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Exchange with the Committee of Ministers: facing the hard winds to deliver human rights for all
Commissioner's introductory remarks at the exchange of views with the Council of Europe Committee of Ministers Deputies Merci Madame la Présidente, dear Ambassadors, Thank you, I appreciate the opportunity to be with you this afternoon to present my annual report for 2025. I hope you've all had a...
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Neither innovative nor smart: externalisation as a migration policy path of human rights risk
Introductory remarks on Externalised asylum and migration policies at European Parliament Subcommittee on Human Rights (DROI) event in Brussels (Belgium) on the 24 February 2026 Chairperson, Honourable Members, Thank you for the invitation to engage with you today. Migration is a phenomenon as...
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Migration: facts and law; securing the European human rights system – Commissioner O’Flaherty to Justice Ministers
Transcript of the speech delivered at the Informal Conference of Ministers of Justice at the Council of Europe. President, Ministers, Excellencies. You are embarked on an extremely consequential pathway in terms of the well-being of Europe’s human rights protection system. In doing so, I would...
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Exchange with the Committee of Ministers: human-centred pathways to peace in Ukraine, AI oversight and defending the ECHR
The Commissioner held an exchange of views with the Committee of Ministers on Tuesday 18 November. Below is the published version of his introductory remarks: Thank you very much, Madam President, and my warm congratulations and best wishes to you as you take up the presidency. I walked past the...
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Externalised migration policies, Roma and Travellers and pressure on civil society discussed with the Committee of Ministers
The Commissioner held an exchange of views with the Committee of Ministers on Wednesday 3 September. Below is the published version of his introductory remarks: Dear President, dear ambassadors, It is a great pleasure to be back with you. I look forward to meeting those of you who are new to your...
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Oral intervention before the Grand Chamber in the case of C.O.C.G. and Others v. Lithuania
Mr President, Distinguished members of the Court, Today’s cases are of particular importance to me as they will have significant implications for the protection of the rights of individuals as well as for the system of human rights protection more broadly. Summary returns are widespread and...
Third party intervention
Oral intervention before the Grand Chamber in the case of H.M.M. and Others v. Latvia
Mr President, Distinguished members of the Court, Today’s cases are of particular importance for me as they will have significant implications for the protection of the rights of individuals as well as for the system of human rights protection more broadly. Summary returns are widespread and...
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Oral intervention before the Grand Chamber in the case of R.A. and Others v. Poland
Mr President, Distinguished members of the Court, Today’s cases are of particular importance for me as they will have significant implications for the protection of the rights of individuals as well as for the system of human rights protection more broadly. Summary returns are widespread and...
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Exchange of views with the Committee of Ministers
Ambassadors, good morning. By now you will have seen my report covering the period 1 April to 31 August. You will observe that I have built it around my four priority work areas, and it addresses my engagement with states in the form of visits and otherwise, as well as my thematic focus of...
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Human rights and migration: 5 key elements
Speech by Michael O'Flaherty, Council of Europe Commissioner for Human Rights, delivered at the Joint debate of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe on “Missing migrants, refugees, and asylum seekers – A call to clarify their fate”and “A shared European approach to address migrant...
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Speech at the Committee on Migration, Refugees and Displaced Persons of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe
Speech by Michael O'Flaherty, Council of Europe Commissioner for Human Rights, delivered at the Committee on Migration, Refugees and Displaced Persons of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe. (A shorter version of this speech was delivered at the joint debate on “Missing migrants,...
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Speech at the 2nd International Conference on Migrant Smuggling
Speech by Michael O'Flaherty, Council of Europe Commissioner for Human Rights, at the 2nd International Conference on Migrant Smuggling, organised by the Council of Europe European Committee on Crime Problems (CDPC), in collaboration with the Office of the Special Representative on Migration and...
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Вступительное слово при обмене мнениями с Постоянным комитетом ПАСЕ
Речь на английском языке. Dear PACE members, It is a pleasure to meet with you today, although only from cyberspace. I would have preferred to get together with you last April at your plenary session to discuss my annual report. Regrettably, the pandemic made it impossible and I was only able to...
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Защита беженцев в Европе: ЕКПЧ и вне ее рамок
Видео-речь, произнесенная по случаю 20-й Берлинской конференции по правам беженцев: "Европа, коронавирус и права человека - значение Европейской конвенции о защите прав человека (ЕКПЧ) для защиты беженцев" Речь на английском и немецком языках Ladies and gentlemen, Over the past 70 years, the...
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Внеочередные дебаты ПАСЕ по поводу международных обязательств в отношении репатриации детей из зон военных конфликтов
Mr President, Mr. Rapporteur, Ladies and gentlemen, Allow me first to thank the Parliamentary Assembly for giving me the opportunity to address its plenary on this very important and sensitive issue. I would also like to congratulate Mr. Schennach on his report, which perfectly highlights the...
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На ежегодном собрании ГАННРИ Комиссар Миятович подчеркивает роль НПЗУ в защите прав человека мигрантов
Комиссар выступила сегодня с речью на ежегодной конференции ГАННРИ на тему «Обеспечение соблюдения прав человека и учета гендерных факторов, последующая деятельность и обзор Глобального договора по миграции: роль национальных правозащитных учреждений». Загрузить речь CommDH/Speech(2019)2 (Pdf)...
Выступление в качестве третьей стороны
Комиссар Миятович выступила в качестве третьей стороны в Европейском суде по правам человека по делу о миграции в отношении Испании
Сегодня Комиссар приняла участие в слушании в Большой Палате Европейского Суда по правам человека по делу Н.Д. и Н.Т. против Испании по двум жалобам, касающимся предполагаемых возвращений мигрантов из испанского города Мелилья в Марокко. Commissioner Mijatović explained that her decision to take...
1164th Plenary Meeting of the OSCE Permanent Council
1164th Plenary Meeting of the OSCE Permanent Council, address by Nils Muižnieks, Council of Europe Commissioner for Human Rights - 16 November 2017, Vienna. Read the speech: CommDH/Speech(2017)7
Immigration detention of Children: Coming to a Close?
Immigration detention of Children: Coming to a Close? Keynote speech by Nils Muižnieks, Commissioner for Human Rights of the Council of Europe, Conference hosted by the Czech Chairmanship of the Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe - 25 September 2017, Prague Read the speech:...