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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....
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...
Growing use and availability of performance and image-enhancing substances is a public health risk
Council of Europe conference sees sport as stabilising factor for society
Princess Charlene of Monaco speaks of sport as a unifying force
Comments part of address to Women@PACE group of European parliamentarians
Monaco’s Foreign Minister chairs Committee of Ministers meeting for first time in presidency
Isabelle Berro-Amadeï attends flag-raising ceremony and launch of tram in Monaco’s national colours in Strasbourg
Council of Europe calls for stronger co-operation and balanced drug policies at the 69th CND Session
Today, 10 March 2026, in Vienna, Ambassador Gerhard DOUJAK, Head of the Council of Europe Office in Vienna, delivered a statement on behalf of the Council of Europe International Co-operation Group on Drugs and Addictions (Pompidou Group)....
The Council of Europe International Co-operation Group on Drugs and Addictions at the 69th UN Commission on Narcotic Drugs: advancing human rights-based drug policies
From 9 to 13 March 2026, the international drug policy community will gather in Vienna for the 69th Session of the Commission on Narcotic Drugs (CND). As the capital city for the Presidency of the Council of Europe’s International Co-operation Group on Drugs and Addictions (2026–2027), Vienna...
Council of Europe and European Union join forces to strengthen women’s health and equality in sport
Launching the joint project “Active and equal: women’s health in sport across generations”
Council of Europe and European Union launch “Active and Equal” to strengthen women’s health and equality in sport
The Council of Europe and the European Union are launching the “Active and Equal: Women’s health in sport across generations” joint project dedicated to placing women’s health at the heart of sport. The launch event will take place on 5 March from 2.00 PM to 5.00 PM at the Council of Europe...
No Russian return to football, Olympics must respect human rights – Parliamentary Assembly
Senior leadership of Council of Europe body makes two statements on sport
‘Russia’s exclusion from international football remains necessary until peace is restored’
Mogens Jensen (Denmark, SOC), Chairperson of the Committee on Culture, Science, Education and Media, and Kim Valentin (Denmark, ALDE), Chairperson of the Parliamentary Alliance for Good Governance and Integrity in Sport, today made the following statement: “We have taken note with serious concern...
Olympic Games must be a force for peace and human dignity
Parliamentary Assembly President Petra Bayr and Mogens Jensen, Chairperson of the PACE Committee on Culture, Science, Education and Media today made the following joint statement: On the eve of the opening of the Winter Olympic Games in Cortina, PACE President Petra Bayr and Mogens Jensen,...
World anti-doping code 2027 and international standards adopted in Busan
Council of Europe participates in the sixth World Conference on doping in sport in Republic of Korea
Sport in Europe must remain ethical, safe, inclusive, and grounded in human-rights principles, says Parliamentary Alliance on Sport
The Parliamentary Alliance for Good Governance and Integrity in Sport of the PACE, chaired by Kim Valentin (Denmark, ALDE), held a hearing on 1 December in Paris, addressing urgent challenges at the intersection of sport, public health, integrity, and human rights. The first session, dedicated to...
Cyprus ratifies the Saint-Denis Convention
George S. Yiangou, Permanent Representative of Cyprus, deposited before Bjørn Berge, Deputy Secretary General of the Council of Europe, the instrument of ratification of the Council of Europe Convention on an Integrated Safety, Security and Service Approach at Football Matches and Other Sports...
Civic space, situation in Gaza, call for interreligious dialogue platform and other outcomes of CINGO’s autumn session
The Conference of International NGOs (CINGO) held its Autumn Session on 13-16 October with a special item on civic space and problematic developments in several member States related to...
North-South Prize awarded to Miguel Ángel Moratinos and refugee sports initiative
Council of Europe award recognises commitment to global north-south solidarity
Fifth International Forum for sports integrity: evolving for integrity
Calls for countries to ratify the Council of Europe Convention on the manipulation of sports competitions
Improving integrity in sport: the Anti-Doping Convention at 20
Council of Europe joins UNESCO at anniversary of the Convention against doping in sport
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