Very quotable interview with @commissionerhr.coe.int on the value of and political manoeuvring around the European Convention on Human Rights. Some snippets here 👇, but read the whole thing!

Recommended reading for the weekend! One little piece here 👇

Webinar on the @coe.int and (armed) conflict between member states. With Anca Ailincai, @drandrewforde.bsky.social, Christos Giakoumopoulos and Ucha Nanuashvili, moderated by Ioulietta Bisiouli.
Info and sign up here:
www.linkedin.com/posts/cure-c...

Youth delegate to @coe.int's Congress of Local & Reg Auth from #Türkiye, Enes Hocaoğulları, arrested for raising decline of democracy in his country in Strasbourg.
Screenshots of machine translation of @bianet.org reporting 👇

Attention, those based in #Strasbourg! Join us for a powerful public talk on 20 June by @avalaina.bsky.social, Head of the Center for Civil Liberties, 2022 Nobel Peace Prize Laureate

👉 Register by 18 June 2025: app.smartsheet.com/b/form/9213b...

CURE today launched an Appeal to the leadership of the @coe.int, demanding greater investment in effectiveness and intensity of the work of the organization: cure-campaign.org/appeal. Please join the signatories!

Feedback possible by 28 April on draft @coe Principles & Guidelines on #Equality and #ArtificialIntelligence, covering both public and private actors, the use of human rights impact assessments etc. Think of what is missing or should be stricter.
👉 go.coe.int/aJf01
📘 Related Study bit.ly/49hmTpZ

Unique new @coe.int convention laying down standards for the protection of the profession of lawyer and a monitoring regime is nearing finalization. We hope states are getting ready already now to speedily sign up and ratify! pace.coe.int/en/news/9764...

EVENT: “Amplifying the Voice for Rights in Europe: How to Strengthen the Work of the CoE Commissioner for Human Rights?”

An online civil society workshop on the Commissioner’s work, asking how could impact be maximized?

7 Feb, 10am-12pm CET

Register by 5 Feb: app.smartsheet.com/b/form/a4b14...

Report by @endrepressionaz.bsky.social and @iphr.bsky.social urging @coe.int to intensify its efforts for human rights compliance by #Azerbaijan

UN SR on counter-terrorism suggests improvements in new Council of Europe definition of 'terrorism', www.linkedin.com/posts/profes.... Flaws in EU definition should not be copied by @coe.int.
Also, the CoE should follow its own standards on seeking civil society input.

It is more than ever time to rally to defend #humanrights, says the @CoE's Commissioner for Human Rights. Read his speech!, great description of the situation we are in. Approaches and strategies to address it merit further debate.

www.coe.int/en/web/commi...

The Council of Europe looks back on 25 years of the Commissioner for Human Rights. Livestream 🫴
www.coe.int/en/web/commi....
If you have no time, at least read these pertinent remarks made this week
#asylumseekers
#antisemitism
#hatredofmuslims
#Gazawar
#armsexports
www.coe.int/en/web/commi...

Just ahead of the Commissioner for Human Rights' 25th anniversary event, an extensive evaluation by the Council of Europe's Department of Internal Oversight has been released. Interesting reading and food for thinking and discussion!, www.coe.int/en/web/inter...