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Armenia promoting human rights in mental health through HELP Course
The Council of Europe is committed to strengthening the protection of persons with mental health conditions and improving mental health care through a human rights-based approach. In this context, the Council of Europe HELP Course on “Mental Health and Human Rights” was developed in 2024 to...
Armenia: more progress needed to combat violence against women
Violence against women remains a serious issue in Armenia, according to a memorandum released today by the Council of Europe Commissioner for Human Rights following his visit to the country in February 2026. While welcoming the authorities' willingness to address violence against women (VAW), the...
Call for applications: Integrating a gender perspective into legal education
The Council of Europe is launching a call for applications for a regional workshop entitled “Integrating a gender perspective into legal education”, to be held on 23 October 2026 at the European Youth Centre Budapest (EYCB), Hungary. The workshop will bring together up to 60 law professors from...
Strengthening integrity in public service: Council of Europe continues to train integrity officers to combat misconduct
Integrity components applicable to public servants remain fundamental principles for promoting accountability, transparency, and professionalism in public administration. Upholding these core values is essential in preventing misconduct, abuse of office, and breaches of ethical standards within...
A safer child protection system for Armenia: Roundtable on combating sexual violence against children
The Council of Europe held a roundtable that brought together over 40 representatives from relevant ministries, state institutions, and civil society to discuss measures and further steps to strengthen the protection of children from sexual exploitation and abuse in Armenia. The event centred on...
Addressing hate speech during the election period in Armenia
More than 60 representatives of civil society institutions, academia, police officers, electoral stakeholders and staff of the Human Rights Defender participated in the Workshop on reporting and addressing hate speech and sexism during election period in Armenia. The workshop was co-organised by...
Council of Europe’s 2025 penal statistics for the continent published
Serious overcrowding and increasing proportions of older and women detainees in European prisons
The Council of Europe’s newly released 2025 annual penal statistics on prison populations (SPACE I), show that many European countries are failing to address the serious prison overcrowding they face. In many others prisons are close to full capacity following an increase in their prison...
Supporting equal opportunities: voices of Yezidi and Assyrian national minorities heard
On 19 May 2026, the Council of Europe project “Promoting Equality and Non-Discrimination in Armenia” organised a regional visit to Armavir, Armenia to meet and hold discussions with the representatives of the local Yezidi and Assyrian communities. The meetings focused on access to education,...
Provisions strengthen cross-border cooperation against criminal networks
New Council of Europe treaty to strengthen criminal asset recovery
The Ministers for Foreign Affairs of the 46 Council of Europe member states have adopted an additional protocol to the Council of Europe Convention on laundering, search, seizure and confiscation of the proceeds from crime and on the financing of terrorism (the “Warsaw Convention”) during their...
Report provides a state of play of the New Democratic Pact for Europe
Europe’s security starts with democracy: Council of Europe Secretary General’s 2026 annual report
Europe does not have to choose between security and democracy. It never did and cannot afford to start now. In his 2026 annual report, entitled “The New Democratic Pact for Europe in times of rupture”, Council of Europe Secretary General Alain Berset calls for a legal and democratic framework...
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