The spring session is coming!

🇪🇺 #Kosovo *'s request to join the Council of Europe
🇪🇺 #Navalny 's death, countering #Putin
🇪🇺 Rebuilding 🇺🇦 using frozen Russian assets
🇪🇺 #LGBTI freedom of expression
🇪🇺 #AI and human rights
🇪🇺 The right to a healthy environment🌱

More:
pace.coe.int/en/pages/sessi…

Are you studying or working in law and political science?
Applications now open for the Second Liverpool Summer School in the Law of #CouncilofEurope !
8-19 July 2024, dive into digital era challenges & #CoE 's role in human rights protection. 🎓 Apply by Apr 14!
#CoE 75 #CoeDays

The latest annual report on the execution of ECHR CEDH rulings  is now online. In 2023, 1,043 new cases were transferred by the #ECHR to the Council of Europe Committee of Ministers and, 982 cases were closed following state action.

Full report: rm.coe.int/annual-report-…

Dernières statistiques de la CEDH tinyurl.com/2ny5229y | Latest ECHR statistics tinyurl.com/d5txhc62 tinyurl.com/5envnphz
#ECHR #CEDH #ECHR stats

Today’s landmark rulings by the European Court of Human Rights confirm that climate change poses existential risks for humankind impacting on #HumanRights and that states are obliged to act to fight it. They give victims clarity on the way forward in protecting their rights #ECHR

Judgment Verein KlimaSeniorinnen Schweiz and Others v. Switzerland - Violations of the Convention for failing to implement sufficient measures to combat climate change
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#ECHR #CEDH #ECHR press

At the #InternationalRomaDay celebration, I committed to:
🔹champion Romani people's #HumanRights
🔹initiate & nurture an ongoing dialogue with Romani people across Europe
🔹engage with Romani youth
🔹support Romani women and girls as agents of change
👉 go.coe.int/jrC0N

📢On #InternationalRomaDay , let's reaffirm our commitment to ending #antigypsyism & discrimination against Roma and Travellers. Check out key recommendations on combating these scourges in #ECRI GPR13 and the factsheet.📘➡️ bit.ly/4ai0Lwv & bit.ly/3VJJB6e

As we celebrate #InternationalRomaDay , we remain resolute in the fight against #AntiGypsyism and discrimination towards Roma and Travellers.

Read Marija Pejčinović Burić statement in the support of Roma and Traveller women and girls ➡️ coe.int/en/web/portal/…

The Spring session is coming!

🇪🇺 #Navalny 's death, countering #Putin
🇪🇺 Sanctions for Kara-Murza's persecutors
🇪🇺 Rebuilding Ukraine with frozen Russian assets
🇪🇺 Kosovo*'s request to join the Council of Europe
🇪🇺 #AI and human rights
🇪🇺 #LGBTI freedom of expression

pace.coe.int/files/33380/pdf

🌐 #CoE_WFD 2024: Call for initiatives!

📢 We’re seeking innovative initiatives from all over the 🌎 that aim to contribute to #democracy and better reflecting #diversity .

Apply now➡️ coe.int/en/web/world-f…

The PACE_Political Affairs Committee, meeting in Paris, has recommended that Kosovo* be invited to become a member of the @CoE. More details on the PACE site soon…

Next step: a plenary debate - due on 18th April - and a vote by the full Assembly on its statutory Opinion.

#Georgia : political manipulation and harassment of #LGBTI people and #HumanRights defenders have no place in a democratic society 👇
coe.int/en/web/commiss…

The Council of Europe’s Development Bank is lending Ukraine €100 million to rebuild houses.

'This means that more than 2,000 families will soon receive new homes,' says 🇺🇦 Infrastructure Minister Oleksandr Kubrakov.

🔗kyivindependent.com/council-of-eur… via The Kyiv Independent

Council of Europe CEB➡️Social development bank for Europe

Today’s meeting of the PACE_Political Affairs Committee - meeting in Paris to consider and adopt a draft Opinion on *Kosovo’s request for @CoE membership - is getting under way now. Information on the outcome of the meeting here and on the site later…

The head of PACE’s Monitoring Committee has requested an opinion from the @CoE’s body of legal experts on the new draft law in Poland amending the Law on the National Council of the Judiciary. Due in June…

We were delighted to take part in this morning’s #RunForEvan in Brussels in support of jailed The Wall Street Journal journalist @EvanGershkovich, who was arrested a year ago today.

#FreeEvan #JournalismIsNotACrime #MediaFreedom #SafetyOfJournalists #FreeSpeech Council of Europe #ECHR

Getting ready to #RunForEvan in Brussels shortly

The Wall Street Journal ⁦Evan Gershkovich⁩

#FreeEvan #IStandWithEvan #JournalismIsNotACrime #IRunForEvan

#MediaFreedom #PressFreedom #SafetyOfJournalists #FreeSpeech Council of Europe Council of Europeinbrussels Council of Europe Media Freedom #ECHR

Three forthcoming Grand Chamber rulings in cases concerning climate change
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#ECHR #CEDH #ECHR press

The plenary session of the Congress of Local and Regional Authorities of the Council of Europe kicks off today in Strasbourg.

📺 Agenda and live streaming ➡️ coe.int/en/web/portal/…

👉 Follow Congress of Local and Regional Authorities for more updates.