Despite progress, women’s and girls’ rights in Europe face setbacks and numerous challenges, including violence, discrimination and hate speech. The Commissioner’s work focuses on promoting measures ...

The Secretary General of the Council of Europe, Alain Berset, has expressed his condolences and deep sadness over the tragic ...

The Council of Europe Office in Baku has expressed its deep condolences to the people of Azerbaijan following the tragic ...

Europe’s largest minority, the Roma and Travellers, face multiple barriers to education, health, employment and political ...

Often, women with disabilities are invisible and marginalised in society, including among those promoting the rights of persons with disabilities, and those promoting gender equality and the ...

Some developments in biomedicine have human rights implications that give rise to specific ethical concerns and make them particularly challenging. Public debate In this document and in Article 28 of ...

The objective of engaging the public might be to inform people about new developments in biomedicine, to stimulate debate or to lay the foundation for further consultation or participation, and to ...

The Committee of Experts on the Evaluation of Anti-Money Laundering Measures and the Financing of Terrorism - MONEYVAL is a permanent monitoring body of the Council of Europe entrusted with the task ...

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On this page you will find an overview of the activities of the Monitoring Group of the Anti-Doping Convention (T-DO). You can also learn more about our groups' mandate and composition on the "Learn ...

We are pleased to welcome you to the official web site of the Council of Europe Office in Chisinau. We hope this homepage will serve as a gateway to information about the Council of Europe, its ...

In a letter addressed to the President of the Senate of Italy, published today, Commissioner ...