Join the youth delegation to the World Forum for Democracy and bring the youth perspective to the discussion on the New ...

It is any punishment in which physical force is used and intended to cause some degree of pain or discomfort. It is a violation of children‘s rights to respect for human dignity and physical integrity ...

The Organisation is reviewing its Exhibitions concept in view of enhancing culture and the arts as vectors of Council of Europe values in reply to current political and societal challenges. For 50 ...

The Committee of Ministers (CM) is the Council of Europe's decision-making body. Its role and functions are described in Chapter IV of the Statute. The CM meets at ministerial level and at Deputy ...

Upon a recommendation of the Council of Europe’s Forum for the Future of Democracy, the Conference of INGOs drafted a Code of Good Practice on Civil Participation in the Decision-Making Process. The ...

While positive developments have been noticed to protect minority languages in Norway, urgent measures are still needed to ...

Independent non-governmental organisations are a vital component of European society, guaranteeing freedom of expression and association both of which are fundamental to democracy. Recognising their ...

While positive developments have been noticed to protect minority languages in Norway, urgent measures are still needed to ...

A Bureau was set up in March 1975 to assist the Ministers' Deputies. Since May 2001, it has consisted of six members in the English alphabetical order: the current President, the two previous ...

The Yahoo! case – enforcing a domestic production order (Article 18.1.b Budapest Convention) against a foreign-based service ...

Eurimages is the cultural support fund of the Council of Europe. Established in 1989, it currently numbers 38 of the 46 member states of the Strasbourg-based Organisation, plus Canada as associate ...

Through its co-operation activities, the Congress stresses the importance of adopting and implementing the European Charter for Equality of Women and Men in Local Life, launched by the Council of ...