“There are systemic obstacles which seriously hinder the effective protection of the rights of persons with disabilities in Romania”, said today Council of Europe Commissioner for Human Rights, Dunja Mijatović, publishing the report on her visit to the country in November 2018. More...
The key message of the Helsinki conference on the impact of artificial intelligence (AI) development on human rights is that more research, understanding, trust and transparency are needed with regard to AI, as well as multi-stakeholder cooperation. More...
A two-day High-Level Conference “Governing the Game Changer – Impacts of artificial intelligence development on human rights, democracy and the rule of law” opened in Helsinki today. More...
On UN International Women’s Day on 8 March, the Council of Europe welcomes the 34th ratification of the Council of Europe Convention on preventing and combating violence against women and domestic violence (also known as the Istanbul Convention) to stop all forms of violence against women. More...
In this new CPT report, published along with a Greek government response, the allegations related primarily to detention places in the Evros region (the Fylakio Pre-removal Centre, Fylakio Reception and Identification Centre (RIC) and Tychero Police and Border Guard Station) and on Lesvos (Moria Pre-removal Centre). The CPT recommends that Greece take “vigorous steps” to stamp out ill-treatment of foreign nationals deprived of their liberty by the police. More...
Organised by the School for Young Orators of the Strasbourg Institute of Political Studies (Sciences Po) in co-operation with the Council of Europe, the competition seeks to foster, among the students who take part, a sense of allegiance to common European values, to stimulate discussion and debate and to improve public speaking skills. More...
The Congress of Local and Regional Authorities (the Congress) will discuss the voting rights of Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) at local level in Ukraine and the measures needed to ensure their electoral participation, at a conference on 27 February in Kyiv. The conference will be followed, on 28 February, by a workshop for local authorities on better inclusion and protection of IDPs, organised jointly with the Association of Ukrainian Cities. More...
Une réforme majeure est intervenue en 2018 modifiant fortement les bases du système français en matière de gouvernance, de financement et de dispositif avec notamment la monétisation du CPF. La formation professionnelle continue et l’apprentissage constituent un secteur économique important qui représentait 1,2 % du produit intérieur brut français en 2016. Plus...
Il est facile de croire «universel» ce que nous connaissons quand plusieurs d’entre nous en partageons l'usage. Par exemple, l’argent est un concept qui pourrait prétendre à l’universalité. Mais pourtant personne ne demanderait à être payé avant qu’on ne lui ait demandé de l’argent et qu’il en ait vu l’utilité. L’humain est sans doute le seul animal qui doive maintenant payer pour vivre sur terre. Plus...
The compulsory contributions of companies for continuing training (the rate remains unchanged) will now be paid to a single body, URSSAF, a network of organisations collecting and redistributing social security contributions on behalf of the state since 1960. The current OPCAs [1], joint bodies run by the social partners, lose this responsibility, while the 20 existing OPCAs should be replaced by 11 skills operators (OPCOs - Opérateurs de compétences) organised by the professional sector. More...
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