 | | | | | | Master Class on gender-sensitive judgments at the European Court of Human Rights | | | | | On 1 October, the Gender Equality Division of the Council of Europe organised a Master Class for judges and registrars of the European Court of Human Rights. The Master Class was led by Françoise Tulkens, former Vice-President of the Court, and Dr Alexandra Timmer from Utrecht University. Participants discussed gender sensitivity in the reasoning of the Court’s case-law, women’s equal access to justice, and the role of the European Court of Human Rights.Ensuring women’s equal access to justice is one of the objectives of the Council of Europe Gender Equality Strategy. The Gender Equality Division has, for example, recently produced a Training Manual for Judges and Prosecutors on Ensuring Women's Access to Justice. | |
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| |  | | | | | | Recent visit by the Council of Europe Commissioner for Human Rights | | | | | The Council of Europe Commissioner for Human Rights, Dunja Mijatović, on her recent visit to Armenia focused on women’s rights, gender equality and domestic violence, the human rights of various disadvantaged and vulnerable groups, as well as questions related to accountability for past human rights violations in the country. The Commissioner has also issued her report on her visit to Estonia where she said that “to build a more cohesive society, the Estonian authorities should strengthen the protection of women from violence, close the gender pay gap and uphold the rights of older people”. | |
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