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Swiss parliament rejects landmark European court ruling in blow to global climate action

Ruling by European Court of Human Rights said Swiss government was violating rights of senior citizens by not doing enough to tackle climate crisis

The Independent UK

Kosovo criticizes Council of Europe for not holding a vote on its membership, blames Serbia lobbying

Kosovo has criticized the Council of Europe’s decision against holding a vote on its membership, saying it deprived its people and especially its ethnic minorities of democratic tools offered by the continent’s top human rights body

The Independent UK

Eurovision EU flag ban was ‘mind-blowing’, says European Commission

Spokesperson for Commission president Ursula von der Leyen calls decision ‘completely regrettable’

The Guardian - UK

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Lady Massey of Darwen obituary

Teacher, education adviser and politician who worked tirelessly to improve the lives of children in Britain and abroad

The Guardian - UK

Humanitarian groups demand safe routes to UK after five deaths in Channel

UN and Council for Europe add voices to outcry as more people drown within hours of ‘cruel’ Rwanda bill being passed

The Guardian - UK

Council Of Europe Calls On UK To Scrap Rwanda Migrant Plan

Britain's parliament on Monday passed a bill under which asylum seekers would be deported to Rwanda to await a decision on their applications, in a bid by Prime Minister Rishi Sunak to stop people making the dangerous sea crossing to the UK across the Channel.

International Business Times

Strasbourg court’s Swiss climate ruling could have global impact, say experts

Decision by European court of human rights around vulnerability of older women to heatwaves marks significant shift

The Guardian - UK

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Council of Europe calls for repeal of Legacy Act immunity provisions

The body’s Committee of Ministers expressed concerns that the act breached human rights obligations.

The Independent UK

Catalan, Basque and Galician are unlikely to become official EU languages, but alternatives to connect with regional language speakers are out there

The Spanish prime minister, Pedro Sánchez, is in a pickle. In August, he sent out a formal request to the rotating presidency of the Council of Europe for Catalan, Basque and Galician to become official EU languages. The request was part of a coalition agreement with the Catalan Independence Party,…

The Conversation

UK Parliament adopts controversial Northern Ireland Troubles ‘legacy’ bill

The new law grants immunity to fighters involved in the 30 years of sectarian violence in Northern Ireland.

Al Jazeera

The ECHR, why it is back in the spotlight and the implications of the UK leaving

The UK may leave a major international human rights agreement to help tackle small boats crossing the English Channel.

The Independent UK

The Guardian view on investigating a migrant tragedy: bereaved families deserve the truth

Editorial: Why was an effective search and rescue operation not mounted to save up to 750 people on board the Adriana, as it struggled off the Greek coast?

The Guardian - UK

'Democratic backsliding has accelerated': Council of Europe chief Pejcinovic Buric

Talking Europe interviews the head of the Council of Europe, the continent's human rights watchdog. A former Croatian minister of foreign and European affairs, Marija Pejcinovic Buric was elected to lead the Council of Europe in 2019. The organisation started out with just 10 nations in 1949, and now numbers…

France 24

Tory MPs accused of ‘cosying up’ to far-right Hungarian leader Orbán

Three veteran backbenchers pictured at recent event in Budapest with other members of rightwing grouping

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The Conversation

Why outside experts are worried about the decline of LGBTI rights in the UK

Until recently, the UK was often praised as a global leader for protecting LGBTI people. Now, it is seen to be falling behind other nations.

The Guardian - UK

Gypsy, Roma and Travellers suffer ‘persistent’ discrimination in UK

Council of Europe body finds ‘shocking’ levels of bullying in education system and threats to legal status and rights

The Guardian - UK

We are closer than ever to arresting Putin, but the US must play its part

This summer will be a crisis point for the Russian president, as demands for action intensify, says former UK prime minister Gordon Brown

The Guardian - UK

Slovakia on brink of blocking legal recognition for trans people

International human rights champions and LGBTQ+ campaigners appeal to MPs to vote against bill proposed by rightwingers

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The Independent UK

European nations zoom in on establishing system to pinpoint how much damage Russia caused in Ukraine

Leaders from across Europe are putting the final touches on a system that should establish the damage Russia is causing during the war in Ukraine

The Independent UK

European leaders must ‘stand by Ukraine for as long as it takes’, Sunak says

Rishi Sunak told the Council of Europe summit: ‘We will hold Russia accountable for the horrendous war crimes that have been committed.’

The Guardian - UK

Cool response in Iceland as Rishi Sunak urges Europe’s leaders to back Rwanda plan

Prime minister uses summit address at Council of Europe in Reykjavik to talk of need to confront ‘illegal migration’

The Guardian - UK

Ursula von der Leyen steps up calls for tribunal for Russia’s ‘crime of aggression’

Speaking before Council of Europe summit, European Commission president says ‘accountability for Russia’ will be big topic

The Independent UK

Sunak’s hope to make migration focus at European gathering dampened by host

Iceland’s foreign minister said other issues including Ukraine would be higher up on the agenda at the Council of Europe summit.

The Independent UK

Sunak warns world’s most vulnerable ‘paying the price’ for broken asylum system (cloned)

The Prime Minister will tell European leaders in Iceland that attempts to police human trafficking are ‘not working’.

The Independent UK

Rishi Sunak says international system for policing human trafficking ‘not working’

World’s most vulnerable are ‘paying the price’ for the failure to prevent unlawful migration, Sunak says

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