2010-09-07 01:55:00 :: Roma refugees from Kosovo*: Commissioner Hammarberg calls on “the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia” to do more for their integration
Strasbourg, 07.09.2010 – “Durable solutions should be pursued and implemented to ensure integration of Roma refugees from Kosovo” said Thomas Hammarberg, Council of Europe Commissioner for Human Rights, publishing today a letter sent to the Prime Minister of “the former ...
2010-09-06 08:25:00 :: Child abuse in institutions: more far-reaching measures to grant justice to victims
Strasbourg, 06.09.2010 – In adopting a report on child abuse in institutions, the Social, Health and Family Affairs Committee of the Council of Europe’s Parliamentary Assembly (PACE) called today for “more far-reaching measures in the future when it comes to according full justice to victims of past offences”. The Committee believes that “more ...
2010-08-27 06:21:00 :: Statement by the European Commission against Racism and Intolerance on the situation of Roma migrants in France
Strasbourg, 24.08.2010 - The European Commission against Racism and Intolerance (ECRI) is deeply concerned about the treatment of Roma migrants in France today.
In a report published in June 2010, ECRI had called on the French authorities to combat the racist attitudes and hostility harboured by the majority population vis-à-vis this community. In recent ...
2010-08-24 07:09:00 :: PACE President expresses concern over the situation of Roma in Europe
Strasbourg, 20.08.2010 - “Recent developments in several European countries, most recently evictions of Roma camps in France and expulsions of Roma from France and Germany, are certainly not the right measures to improve the situation of this vulnerable minority. On the contrary, they are likely to lead to an increase in racist and xenophobic feelings ...
2010-08-13 05:06:00 :: World Youth Day-Youth National Conference
On the occasion of 12 August, World Youth Day, the Albanian Ministry of Tourism, Culture, Youth and Sport (MTKRS) in cooperation with UNIFEM, the Information office of the Council of Europe in Tirana and Olof Palme International Centre organized in Tirana the Youth National Conference: “Dialogue, Participation, Development” with a view of stimulating the ...
2010-08-09 10:01:00 :: Elderly across Europe live in extreme hardship and poverty
Strasbourg, 05.08.2010 – “Hundreds of thousands of elderly persons across Europe are struggling for their everyday survival. European leaders should develop adequate policies to improve the living conditions of this vulnerable group of people” said the Council of Europe Commissioner for Human Rights, Thomas Hammarberg, publishing ...
2010-08-03 10:08:00 :: Tilva Ros wins Council of Europe sponsored top prize at Sarajevo Festival
Serbian director Nicola Lezaic’s "Tilva Ros" won the Council of Europe sponsored award as the best feature movie of the 16th Sarajevo Film Festival. Nicola Lezaic received a heart-shaped award – the "Heart of Sarajevo"- and a cash prize of 25,000 Euros provided by the Council of Europe. The movie is ...
2010-07-16 07:45:00 :: Racist violence is growing in Europe, says Council of Europe Anti-Racism Commission report
Strasbourg, 08.07.2010 – The Chair of the European Commission against Racism and Intolerance (ECRI), Nils Muiznieks, today expressed alarm about the general rise in racist violence in Europe. “In the last year there has been a hardening of the immigration debate and a rise in xenophobic and intolerant attitudes in general, including virulent verbal attacks and ...
2010-07-09 07:54:00 :: Children victimised when families are forced to return to Kosovo
Several thousand persons have been forcibly returned to Kosovo by west European states in the last few years, mainly from Austria, Germany, Sweden and Switzerland. Among the returnees have been persons belonging to minorities, and in particular Roma, Ashkali and Egyptians. For them these deportations have not had a happy ending.
The UN agency for children, ...
2010-07-02 09:39:00 :: A new convention to combat sexual violence against children
Strasbourg, 01.07.2010 – The Council of Europe Convention on the Protection of Children against Sexual Exploitation and Sexual Abuse comes into force today.
It is the first international instrument to tackle all forms of sexual violence against children, including abuse perpetrated within the family environment. Apart from sexual abuse, child prostitution ...
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