Following a debate, the @CoE Assembly has condemned “grave human rights violations” committed against #Crimean #Tatars pace.coe.int/en/news/8375/p…

Council of Europe rapporteur: "Next, Spain has to drop its extradition claims" via @Elnacionalcaten elnacional.cat/en/politics/co…

Council of Europe adopts strong resolution against Spain's pursuit of Catalan leaders via @Elnacionalcaten elnacional.cat/en/politics/co…

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In #Turkey, PACE monitors - ending a four-day visit - welcome the "open and frank" dialogue with the authorities. Full statement: pace.coe.int/en/news/8653/i…

“Canan Kaftancıoğlu's place is in the political arena, not in prison”, PACE monitors for Turkey say pace.coe.int/en/news/8716/-…

The #PACEautumn2022 plenary session kicks off at 11.30 am CET on Monday, a gathering of parliamentarians from the 46 @CoE nations…

#Türkiye's new disinformation law is "a worrying step back" ahead of the 2023 elections, say PACE monitors John Howell and Boriss Cilevics. The full text of their statement: pace.coe.int/en/news/8861/n…

PACE monitors John Howell and Boriss Cilevics call for the immediate release of #ŞebnemKorurFincancı, Head of the Turkish Medical Association of #Türkiye, following her call for investigations into alleged use of chemical weapons : “HR activists must be free to speak out”.

The PACE co-rapporteurs for the monitoring of Türkiye, John Howell and Boriss Cilevics welcomed the release of sick prisoner and former MP Aysel Tuğluk. pace.coe.int/en/news/8878/t…

PACE Türkiye monitors John Howell and Boriss Cilevics, and general rapporteur on the situation of #humanrights defenders Þórhildur Sunna, have welcomed the decision of the Turkish Court of Cassation Yargıtay Başkanlığı to overturn the sentences of 4 #humanrights defenders in the Büyükada case.

The final conviction of Istanbul Mayor Ekrem İmamoğlu would be a serious signal about the state of Turkish democracy, say PACE monitors John Howell and Boriss Cilevics. Their full statement: pace.coe.int/en/news/8928/p…

Read the statement by PACE Türkiye monitors John Howell and Boriss Cilevics after their meeting this afternoon with Osman #Kavala: pace.coe.int/en/news/8936/p…

Just now starting with our #civilsocietysummit in The Hague. Great to talk to one of our key note speakers, @Boriss_Civelics, 24 years of experience with PACE - a treasure trove. @CoE_NGO CURE Campaign PACE Iceland at CoE 🇮🇸

Last week, a seminar on access to historical documents was held in Tirana. Representatives of member States with a history of authoritarianism shared best practices on declassification and CoE staff outlined its legal and oversight action to secure the right to information.

📜“If we remain ignorant about tragic pages of our history, we are rubbing the risk that these tragedies will be repeated” Our Committee held an exchange of views with Boriss Cilevics in the context of the report on “the right to information: access to historical documents”.

Next year, posts of @CoE HRs Commissioner and SG will be up for election. Their background, vision and way of working can have big effect on CoE effectiveness. How civil society should relate to this process is subject of CURE's next webinar, sign up at [email protected]