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Directorate General

Human Rights and Rule of Law

Human rights - publications

Abolition of the death penalty and prevention of ill-treatment

Effective Investigation of Ill-treatment

Compendium of case law of the European Court of Human Rights on the death penalty and extrajudicial execution

Death is not justice - The Council of Europe and the death penalty

Measures against the trade in goods used for the death penalty, torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment

The implementation of ECHR judgments

Thematic factsheet on constitutional matters

FRA - ITA - RUS - SPA - SRP - UKR

Thematic factsheet on effective investigations into death or ill-treatment caused by security forces

FRA - BUL - ELL - HRV - HUN - ITA - POL
RO - RUS - SPA - SQI - SRP - TUR - UKR

Thematic factsheet on freedom of religion

FRA - BUL - ELL

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Thematic factsheet on the environment

FRA - ITA - UKR

Thematic factsheet on the independence and impartiality of the judicial system

FRA - POL - RO - TUR - UKR

Thematic factsheet on children's rights

FRA - BUL - ITA - RO - TUR - UKR

Thematic factsheet on freedom of expression

Thematic factsheet on the conditions of detention

Thematic factsheet on LGBTI persons' rights

Thematic factsheet on freedom of assembly and association

Thematic factsheet on migration and asylum

Thematic factsheet on roma and travellers

Thematic factsheet on domestic violence

Thematic factsheet on protection of property

Thematic factsheet on personal data protection

Thematic factsheet on reopening of domestic judicial proceedings

Thematic factsheet on hate crime and hate speech

Thematic factsheet on the right to free elections

Thematic factsheet on Excessive formalism by courts

Thematic factsheet on life imprisonment

Thematic factsheet on reproductive rights

intergovernmental cooperation

Civil society and human rights

Manual on human rights and the environment (3rd Edition)

Publication and dissemination of the European Convention on Human Rights, the case-law of the European Court of Human Rights and other relevant texts (bilingual)

Inter-State cases under the European Convention on Human Rights - Experiences and current challenges (bilingual)

The place of the European Convention on Human Rights in the European and International legal order

Enhancing the national implementation of the system of the European Convention on Human Rights

Development and strengthening of effective, pluralist and independent national human rights institutions

Access to official documents (Tromsø Convention)

Environmental Protection and Human Rights

Protection, promotion and development of the Ombudsman Institution

Other languages: RUS - POL - TUR

Human rights and business Recommendation CM/Rec(2016)3 of the Committee of Ministers to member States

Promotion of human rights of older persons

The European Convention on Human Rights in university education and professional training

Selection and election of judges of the European Court of Human Rights

Protecting the right to a fair trial under the European Convention on Human Rights

Second edition: ENG - RO - RUS - SRB - TUR - UKR

First edition: AZE - BIH - BGR - CZE - FRA
GRC - MAC - POL - RO

social rights

The European Social Charter at a glance

Collective complaints procedure

How can national Human Rights institutions and national equality bodies engage with the European Committee of Social Rights

Against ageism and towards active social citizenship for older persons. The current use and future potential of the European Social Charter

Manual on preparation of national reports on accepted provisions under the reporting procedure of the European Social Charter

Procedure on non-accepted provisions of the European Social Charter

Protecting the child from poverty: the role of rights in the Council of Europe

How can (I)NGOs engage with the European Committee of Social Rights under the monitoring procedures of the European Social Charter

The European pillar of social rights and the role of the European Social Charter in the European Union legal order

Improving the protection of social rights in Europe - Volume I

Improving the protection of social rights in Europe - Volume II

See more publications on the "European Social Charter" website

european convention on human rights

Guide to Good Practice in respect of Domestic Remedies

Français - Other languages: ALB - ARM - BGR - DEU - ITA - POL - RO - SRP - UKR

Reforming the European Convention on Human Rights

Glossary of the European Convention on Human Rights

Other languages: ALB - ARM - AZE - BIH - BGR - GEO - RO - RUS - SPA - SRP - TUR - UKR

Human Rights and Criminal Procedure

See more publications on the "Human Rights Education for Legal Professionals" website

Migration

Council of Europe Action Plan on Protecting Vulnerable Persons in the Context of Migration and Asylum in Europe (2021-2025)

Family reunification for refugee and migrant children - standards and promising practices

Protecting Migrants under the European Convention on Human Rights and the European Social Charter

Français - Other languages: BIH - GRE - RUS - SRP

Handbook on European law relating to asylum, borders and immigration

Français - Other languages: DEU - ITA

human rights and biomedicine

Bioethics at the Council of Europe

Strategic Action Plan on Human Rights and Technologies in Biomedicine (2020-2025)

Guide to Public Debate in Human Rights and Biomedicine

Guide to health literacy

See more publications on the "Bioethics" website