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 coercion in psychiatry. The instrument is…
News
Vienna (Austria), 1 November 2021 – Two decades ago, the international community adopted the United Nations Convention against Transnational Organized Crime (UNTOC), a landmark global achievement that underlined “the cross-border…
Council of Europe
Human rights according to the United Nations, are rights we have simply because we exist as human beings – they are not granted by any state. These universal rights are…
Council of Europe
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 draft produced by the European Movement.…
Council of Europe
The European Convention of Human Rights, lists out basic rights and freedoms which can never be breached by the States, that have ratified the Convention. These include such rights as:…
Council of Europe
The European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR) is widely recognized as an important and effective international treaty for human rights protection. It has had an important role in the development…
Council of Europe
Members of the European Parliament Disability Intergroup and the Coalition for Mental Health and Wellbeing this week addressed the Committee of Bioethics of the Council of Europe with a new…
Economy
Is it possible that the country of the European Union, considered by its citizens to be the most corrupt for years, does not export corruption abroad? The answer, according to…
Europe
While women in Belarus overall are being denied rights and freedoms, female political activists are subjected to enforced disappearances, torture, ill-treatment and exile, an independent UN human rights expert told…
Institutions
The fate of humanity must not be left at the mercy of "a handful of" victors in World War II. This was commented by Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, quoted…
