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The Olympic Torch at the Council of Europe

The Olympic Torch visits the Council of Europe on its way...

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The Olympic Torch was greeted by parliamentarians representing 46 European countries, the Secretary General and representatives of the Council of Europe’s Committee of Ministers...
Council of Europe in Strasbourg, France.

Parliamentary Assembly updates its rules based on experience from Covid-19 and...

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The Council of Europe is the oldest organization in the international architecture dealing with democracy, principles of states and taking care of human rights....
Council of Europe building in evening light

Council of Europe: The battle for human rights in mental health...

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The decision-making body of the Council has started its review process of a controversial drafted text that aim at protecting human rights and dignity...
Council of Europe parliamentary committee: Step up deinstitutionalization of persons with disabilities

Council of Europe parliamentary committee: Step up deinstitutionalization of persons with...

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The Committee on Social Affairs, Health and Sustainable Development of the Parliamentary Assembly unanimously adopted a draft resolution, as well as a draft recommendation...
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Parliamentary committee: Refrain from endorsing legal texts on coercive practices in...

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A new report and resolution which was considered and adopted in the Committee on Social Affairs, Health and Sustainable Development of the Parliamentary Assembly...
The Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe to address the rights of “socially maladjusted”

The Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe to address the...

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The Committee on Social Affairs, Health and Sustainable Development of the Council of Europe’s Parliamentary Assembly Thursday 17 March tabled a motion aimed at...
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El dilema de derechos humanos en el Consejo de Europa

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El Consejo de Europa se encuentra en un grave dilema entre dos de sus propias convenciones que contienen textos basados en políticas discriminatorias obsoletas...
Council of Europe from street entrance

Council of Europe’s human rights dilemma

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The Council of Europe has come into a serious dilemma between two of its own conventions that contain texts based on outdated discriminatory policies...
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UN High Commissioner calls for mental health care to be based on human rights

The UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, Michelle Bachelet, opened the Human Rights Council Intersessional consultation on Mental Health and Human Rights, on 15...

The Human Rights problem of the Council of Europe

In a surprise move, the Committee on Bioethics of the Council of Europe shoved the hot potato of the possible new legal instrument on...

International Shock: A Eugenics Ghost is still alive and kicking around in the Council of Europe

The Committee on Bioethics of the Council of Europe over the last years has been preparing a new legal instrument on the use of...

The European Convention on Human Rights designed to authorize Eugenics caused legislation

Human rights according to the United Nations, are rights we have simply because we exist as human beings – they are not granted by...

The Old World and the selection of those who does not have the rights to liberty and security of person

The European Convention on Human Rights was drafted by groups and experts within the forming Council of Europe in 1949-1950, based on an earlier...

Human Rights are basic inalienable rights, but not a static thing

The European Convention of Human Rights, lists out basic rights and freedoms which can never be breached by the States, that have ratified the...

An overview of the European Convention on Human Rights

The European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR) is widely recognized as an important and effective international treaty for human rights protection. It has had...

More persons than ever locked up in psychiatry in Denmark

Locked up, why? She had been deprived of her liberty simply because she was somewhat confused and had played loud music late in the...

Use of Coercive Measures in Psychiatry: the case of Denmark

Denial of being listened to including in very personal matters, subjected to the use of force against oneself, coercion, deprivation of liberty, and bodily...

Use of coercion and force is widespread in psychiatry

The still legally accepted possibility of using coercion and force in psychiatry is a very controversial issue. It is not only widespread but indicators...
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