Europe’s human rights-centric body opened its Framework Convention on artificial intelligence and human rights, democracy and the rule of law on Thursday, offering nations the option to sign an ...

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky and Secretary General of the Council of Europe Alain Berset on Wednesday agreed to establish a Special Tribunal for the Crime of Aggression against Ukraine, ...

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The head of Europe's oldest intergovernmental organization has warned that the West is caught in the throes of a series of crises that bears the real risk of undermining democracy, stability and rule ...

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UN human rights experts on Monday called on the Council of Europe to begin the negotiation on initiating a binding protocol to the European Convention on Human Rights recognizing the right to a ...

Germany has described Kosovo’s latest move to secure Council of Europe membership this week as insufficient, saying the 'heavy lifting' it had expected 'has still not happened' Council of Europe HQ in ...

The Council of Europe Commissioner for Human Rights has given an oral intervention in two cases related to European border authorities’ alleged use of violent ‘pushbacks’ of irregular migrants back ...

In symbolic rulings, Moscow was again blamed for the downing of Flight MH17 in 2014 and for an array of war-related human rights violations, including the transfer of Ukrainian children to Russia. By ...

26/06/2025 - The Pilot Programme for Series Co-Productions has selected series from Spain, Norway, Greece, Serbia, the Netherlands and Poland The results of the third round of project’s evaluation ...

The Council of Europe urged all its 46 member nations to halt their deliveries of weapons to Israel due to the humanitarian crisis unfolding in Gaza. Michael O’Flaherty, the council’s commissioner for ...

32. The European Council held an in-depth discussion on how to further reinforce EU competitiveness, building on its conclusions of March and June 2025 and focusing on simplification, a competitive ...