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Transfer of Chairmanship
The 125th session of the Committee of Ministers brought together, on 19 May 2015 in Brussels, Ministers for Foreign Affairs of the 47 member states of the organisation. At the close of the session, Bosnia and Herzegovina has taken over from Belgium the chairmanship of the Committee of Ministers...
The « Brussels Document » on the future of the protection of social rights in Europe
Belgium was holding the Chairmanship of the Council of Europe, which ends today 19 May 2015. Focus on one of the deliverables of the Chairmanship: the “Brussels Document” on the future of the protection of social rights. On 12 and 13 February 2015, the Belgian Chairmanship of the Council of...
European ministers adopt new legal standards for tackling foreign terrorist fighters
Foreign ministers from across Europe have adopted the first set of legally-binding international standards to help tackle so-called "foreign terrorist fighters". The measures take the form of an additional protocol to the Council of Europe's convention on the prevention of terrorism, which has so...
6th Conference of Ministers Responsible for Cultural Heritage
Cultural Heritage in the 21st century for living better together: a common strategy for Europe
Didier Reynders: The cradle of our civilisation must not become the grave of those aspiring to be part of it
“It is totally contrary to our vision and our values that the cradle of our civilisation should become the grave of those aspiring to be part of it”, said Didier Reynders, Chairman of the Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe, today in his statement to the Parliamentary Assembly,...
The European Youth Work Convention 2015
The European Youth Work Convention 2015 is one of the flagship initiatives of the Belgian Chairmanship of the Council of Europe. It took place in Brussels from 27 to 30 April 2015, five years after the 1st Convention organized in Ghent on 7-10 July 2010 in the framework of the Belgian EU...
Didier Reynders presents priorities Belgian Chairmanship of Committee of Ministers of Council of Europe to the OSCE
Didier Reynders presents priorities Belgian Chairmanship of Committee of Ministers of Council of Europe to the OSCE The Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs Didier Reynders, as Chairman of the Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe, visited the OSCE on 12 March. He held...
Interview - Koen Geens, Belgian Minister of Justice
On Monday March 2, the Belgian Minister of Justice was interviewed in the Council of Europe about the high-level conference entitled “Implementation of the European Convention, our shared responsibility” planned on 26 and 27 March 2015. This interview explains the importance and the purposes of...
Didier Reynders calls on Russia to release Nadia Savchenko and other Ukrainian citizens
Didier Reynders calls on Russia to release Nadia Savchenko and other Ukrainian citizens The Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs Didier Reynders is concerned about Nadia Savchenko, who started a hunger strike eleven weeks ago to protest against her detention in Russia. The health...
Conférence des Ministres du Patrimoine du Conseil de l’Europe
Conférence des Ministres du Patrimoine du Conseil de l’Europe A l’initiative de Maxime PREVOT, Ministre wallon du Patrimoine, et dans le cadre de la Présidence belge du Conseil de l’Europe, la 6ème conférence des Ministres du Patrimoine du Conseil de l’Europe sera organisée à Namur, du 22 au 24...
Is social protection in Europe ready for the future?
Is social protection in Europe ready for the future? Since November 2014 and for a period of 6 months, Belgium is holding the presidency of the Council of Europe. The Council is a European Institution that plays a key role in the defense of human rights on European Union territory. Social rights,...
Address by Committee of Ministers Chairman
Didier Reynders: “Proper tools to defend our societies against radicalism and terrorism”
Committee of Ministers: Action plan for Ukraine
Committee of Ministers President, Belgian Foreign Affairs Minister Didier Reynders, welcomes Action Plan for Ukraine 2015-2017
Terrorist attack against 'Charlie Hebdo' magazine
Statement by Didier Reynders, Minister for Foreign and European Affairs of Belgium, Chairman of the Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe "I am deeply shocked by the horrendous attack committed this morning in Paris against “Charlie Hebdo” magazine. On behalf of the Committee of...
La Convention culturelle européenne célèbre 60 ans
Le 19 décembre 2014, la Convention culturelle européenne qui est à l’origine de tous les travaux du Conseil de l’Europe dans le domaine de la culture et de l’éducation aura 60 ans. Pour commémorer ce texte fondateur, la Présidence Belge du Conseil de l’Europe a mis à son agenda une conférence de...
Democratisation process in Ukraine
Didier Reynders reaffirms the support of the Council of Europe to the Ukrainian government reforms
Mettre les enfants au centre des préoccupations
Dans le cadre de la commémoration du 25ème anniversaire de la Convention des Nations-Unies relatives aux droits de l’enfant, les autorités belges avec la collaboration de la Division droits des enfants du Conseil de l’Europe organisera une conférence européenne centrée sur “l’intérêt supérieur de...
Marckx’ case: European Court of Human Rights has an impact on your daily life…
"As a ten months old baby I institute legal proceedings against Belgium", those were the terms that Paula Marckx addressed in 1974 to the European Court of Human Rights in Strasbourg. Marckx, a deliberately single mother, considered it unacceptable not to be not recognized as the legitimate...
Ending violence against women
Statement by Belgian Foreign Minister and Committee of Ministers Chairman Didier Reynders and Secretary General Thorbjørn Jagland
Voorzitter van Ministercomité licht Belgische prioriteiten toe aan Permanent Comité van de Parlementaire Assemblée
In het kader van het Belgisch voorzitterschap van het Ministercomité van de Raad van Europa, ontmoette Vice-Eerste Minister en Minister van Buitenlandse zaken Didier Reynders op 18 november de Voorzitster van de Parlementaire Assemblee van de Raad van Europa, mevrouw Anne Brasseur. Zij hadden...
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