25/11/2022
Yerevan, Armenia
On 25 November an online event - joint meeting of judges and lawyers was organised to discuss the implementation of Consultative Council of European Judges (CCJE) Opinion no. 16 of 2013 on the relations between judges and lawyers. The event gathered participants from Armenia, Georgia, the...
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24/11/2022
PRESIDENCY OF THE COMMITTEE OF MINISTERS
“On the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women, I reaffirm Iceland’s steadfast commitment to gender equality and the protection of the hard-earned progress concerning the human rights of women and girls. Together, we must combat all forms of violence against women and...
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25/11/2022
Yerevan, Armenia
According to civil society organizations, the hotline receives about three thousand calls about violence in Armenia every year. Anna Hovhannisyan, the consultant of the Council of Europe on gender equality issues presents in the podcast the causes, types of gender violence and possible ways to...
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25/11/2022
Council of Europe
Violence has no place in the family. Violence and discrimination are fundamentally unacceptable. Often it is not possible to end the violence. Ending violence is not only a woman's problem. The state has an obligation and effective measures to protect, support and prevent further violence against...
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22/11/2022
Council of Europe-Court of Cassation of Armenia
A website of the Court of Cassation was developed with the support of the Council of Europe and is available online since November 2022. The Council of Europe has been working closely with the Armenian judiciary to facilitate the effective implementation of European human rights standards, thus...
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22/11/2022
Yerevan-Strasbourg
On 22 November 2022, a closing event of the “Asylum and Human Rights” HELP/UNHCR course was organised jointly with Council of Europe, UNHCR Armenia and the UNHCR Representation to the European Institutions in Strasburg aimed to strengthen the capacity of lawyers, prosecutors, judges, public...
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17/11/2022
Council of Europe, Strasbourg
Ahead of the European Day on the Protection of Children against Sexual Exploitation and Sexual Abuse marked on 18 November, Council of Europe Secretary General Marija Pejčinović Burić and Iceland’s Minister for Foreign Affairs and Chair of the Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe,...
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15/11/2022
Secretary general, Strasbourg
“Death is not justice. Capital punishment replaces justice with revenge. This has to be wrong – and it must be stopped”, said Secretary General Marija Pejčinović Burić in a panel discussion at the opening of the 8th World Congress against the Death Penalty which is held from 15-18 November in...
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09/11/2022
Committee of Ministers, Strasbourg
Iceland has taken over the rotating Chairmanship of the Council of Europe’s Committee of Ministers from Ireland during a meeting with representatives of the Organisation’s 46 member states. The incoming Chair – Iceland’s Minister for Foreign Affairs, Þórdís Kolbrún Reykfjörð Gylfadóttir –...
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World Forum For democracy, Strasbourg
09/11/2022
At the closing session of the 10th World Forum for Democracy, the Council of Europe announced that the winner of its 2022 Democracy Innovation Award was the Justice Code Foundation Trust (Zimbabwe) for its human rights remedy application Astrea Justice. The Justice Code Foundation Trust uses...
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