The Council of Europe Project “ Safeguarding Freedom of Expression and Freedom of Media in Ukraine” (SFEM-UA) is implemented ...

War and mass displacement heighten the risks of human trafficking, and children are particularly vulnerable to such risks. Furthermore, as children increasingly use the internet for education and ...

On 26-27 March 2025, 23 members of the Council of Europe’s Intercultural Cities (ICC) Programme met in Wrocław, Poland, to gain insights and practical knowledge on implementing effective intercultural ...

The Council of Europe Commissioner for Human Rights, Michael O’Flaherty, published today a memorandum on the human rights ...

Trafficking in human beings is a serious crime and a grave violation of human rights. The Council of Europe’s Convention on Action against Trafficking in Human Beings, which entered into force in 2008 ...

Healthy, just societies need to respect the rule of law, with clear and transparent justice, fair and independent processes, and safeguards to ensure that everyone is treated equally before the law.

Steering Committee on Anti-discrimination, Diversity and Inclusion – CDADI. The CDADI steers the Council of Europe’s intergovernmental work to promote equality for all and bui ...

The Council of Europe has established two different mechanisms to combat money laundering and terrorist financing that work in close co-operation: MONEYVAL and the Conference of the Parties to CETS ...

An efficient,impartial and independent justice system, whose decisions are enforced, is an essential pillar of the rule of law and a precondition for the enjoyment of all fundamen ...

The Observatory on History Teaching in Europe (OHTE), set up as an enlarged partial agreement in November 2020, has the mission to promote practices of history teaching that strengthen and promote the ...

The prohibition of torture and other forms of ill-treatment, set out in article 3 of the European Convention on Human Rights, is an absolute human right from which there can be no derogation. Respect ...

The European Convention on Human Rights has made an extraordinary contribution to protecting and promoting human rights and the rule of law in Europe and plays a central role in maintaining democratic ...