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The Council of Europe is an international organization of 47 member states that promotes cooperation and dialogue among its member states. It was founded in 1949 and is based in Strasbourg, France. The council has a number of different bodies and institutions that carry out its work, including the European Court of Human Rights, the Committee of Ministers, and the Parliamentary Assembly. The council focuses on a range of issues, including human rights, democracy, and the rule of law. It is not to be confused with the European Union, which is a separate organization with a different membership and focus.
GENEVA ( 31 October 2022) – UN Special Rapporteur Siobhán Mullally will assess the human rights issue of trafficking in persons during an official visit to Bangladesh from 31 October to 9 November 2022. “I will pay particular attention to the main challenges to ensuring the human rights of victims, and effective prevention of trafficking,”…
The Council of Europe’s Group of Experts on Action Against Human Trafficking (GRETA) has published today its second evaluation report on the implementation of the Council of Europe Anti-trafficking Convention by Belarus. The report assesses progress in the implementation of the Convention since the publication of the first evaluation report by GRETA in 2017 until…
The Council of Europe’s Group of Experts on Action Against Human Trafficking (GRETA) has its second evaluation report on the implementation of the Council of Europe Anti-trafficking Convention by Belarus. The report assesses progress in the implementation of the Convention since the publication of the first evaluation report by GRETA in 2017 and until July…
The European Anti-trafficking Day, 18 October, was celebrated in Skopje through awareness raising about online trafficking and abuse of children and a two-day training of trainers on supporting and protecting child victims of trafficking. The activities were supported by the joint action of the European Union and the Council of Europe “Preventing and combating human…
The Council of Europe’s Group of Experts on Action against Trafficking in Human Beings (GRETA) has urged Belgium to improve trafficking victims’ access to legal aid and to guarantee their effective access to compensation. These are among the main proposals for action included in GRETA’s latest report evaluating Belgium’s implementation of the Council of Europe’s…
At the round table held on 17 October 2022, ahead of the European Anti-trafficking Day, key anti- trafficking stakeholders stressed the importance of strong and persistent co-operation among all relevant mechanisms ensuring protection of victims of trafficking in human beings. The round table was co-organised by the joint anti-trafficking action of the European Union and…
Rama addressed the plenary of the Strasbourg-based human rights body for the first time, slamming them for a 2011 report penned by Swiss prosecutor Dick Marty, which made unsubstantiated claims that Kosovo and Albania had engaged in organ trafficking during the 1998-1999 war. The Marty report was adopted by the plenary, despite no hard evidence…
With the aim to support investigative journalism to tell fact-based, gender- sensitive and victim-oriented stories about human trafficking, 13 stories were published by local journalists and media reporters from North Macedonia. Supported by the EU and Council of Europe joint action “Preventing and Combating Human Trafficking in North Macedonia” this initiative assisted local media representatives…
The Council of Europe’s expert group on human trafficking (GRETA) has urged Luxembourg to make additional efforts to identify and assist victims of trafficking, and to ensure that human trafficking cases are investigated proactively and results in effective, proportionate, and dissuasive sanctions. These are among the main proposals for action included in the third evaluation…
Note: A complete summary of today’s Third Committee meetings will be available on Tuesday, 4 October. Briefing DELPHINE SCHANTZ, of the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC), expressed her agency’s support for Member States in their fight against drugs, corruption, terrorism and organized crime, including crimes that affect the environment, and cybercrime. Championing…
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