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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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   The EU celebrates Human Rights Day: we will never stop defending universal and indivisible rights

   This year we mark Human Rights Day while the whole world is tackling an unprecedented challenge: the COVID-19 pandemic. Far from being outdated, the fundamental rights enshrined in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights signed in 1948 are more relevant than ever: the universality and

   Author: Strategic Communications - Publication date: 10/12/2020

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   “Can Democracy Save the Environment?”: one question at the heart of 9th Edition of the World Forum for Democracy 2020-2021

   The 9th edition of the World Forum for Democracy will take the form of a year-long campaign to answer the question “Can Democracy Save the Environment?”. The “12 Months, 1 Question” campaign will allow participants, including political decision-makers and activists, to tackle various aspects of

   Author: Press and information team of the Delegation to the COUNCIL OF EUROPE in Strasbourg - Publication date: 17/11/2020

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   #UNGA75 – Global challenges call for global responses

   Nations around the world gathered virtually for the 75th General Assembly of the United Nations. This historical gathering comes at a time when we are facing global challenges and global responses are difficult to find. The EU calls for a reform of multilateralism by design and not by destruction:

   Author: Strategic Communications - Publication date: 25/09/2020

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   The ECHR at 70: Celebrating the EU and Council of Europe’s Shared Vision for Human Rights

   The right to respect for family life is guaranteed under the European Convention on Human Rights. Parents should have the possibility to obtain custody of their children and contact them. At the same time children should have the right to stay with their parents. As the case-law of the European

   Author: Press and information team of the Delegation to the COUNCIL OF EUROPE in Strasbourg - Publication date: 25/09/2020

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   EU-UNICEF: Sending out an SOS as kids go Back to School

   On 23 September the EU hosted a #Backpack2School installation by UNICEF ‘Sending out an SOS’, in the heart of the European Quarters in Brussels, as part of a global public initiative on education around the world. EU High Representative Josep Borrell inaugurated the event in Brussels together with

   Author: Strategic Communications - Publication date: 23/09/2020

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   State of the Union speech- Building the world we want to live in: A Union of Vitality in a World of Fragility

   European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen today mapped out in her first annual State of the Union address, a path for the European Union to overcome the fragility laid bare by the coronavirus crisis and build a union of vitality.

   Author: Strategic Communications - Publication date: 16/09/2020

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   Mesa Covid: La Unión Europea y el gobierno argentino fortalecen la cooperación en el marco de la pandemia del COVID-19 y apuestan a la recuperación

     Buenos Aires, 11 de septiembre de 2020- Autoridades del gobierno argentino se reunieron de manera virtual con representantes de las Embajadas de la Unión Europea y de los Estados miembros de la UE para reforzar la coordinación de las numerosas acciones de cooperación que están desarrollando en el

   Author: Press and information team of the Delegation to the Argentina - Publication date: 11/09/2020

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   Learning for Life: The Council of Europe and European Commission Celebrate the 2020 European Heritage Days

   In spite of the challenges caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, both the European Commission and the Council of Europe have come together to help organize some of the most innovative and creative European Heritage Days yet. The theme of the 2020 celebrations is: “Heritage and Education: Learning for

   Author: Press and information team of the Delegation to the COUNCIL OF EUROPE in Strasbourg - Publication date: 08/09/2020

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    Online outreach event for the launch of the new EU priorities for the cooperation with the Council of Europe 2020-2022 – Strasbourg, 04 September 2020

    On September 4th, the EU Delegation to the Council of Europe organised a well-attended online public event for the launch of the new EU priorities for the cooperation with the Council of Europe 2020-2022.

    Author: Press and information team of the Delegation to the COUNCIL OF EUROPE in Strasbourg - Publication date: 07/09/2020

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