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   Save the date! Online conference for International Women’s Day 2021

   On 8 March 2021 (15:00-16:30 CET) join us to mark the International Women's Day with a conference to reflect on structural issues surrounding gender equality today. The event is co-organised with Amicale Femmes of the Council of Europe.

   Author: Strategic Communications - Publication date: 02/03/2021

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   On Zero-Discrimination Day, A Message for Equality, Tolerance and Inclusion in Times of Health Crisis

   As the public health crisis disproportionately affected the most vulnerable and increased pre-existing inequalities, the cooperation between the EU and the Council of Europe in the promotion of tolerance and diversity remains more than ever important. In this context and as we mark ‘Zero

   Author: Publication date: 01/03/2021

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   With Civil Society no one is left behind

   The coronavirus outbreak has demanded a redirection of resources. Many NGOs and civil society organisations around the world have been fundamental to ensure the protection of people, communities, environment and culture. “On World NGO Day, we pay tribute to their engagement, the impact of which

   Author: Strategic Communications - Publication date: 26/02/2021

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   Regulation in the 21st Century: A Joint Roundtable Event on Soft Law

   On 15 January 2021, the EU Delegation to the Council of Europe co-hosted a hybrid roundtable event on soft law in the 21st century, in cooperation with the Permanent Representation of Switzerland to the Council of Europe. The event consisted of two panel discussions focusing respectively on the

   Author: Publication date: 18/02/2021

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   EU priorities for the 46th session of the Human Rights Council

   The coronavirus pandemic has magnified and exacerbated some of the world’s greatest challenges, including in relation to human rights, democracy and the rule of law. We therefore welcome that the 46th session of the Human Rights Council will take place, albeit in a virtual format, from 22 February

   Author: Press and information team of the Delegation to the UN in Geneva - Publication date: 18/02/2021

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   ‘Block the Hatred. Share the Love’: A Joint EU-Council of Europe Effort to Fight Hate Speech in the Western Balkans

   The EU and the Council of Europe have joined forces in the fight against hate speech with a recent social media campaign aimed at promoting tolerance, diversity and understanding in the Western Balkans within the framework of the joint programme Horizontal Facility for the Western Balkans and Turkey

   Author: Publication date: 16/02/2021

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   Access to education and reintegration, key to support children in armed conflicts

   “Children have a key role to play in building a present and a future where peace will prevail. It is our responsibility to enable them to be such agents of change”, says EU-UN statement on International Day against the Use of Child Soldiers

   Author: Strategic Communications - Publication date: 12/02/2021

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   From Europe to the World: The EU and Council of Europe as Global Standard Setters in Data Protection

   On the 40th Anniversary of the Council of Europe’s Convention 108 on Data Protection, we look back on the work and cooperation of both the Council of Europe and the EU to protect citizens’ data, not only in Europe, but also around the world.

   Author: Publication date: 28/01/2021

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   Holocaust Remembrance Day 2021: keeping the memory alive

   76 years after the liberation of Auschwitz-Birkenau, the rise of disinformation and hate speech makes the memory of the Holocaust more necessary than ever

   Author: Strategic Communications - Publication date: 26/01/2021

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    Human Rights in the Age of Artificial Intelligence: Shaping Our Digital Future

    Recent developments at the Council of Europe’s Ad hoc Committee on Artificial Intelligence could prove to be a landmark moment for human rights in the digital age. We take a look at what this means exactly and at what both the Council of Europe and the European Union are doing to further protections

    Author: Publication date: 19/01/2021

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