Europe Explained
The Council of Europe is working to improve the lives of 700 million people by reducing discrimination, upholding human rights and protecting democracy. In the Europe Explained podcast we talk to the experts on the front line, to get an in-depth analysis of the key issues affecting our everyday lives.
40 episodes
What part have the judgments of the European Court of Human Rights played in bringing peace and social change to Ireland?
The European Court of Human Rights: an Irish perspective. Part 3
A green core at the heart of the European Convention on Human Rights. How has Ireland influenced the Convention, the Court, and its case-law?
The European Court of Human Rights: an Irish perspective. Part 2
How did joining the European Convention on Human Rights help Ireland at a difficult time as a young republic?
Learn more about Ireland’s history with the European Court. The European Court of Human Rights: an Irish perspective. Part 1
The informal prisoner hierarchy in European prisons
What is it and how to solve it?
The Vital Role of Social Rights and the European Social Charter in Europe
How the Council of Europe acts to protect social rights in our continent.
On the frontline, preventing torture and ill-treatment: the CPT
Behind the scenes at the Committee for the Prevention of Torture, the oldest European inspection mechanism
The foundations of democracy: forty years of the European Charter of local self-government
Gunn Marit Helgesen, Congress of Local and Regional Authorities Vice President, discusses local democracy and the workings of the charter.
Healthcare in prison: challenges and realities
How does good healthcare in prison help wider society? What kind of risks are there to health from being in detention? Why are prisoners less healthy than the general public? And what is the Council of Europe’s Committee for the Prevention of Torture’s (CPT) role? CPT member Prof. Hans Wolff of...
Inside Europe’s immigration detention centres: the CPT’s fight to prevent abuse
How does the Council of Europe’s Committee for the Prevention of Torture (CPT) ensure the protection of those detained in immigration detention centres? In this podcast the CPT President Alan Mitchell and adviser Francesca Gordon explain the CPT’s work in this area.
Council of Europe vs. Ecocide: Setting New Legal Standards for the Planet
How is Europe turning climate commitments into enforceable rights? Gianluca Esposito of the Council of Europe reveals how new legal standards are fighting ecocide and defending the right to a healthy environment.
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