From 4 to 6 June 2025, Strasbourg, France hosted the Octopus Conference—one of the world’s largest events focused on ...

On 5 and 6 June 2025, the third inter-regional meeting of the European Union - Council of Europe joint project “Barnahus in ...

Children have the same human rights as adults, plus additional protections due to their special needs. The Commissioner calls ...

The Venice Commission this week is publishing 12 opinions concerning eight countries (Chile, France, Haiti, Hungary, Republic of Moldova, Mongolia, Montenegro, North Macedonia). T ...

In its 6th report on Croatia, the Council of Europe’s European Commission against Racism and Intolerance ( ECRI) notes encouraging steps in civic education, hate speech prevention, and Roma inclusion, ...

Let me start with MONEYVAL – our Committee of experts on the evaluation of AML/CFT. As an FATF-style regional body, MONEYVAL performs rigorous impartial evaluations of members’ compliance with, and ...

The following may appoint representatives to participate in the meetings of the Santiago de Compostela Committee: a. the European Union and its agencies, including Europol and Eurojust; b. the United ...

Participants are welcome at the meetings of the Santiago de Compostela Committee of Parties. They can: bring relevant information, experience and good practices falling within the Convention’s remit ...

Saint Francis of Assisi (1182–1226) is one of the most influential figures in Christian history, known for his radical commitment to peace, humility and care for all living beings. Renouncing a life ...

The Council of Europe has developed an Action Plan providing concrete action on protecting children fleeing war, violence and persecution. It proposes concrete support to member states at all stages ...

The Romea Strata is a network of historic routes that once guided travellers from Northeastern and Central Europe to Rome. Crossing several countries – Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Czechia, ...

The Pyrenean Freedom Routes span the entire mountain range, tracing historic escape paths toward Spain and Portugal. Marked trails in Saint-Girons, Luchon, the Basque Country, Vielha and the Val ...