Chairman of the Committee of Ministers and Secretary General of the Council of Europe go to Georgia

11.08.2008 [11/08/2008 12:30:00] Carl Bildt, Chairman of the Committee of Ministers and Minister of Foreign Affairs of Sweden, and Terry Davis, Secretary ...
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CoE SG Terry Davis: protect the civilian population in Georgia

08.08.2008  Strasbourg, 08.08.2008 – “The human toll of the escalation of the conflict in Georgia continues to rise and the country is now on the edge of a full-scale war which would have devasta...
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Georgia - Statement by Carl Bildt , CoE Commiittee of Ministers Chairman

11.08.2008Strasbourg, 11.08.2008 – “The peaceful solution of conflicts is a general principle of the Council of Europe. Both Georgia and the Russian Federation have committed themselves, when they joined th...
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Terry Davis: Democratic values must be embraced not imposed

11.08.2008   Strasbourg, 11.08.2008 - “Democracy is resilient, but it is not irreversible. Protecting the values of democracy, human rights and...
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Launching of the Council of Europe space on YouTube

11.08.2008The Directorate of Communication is pleased to announce the launch of the official Council of Europe YouTube channel - ...
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Summer of sport raises profile of anti-doping convention

04.08.2008Fears of cheating through doping by athletes and cyclists has raised the profile of the Council of Europe’s Anti-Doping Convention ahead of the Olympic Games and the Tour de France. The convention, ra...
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The Council of Europe welcomes the arrest of Radovan Karadzic

04.08.2008 22-Jul-2008 -’’This arrest is a clear and unequivocal sign of the Belgrade authorities’ commitment to strengthening its links with the European institutions,’’ said Lluís Maria de Puig, Pre...
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Arrest of Radovan Karadzic – Wonderful news, says Terry Davis

04.08.2008 Strasbourg , 22.07.2008 - "The arrest of Radovan Karadzic is wonderful news,” said Terry Davis, Secretary General of the Council of Europe, of which Serbia is a member. “This man was responsi...
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’’Karadžić arrest proves the remaining indictees are within reach’’

25.07.2008 Strasbourg, 22.07.2008 – Council of Europe Parliamentary Assembly (PACE) co-rapporteurs on the honouring of obligations and commitments by Serbia, Charles Goerens (Luxemburg, ALDE) and Andreas Gross (Switzerland, SOC), today congratulated the Serbian authorities on the arrest of the war criminal Radovan Karadžić. “The ...
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Council of Europe and EU Agency for Fundamental Rights sign cooperation agreement

20.06.2008 [18/06/2008 15:00:00] On 18 June, Secretary General Terry Davis and Janez Lenarčič, the Slovenian State Secretary for European Union Affair...
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Hate crimes – the ugly face of racism, anti-Semitism, anti-Gypsyism, Islamophobia and homophobia

04.08.2008 In his Viewpoint, the Council of Europe’s Commissioner for Human Rights, Thomas Hammarberg, reviews recent episodes of intolerance in different countries and proposes concrete measures to combat...
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New verdict by the ECHR on Serbia - Cvetkovic v. Serbia (17271/04)

13.06.2008In one of the repetitive cases, the European Court of Human Rights Serbia unanimously has been found a violation of the right to a fair trial (length of procee...
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New Counci of Europe Convention to protect women against violence

23.06.2008One out of every four women in Europe have experienced physical violence at least once during their ...
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No Pride in Serbia -Gay Community asks for protection of their rights

27.06.2008 There are no conditions in Serbia to hold Pride Day marked by LGTB community on June 27, representatives of NGO’s “Labris“ and “Gay Straight Alliance“ said. ...
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