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Torsten Hjelmar

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UN and Civil Society Warn the Council of Europe
Council of Europe in Strasbourg

Council of Europe

UN and Civil Society Warn the Council of Europe

Both the United Nations and a coalition of Civil Society organizations and human rights bodies have issued Open letters to the Council of Europe prior to the Committee of Ministers…

29 January 2025 · 6 min read

The Olympic Torch visits the Council of Europe on its way to Paris
The Olympic Torch at the Council of Europe, greeted by parliamentarians and other. Photo: THIX Photo.

Council of Europe

The Olympic Torch visits the Council of Europe on its way to Paris

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 and staff of the Council of…

28 June 2024 · 2 min read

Doctors are not trained in how to discontinue psychiatric drugs
More than 4000 attended the European Psychiatric Congress 2024 in Budapest. New research was presented and discussed. Photo: THIX Photo.

Europe

Doctors are not trained in how to discontinue psychiatric drugs

Tens of thousands of Europeans are every month seeking advice on how to discontinue or get off antidepressants outside their regular health services. That’s because doctors are not trained in…

13 May 2024 · 8 min read

Europe

The legacies of eugenics in European psychology and beyond

The 18th European Congress of Psychology convened in Brighton between 3 and 6 July 2023. The overall theme was ‘Uniting communities for a sustainable world’. The British Psychological Society (BPS),…

13 July 2023 · 7 min read

Expert: ECHR article not in line with international human rights standards
PACE Committee hearing on Detention of "Socially Maladjusted" and the ECHR. Photograph: THIX Photo

Europe

Expert: ECHR article not in line with international human rights standards

The Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe hearing with experts held last week looked into the discriminatory ideology at the root of why the European Convention on Human Rights…

1 June 2023 · 6 min read

PACE issues final statement on deinstitutionalization of persons with disabilities
Council of Europe in Strasbourg, a primary human rights body in Europe. Photo credit: THIX Photo

Council of Europe

PACE issues final statement on deinstitutionalization of persons with disabilities

The Rapporteur of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) review on the deinstitutionalisation of persons with disabilities acknowledged in a written comment the Council’s decision-making body, the…

29 May 2023 · 5 min read