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15 mars 2018

Trafficking in human organs: Council of Europe convention enters into force

The Council of Europe Convention against Trafficking in Human Organs entered into force today in the five first states that have so far ratified it: Albania, Czech Republic, Malta, the Republic of Moldova and Norway.
The convention, the first international treaty aimed at preventing and combating trafficking in human organs, has been signed by another seventeen states, which have not yet ratified it: Armenia, Austria, Belgium, Greece, Italy, Ireland, Latvia, Luxembourg, Montenegro, Poland, Portugal, the Russian Federation, Spain, Switzerland, Turkey, Ukraine and the United Kingdom. More...
15 mars 2018

Anti-torture committee publishes a report on Portugal

In a report on Portugal published today, the Council of Europe's anti-torture committee (CPT) urges the Portuguese authorities to take determined action to prevent police ill-treatment and to provide prisoners with safe and decent living conditions. More...
15 mars 2018

San-Marino, Spain, Sweden: new reports by anti-discrimination body

According to the new report by European Commission against Racism and Intolerance (ECRI) published today, San-Marino has made progress on access to naturalisation, criminalising discrimination on the basis of gender identity, and on data collection. However, San Marino still has no criminal legislation prohibiting discrimination on the grounds of language or colour, lacks an independent anti-discrimination body. More...
15 mars 2018

Anti-corruption group says that Germany still lags in efforts to make party financing more transparent

The Council of Europe’s Group of States against Corruption (GRECO) reiterates previous critiques from earlier reports concerning the transparency of party financing in Germany in a just published “addendum”.
Of 20 recommendations, nine have been “implemented satisfactorily or dealt with in a satisfactory manner,” the new document stresses. More...
15 mars 2018

Special Representative on Migration and Refugees Tomáš Boček publishes first activity report

Résultat de recherche d'images pour "council of europe"In order to successfully tackle the challenges linked to migration, there needs to be “a clear, principled and holistic approach by the Organisation covering all areas of migration management”, said the Special Representative of the Secretary General on Migration and Refugees, Tomáš Boček, in his first activity report, published today. More...
15 mars 2018

Stressing gender perspective in drug policy at first-ever Mexico meeting

Résultat de recherche d'images pour "council of europe"Assessing negative consequences that especially women and girls face – including unequal access to health care and social services, as well as disproportionate criminal sanctions against women, among other issues – some 100 legal experts, policymakers, and drug policy specialists are meeting for a first-ever Pompidou Group conference in Mexico, which joined the Group last year. More...
15 mars 2018

Serbia: Concerted efforts needed to address the legacy of the past, protect media freedoms and ensure inclusive education

Résultat de recherche d'images pour "council of europe"Noting as an important step forward in addressing the legacy of the past, the recent discussions of the presidents of Serbia and Croatia, including the issue of missing persons from the 1990s’ war in the region, the Commissioner calls on all the countries in the region, including Serbia, to step up their work in addressing the remaining obstacles to establishing the fate of missing persons, including by opening of military and police archives that may hold important information about missing persons. More...
15 mars 2018

Combatting human trafficking by “the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia”

Résultat de recherche d'images pour "council of europe"In its new report, the Council of Europe’s anti-trafficking expert group (GRETA) welcomes positive developments in “the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia” and calls on the authorities to do more to lower human trafficking risks for children and migrants. More...
15 mars 2018

National minorities: Romania should step up efforts to combat Roma discrimination

Résultat de recherche d'images pour "council of europe"The Advisory Committee on the Framework Convention for the Protection of National Minorities has urged the Romanian authorities to step up their efforts to combat discrimination, against the Roma in particular, and to improve the protection of national minorities in a number of areas. More...
15 mars 2018

Sweden should enhance protection of asylum seekers and persons with disabilities

Résultat de recherche d'images pour "council of europe"While noting the urgency of strengthening European solidarity and creating safe and legal avenues for people seeking protection in Europe, the Commissioner calls on Sweden to lift the restrictions on the right to family reunification and to give refugees and beneficiaries of subsidiary protection the same rights in this regard. “Sweden should move beyond emergency mode and return to the levels of protection in place before the surge of arrivals”, said the Commissioner. More...
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