Europe
AUSTRIA, December 16 - On 17 December 2021, Foreign Minister Alexander Schallenberg welcomed Dunja Mijatović, Council of Europe Commissioner for Human Rights, for a friendly exchange at the Foreign Ministry.…
Council of Europe
The Council of Europe has come into a serious dilemma between two of its own conventions that contain texts based on outdated discriminatory policies from the first part of the…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 the use of coercive measures in…
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…
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A Committee of the Council of Europe is about to complete the work on a possible new legal instrument, that if approved will authorize states the continued use of practises…
Europe
The Council today adopted conclusions on the EU’s priorities in UN human rights fora in 2021. The conclusions reaffirm the EU’s commitment to respect, protect and fulfil human rights, democracy and…
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KINGNEWSWIRE // PRESS RELEASE // March 20 event in Madrid brought together 54 participants and representatives of at least four associations to present social-betterment campaigns focused on drug prevention, human…
Human Rights
From Danish classrooms and teacher outreach to Geneva forums and projects reaching South Asia and New York, Scientology-supported initiatives continue to frame human-rights literacy as a practical civic tool KINGNEWSWIRE…
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At the HRC 61st session in Geneva, Special Rapporteur Nazila Ghanea presented a report arguing that freedom of religion extends unequivocally to death. She asserted that denying funeral rites constitutes…
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Human rights advocates share stories of working for climate justice at a pre-session of the UN’s Universal Periodic Review At UN’s Universal Periodic Review pre-session advocates share stories of working…
