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PACE Autumn Session: Award of the 2024 Václav Havel Prize, debate on war of aggression against Ukraine and commemorating the 90th anniversary of the Holodomor
The award ceremony for the 2024 Václav Havel Human Rights Prize – which honours outstanding human rights defenders worldwide – will be a highlight of the autumn session of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE), to be held in Strasbourg from 30 September to 4 October 2024. An...
Alain Berset, new Secretary General
Addressing the Ministers' Deputies, the Secretary General highlighted the vital importance of the Organisation's ongoing work and the importance of delivering results, saying: "In this, the Council of Europe’s 75th anniversary year, it is hard to quantify the amount of good that this Organisation...
Secretary General’s farewell statement to the Ministers’ Deputies
“In my remarks here five years ago, I said that: “The Council of Europe must…remain the benchmark for the promotion and protection of democracy, human rights, and the rule of law on our continent. In fact, this must be strengthened. This is the path that I intend to pursue.” I have pursued it,...
Key Stakeholders Discuss New Legal Measures and Strategies to Combat SLAPPs in Ukraine
The round table on the topic of strategic lawsuits against public participation (SLAPPs) convened a diverse group of stakeholders, including lawyers, human rights defenders, journalists, Members of Parliament, representatives from the Prosecutor General Office, and civil society organisations....
Countering Disinformation During a War of Aggression. Ukrainian Media Regulator presented key challenges at the workshop in Moldova
Ms Olha Herasymiuk, the Chair of the National Council of Television and Radio Broadcasting of Ukraine, Ms Iryna Parkhomenko, Head of the Division of the Legal Department, and Mr Ihor Tymofieiev, Chief Specialist of the Division of Monitoring, Research and Content Analysis in Media of the...
The judiciary project supported first Aspen Seminar ‘Justice, Law and Society’ (for judges)
On 11-15 September 2024, The Aspen Institute Kyiv, with the support of the OSCE projects in Ukraine and the Council of Europe project ‘Support to the Judiciary in Ukraine in the Context of War and Post-War Period’, held the first seminar ‘Justice, Law and Society’ (for judges) in Zakarpattia...
Resilience and reconstruction of Ukraine: Call for expanded partnerships with Ukrainian municipalities
There is a need for expanding municipal partnerships and co-operation between Ukrainian and other European municipalities, and for sharing good practices of municipal support for rural and small communities to increase their resilience; European local authorities must also pass a common motion...
Presentation of the Analytical Study on Personal Data Processing in the Field of Healthcare and Human Rights
On September 13, 2024, an Analytical study on personal data processing in healthcare and compliance with human rights was presented at the Office of the Ukrainian Parliament Commissioner for Human Rights. The study was conducted as part of the Council of Europe Project “Supporting Implementation...
Advancing on the European path by consolidating the legal framework on equality
On 5th September, a bilateral meeting was held between Denys Maslov, Chair of the Committee on Legal Policy of the Ukraine Parliament, Volodymyr Vatras, Chairman of the Subcommittee on the Organization and Activities of the Bar and Legal Aid Bodies and Hallvard Gorseth, Head of the...
Training for Trainers of the Free Legal Aid System (The Coordination Centre for Legal Aid Provision)
On September 13-14, 2024, with the support of the Council of Europe project "Fostering Human Rights in the Criminal Justice System in Ukraine" lawyer-trainers of the Free Legal Aid System participated in a two-day training titled "The Criminal Procedure Code of Ukraine: Application through the...
In-service training - series of ToTs for SSU’s training institutions completed
In-service training is an essential requirement of modernity, however, in conditions of limited time and material resources during war, it is extremely difficult to ensure quality of this process. Despite this, the Security Service of Ukraine (SSU) continues to build modern training system for...
Congress strengthens co-operation with the Ukrainian Association of District and Regional Councils
On 12 September 2024, on the margin of the Conference of National Associations of Local and Regional Authorities, the Congress signed a memorandum of understanding with the Ukrainian Association of District and Regional Councils (UAROR) to increase co-operation and contribute to building...
Cohesion is formed in school. The experience of Lviv Agglomeration in organizing local history summer camps
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Council of Europe contributed to the high-level ‘United for Justice’ Conference in Ukraine: focus on Accountability for the Attacks against Civilian Objects
On 11 September 2024, the Council of Europe supported the international high-level expert conference ‘United for Justice: Accountability for Attacks Against Civilian Objects’, held in Kyiv, Ukraine. It was the 7th thematic conference of this level held since the beginning of Russia's war of...
Investigators and criminologists of the State Bureau of Investigation completed practical course in aerial video shooting for evidence collection
On 29 August, 2024 and 12 September, 2024, groups of investigators and criminologists of the State Bureau of Investigation (SBI) completed practical two-week courses "Aerial video shooting for evidence collection". 30 specialists from all regions of Ukraine mastered skills of using unmanned...
Youth work realities in Ukraine were presented at the seminar in Lublin
The Council of Europe project “Youth for Democracy in Ukraine: Phase III” presented its work in time of war in Ukraine at the seminar “Solidarity with Ukraine”. The seminar takes place in Lublin on 10-13 September 2024 and gathers participants from Erasmus+/ESC Programme Countries and Ukraine....
Secretary General at 4th Summit of International Crimea Platform
“This year, 10 years after the Russian Federation’s illegal annexation of the Autonomous Republic of Crimea and the City of Sevastopol, the European Court of Human Rights delivered a unanimous judgment, affirming that Russia has committed widespread and systemic human rights violations in the...
Supporting the Ukraine Parliament in harmonizing legislation with European standards on equality
On 6 September, a meeting took place at the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine (hereinafter referred to as "the Parliament") between Oleksandr Kornienko, First Deputy Chairman of the Parliament, and Hallvard Gorseth, Head of the Anti-Discrimination Department of the Council of Europe's Directorate General...
Congress supports education of displaced Ukrainian children and youth
The Community of practice on migration and human rights at local level, established under a Congress project in Poland, the Republic of Moldova and Romania, is working on better access to education for displaced Ukrainian children and young people in those countries. Its online meeting on 6...
TENDER RE-ADVERTISEMENT LOT 4: Purchase of International consultancy services on Human Rights of veterans, members of the armed forces and their families
The Council of Europe project “Rights of Veterans and Personnel of Armed Forces in Ukraine” (hereinafter – “the Project”), is relaunching Lot 4 of the Tender for the purchase of intellectual consultancy services in the field of of human and social rights of veterans, military personnels and their...
