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Congress to observe local elections in Türkiye

Congress 18 March 2024 Strasbourg

A twenty-member delegation from the Congress of Local and Regional Authorities of the Council of Europe will carry out a mission from 29 March until 1 April to observe local elections in various regions of Türkiye to be held on 31 March 2024. The delegation will be accompanied by an expert and...

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Promoting measures for reducing drug supply and demand worldwide: Pompidou Group Italian Presidency

Pompidou Group 18 March 2024 Strasbourg

In an address to the 67th Session of the United Nations Commission on Narcotic Drugs in Vienna (14-22 March 2024), the Italian Presidency of the Council of Europe’s drug policy cooperation platform stressed that for drug supply reduction, worldwide efforts must be aimed at the control of drug...

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Presidential 'election' in Russia: "Let's not recognise Putin’s legitimacy as president", PACE President says

Parliamentary Assembly 18 March 2024 strasbourg

Following the Presidential election in Russia, PACE President Theodoros Rousopoulos today made the following statement: "Some minutes ago, the polling stations in the so-called ‘elections’ in the Russian Federation closed and the exit polls announced the projections. And there was little surprise...

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Venice Commission adopts opinion on the rule of law requirements of amnesties with particular reference to the amnesty bill in Spain

Venice Commission 15 March 2024 Venice

The European Commission for Democracy Through Law of the Council of Europe, better known as the Venice Commission, adopted today, during its 138th plenary meeting, an opinion on the rule of law requirements of amnesties, with particular reference to the parliamentary bill “on the organic law on...

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10 лет незаконной аннексии Крыма: заявление председателя Конгресса

Конгресс местных и региональных властей 15 марта 2024 г. Страсбург

Председатель Конгресса местных и региональных властей Совета Европы Марк Коолс сделал следующее заявление: “Ten years ago, on 16 March 2014, the illegal referendum in the Ukrainian region of Crimea, organised at Russian gunpoint, set off a spiral of violence leading to Crimea’s illegal annexation...

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Рамочная конвенция об искусственном интеллекте, правах человека, демократии и верховенстве права

Генеральный секретарь 15 марта 2024 г. Страсбург

Заявление Генерального секретаря Марии Пейчинович Бурич по случаю завершения работы над конвенцией

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Исполнение постановлений ЕСПЧ: последние решения Комитета министров Совета Европы

Комитет министров 15 марта 2024 г. Страсбург

Комитет министров Совета Европы опубликовал отдельные решения, принятые им на заседании по надзору за исполнением постановлений и решений Европейского суда по правам человека, которое он провел с 12 по 14 марта. В ходе заседания Комитет министров принял 40 решений относительно 21 государства,...

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Committee of Ministers condemns Russia for Alexey Navalnyy’s death, calls for independent international investigation

Committee of Ministers 15 March 2024 strasbourg

The Council of Europe’s Committee of Ministers has strongly condemned the Russian authorities for the recent death of Alexey Navalnyy. At the Committee’s latest quarterly meeting on the implementation of judgments from the European Court of Human Rights, it called for an international commission...

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Venice Commission plenary under way

Venice Commission 15 March 2024 Venice

During its plenary session on Friday and Saturday, 15- 16 March in Venice, the Venice Commission is set to adopt six draft opinions concerning: Bosnia and Herzegovina on certain questions relating to the functioning of the Constitutional Court; Bulgaria on the Code of Ethical Conduct for Judges...

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Secretary General opens first Co-ordination Meeting on Combating Anti-Muslim Hatred and Discrimination

Secretary General 14 March 2024 Strasbourg

“There is no doubt that while many Muslim communities are well-integrated throughout Europe, contributing to civic life and being appreciated for it, there remain many instances of prejudice, discrimination and even violence targeted against Muslim people because of their faith. Following recent...

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Human rights of trans people: increased visibility and legal recognition contrast with lived experience of discrimination, violence

Commissioner for Human Rights 14 March 2024 strasbourg

“Realising the rights of trans people is a matter of applying human rights equally to everyone, and states have the primary responsibility to lift the barriers trans people are facing in exercising their human rights”, said the Council of Europe Commissioner for Human Rights, Dunja Mijatović,...

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Grants to Armenian municipalities hosting refugees: Call for projects

Congress 14 March 2024 Strasbourg

The Congress of Local and Regional Authorities, in line with its commitment to support Karabakh Armenians and its “readiness to assist, using all statutory, cooperation and political tools at its disposal” (Declaration 7 (2023) has launched a grant scheme in support of municipalities hosting...

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Child human rights defenders want to be heard by their governments: Council of Europe study

Council of Europe 13 March 2024 Strasbourg

Child human rights defenders want governments to start listening to their opinions, ideas, and proposals in the development of laws and policies. This is one of the main findings of a new report: “Children as defenders of human rights: a study on Council of Europe member states” published today....

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В ходе встречи с генеральным секретарем ООН председатель ПАСЕ призвал к более эффективному сотрудничеству со всемирной организацией

Парламентская ассамблея 12 марта 2024 г.

Вчера во время встречи в Нью-Йорке с генеральным секретарем ООН Антониу Гутерришем, являющимся бывшим членом ПАСЕ, председатель ПАСЕ Теодорос Русопулос призвал к бóльшей эффективности и надлежащей институционализации сотрудничества между Организацией Объединенных Наций и Советом Европы. Такое...

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Lanzarote Convention: a tool to fight child sexual exploitation and sexual abuse worldwide

Council of Europe 12 March 2024

The Council of Europe and the Permanent Mission of Iceland to the United Nations in Geneva have hosted an event “Join states in a class of excellence to fight child sexual exploitation and sexual abuse” on the margins of the 55th Session of the UN Human Rights Council. The event aimed at...

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Liechtenstein should develop anti-discrimination legislation and better inform and support migrants

Council of Europe anti-racism commission (ECRI) 12 March 2024 strasbourg

In a report published on 12 March, the Council of Europe anti-racism commission (ECRI) calls on the Liechtenstein authorities to develop specific anti-discrimination legislation and establish an information and support centre for migrants (see also the German version of the report). ECRI notes a...

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Республика Молдова: ГРЕКО призывает к совершенствованию предупреждения коррупции в центральных государственных органах и полиции

Группа государств против коррупции (ГРЕКО) 12 марта 2024 г. Страсбург

Группа государств Совета Европы против коррупции (ГРЕКО) признала прогресс, достигнутый Республикой Молдова в деле создания институциональной и правовой базы, призванной содействовать честности и неподкупности и предупреждать коррупцию среди высших должностных лиц в центральных органах...

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Исполнение постановлений Европейского суда по правам человека

Комитет министров 12 марта 2024 г. Страсбург

12–14 марта Комитет министров Совета Европы проводит в Страсбурге свое ежеквартальное заседание по надзору за исполнением постановлений и решений Европейского суда по правам человека. Дела, которые было предложено вынести на более детальное рассмотрение, касаются Азербайджана, Армении, Болгарии,...

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Secretary General speaks at opening of Fundamental Rights Forum 2024 and visits Austria

Secretary General 11 March 2024 Vienna

Secretary General Marija Pejčinović Burić took the floor at the opening of the Fundamental Rights Forum 2024 “Rights in motion – Embracing human rights for Europe’s future” in Vienna. She lauded the excellent co-operation between the European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights (FRA), the...

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Promoting greater gender equality in sport: Roundtable on how to combat discrimination against female referees

Council of Europe’s Enlarged Partial Agreement on Sport (EPAS) 8 March 2024 strasbourg

On the occasion of International Women’s Day on 8 March 2024, the Council of Europe’s Enlarged Partial Agreement on Sport (EPAS) is holding its annual gender equality roundtable with a focus on sport officiating. The roundtable discussion includes personal experiences from female referees from a...

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