# council-of-europe - Thursday 19 November, 2020
# Council Of Europe
# Council Of Europe
A damning report found that migrants were held in conditions that could amount to inhuman treatment.
# council-of-europe - Wednesday 18 November, 2020
# Judiciary
# Judiciary
A new report comes as the government faces ongoing questions over the Seamus Woulfe affair.
# council-of-europe - Friday 4 September, 2020
# Pat Finucane
# Pat Finucane
Finucane was shot by loyalist paramilitaries in front of his family in Belfast in 1989.
# council-of-europe - Thursday 20 June, 2019
# Inclusion
# Inclusion
A new report notes that tolerance is increasing in Ireland, but states that issues still persist around integration.
# council-of-europe - Thursday 29 March, 2018
# Rule Of Law
# Rule Of Law
The Council of Europe has said that new laws passed in Poland seriously violated anti-corruption standards.
# council-of-europe - Wednesday 21 February, 2018
# Acht Na Gaeilge
# Acht Na Gaeilge
The issue has been at the centre of the dispute at Stormont.
# council-of-europe - Tuesday 17 October, 2017
# Targets
# Targets
A new report was published today looking into the political performance of women in the 47-nation Council of Europe.
# council-of-europe - Tuesday 19 January, 2016
# European Court Judgement
# European Court Judgement
The prisoner’s complaint related to not being able access sites which would help him fight his case.
# council-of-europe - Wednesday 21 October, 2015
# Smacking Ban
# Smacking Ban
A new poll finds most people do not favour an all-out ban on parents smacking their children.
# council-of-europe - Wednesday 27 May, 2015
# Your Say
# Your Say
Europe thinks we do.
# council-of-europe - Monday 18 May, 2015
# Organ Harvest
# Organ Harvest
The arrests were made in Spain following an international policing operation.
# council-of-europe - Wednesday 13 May, 2015
# Stigma
# Stigma
At least 21 EU States allow medical intervention on children to allocate sex at an early age.
# council-of-europe - Friday 21 November, 2014
# Greco
# Greco
… although politicians, not so much.
# council-of-europe - Friday 20 June, 2014
# Council Of Europe
# Council Of Europe
The Council of Europe found that Ireland was not in compliance with a number of articles within the European Social Charter.
# council-of-europe - Thursday 16 January, 2014
# Minority Languages
# Minority Languages
The report from the Council of Europe also looked at the minority languages in use in the UK like Welsh and Scottish Gaelic.
# council-of-europe - Friday 7 June, 2013
# Abortion
# Abortion
The Committee of Ministers, which is responsible for upholding ECtHR rulings, expresses “satisfaction” with Ireland’s plans.
# council-of-europe - Friday 19 April, 2013
# Travellers
# Travellers
The Council of Europe report expresses concern about discrimination against Travellers in accessing the labour market.
# council-of-europe - Sunday 7 April, 2013
# Badgers
# Badgers
The government has failed to submit any reports over the last ten years and the Council of Europe has now requested them as a “matter of urgency”.
# council-of-europe - Wednesday 27 March, 2013
# Transgender
# Transgender
While Ireland will recogise amended birth certificates from other countries, “gender reassignment is not yet recognised” in the country.
# council-of-europe - Friday 8 March, 2013
# Abortion
# Abortion
The a Council of Europe’s committee is told that the legislation to respond to the A, B and C case will be out next month.
# council-of-europe - Friday 8 February, 2013
# Magdalenes
# Magdalenes
The call by the Council of Europe’s Commissioner for Human Rights puts further pressure on Enda Kenny.
# council-of-europe - Monday 31 December, 2012
# Cybercrime
# Cybercrime
The Immigrant Council of Ireland says ratification would ensure safe and responsible use of the internet in Ireland.
# council-of-europe - Tuesday 11 December, 2012
# Need To Know
# Need To Know
Here are the things we learned, loved and shared today.
# Abortion
# Abortion
The Council of Europe’s committee of ministers called on Ireland to expedite the implementation of the judgment in the A, B, C vs Ireland case.
# 9 At 9
# 9 At 9
Good morning! Here’s what you need to know as you kick off your Tuesday.
# council-of-europe - Wednesday 5 December, 2012
# Abortion
# Abortion
The Council of Europe will assess the government’s action plan on abortion and it is expected the ministers will seek a clear deadline for the implementation of the new legal regime.
# council-of-europe - Friday 5 October, 2012
# Council Of Europe
# Council Of Europe
The Irish Council for Civil Liberties has submitted a report to the Council of Europe bemoaning the political attitude of the junior minister.
# council-of-europe - Wednesday 25 April, 2012
# Acta
# Acta
TD for Clare Michael McNamara was speaking about ACTA at the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe in Strasbourg.
# council-of-europe - Wednesday 7 March, 2012
# Corruption
From The42
# Corruption
The 47-nation Council of Europe, a legal advisory group, has called on FIFA to examine the circumstances surrounding president Sepp Blatter’s re-election last June.
# council-of-europe - Saturday 18 February, 2012
# European Disunity
# European Disunity
MEPs have backed plans to examine scrapping the arrangement where both Brussels and Strasbourg can house all meetings.
# council-of-europe - Friday 30 December, 2011
# Smacking
# Smacking
Minister for Children Frances Fitzgerald has said an outright prohibition of all corporal punishment is an option.
# council-of-europe - Thursday 15 September, 2011
# Abortion
# Abortion
The government has been criticised by interest groups over its failure to propose “efficient measures” regarding abortion access in Ireland – despite a ruling by Europe’s top court compelling the state to address the issue.
# council-of-europe - Thursday 23 June, 2011
# Equality
# Equality
A major report by the Council of Europe both praises and criticises Ireland on various discrimination and gender issues.
# council-of-europe - Monday 6 June, 2011
# Daily Fix
# Daily Fix
In your Fix for this bank holiday Monday: Aer Lingus pilots’ strike averted; good news from the IMF; Turmoil in Syria; Another Cheryl Cole u-turn; Wayne Rooney’s new hair; and do you feature in our mini-marathon gallery?
# council-of-europe - Friday 18 March, 2011
# Education
# Education
In a landmark case that on religious symbols in schools that will be binding across Europe, the European Court of Human Rights has said that crucifixes should be permitted in Italian classrooms.
# council-of-europe - Thursday 10 February, 2011
# Prisons
# Prisons
The report from a Council of Europe committee heavily criticises conditions in some of the country’s major prisons.
