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Council of Europe members must avoid hurried returns of refugees to Syria

EUROPEAN INSTITUTIONS Theodoros Benakis - December 12, 2024

As Syria undergoes significant political changes following the fall of President Bashar al-Assad, many European countries have suspended asylum applications from Syrians. Conservative and...

Council of Europe urges Czech authorities to extend the law on compensation for forced sterilisation victims

CZECH REPUBLIC Theodoros Benakis - December 11, 2024

The Compensation Act, which provides compensation for victims of forced sterilisations conducted in the Czech Republic between 1966 and 2012—primarily Roma women—took effect in...

Council of Europe Secretary General calls President Salome Zourabichvili and Prime Minister Irakli Kobakhidze

EU INSTITUTIONS Theodoros Benakis - December 4, 2024

The Council of Europe's Secretary General, Alain Berset, spoke by phone with Georgian President Salome Zourabichvili and Prime Minister Irakli Kobakhidze over the past...

Report: Overcrowding, ill-treatment by staff and inter-prisoner violence in Hungarian prisons

HUMAN RIGHTS Theodoros Benakis - December 3, 2024

A report from the European Committee for the Prevention of Torture and Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment (CPT) highlights serious issues of physical...

Council of Europe and Council of Europe Development Bank address Europe’s homelessness crisis

EU INSTITUTIONS Theodoros Benakis - December 2, 2024

Currently, around 1.3 million people are homeless in Europe, and the crisis is worsening due to economic challenges, housing shortages, social exclusion, migration, and...

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