The Council of Europe’s European Committee on Legal Co-operation (CDCJ) is preparing a draft instrument codifying existing international standards relating to conditions of administrative detention of migrants, Consultations on the first draft of this instrument will be open from mid-May until the end of June 2017. An invitation to comment will be posted on the CDCJ’s website. Civil society organisations and key stakeholders will be contacted directly. A hearing with civil society and key stakeholders will take place on 22 and 23 June 2017 in Strasbourg to exchange views on the draft codifying instrument. Participants in this hearing (by invitation only) will be given the opportunity to play an active role in enriching this important instrument, which is expected to be finalised in 2018.
Newsletter on migration and refugees - May 2017
Mandate
The Division on Migration and Refugees (DMR) was created at the Directorate General of Human Rights and Rule of Law (DG1) on 1 February 2025 to follow-up on the action by the former Special Representative of the Secretary General on Migration and Refugees. Its mandate includes suggesting assistance and support to member states, particularly through the Network of Focal Points on Migration, seeking, collecting and analysing information on the human rights situation of migrants and refugees, as well as complementing and co-ordinating activities of other relevant Council of Europe bodies and our action with other international partners, notably the UNHCR, IOM, EU, and its specialised agencies, and other national, regional and international stakeholders, including civil society organisations. The DMR represents the Council of Europe in the UNHCR Nansen Refugee Award Selection Committee, as well as in the Consultative Forums of Frontex and of EUAA.
- PACE calls for better use of emergency refugee funding; and missions to Hungary and Italy
- Council of Europe Action Plan on protecting refugee and migrant children and high-level meetings
- Detention of asylum-seekers in Belgium did not breach the ECHR
- Human rights of persons forcibly displaced during the Kosovo* conflict and annual report for 2016
- CPT publishes a report on UK and visits a detention centre for foreigners in Slovenia
- HELP launches human rights training for judges, prosecutors and lawyers in Spain
- Building diverse communities based on shared values – the intercultural cities approach
- Council of Europe’s expert group on violence against women visits refugee reception facility in Denmark
- International conference on risks, security and citizenship
- Administrative detention of migrants