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PACE President joins calls for closure of Guantanamo
[17/02/06 17:30:00] René van der Linden today expressed his full support for the UN report condemning US detention practices at Guantanamo Bay. ''As the Parliamentary Assembly pointed out in its own report last year, the United States Government has betrayed its own highest principles in the zeal with which it has attempted to pursue the ‘war on terror’ '', said PACE President.
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Human Rights Commissioner presents report on France
[15/02/06 11:30:00] Alvaro Gil-Robles presented on 15 February his report on respect for human rights in France to the Committee of Ministers today. Following an official visit to France by Mr Gil-Robles in September last year, the report identifies a number of shortcomings regarding the administration of justice, detention conditions, the treatment of arriving foreigners, asylum and expulsion procedures, discrimination and xenophobia, domestic violence and trafficking in human beings. It concludes with recommendations to the French authorities.
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Council of Europe launches ''Universal Leonardo'' Art Exhibition
[16/02/06 17:00:00] The universal heritage of Leonardo da Vinci is the theme of the 28th Council of Europe Art Exhibition. Five different venues will host the ''Universal Leonardo'' series, which opens in Florence (Italy), on 27 March with an exhibition on ''The Mind of Leonardo'' . Later exhibitions will be held in Oxford and London (United Kingdom), Budapest (Hungary), and Munich (Germany).
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Biodiversity in Europe: 4th Intergovernmental Conference
[17/02/06 09:00:00] This conference, hosted by the Ministry for Culture of the Republic of Croatia, will take place from 22-24 February at the Plitvice Lakes National Park. The main objective is to prepare the European contribution to the 8th Meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity (March 2006, Brazil).
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Analysis of the Russian NGO legislation
[17/02/06 12:00:00] ''We do not have a perfect law, but we do have a better law'' said Terry Davis, Secretary General of the Council of Europe, following analysis of the recently adopted laws on non-profit organisations and public associations in the Russian Federation.
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Conference on Belarus in run-up to presidential election
[15/02/06 14:30:00] A conference on Belarus is being held in Prague in the run-up to the presidential election in Belarus on 19 March. It will be opened by Council of Europe Parliamentary Assembly President René van der Linden, and Czech Foreign Affairs Minister Cyril Svoboda, on 23 February at 9 am, at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Cernin Palace, Grand Hall, Loretanske namesti 5, Prague).
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Anti-Torture Committee publishes report on Moldova
[16/02/06 09:30:00] The Council of Europe’s Committee for the Prevention of Torture and Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment (CPT) published on 16 February the report on its visit to Moldova in September 2004, together with the response of the Moldovan Government. These documents have been made public at the request of the Moldovan authorities.
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