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24 April 2023
Annual Report 2022: Commissioner Mijatović calls for renewed commitment to human rights protection to address numerous systemic problems

“The protection of human rights in Europe has suffered serious setbacks in 2022,” said the Council of Europe Commissioner for Human Rights, Dunja Mijatović, presenting her Annual Report on 24 April. “A renewed commitment to human rights is needed to reverse the trend.” The report largely focuses on the atrocities committed by the Russian Federation […]

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24 April 2023
Bilateral meeting between Hon. Minister Tajani and Secretary General Marija Pejčinović Burić

In the margins of the Council, Hon. Minister Tajani will meet Secretary General Marija Pejčinović Burić for talks ahead of the 4th Council of Europe Summit scheduled for 16-17 May in Rejkyavik. Ambassador Giacomelli, Permanent Representative to the Council of Europe attended the meeting. More information here.

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4 April 2023
Visit to Ukraine: Secretary General meets President Zelenskyy

Secretary General Marija Pejčinović Burić has met the President of Ukraine, Volodymyr Zelenskyy, and key personalities during her visit to Ukraine on 3 April. The Secretary General expressed the Council of Europe’s full solidarity and support to Ukraine in the face of the ongoing Russian aggression, highlighting concrete steps in the area of accountability. “The […]

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4 April 2023
Negotiations start in Strasbourg on a new convention on the protection of the environment through criminal law

Environmental crime was in focus when the Council of Europe Committee of experts on the protection of the environment through Criminal Law held its first meeting in Strasbourg. In his opening remarks, Deputy Secretary General Bjørn Berge emphasised that environmental crime has been growing at 2-3 times the rate of the global economy, with proceeds […]

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16 March 2023
Statement by Committee of Ministers President on the anniversary of the expulsion of the Russian Federation from the Council of Europe

The Icelandic Minister for Foreign Affairs and President of the Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe, Thórdís Kolbrún Reykfjörd Gylfadóttir, has made the following statement on the anniversary of the expulsion of the Russian Federation from the Council of Europe: “On this day, one year ago, the Committee of Ministers of the Council […]

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6 March 2023
Italian Design Day in the world – 9 March 2023

On Wednesday 8 March the presentation of the 7th edition of the Italian Design Day entitled ”La qualitá che illumina: l’energia del design per le persone e per l’ambiente” was held at the Farnesina. The video produced by ADI in collaboration with Studio Azzurro for the 2023 edition is available on the event’s official website, along […]

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13 February 2023
Italy: publication of the 5th Advisory Committee Opinion of the Framework Convention for the Protection of National Minorities

13 February 2023 The Fifth Opinion on Italy of the Council of Europe Advisory Committee on the Framework Convention for the Protection of National Minorities has been published today together with the government comments (also available in Italian). The Fifth Opinion of the Advisory Committee is based on the information provided by governmental and non-governmental […]

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30 January 2023
Speech by the President of the Constitutional Court, Prof. Silvana Sciarra, on the occasion of the opening of the judicial year of the ECHR

The President of the Constitutional Court, Silvana Sciarra, travelled to Strasbourg to attend the Hearing of the European Court of Human Rights, during which she delivered a speech (attached). The Hearing was preceded by a seminar entitled ‘By protecting human rights, judges preserve democracy’. Link to the opening of the judicial year: https://vodmanager.coe.int/cedh/webcast/cedh/2023-01-27-2/lang

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9 January 2023
Management of frozen or seized property: new report assesses compliance with Warsaw Convention

Most European states have put in place legislation or other measures to ensure the proper management of frozen or seized property, although improvements are still needed in certain countries, according to a report by the Conference of the Parties of Convention on Laundering, Search, Seizure and Confiscation of the Proceeds from Crime and on the […]

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9 January 2023
Ministers declare human rights centred approach to face drug addiction at Pompidou Group conference

Closing the 18th Ministerial Conference of the Council of Europe’s Pompidou Group, ministers and high-level participants from 41 Pompidou Group member states have called for a human rights centred approach to address drugs addictions and related disorders. In their “Lisbon Declaration”, participants furthermore called for exploring strategies to address addictions related to the use of […]

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