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Latest decisions from the Committee of Ministers concerning ECHR rulings for 20 countries
The Committee of Ministers is responsible for monitoring implementation of European Court of Human Rights judgments by European states
Prince Albert of Monaco, the President of Portugal and Germany’s Foreign Minister to address PACE autumn session
Addresses by HSH Prince Albert II of Monaco, the President of the Portuguese Republic António José Seguro and Germany’s Foreign Affairs Minister Johann Wadephul are among highlights of the autumn session of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) taking place in Strasbourg from...
Council of Europe anti-torture Committee (CPT) visits immigration detention facilities in Belgium
A delegation of the European Committee for the Prevention of Torture and Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment (CPT) carried out an ad hoc visit to Belgium from 8 to 17 September 2026....
Secretary General Berset to open Council of Europe UN Observer Office during General Assembly week in New York
The new permanent presence of the 46-member country Council of Europe comes as the Secretary General travels to New York and Washington to argue for closer links between international and regional organisations
Prince Albert of Monaco and President Seguro of Portugal to address Parliamentary Assembly
Václav Havel prize to be awarded; Secretary General Berset to hold Q&A.
Council of Europe Business and Human Rights Forum fosters collaboration and innovative solutions
New platform aimed at strengthening respect for human rights in the private sector launched
Second Meeting of the Steering Committee on the Environment (CDENV)
As the Council of Europe continues to strengthen its work on environmental protection, the second meeting of the Steering Committee on the Environment (CDENV) will take place in Strasbourg on...
“What brings Europe together is more than geography” - Alain Berset in Zurich
Secretary General reflects on the future of European unity on the 80th anniversary of Churchill’s seminal speech in Zurich
Eighty years after Churchill’s Zurich speech, Alain Berset asks what the future of European unity is?
Council of Europe Secretary General to give lecture at University of Zurich on our shared future in difficult times
PACE rapporteur condemns the arbitrary conviction of Anar Mammadli
The General Rapporteur for political prisoners of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE), Azadeh Rojhan (Sweden, SOC), made the following statement today: “Yesterday, a court in Baku sentenced Anar Mammadli, a prominent human rights defender, election expert and laureate of...
Türkiye: Authorities should refrain from restricting the human rights of LGBTI civil society
“I am concerned by reports of a series arrests, raids and the blocking of websites and social media accounts targeting LGBTI civil society and human rights defenders across Türkiye”,...
Implementing European Court of Human Rights judgments
European countries have an obligation to implement judgments of the Strasbourg court
Latvia’s experience can help shape Europe’s response to emerging threats to democracy – Alain Berset
Secretary General highlights Latvia’s frontline experience of hybrid threats and its support for accountability for Ukraine in Riga
Prince Albert of Monaco, the President of Portugal and Germany’s Foreign Minister to address PACE autumn session
Addresses by HSH Prince Albert II of Monaco, the President of the Portuguese Republic António José Seguro and Germany’s Foreign Affairs Minister Johann Wadephul are among highlights of the autumn session of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) taking place in Strasbourg from...
Commissioner intervenes in ECtHR case on Georgia’s ‘Foreign Agents Registration Act’
Council of Europe Commissioner for Human Rights, Michael O’Flaherty, published today his written comments in the case of Georgian Young Lawyers’ Association and Others...
France: Commissioner calls for stronger rights protection for older persons in care homes
Following his June visit to France, the Council of Europe Commissioner for Human Rights, Michael O’Flaherty addressed a letter to the French Minister for Autonomy and Persons with...
Three candidates shortlisted for the 2026 Václav Havel Prize
Prize recognises outstanding work in defence of human rights around the world
Monaco welcomes the ambassadors of the 46 Council of Europe member states
Thematic debate on “The environmental crisis through the lens of human rights” on the agenda
Enforced disappearances: Parliamentary Assembly President calls for universal commitment to UN Convention
On the occasion of the International day of the victims of enforced disappearance (30 August), and twenty years after the adoption of the United Nations International Convention for the Protection of All Persons from Enforced Disappearance, PACE President Petra Bayr is urging the 18 Council of...
Parliamentary Assembly rapporteur welcomes new judgment in the case of Osman Kavala as 'a wake-up call'
Sergiy Vlasenko (Ukraine, EPP/CD), PACE rapporteur for the implementation of judgments of the European Court of Human Rights, made the following statement today: “Turkish human rights defender and philanthropist Osman Kavala has been detained in Türkiye since 18 October 2017. In December 2019...
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