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Online course on combating trafficking in human beings: a new edition available on the Council of Europe HELP e-learning platform
A new edition of the online training course on combating trafficking in human beings has been published by the Council of Europe's European Human Rights Training Programme for Legal Professionals (HELP). The course is tailored to meet the learning needs of judges, prosecutors, lawyers, law...
Fourth round of evaluation of Council of Europe's Anti-Trafficking Convention: vulnerabilities to human trafficking and measures taken by States Parties to prevent and detect them, including a focus on the online dimension
The Group of Experts on Action against Trafficking in Human Beings (GRETA*) has taken stock today of its 15 years of monitoring the implementation of the Council of Europe Anti-Trafficking Convention, on the occasion of its 50th plenary meeting. Its latest publication on “The practical impact of...
Cybercrime and freedom of expression discussion paper now available in FR and ES
The recent discussion paper on cybercrime and freedom of expression prepared under the Octopus Project and published in December 2023, is now available in French and Spanish. This paper aims at supporting policy makers, legislators and criminal justice practitioners in their development and...
Council of Europe's No Hate Speech Week 2024 - Call for participants
The No Hate Speech Week, 17-20 June 2024, is organised around the International Day for Countering Hate Speech. In 2021, the UN General Assembly adopted a resolution which recognises the need to counter discrimination, xenophobia and hate speech and calls on all relevant actors, including states,...
8 March 2024 | International Women's Day: How far have we come?
Once again, International Women’s Day is an opportunity to look back at what has been achieved in the field of violence – and more specifically for us, cyberviolence – against women. While research continues to highlight gender inequalities in terms of exposure to cyberviolence, the...
Cyberviolence against women addressed by Council and European Parliament in first EU-wide law
A first-ever EU-wide instrument agreed upon by the Council and European Parliament addresses all forms of violence against women, including cyberviolence. “This is a big step forward to better protect women and girls from violence, whether at home, at work, on our streets, off-line or on-line....
The Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe recommends that member States strengthen support to safe and free journalism and to engage in the Campaign for the Safety of Journalists - Journalists Matter
The Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) adopted a Recommendation and a Resolution based on the Report Guaranteeing media freedom and the safety of journalists: an obligation of member States. The report, presented by Mr Mogens Jensen, the General Rapporteur for Media Freedom...
Members of the European Parliament demand EU regulation of “virtual worlds”
In a recent report by Members of the European Parliament (MEPs), while it is acknowledged that the current “virtual worlds” are primarily developed by companies located outside the EU, EU is encouraged to take on a leading role in their development. The report condemns technologies as being a...
Cyberviolence Resource presented during the Octopus Conference 2023
Between 13-15 December 2023, Octopus Conference 2023 took place in Bucharest, Romania. The Octopus Conference, organised every 12 to 18 months by the Council of Europe, constitutes one of the biggest and finest platforms of exchange in cybercrime gathering experts from more than 100 countries,...
European Court of Human Rights judgement on online job advertisment and trafficking in human beings
On 12 December 2023, a judgement of the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) based in Strasbourg was prepared and published in the HUDOC database, concerning the case of Jasuitis and Simaitis v. Lithuania. The case concerned the applicants’ conviction for trafficking in human beings. On an...