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Youth and Covid-19 Survey Report _English
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The gender employment gap: Challenges and solutions
Women’s labour market participation in the European Union has increased over recent decades. In 2014, women comprised almost 46% of people active in the EU labour market. Nevertheless, women’s participation rates are still systematically lower than those of men in almost all Member States. © European Foundation for the Improvement of Living and Working Conditions, 2016 Read More -
Potential and challenges of e participation in the European Union
This study was commissioned and supervised by the European Parliament's Policy Department for Citizens' Rights and Constitutional Affairs at the request of the AFCO Committee. European countries have started exploring e-participation as a way to regain citizens' trust and revitalise European democracy by developing a more responsive, transparent and participatory decision-making process. The main objectives of the study are to identify best practices in EU Member States, describe e-participation tools and initiatives at the EU level, and explain the benefits and challenges of e-participation. © European Union, 2016 - Elisa LIRONI, European Citizen Action Service (ECAS) Read More -
Supporting Quality Journalism through Media and Information Literacy
MIL - Media and Information Literacy used to be seen as the responsibility of the educational sector mostly targeting younger people in full-time education. This responsibility has to be extended to all stakeholders who are in a position to reach citizens of all age groups where they currently are and create new dissemination networks for MIL knowledge and skills. © Council of Europe, January 2020 - Martina Chapman and Markus Oermann Read More -
coLAB Toolkit: Inclusive practices towards refugees in higher education (2020)
CoLAB, a collaboration between five higher education institutions in Europe, is born from the observation that many refugees bring with them substantial professional experience and qualifications. Unfortunately, their prior achievements may not be recognized by their new host communities, and it is common for refugees to experience higher than average levels of unemployment, or to be employed below their level of skill. © Council of Europe, November 2019, English publication Read More -
Media freedom regulation and trust
Our states are undergoing unprecedented levels of media change, with a shift of media consumption from traditional to digital channels and especially onto online platforms. This has had major implications for the complex system of media funding, ethics and regulation. The media sector is faced with major financial difficulties and decline of trust. Not surprising, as consuming news and information on social media involves challenges ranging from a lack of fact checking, confusion about news sources to online disinformation, hateful rhetoric and electoral manipulation. © Council of Europe, February 2020 - Damian Tambini Read More -
General report Grevio
This First General Report on the activities of the Group of Experts on Action against Violence against Women and Domestic Violence (GREVIO) covers the period from September 2015 to May 2019 and provides a comprehensive summary of the results of GREVIO’s first eight reports as well as the findings emerging from final draft reports adopted as of May 2019. © Council of Europe, April 2020 Read More -
Annual report Journalism Platform
This publication presents the annual assessment of threats to media freedom in the Council of Europe’s member states in 2019, by the partner organisations to the Safety of Journalists Platform. © Council of Europe, March 2020 Read More -
End of life situations
This brochure brings together key Council of Europe guidelines on one of the most important subjects faced by human beings – that is to say, coping with the issue of passing away. As with any challenging situation, help is needed both from individuals and from society in general – and this is all the more the case for those who are terminally ill. © Council of Europe, May 2020 Read More -
Family reunification for refugee and migrant children
As a result of the sharp increase in the refugee and migrant population in recent years, many children and their families have experienced family separation. Member states are bound by various obligations related to family reunification, and the practical reunification of refugee and migrant children with their family members has proved complex. This handbook is a practical guide both to key legal standards and to promising practices in the field of family reunification and restoring family links. © Council of Europe, April 2020 - Florence Boreil, Dr Ellen Desmet, Georgia Dimitropoulou, Dr Mark Klaassen Read More -
How to protect journalists
Violence against journalists is on the rise across Council of Europe member States – attacks are getting more severe and include, in some cases, murders and car bombs, as well as other forms of physical violence and threats. The present Implementation guide aims to provide member States with concrete responses to the question what can and should be done to protect journalists and other media actors. © Council of Europe, July 2020 Read More -
European Convention on Human Rights As amended by Protocols Nos. 11 and 14 Supplemented by Protocols Nos. 1, 4, 6, 7, 12, 13 and 16 (2020)
The European Convention on Human Rights, an international treaty drawn up within the Council of Europe, was opened for signature in Rome in 1950. On 1 June 2010 it was amended by Protocol No. 14, whose aim is to guarantee the long-term efficiency of the Court by optimizing the filtering and processing of applications.Protocol No. 16 to the Convention allows the highest courts and tribunals of a State Party to request the Court to give advisory opinions on questions of principle relating to the interpretation or application of the rights and freedoms defined in the Convention. Protocol No. 16 came into force on 1 August 2018 in respect of the States which have signed and ratified it. © Council of Europe, September 2019 Read More -
Protecting Migrants under the European Convention on human rights and the European Social Charter
Migration to Europe is an ancient and wide phenomenon which has accelerated in speed and scale in recent times. Although migrants are not expressly mentioned in the European Convention on Human Rights, they, as every human being, are entitled to human rights protection. Migrants are people who move from their country of usual residence or nationality to another country. A migrant may move for economic or educational reasons, to flee from natural disasters caused by climate change or to escape persecution, human rights abuses, threats to life or physical integrity, war and civil unrest. This handbook is intended as a tool for legal practitioners (lawyers, judges, public officials, human rights defenders) to better understand the European human rights of migrants and the means to claim their respect or implementation at the national and international levels. © Council of Europe, February 2013 - Yannis Ktistakis Read More -
Protecting the right to freedom of thought, conscience and religion under the European Convention on Human Rights
This handbook examines the scope and content of freedom of thought, conscience and religion as guaranteed in particular by Article 9 of the European Convention on Human Rights and as interpreted by the case-law of the European Court of Human Rights (“the Strasbourg Court”) and by the former European Commission on Human Rights (“the Commission”). However, issues concerning conscience and belief may arise elsewhere in the treaty, and brief reference to certain related guarantees that have some particular impact upon freedom of thought, conscience and religion has been considered necessary. © Council of Europe, 2012 - Jim Murdoch Read More -
Freedom of expression
The European Convention on Human Rights (“the Convention”) was signed on 4 November 1950 in Rome. In the context of effective political democracy and respect for human rights mentioned in the Preamble to the Convention, freedom of expression is not only important in its own right, but also it plays a central part in the protection of other rights under the Convention. Without abroad guarantee of the right to freedom of expression protected by independent and impartial courts, there is no free country, there is no democracy. © Council of Europe, 2001, 2004 - Monica Macovei Read More -
The right to life
This Handbook deals with the right to life, as guaranteed by Article 2 of the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR or “the Convention”), and with the case-law of the European Court of Human Rights (“the Court”) under that article. Cases relating to one issue are furthermore often brought under a variety of articles – as we shall note with regard to abortion and suicide in particular – and in such instances, the Court’s approach can only be understood by reference to its rulings on all the articles involved. Also important is the fact that the Convention usually does not impose rigid requirements on States. © Council of Europe, 2006 Read More -
Handbook on European non-discrimination law
In January 2010, the European Court of Human Rights and the European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights decided to cooperate on the preparation of a handbook on European case law concerning non-discrimination. We are now pleased to present an updated version of this handbook, which contains updated examples of relevant case law and an improved structure. This handbook is designed to assist legal practitioners who are not specialized in the field of non-discrimination law, serving as an introduction to key issues involved. It is intended for lawyers, judges, prosecutors, social workers and persons who work with national authorities, non-governmental organisations (NGOs) and other bodies that may be confronted with legal questions relating to issues of discrimination. European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights and Council of Europe, 2018 - Douwe Korff Read More -
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2019 Calendar Ofrefugees
In order to face current European challenges of the refugee crisis, as well as issues related to inclusion, acceptance, tolerance, respect and the rise of extremism, we designed this instrument to provide a face and voice to sucessful stories of inclusion of young refugees in Europe. We collected different stories from different places and dedicated them a space in this calendar. Read More -
Manifesto for Adult Learning in the 21st century
The European Association for the Education of Adults (EAEA) proposes, with this manifesto, to create a Learning Europe: a Europe that is able to tackle the future positively and with all necessary skills, knowledge and competences. Read More