’s Human Rights Commissioner, Thomas...
[24/10/07 08.30] In a speech delivered at the European Policy Centre in Brussels, Commissioner Hammarberg stressed the need to improve Europe’s efforts to implement human rights standards and...
[19/10/07 11:00] Commissioner Hammarberg starts on Monday 22 October a two-day contact visit in Ankara to discuss with national authorities and non governmental organisations the implementation of...
[04/10/07 08:30] Thomas Hammarberg met with the newly elected President of Turkey, Mr. Abdullah Gül, on 3 October in Strasbourg.
[03/10/07 17:00] The Commissioner for Human Rights presented today a report on the human-rights record of Ukraine. He expressed the hope that the incoming government in Kyiv will implement his...
Country visit Commissioner Hammarberg today starts a visit to Latvia and Estonia to discuss with national authorities the implementation of the recommendations set out in his Memoranda...
[27/09/07 18:30] In his opening speech at the OSCE Human Dimension Roma and Sinti Special Day in Warsaw today, Commissioner Hammarberg called for an enhanced political participation of Roma people...
[21/09/07 09:00] On 24 and 25 September 2007, Commissioner Hammarberg will take part in a workshop on housing rights organised by his Office in the Council of Europe’s European Youth Centre in...