DG Democracy and Human Dignity and its fields of action
The Directorate general of Democracy and Human Dignity is active in a wide range of topics, from anti-discrimination to education and sport.
Under each topic below, you can find out what DG Democracy and Human Dignity is doing in the different areas of action.
Click on a link in the list to discover useful information on activities and access relevant documents.
Anti-discrimination
- European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages
- European Commission against Racism and Intolerance (ECRI)
- Inclusion and anti-discrimination
- Intercultural cities programme
- National Minorities (FCNM)
- SOGI - Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity
Children's rights
- Children's Rights
- Combating violence against women and children in Ukraine
- End Online Child Sexual Exploitation and Abuse @ Europe
- Protecting children from sexual exploitation and sexual abuse in the Republic of Moldova
- Responding to child sexual exploitation and abuse in Georgia, phase I
Culture / Cultural Heritage
- Cultural Routes of the Council of Europe programme
- Culture and Cultural Heritage
- European Heritage Days
- Herein System
Education
- Autobiography of Intercultural Encounters
- Free to Speak - Safe to Learn - Democratic Schools for All
- Common European Framework of Reference for Languages (CEFR)
- Digital Citizenship Education
- Better Education for Better Democracies
- ETINED
- European Language Portfolio (ELP)
- Higher education and research
- History Teaching
- Language policy
- Language Support for Adult Refugees
- LEMON Learning Modules Online
- Linguistic Integration of Adult Migrants (LIAM)
- Observatory on History Teaching in Europe (OHTE)
- Remembrance of the Holocaust Prevention of Crimes against Humanity
- Platform of resources and references for plurilingual and intercultural education
- Reference Framework of Competences for Democratic Culture
- Schools of Political Studies
Equality and Human Dignity
- Action against Trafficking in Human Beings
- Co-operation with Southern Mediterranean countries
- Council of Europe’s co-operation with the EEA and Norway Grants
- Gender Equality
- Fostering a comprehensive institutional response to violence against women and domestic violence in Turkey
- Istanbul Convention - Action against violence against women and domestic violence
- The Path towards Armenia's Ratification of the Council of Europe Convention on Preventing and Combating Violence against Women and Domestic Violence
- Raising awareness of the Istanbul Convention and other gender equality standards in Azerbaijan
Democratic institutions
Media
- EURIMAGES
- Freedom of Expression
- Platform to promote the protection of journalism and safety of journalists
Roma
- Inclusive schools - Making a difference for Roma children - Joint Programme
- Roma and Travellers
- ROMACT
- ROMACTED - Joint Programme
- Roma Genocide
- Roma Youth Action Plan
Sport
Youth Issues
- Compass: Manual for Human Rights Education with Young people
- Enter! - Access to Social Rights for Young People
- European Youth Foundation
- Gender Matters
- Human Rights Education Youth Programme
- No Hate Speech Youth Campaign
- Partnership between the European Commission and the Council of Europe in the field of youth
- Youth
- Youth - Peace - Dialogue
- Youth Work Portfolio
