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Strengthening the role of civil society and media in electoral processes in Albania
The European Union - Council of Europe action “Support to the Electoral Cycle in Albania” (SECA) will contribute to strengthening the role of civil society and media as important actors in...
Cyberviolence Resource tool on domestic legislation on cyberviolence worldwide was launched
Under the Cyberviolence Resource a new web page on domestic legislation on cyberviolence was launched. This webpage gathers over 1600 entries reflecting responses to a questionnaire adopted by...
Parliamentary Assembly denounces growing control of content in sport
Resolution calls for European countries to support media access to sport
Parliamentary Assembly committee condemns ‘transnational repression’ and urges new laws to stop it
PACE has condemned all forms of “transnational repression” – a form of foreign interference used by authoritarian regimes to repress political dissidents, journalists, human rights defenders and members of diaspora communities beyond their borders – and has urged new laws to prevent it. In a...
Youth Innovating Democracy: Congress leads a workshop on an eco-system for youth participation
“Deliberative democracy, involving citizens’ assemblies, is an innovative approach that goes beyond mere citizen consultations, and provides space where citizens’ voices – including those of...
Parliamentary Assembly denounces silencing of critical voices in Azerbaijan
The Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE), meeting in plenary session in Strasbourg, today expressed its concern at a broad climate of “silencing critical voices in Azerbaijan”, including through restrictive legislative measures, which effect has been to “suppress independent...
Parliamentarians adopt resolution on eliminating gender stereotypes in the media
Media stereotypes damage women and men
Parliamentary Assembly committee expresses ‘grave concern’ at growing threats to media pluralism and independence
A PACE committee has expressed grave concern over growing threats to media pluralism and independence – citing “media capture” by political and economic actors, mounting pressure on public service media, the development of “news deserts” and the dominance of online platforms. The Assembly’s...
Council of Europe honours excellence in reporting on Roma and Travellers
Five awards given for work that promotes dignity and inclusion
Parliamentary Assembly Rapporteur hails the power of partnerships in countering hate speech
On the occasion of the International Day for Countering Hate Speech (18 June), Francesco Verducci (Italy, SOC), PACE General Rapporteur on Combating Racism and Intolerance, made the following statement: “Hate speech remains a serious threat to equality, inclusion and, ultimately, to democracy...
Venice hosts Council of Europe Visibility Days Seminar for regional journalists
On 9 June 2026, as part of the Council of Europe’s Visibility Days Initiative, the Council of Europe Venice Office, in collaboration with the Order of Journalists of Veneto, organised a specialised training course titled “Communicating Europe Today.” The course, held in the historic Sala San...
Committee of Ministers meets 2025 Sakharov Prize laureate
Andrzej Poczobut issues a warning about the situation in Belarus
Safe digital environments: Pompidou Group’s advancing action on the mental health and wellbeing of children and youth online
Policymakers, researchers and practitioners from the Pompidou Group member States and internationally gathered in Vienna and online on 2–3 June 2026 for a thematic seminar dedicated to the topic of online and digital addictions....
Pompidou Group adopts new Guidelines to strengthen member States' response to drug-related organised crime (OC-DT)
The Permanent Correspondents of the Pompidou Group have adopted new Guidelines designed to strengthen member States’ response to Organised Crime linked to Drug Trafficking, while ensuring full respect for human rights.
Committee denounces restrictions on media access in sport and growing control of content
The Committee on Culture, Science, Education and Media, meeting on 2 June in Istanbul, highlighted structural, political and societal challenges affecting media freedom in sport, including restrictions on journalistic access, contractual limitations, growing control of content by rights holders...
Journalist prevented from attending Oslo Forum highlights risks faced by whistleblowers in sport, says Parliamentary Assembly rapporteur
Tone Trøen (Norway, EPP/CD), rapporteur of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) on media freedom in sport, issued the following statement today: “Silencing whistleblowers and journalists who expose abuses linked to major sporting events is incompatible with the values that...
Committee denounces silencing of critical voices in Azerbaijan
The Committee on Legal Affairs and Human Rights, meeting in Tallinn on 27 May, expressed its deep concern regarding the systemic pattern of “silencing critical voices in Azerbaijan”, including through restrictive legislative measures – notably the Law on the Media, the Law on Political Parties...
Access to Information and Freedom of Expression: New Training Programme Empowers Legal Professionals, Civil Servants, and Journalists
(anglais seulement) The Council of Europe Division for Cooperation on Freedom of Expression is launching a new Training Programme on Access to Information in the Context of Freedom of...
Türkiye: Council of Europe Commissioner calls for reforms to protect freedom of expression, peaceful assembly, and judicial independence
Memorandum - Council of Europe Commissioner for Human Rights, Michael O'Flaherty, released a memorandum today addressing freedom of expression, peaceful assembly and association, and aspects...
Gaza: Parliamentary Assembly condemns Israel’s killing of local journalists and Hamas’s violations of press freedom
The PACE Standing Committee, meeting today in Monaco, strongly condemned “the deliberate targeting and killing of local journalists in Gaza by the Israel Defense Forces” and Israel’s prohibition on international journalists and media outlets accessing the Gaza Strip. It also deplores the...
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