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Council of Europe Secretary General to participate in European Coalition against drugs international meeting in San Patrignano
In Italy, Alain Berset will present the organisation’s approach to drug policies
Global cybercrime experts meet at Council of Europe conference marking 25 years of the Budapest Convention
Conference to examine lessons from the convention’s implementation and emerging challenges in the fight against cybercrime
Council of Europe treaty strengthening criminal-asset recovery opened for signature
Eight countries and the European Union have signed a new Council of Europe treaty that strengthens authorities’ capacity to confiscate assets...
European and World Day against the Death Penalty: joint statement by the Secretary General of the Council of Europe and the High Representative of the European Union
Recorded executions have risen by 78% globally compared with 2024
Council of Europe and Microsoft sign framework cooperation agreement to promote human rights in the age of AI
The new framework for cooperation between the Council of Europe and Microsoft comes at a time when rapid advances in artificial intelligence are creating both significant opportunities...
“The Council of Europe is building a common legal space for an order now in rupture” – Alain Berset
Secretary General addresses Parliamentary Assembly and takes questions from members
“Law is Europe’s form of power”: Alain Berset brings democratic security message to Washington
“In a fragmenting world, law remains the last common language capable of restraining power.” That was the message that Secretary General Alain Berset of the 46-member Council of Europe brought to Washington this week, as he discussed Ukraine, democratic security and the future of international...
From New York, a call for the rule of law and democratic security
Secretary General Alain Berset takes his message to the UN, calling for stronger international cooperation in an increasingly divided world
Council of Europe opens first permanent UN Observer Office in New York during General Assembly
Council of Europe Secretary General Alain Berset has inaugurated the 46-member organisation’s first permanent Observer Office to the United Nations in New York, marking a significant step in cooperation between the Council of Europe and the UN at a time of growing geopolitical fragmentation and...
Secretary General Berset on mission to New York and Washington
Alain Berset will argue for closer links between international and regional organisations, and for transatlantic cooperation
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