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Jagland in Srebrenica - ’’never again’’ is not enough!13.07.2010 [12/07/2010 15:30:00] The Secretary General together with Mevlüt Çavusoglu, President of the Parliamentary Assembly, attended on 11 July the commemoration of the 1995 Srebrenica genocide. In his spe...read more» Anti-Racism Commission report: racist violence is growing in Europe21.07.2010 [08/07/2010 10:30:00] The European Commission against Racism and Intolerance (ECRI) published its annual report on 8 July, which examines the trends regarding racism, xenophobia, antisemitism and into...read more» EU/CoE : “Criminal Assets Recovery” – July 7, Continental Hotel07.07.2010Conference “Criminal Assets Recovery” begins an EU project, implemented by the Council of Europe. Opening speakers are Serbian Interior Minister and First Deputy Prime Minister Ivica DACIC, Serbian Justice Minister Snezana MALOVIC, President of the Supreme Court of Cassation judge Nata MESAROVIC, Serbian Public Prosecutor Zagorka DOLOVAC, Head ...read more» Spectres of inhumanity by Thorbjørn Jagland30.06.2010 New hatreds are surfacing in Europe. The economic crisis cannot be an excuse to walk over human rights. Europe’s human rights landscape is about to change. The accession of the EU to the Europea...read more» New Project on Criminal Assets Recovery in Serbia (CAR Project)06.05.2010EU funded “Project on Criminal Assets Recovery in Serbia (CAR Project)”, implemented by the Council of Europe began on April 1, 2010 and will last for the next three years. Economic and organised crime, corruption and money laundering are serious threats to economies, democracy and the rule of law across the world. South-Eastern Europe is parti...read more» Monitoring of local and regional democracy in Serbia: Belgrade, Novi Sad and Novi Pazar: June 29-July 125.06.2010 The Council of Europe Congress of Local and Regional Authorities will carry out its first monitoring mission to assess the state of local and regional democracy in Serbia since it ratified the Europea...read more» New programme “Support to the Reform of the Judiciary in Serbia in the light of the CoE standards”04.03.2010 Belgrade, February 9, 2010 - The Council of Europe, in cooperation with the World Bank managed Multi-Donor Trust Fund (MDTF), presented the new programme “Support to the Reform of the Judiciary in S...read more» Breaking the silence on sexual abuse of children24.06.2010 The British government and associations which defend children’s interests recently asked Facebook to install an emergency button so that teenagers could immediately ask for help if they felt threate...read more» Rapporteur welcomes ’’step towards reconciliation’’ in Serbia01.04.2010[01/04/2010 11:30:00] ’’I welcome the official condemnation of the Srebrenica massacre, declared by the Serbian Parliament, as a major step forward in the process of reconciliation taking place in the former Yugoslavia,’’ declared Pietro Marcenaro (Italy), who is preparing a report on ’’reconciliation and...read more» Sarajevo Film Festival: CoE promotes freedom of expression21.07.2010 The Sarajevo Film Festival sets the scene for law students from Bosnia and Herzegovina to debate over a controversial film. On 26-28 July, in a hypothetical scenario involving a ban imposed by nationa...read more» GOOD AND RESPECTED PARTNER – CoE SG Jagland on Serbia for Fonet11.04.2010read more» The Guardian: “Council of Europe is obscure but powerful”28.06.2010 The centre-left British daily The Guardian highlights that the Council of Europe’s powerful influence is increasingly felt in the UK, adding that “despite this increasing relevance, for most peopl...read more» DSRSG Nadia Cuk on Serbia’s European integration process – BLIC daily07.09.2009 Serbia’s European integration is actually the issue of having proper functioning of the state and the rule of law, said DSRSG in Serbia, Nadia Cuk, in an article on Serbia’s negotiations for EU me...read more» PACE unanimously opposed to general ban on burqa24.06.2010 [23/06/2010 14:30:00] There should be no general prohibition on wearing the burqa and the niqab or other religious clothing, the Parliamentary Assembly said on 23 June – though it added that legal r...read more» CoE on new pillars of Serbia’s foreign policy – DSRSG Nadia Cuk for Borba, Sept 1010.09.2009Regular communication and cooperation with a wide number of countries in the era of globalisation is undoubtedly important for any country, especially for young democracies that simply must function within partnerships on different levels, which in turn strengthen their status and open many doors, said DSRSG in Serbia Nadia Cuk in an article “Non...read more» Secretary General calls Europe’s governments to demonstrate political will to end homophobia18.05.2010 [17/05/2010 09:30:00] Thorbjørn Jagland marks the International Day against Homophobia (May 17) with a call to the Organisation’s 47 member countries to demonstrate political will in the fight agai...read more» Serbian Internet giant joins forces with the CoE to improve online child safety03.02.2010 Internet giant SBB has joined the fight for better online child protection and is promoting the Council of Europe’s Wild Web Woods game to Serbia’s youngsters.The game is available to millions of ...read more» PACE concerned with violations of the freedom of association and of expression of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) persons30.04.2010 Strasbourg, 29.04.2010 – At the end of a debate on discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation and gender identity, the Council of Europe Parliamentary Assembly (PACE) today called on European...read more» CoE DSRSG-RTS-Serbia’s EU candidacy matter of values & reforms12.09.2009Serbian State TV RTS cited DSRGS Nadia Cuk as saying that “submitting candidacy request to the EU is a matter of assessment, which should be based on an assurance that everything has been implemented, which was necessary for the present moment”, reported RTS in their story “Serbia’s EU candidacy by the end of the year”. “Another issue, ...read more» Council of Europe to advance human rights for lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender persons01.04.2010
Strasbourg, 01.04.2010 - "The Secretary General of the Council of
Europe welcomes the decision of the Committee of Ministers on Wednesday
31 March to adopt a recommendation to member states...read more» Serbia: Compliance with obligations and commitments and implementation of the post-accession co-operation programme: CoE Committee of Ministers’ 4th Report29.04.2009 Executive Summary: After several years of political uncertainty, multiple elections and changes of government, Serbia should now be entering a period of sustained political stability. This could, an...read more» Despite many challenges, Serbia ‘moving forward’ on road to European integration, says PACE29.04.2009 Strasbourg, 28.04.2009 – Despite a period of turbulent transformation and several challenges, Serbia is “moving forward and making progress on the road to European integration”, according to the...read more» Serbia – criteria for judges and prosecutors: Venice Commission opinion17.06.2009 Strasbourg , 17.06.2009 - At the plenary session on 13 June, at the request of the Ministry of Justice of Serbia, the Commission has adopted two opinions on: (1) the Draft Criteria and Standards for...read more» Serbia has to strengthen human rights implementation, says Commissioner Hammarberg11.03.2009 Strasbourg, 11.3.2009-Thomas Hammarberg, the Council of Europe Commissioner for Human rights, today published a report on his visit to Serbia, highlighting that “despite progress, a number of obsta...read more» |
           
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