The main objectives of the report are:
to clarify the connection between child rights obligations and children and young people’s well-being;
to examine existing approaches to monitoring the rights and well-being of children and young...
Summary: Le DG est régulièrement interpellé par des citoyens et des professionnels de différents secteurs, à propos de deux questions cruciales : le manque de places dans les structures de prise en charge pour mineurs et l’accompagnement inadéquat...
On 7 April 2011, the Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe adopted of a landmark new Convention on preventing and combating violence against women and domestic violence (Convention CETS No. 210). This Convention is the first...
This 22nd annual World Report summarises human rights conditions in more than 90 countries and territories worldwide in 2011. It reflects extensive investigative work that Human Rights Watch staff has undertaken during the year, often in close...
[1 February 2012] - Albania’s state ombudsman says he has moved dozens of homeless members of the Roma community into his Tirana office to highlight their plight as a cold snap hits the region.
Igli Totozani said Wednesday he has provided...
Summary: Roma communities were made to pull down their own homes after being promised they would be relocated to new accommodation - a promise which as yet remains unkept. [7 February 2012] - The European Roma Rights Centre (ERRC) and national...
Summary: The new bill would give internet users the 'right to be forgotten'. [25 January 2012] - The EU commission has unveiled a single EU-wide law on internet privacy that could see overseas firms hit with multi-million-euro fines.
EU justice...
Summary: Mr Nils Muižnieks from Latvia, having obtained an absolute majority of votes cast, is elected Council of Europe Commissioner for Human Rights for a term of office of six years starting on 1 April 2012.[STRASBOURG, 24 January 2012] –...
Summary: The Landing in Dover report issued by Maggie Atkinson, Children's Commissioner for England uncovered the `Gentleman's Agreement' between the UK and France which conflicted with the UK Border Agency's (UKBA) duty to safeguard children and...
Children make up one fifth of the population of the EU and as some of the most vulnerable members of society, they require particular protection. In Europe, ten to twenty per cent of children are expected to be victims of violence during their...