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The Council of Europe and Ukraine will sign an agreement on June 25 to set up a special tribunal for the crime of Russian ...
The credentials of Azerbaijan's delegation at PACE were challenged on the grounds the country failed to meet "major commitments" as part of its membership to the Council of Europe.
The Council of Europe has defended the independence of the European Court of Human Rights, after nine member states said its interpretation of rights obligations prevented them from expelling ...
The European Union must be ready to admit new member states by 2030, European Council President Charles Michel told a forum in the Slovenian lake resort of Bled on Monday.
Council of Europe Expels Russia Over Its Invasion of Ukraine The organization, Europe’s main institution governing human rights, voted to expel Russia as a member. The decision came hours after ...
The Council of Europe has been at the centre of improving member states’ capacity to fight corruption for decades. Now is the time to double down on such efforts, including against foreign bribery and ...
Council of Europe member state ministers tasked Secretary General Alain Berset with leading the effort to create the tribunal in cooperation with Ukraine and under the Council’s framework.
Member states have told the secretary general to provide a risk analysis for every Russian employed at the Council of Europe, especially to determine whether any are vulnerable to "external pressure".
The Council of Europe’s Committee for the Prevention of Torture and Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment (CPT) Thursday published a report detailing that it had noticed “unlawful pushback ...
The Council of Europe opened the world's first legally binding global treaty on artificial intelligence (AI) for signature on Thursday. Unveiled at a conference in Vilnius, Lithuania, this historic tr ...
The ECFR Council is the strongest and most visible expression of ECFR’s pan-European identity. It has grown from 50 founding members in 2007 to over 330 members from across Europe.
Council of Europe Expels Russia Over Its Invasion of Ukraine The organization, Europe’s main institution governing human rights, voted to expel Russia as a member. The decision came hours after ...