The Council of Europe is putting the protection of human rights in the field of healthcare at the core of its mandate. The protection of patients’ rights has emerged as a central pillar of modern ...

Strengthening freedom of expression, media pluralism, and media independence is essential for safeguarding democracy, ...

First, be legal. Foster a law-based discussion at the Committee of Ministers, it is important to distinguish legal from ...

LGBTI people continue to face discrimination and violence that affects their human rights. The Commissioner urges the authorities to combat discrimination and violence, raise awareness of the rights ...

In a context of rising disinformation, polarisation and digital threats to democracy, hate speech remains one of the most corrosive forces undermining social cohesion and democratic values. Addressing ...

United Nations independent experts, the Council of Europe Commissioner for Human Rights, State partners and Roma human rights defenders from various parts of Europe and the Americas discuss human ...

The Journalism Excellence Awards “Ethical reporting on Roma and Travellers and combating antigypsyism through the media” (hereafter “Awards”) aim at honouring and promoting media contributions that ...

The widespread and growing availability of doping substances in Europe with their mounting use in recreational sports is emerging as a public health problem.

At the closing conference of the Paperless commercial courts in Croatia project, key results and progress in the digitalisation of that country’s commercial courts were presented. A particular focus ...

The Council of Europe is the continent’s leading human rights organisation, bringing together governments to build a future based on human rights, democracy and justice. Civil society is an important ...

The European Social Charter is a Council of Europe treaty that guarantees fundamental social and economic rights as a counterpart to the European Convention on Human Rights, which refers to civil and ...

Why and how is the Council of Europe working against cybercrime? Cybercrime – that is offences against and by means of computer systems – has evolved into a significant threat to human rights, ...