The Steering Committee for Human Rights (CDDH) has been entrusted by the Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe to undertake an analysis of the legal framework of the Organisation for the ...

At the same time, throughout history, many religious traditions have been marked by an ongoing tension between dynamics of inclusion, ostracisation, or othering. This tension is often reflected in ...

The Manifesto is one of the first substantial contributions to the New Democratic Pact for Europe produced in an innovative, ...

On 2 and 3 June 2026, the Council of Europe, in co-operation with the European Network for the Work with Perpetrators of Domestic Violence (WWP EN), organised a conference in Budapest, Hungary: ...

Denmark observes 27th January as the official Auschwitz Day of Holocaust and Genocide Remembrance. The day commemorates the victims of the Holocaust and other genocides, including victims of the Roma ...

Like many refugee healthcare professionals, Mariam found herself caught between two worlds: trained to practise medicine, but unfamiliar with a different system and unsure how to help patients facing ...

With almost a quarter of a century yet to go to the centenary let’s look at how the Council of Europe has been involved with young people since its foundation in 1949. The starting point for the ...

The Council of Europe Convention on Action against Trafficking in Human Beings, in force since 1 February 2008, is an international treaty which provides a comprehensive framework for combating human ...

The Congress of Local and Regional Authorities has issued its latest biannual publication... Convinced that it is at local and regional levels that a culture of youth participation - decisive in ...

In setting up the European Commission for the Efficiency of Justice (CEPEJ) at the end of 2002, at the initiative of the European ministers of Justice who met in London (2000), the Committee of ...

The European Commission for Democracy through Law - better known as the Venice Commission - is the Council of Europe’s advisory body on constitutional matters. It is an enlarged agreement, counting 61 ...

The Enlarged Partial Agreement on Sport (EPAS) provides a platform for intergovernmental sports co-operation between the public authorities of its member states. It also encourages dialogue between ...