A delegation of the Council of Europe’s Group of Experts on Action against Violence against Women and Domestic Violence (GREVIO) carried out an evaluation visit to Denmark from 1 to 5 May 2017. To evaluate the conditions of women asylum-seekers, the GREVIO delegation visited the refugee reception facility in Sandholm. Meetings with civil society and NGOs included representatives of specialist support services, which offer counselling to victims of domestic violence, stalking, rape, forced marriage and female genital mutilation, as well as lawyers, health professionals, media and the national institute for human rights. GREVIO has only recently launched its first evaluation of the Council of Europe’s Convention on preventing and combatting violence against women and domestic violence. Denmark is the fourth state party to undergo the evaluation procedure. GREVIO plans to publish its evaluation report before the end of 2017.
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