The European Diploma for Protected Areas is a prestigious international award granted since 1965 by the Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe. It recognises natural and semi-natural areas ...

The Red Army arrived at Auschwitz on 27 January 1945; a day commemorated since 2005 as International Holocaust Remembrance Day. During March and April 1945, other death camps were liberated by the ...

Cities can minimise the threats and maximise the potential of diversity by developing, negotiating and implementing a comprehensive strategy to realise its diversity advantage.

Today around ten to twelve million Roma live in Europe, yet very few Europeans know about their history, culture or way of life. What’s worse, majority populations are not only ignorant but downright ...

Physical violence is an act attempting to cause, or resulting in, pain and/or physical injury. As with all forms of violence, the main aim of the perpetrator is not only – or may not always be – to ...

On 20 March, the Council of Europe Division on Migration and Refugees ( DMR ), in cooperation with the Faculty of Law of Maastricht University (Jean Monnet Chair), organised a webinar today focusing ...

The CDDH established its subordinate Drafting Group on the use of new technologies by the European Court of Human Rights and new tendencies in litigation before the European Court of Human Rights ...

The implementation of this Recommendation will be monitored by the Council for Penological Co-operation (PC-CP) and the ...

It examines the screening procedures employed in the 48 State Parties, the categories of persons undergoing screening, the information reviewed in the screening procedures, and the challenges related ...

Natalia Voutova, Head of the Council of Europe Office in Georgia, expresses her pride in working on the ground to ensure that human rights are a reality for all citizens. She is one of many Heads of ...

Impartial election observation is a cornerstone of safeguarding electoral integrity and strengthening public trust in democratic institutions. As electoral environments grow increasingly complex, ...

The Bern Convention Group of Experts on Invasive Alien Species (IAS) was established in 1992 to accompany Bern Convention Contracting Parties in designing and implementing control measures for ...