Delegation of the European Union to the Council of Europe
The European Union reiterates its full support for the United Nations Security Council Resolution 2166, which demands that those responsible for the downing of flight MH17 on 17 July 2014 be held to account and that all States cooperate fully with efforts to establish accountability.
Author: Press and information team of the Delegation to the COUNCIL OF EUROPE in Strasbourg - Publication date: 30/05/2018
The EU is alarmed of yet two new and recent executions in Belarus. The executions of Viktar Lyotaw and Alyaksey Mikhalenya have taken place in secret in mid-May 2018. The EU reaffirms its principled position against the death penalty in all times and in any circumstance.
The detention of over a thousand demonstrators and violence used against them by the Russian authorities across the country today threaten the fundamental freedoms of expression, association and assembly in the Russian Federation.
Author: Press and information team of the Delegation to the COUNCIL OF EUROPE in Strasbourg - Publication date: 14/05/2018
On the occasion of the International Day against Homophobia, Transphobia and Biphobia, on 17 May 2018, the European Union would like to draw attention once more to the fact that, regrettably Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender and Intersex (LGBTI) persons in Europe are still subject to serious
On 1 May, a special session of the National Assembly of the Republic of Armenia did not result in the election of a new Prime Minister.
Author: Press and information team of the Delegation to the COUNCIL OF EUROPE in Strasbourg - Publication date: 03/05/2018
Over the past year the European Union has on numerous occasions raised its concern about reports of arrests, unlawful or arbitrary detention, torture, and killings of people in Chechnya based on their actual or alleged sexual orientation.
The EU notes that on the day the Turkish parliament extended the State of Emergency for an additional 3 months, President Erdogan announced early presidential and parliamentary elections, to take place on 24 June 2018. Echoing our concerns expressed on the occasion of the constitutional referendum
The European Union and its Member States welcome, once more, this thematic debate on the death penalty, an issue where all Council of Europe Member States find a common denominator and where this Organization has been a leading global actor.
Author: Publication date: 18/04/2018
The EU welcomes the Secretary General’s seventeenth consolidated report on the conflict in Georgia. The EU considers important to keep this issue high on the political agenda of the CoE and encourages the Secretary General to continue the submission of such reports covering, inter alia, the question
The EU deeply regrets recent worrying developments with regard to freedom of expression and right to privacy in the Russian Federation.
