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The role of prosecutors in the protection of the environment

Council of Europe 14 October 2022 Strasbourg

On 4 October 2022, the Consultative Council of European Prosecutors (CCPE) adopted its Opinion No. 17 (2022) on the role of prosecutors in environmental protection. The CCPE takes into account that the environmental crimes and related infringements increasingly become a source of global concern,...

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Round table surveys Human Rights situation in Crimea and Sevastopol

20 December 2022 Strasbourg

On 20 December 2022, a round table was held in Strasbourg to examine the Human Rights situation in the occupied Autonomous Republic of Crimea and the city of Sevastopol, Ukraine. It gathered Ukrainian stakeholders, including the Permanent Representative of the President of Ukraine in the...

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Psychological support for refugees: training to strengthen capacities of professionals working in Poland

Council of Europe 19 December 2022 Strasbourg

The Council of Europe has held a pilot training on Psychological Support to Refugees: Strengthening Professional Capacities in Warsaw, Poland. The event, held on 19 and 20 December, was aimed at enhancing the capacities of relevant professionals working on the ground to detect war-related traumas...

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New thematic factsheet on Hate Crime and Hate Speech

DEPARTMENT FOR THE EXECUTION OF JUDGMENTS 16 December 2022 Strasbourg

The Execution Department has published a new thematic factsheet on Hate Crime and Hate Speech. Hate crime is a criminal act motivated by bias or prejudice towards a person or group of persons while hate speech concerns various forms of expression directed against a person or group of persons on...

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Venice Commission plenary opinions published

Venice Commission 21 December 2022 Strasbourg

The Venice Commission has published this week, inter alia, opinions on amendments to the Judicial Code of Armenia, on draft amendments to the Election Code and the Law on Political Associations of Citizens in Georgia (jointly with OSCE/ODIHR), on draft amendments to the Law on the Judicial...

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International Migrants Day: Council of Europe publishes guidance on how to better protect children against sexual exploitation and abuse

Council of Europe 16 December 2022 Strasbourg

Children’s lives are disrupted and seriously affected when forced to leave their homes, whilst on the move, internally displaced or once they have reached the host country. These circumstances make children particularly vulnerable to violence, sexual abuse and exploitation, including trafficking...

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Istanbul Mayor Ekrem İmamoğlu’s sentence a direct attack on local democracy, says Congress President

Congress of Local and Regional Authorities 16 December 2022 Strasbourg

The President of the Council of Europe’s Congress of Local and Regional Authorities, Leendert Verbeek, has made the following statement concerning the prison sentence and political ban imposed on the Mayor of Istanbul, Ekrem İmamoğlu, by a Turkish court on 14 December: "I am extremely concerned...

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Freedom of expression of judges: Consultative Council of European Judges adopts new Opinion

Council of Europe 15 DECEMBER 2022 Strasbourg

In a new Opinion, the Council of Europe’s Consultative Council of European Judges (CCJE) has issued a set of recommendations to judges across Europe on the way to exercise their right to freedom of expression both inside and outside the court, including in the media and social media. The Opinion...

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Resilience, recovery and reconstruction: Council of Europe adopts new Action Plan for Ukraine

Committee of Ministers 14 December 2022 Strasbourg

The Council of Europe’s Committee of Ministers has adopted a record €50 million Action Plan for Ukraine for 2023-2026. “The Action Plan “Resilience, Recover and Reconstruction” (2023-2026) has been developed in close consultation with the Ukrainian authorities. It is part of our Organisation’s...

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Age assessment in the context of migration: new Committee of Ministers Recommendation

Committee of Ministers 14 December 2022 Strasbourg

The Council of Europe Committee of Ministers has adopted a new Recommendation to member States on human rights principles and guidelines on age assessment in the context of migration. Refugee and migrant children are among the most vulnerable and exposed persons on the move. Being unable to prove...

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Ministers declare human rights centred approach to face drug addiction at Pompidou Group conference

Pompidou Group 14 December 2022 Lisbon

Closing the 18th Ministerial Conference of the Council of Europe’s Pompidou Group, ministers and high-level participants from 41 Pompidou Group member states have called for a human rights centred approach to address drugs addictions and related disorders. In their “Lisbon Declaration”,...

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Management of frozen or seized property: new report assesses compliance with Warsaw Convention

13 December 2022 Strasbourg

Most European states have put in place legislation or other measures to ensure the proper management of frozen or seized property, although improvements are still needed in certain countries, according to a report by the Conference of the Parties of Convention on Laundering, Search, Seizure and...

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Monitoring violence against women: Key recommendations for nine member States published

Istanbul Convention 13 December 2022 Strasbourg

Following a meeting of the Committee of the Parties to the Council of Europe Convention on preventing and combating violence against women and domestic violence (the Istanbul Convention) on 5 and 6 December 2022, the Committee adopted key recommendations on implementing the treaty in nine state...

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Secretary General urges the Russian Foreign Minister to implement ECHR judgments

Secretary General 12 December 2022 Strasbourg

Council of Europe Secretary General Marija Pejčinović Burić has written to Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov urging the Russian Federation to implement outstanding judgments from the European Court of Human Rights. At its latest quarterly meeting on the execution of ECHR judgments, the...

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Implementing ECHR judgments: Latest decisions from the Committee of Ministers

Committee of Ministers 9 December 2022 Strasbourg

The Council of Europe’s Committee of Ministers has published the case-by-case decisions taken during the Committee’s meeting from 6 to 8 December to supervise the implementation of judgments and decisions from the European Court of Human Rights. The Committee adopted 46 decisions concerning 21...

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Human Rights Day: Council of Europe leaders call for collective action to end impunity for crimes committed against Ukraine

Council of Europe 9 December 2022 Strasbourg

Ahead of Human Rights Day (10 December), the Secretary General of the Council of Europe, Marija Pejčinović Burić, and the Committee of Ministers Chair, Þórdís Kolbrún Reykfjörð Gylfadóttir, Icelandic Minister for Foreign Affairs, have issued a joint statement calling for a collective response to...

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Putting human rights at the heart of drug and addiction policies: Pompidou Group Ministerial Conference in Lisbon

Pompidou Group 9 December 2022 Strasbourg

The 18th Ministerial Conference of the Pompidou Group, Europe’s premier platform for drug policy (programme), will focus on promoting sustainable drug and addiction policies in conformity with human rights. The conference, taking place in Lisbon from 13-14 December, gathers Ministers, Government...

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Anti-Corruption Day: GRECO president calls for transparency and appropriate consultation in law making processes

Group of States against Corruption of the Council of Europe (GRECO) 9 December 2022 Strasbourg

To mark International Anti-Corruption Day, commemorated every year on 9 December, the President of the Group of States against Corruption of the Council of Europe (GRECO), Marin Mrčela, issued the following statement: “Preventing corruption and promoting integrity in public life requires openness...

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Secretary General participates in Washington International Anti-Corruption Conference

Secretary General 7 December 2022 Washington DC

Secretary General Marija Pejčinović Burić today intervened in the high-level segment of the International Anti-Corruption Conference (IACC) alongside other political leaders from Council of Europe member states and beyond. The Secretary General highlighted the importance of ensuring public sector...

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Joining forces in fighting digital violence against women

Council of Europe 6 December 2022 Strasbourg

Applying Council of Europe legal instruments to the prevention of violence against women in the digital world, protection of victims and prosecution of perpetrators is the central theme of the conference held in Strasbourg today under the Icelandic Presidency of the Council of Europe. Marija...

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