Europe Explained
Le Conseil de l’Europe œuvre à améliorer la vie de 700 millions de personnes en réduisant la discrimination, en défendant les droits humains et en protégeant la démocratie. Dans le podcast Europe Explained, nous nous entretenons avec des experts et expertes intervenant en première ligne pour analyser en profondeur les principales questions qui ont une incidence sur notre vie quotidienne.
41 épisodes
Deprivation of liberty in social care institutions
How does the CPT adapt its monitoring to these unique structures – where residents may not always be able to speak for themselves.
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.
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