International conference on children’s rights
Challenging social norms, attitudes and behaviours that hinder effective protection of children’s rights: conference in Strasbourg next week. More...
Syria humanitarian situation
Earthquake in Albania: Secretary General expresses condolences and solidarity
Në emër të Këshillit të Europës dëshiroj t’u shpreh ngushëllimet e mia të sinqerta familjeve që humbën të afërmit e tyre si dhe personave të lënduar nga kjo tragjedi.
Ju siguroj për solidaritetin dhe mbështetjen tonë për Shqipërinë dhe popullin e saj në këtë moment të vështirë. More...
If we want open, tolerant and inclusive communities, education is vital
Tunisia joins convention to protect children against sexual violence
Secretary General in Georgia: high-level meetings, new Action Plan launch
Secretary General of the Council of Europe, Marija Pejčinović Burić, has concluded on 11 November 2019 her official two-day visit to Georgia ahead of the Chairmanship in the Council of Europe that Georgia will assume on the 27th of November 2019. More...
Committee of Ministers: Georgia takes over Presidency from France
Inauguration of the new secondary site of the EDQM: resilience and business continuity
The Council of Europe will open and inaugurate on 15 November the new secondary site of the European Directorate for the Quality of Medicines & HealthCare (EDQM) in Ars-Laquenexy, close to Metz in eastern France. It will enable the safe storage of contingency stocks of European Pharmacopoeia reference standards and ensure their distribution worldwide in the event of major incidents at its main site in Strasbourg. More...
Do European states do enough to protect the rights of the child?
A two-day international conference on children’s rights has started in Strasbourg today in the framework of the French Presidency of the Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe. It looks at what European states are doing to promote children’s rights protection and what challenges remain. More...