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Implementing European Court of Human Rights judgments
The Committee of Ministers, which represents European countries, works to ensure compliance with ECHR judgments
Las mujeres pueden ser las artífices de la paz
Conferencia del Consejo de Europa para abogar por una mayor participación de las mujeres en la resolución de conflictos y la consolidación de la paz
Los votantes armenios han contado con una auténtica elección entre alternativas políticas a pesar de la injerencia extranjera directa y de oportunidades desiguales en la campaña electoral
La Asamblea Parlamentaria realiza una misión de observación en las elecciones generales de Armenia
Montenegro: post-monitoring visit by Parliamentary Assembly co-rapporteur
Liliana Tanguy (France, ALDE), co-rapporteur of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) for the post-monitoring dialogue with Montenegro, will make a fact-finding visit to the country from 9 to 12 June. During her visit to Podgorica, Ms Tanguy will assess the progress made by...
Parliamentary Assembly General Rapporteur urges Israeli authorities to respect the rights of Palestinian children
Joseph O’Reilly (EPP/CD), General Rapporteur for the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) on the situation of women and children in the Palestinian territories, made the following statement today:“I am most alarmed by the ongoing detention and mistreatment of Palestinian...
Parliamentary Assembly observers hail smooth early elections in Kosovo*, urge political compromise and swift election of the President
A delegation from the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) has welcomed the orderly and smooth conduct of Kosovo’s early elections on 7 June 2026, which took place without major incidents. The delegation urged all elected representatives to engage now in genuinely constructive...
Alain Berset se reunirá en Viena con dirigentes austriacos y con los jefes de la OSCE y del organismo de energía atómica
El secretario general se centrará en la seguridad democrática y el futuro de Europa en tiempos difíciles
Noruega debería reforzar la protección de los grupos vulnerables a la trata de seres humanos, incluidos los trabajadores migrantes y los menores
El país nórdico carece de un mecanismo formal para recopilar datos sobre las víctimas de trata
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 ‘the use of starvation as a method of warfare’
The Committee on Social Affairs, Health and Sustainable Development, meeting in Athens on 3 June, expressed concern that overlapping crises are severely undermining food security, food systems and nutrition worldwide. It strongly condemned “the use of famine as a method of warfare”, the unlawful...
Statement on the International Day of Innocent Children Victims of Aggression
On 4 June 2026, the Special Envoy of the Secretary General on the situation of children of Ukraine, Thórdís Kolbrún Reykfjörd Gylfadóttir, made the following statement: “On the International Day of Innocent Children Victims of Aggression, we remember all children whose lives have been affected by...
Europe strengthens co-operation on drug policy and addictions at Pompidou Group meeting in Vienna
How can Europe respond more effectively to organised crime linked to drug trafficking, protect human rights, and tackle emerging forms of addiction in an increasingly digital world? These questions were at the centre of the 98th meeting of the Pompidou Group of the Council of Europe, held in...
Pompidou Group adopts new Guidelines to strengthen member States' response to drug-related organised crime (OC-DT)
The Permanent Correspondents of the Pompidou Group have adopted new Guidelines designed to strengthen member States’ response to Organised Crime linked to Drug Trafficking, while ensuring full respect for human rights.
Portugal avanza en la lucha contra la trata de seres humanos, pero debería mejorar la identificación de las víctimas y el acceso a la indemnización
Los hombres extranjeros sometidos a explotación laboral siguen siendo el grupo más numeroso de víctimas de la trata
Congress Secretary General at the G7 engagement group for cities
Ten days ahead of the G7 Summit in Evian (France), the engagement group for cities (U7), met in Nancy from 2 to 4 June 2026. The U7 brought together mayors and local leaders from G7 countries...
Romania: legislative initiative prompts concerns from the President of the Conference of International NGO (CINGO) and its Expert Council on NGO Law
In a letter dated 28 May sent to the Permanent Representative of Romania to the Council of Europe, the President of the Conference of International NGO and the President of its Expert Council...
CINGO’s Expert Council invites Bulgaria to revise its Law on Interest Representation
The Expert Council on NGO Law – a body of the Conference of INGOs – is publishing its Opinion on the Compatibility of the Bulgarian Law on Interest Representation with European Standards. The...
Redes sociales y salud mental infantil: las respuestas correctas rara vez son blancas o negras
Un debate en Estrasburgo trata sobre la exposición a las redes sociales, el bienestar y las medidas políticas para mitigar riesgos
Primer Foro europeo de activistas por los derechos humanos medioambientales
Los activistas se enfrenta a una presión y riesgos personales crecientes en Europa
World Environment Day 2026 - Council of Europe Congress Spokesperson: Local and national authorities must work together on innovative solutions - now
“Following record-breaking May temperatures, it is very clear that we need a step-change in climate action, with local, regional and national governments working together on innovative new solutions to the climate crisis,” stated Meropi Ydraiou (Greece, EPP/CCE), Spokesperson on the Environment...
*Todas las referencias en este texto a Kosovo, ya sea su territorio, sus instituciones o su población deben entenderse en conformidad con la Resolución 1244 del Consejo de Seguridad de las Naciones Unidas y sin perjuicio del estatus de Kosovo.