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Alain Berset, new Secretary General

Secretary General 18 September 2024 Strasbourg

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...

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Congress President deplores adoption of anti-LGBTI legislation in Georgia

Congress 18 September 2024 Strasbourg

Marc Cools, President of the Congress of Local and Regional Authorities, has made the following statement: “I am deeply concerned about the adoption by the Parliament of Georgia of the legislation “On protecting family values and minors”, despite the persistent calls from the Council of Europe...

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New guidelines to protect voters' personal data

Council of Europe 18 September 2024 Strasbourg

The Council of Europe has issued guidelines aimed at protecting individuals' personal data when registering as voters and when their identity needs to be authenticated to participate in elections. The guidelines, prepared by the Consultative Committee of the Convention for the Protection of...

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ECHR Grand Chamber ruling against Spain

European Court of Human Rights 18 September 2024 Strasbourg

The Grand Chamber of the European Court of Human Rights has found a violation of the human rights convention in the case of Pindo Mulla v. Spain, concerning blood transfusions given to a Jehovah’s Witness against her wishes. The Court found in particular that the authorisation to proceed with...

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Secretary General’s farewell statement to the Ministers’ Deputies

Secretary General 17 September 2024 Strasbourg

“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,...

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Secretary General receives Légion d'honneur in Strasbourg

Secretary General 17 September 2024 Strasbourg

“The Légion d'honneur is a recognition of efforts made, but it is also a call to continue to strive tirelessly for peace, justice, and solidarity between peoples. Today, these values are more necessary than ever. In receiving this award today, I reaffirm my commitment to continuing this work with...

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Implementing European Court of Human Rights judgments

Committee of Ministers 17 September 2024 Strasbourg

The Council of Europe’s Committee of Ministers is holding its quarterly meeting to oversee the execution of judgments and decisions from the European Court of Human Rights in Strasbourg from 17 to 19 September. Cases proposed for detailed examination concern Albania, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belgium,...

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European Audiovisual Observatory: new report on the share of women in today’s European film industry

European Audiovisual Observatory 17 September 2024 Strasbourg

The proportion of women working in the various different roles in European film production only grew from 19% in 2015 to 24% in 2023. Between 2019 and 2023, the proportion of women in the cinema industry represented around 30% for producers, editors, screenwriters and directors, and only 12% for...

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“I did not realise that human brutality could have such expressions”

Deputy Secretary General 16 September 2024 Struthof

In just over four years, 52,000 human beings – Jews, Roma and Sinti, LGBTI people, political opponents and others – were imprisoned at Natzweiler-Struthof. 22,000 people lost their lives there. The utter cruelty – the blatant evil – came as a huge shock to many of the prisoners and was very hard...

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Congress examines the application of the European Charter of Local Self-Government in San Marino

Congress 16 September 2024 Strasbourg

A delegation of the Congress of Local and Regional Authorities, composed of rapporteurs Alexander Boomgaars, Netherlands and Tanja Joona, Finland, will conduct a monitoring visit to the Republic of San Marino from 17 to 18 September 2024 to assess the application of the European Charter of Local...

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Democracy is built from the grassroots: Congress President statement for International Day of Democracy (15 September)

Congress of Local and Regional Authorities 13 September 2024 Strasbourg

“Democracy is our common asset which is built from the grassroots, and local and regional authorities can make a valuable contribution to maintaining democratic stability,” stressed Marc Cools, President of the Congress of the Council of Europe, addressing national associations of local and...

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Resilience and reconstruction of Ukraine: call for expanded partnerships with Ukrainian municipalities - Congress of Local and Regional Authorities

13 September 2024 Strasbourg, France

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...

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Updating the European Youth Foundation’s work after Reykjavik

Council of Europe 11-12 September 2024 Strasbourg

The European Youth Foundation (EYF) gathered partners, international and independent funders active in the field of youth and member of the Council of Europe Joint Council on Youth in Strasbourg to chart the way to updating the Foundation’s work. The European Youth Foundation is a unique, agile...

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Local and regional authorities play a crucial role in building resilient democratic societies: conference hosted by Council of Europe Congress

Deputy Secretary General 12 September 2024 Strasbourg

The role of local and regional authorities in effectively responding to the challenges facing European democracies, in supporting Ukraine, protecting human rights, saving the environment, and enabling young people’s involvement is the focus of a conference of associations of local and regional...

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Secretary General at 4th Summit of International Crimea Platform

Secretary General 12 September 2024 Strasbourg

“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...

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Council of Europe calls for strengthening international cooperation against migrant smuggling

Council of Europe 10 September 2024 Strasbourg

The 2nd International Conference on Migrant Smuggling, organised by the Council of Europe in Strasbourg, has called on its 46 member states to explore all pathways to strengthen international cooperation. In her opening speech, Council of Europe Secretary General Marija Pejčinović Burić...

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Georgian Parliament should not adopt anti-LGBTI law and should refrain from using stigmatising rhetoric

Commissioner for Human Rights 10 September 2024 strasbourg

Council of Europe Commissioner for Human Rights, Michael O’Flaherty has a letter sent to the Chairman of the Parliament of Georgia in which he asks members of the Parliament to refrain from adopting the draft law “On protecting family values and minors” passed in second reading on 4 September...

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Austria: despite positive steps, progress still needed in family law cases related to domestic violence

Group of Experts on Action against Violence against Women and Domestic Violence (GREVIO) 10 september 2024 Strasbourg

A new theme-based report published by the Group of Experts on Action against Violence against Women and Domestic Violence (GREVIO) commends the Austrian authorities for having taken steps to further align legislation with requirements of the Council of Europe Convention on preventing and...

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Congress President condemns illegal elections in the occupied Crimea

Congress 10 September 2024 Strasbourg

The President of the Congress of Local and Regional Authorities of the Council of Europe, Marc Cools, has issued the following statement: “On behalf of the Congress, I condemn the illegal conduct of so-called elections by the Russian Federation in Ukraine’s Autonomous Republic of Crimea and City...

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Kazakhstan: Anti-corruption body publishes first report on progress implementing recommendations

Group of States against Corruption (GRECO) 6 September 2024 Strasbourg

The Council of Europe Group of States against Corruption (GRECO) has published the first report on Kazakhstan assessing progress made in implementing the recommendations issued to the country in the Joint First and Second Round Evaluation Report (2022). See also unofficial translations in Kazakh...

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The Council of Europe’s International Co-operation Group on Drugs and Addictions (Pompidou Group) will mark its 50th anniversary at an event that will look back over its history and successes, while also highlighting the importance of placing human rights at the heart of drug policies. Opening statements will be made by Marta Temido, Portuguese Minister of Health, Péter Szijjártó, Hungarian Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade, Chair of the Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe, Marija Pejčinović Burić, Secretary General of the Council of Europe, and a high-level representative of France (9.30-10.30 a.m.).

The Pompidou Group will announce winners of the 10th European Drug Prevention Prize 2021, which is awarded for addiction prevention projects involving young people at the planning, implementation or evaluation phase (4.30 p.m).

The event will be livestreamed; accreditation is mandatory for journalists who wish to be present.

More information - Programme – Contact/accreditation: Estelle Steiner, tel. +33 6 08 46 01 57

Paris (Centre Pompidou) and online 28 October 2021
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