The legitimacy of quality assurance in higher education: the role of public authorities and institutions (Council of Europe higher education series)
The Earth Times Online Newspaper (Free subscription) | yesterday
Strasbourg - Authorities in Chechnya need to do more to protect citizens from terrorism and actions of illegal armed groups, the human rights commissioner of the Council of Europe said Tuesday. Commissioner Thomas Hammarberg urged the authorities to ...
Islamization Watch (Free subscription) | 20/11/2009
An EU President should not be wishy-washy on such matters. Though it appears he said these things awhile ago - at least it offers some insight into what he thinks. BRUSSELS - Belgian Prime Minister Herman Van Rompuy, a leading candidate to win the presidency of the European Council.. now EU President, is strongly opposed to Turkey ever joining the European Union. "Turkey is not a part of Europe...
Political Scrapbook (Free subscription) | 20/11/2009
One President-Elect of the Council of Europe… One questionable surname… One political suicide mission to save the future of tabloid journalism! Scrapbook is praying for the Herman van Rompuy sex scandal. Share With Friends
eChurchWebsites Blog (Free subscription) | 20/11/2009
By Samantha Singson (NEW YORK – C-FAM) Next week in Europe, a committee of human rights “experts” will discuss a draft recommendation on measures to “combat discrimination on grounds of sexual orientation and gender identity to ensure respect for human rights of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender persons and to promote tolerance towards them.” Proponents [...]
Working Class Tory (Free subscription) | 20/11/2009
The two top posts in the EU are to be filled by Cathy Ashton and Herman Van Rompuy . Well, let's see. Van Rompuy - who is he? The Prime Minister of Belgium. Was he elected to that? No. Previous experience? A fair amount within Belgium. A bit like a sort of Belgian Jack Straw, but less senior. Good points? "Turkey is not a part of Europe and will never be part of Europe," Mr Van Rompuy said...
JURIST (Free subscription) | 19/11/2009
[JURIST] The Constitutional Court of Russia on Thursday extended the moratorium on the death penalty until the Russian parliament ratifies an international treaty abolishing capital punishment. In 1997, Russia signed, but did not ratify, Protocol 6 of the Convention on the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms, which was put forward by the Council of Europe (COE) in 1983 to limit the...
Ria Novosti (Free subscription) | 19/11/2009
The Council of Europe welcomed on Thursday a decision by Russia's Constitutional Court to extend a moratorium on capital punishment.
Information Policy (Free subscription) | 19/11/2009
One of the largest gatherings of experts, involved in shaping the future of the internet, is underway in the Egyptian resort city of Sharm el Sheikh. The Council of Europe makes its presence felt at the Internet Governance Forum with...
The Empire Chronicles (Free subscription) | 19/11/2009
Russia’s constitutional court ruled that the current moratorium on death penalty will remain when the current legal suspension expires on 1st January. The court said that the use of the death penalty was now impossible because Russia had signed international deals banning it. Russia announced the moratorium in 1996 when it joined the Council of Europe, although it retains capital punishment in...
The Guardian (Free subscription) | 18/11/2009
That the alleged 9/11 conspirators, if convicted, will face the death penalty requires some mental acrobatics from a human rights perspective Inches of column space in the UK are devoted to the treatment of terrorist suspects, but America has a way of putting things in perspective. While we agonise over the human rights implications of control orders , for example, the US government's more straightforward...
Berner Oberland (Free subscription) | 18/11/2009
The Council of Europe, which is marking its 60th anniversary this year, must concentrate on its key mission of human rights if it is to ...
The Guardian (Free subscription) | 17/11/2009
Turkey on Tuesday transferred five inmates to the prison island holding Kurdish rebel leader Abdullah Ocalan so he can end his isolation. The Council of Europe had demanded that Turkey end Ocalan's solitude, saying his mental state was deteriorating after years as the sole inmate of Imrali island, off Istanbul. The move also comes as Turkey takes steps to increase its minority Kurds' cultural and...
Ismailimail (Free subscription) | 14/11/2009
North-South Centre of the Council of Europe: the 2009 Lisbon Forum – “Creating a culture of human rights through education” Date: 13-14 November 2009 Location: Aga Khan Development Network – Ismaili Centre, Lisbon, Portugal Organised by the North-South Centre of the Council of Europe in partnership with the Alliance of Civilizations and the Aga Khan Development Network, with...
The Guardian (Free subscription) | 11/11/2009
The government should implement a proportionate retention policy now rather than attempt to build a national DNA database by stealth Last December, 17 judges of the European Court of Human Rights delivered a unanimous judgment condemning the UK's policy of indefinitely retaining the DNA of those arrested, but not convicted, of any offence. Almost a year later, the government has managed to squeeze...
The Cornish Democrat (Free subscription) | 11/11/2009
Following the release of - The Next Push - and the related Cornish Democrat blog post some interesting feedback has been received. First are the links below from the Council of Europe's Congress on Local and Regional Authorities sent in by a colleague. Relevant to Cornish autonomy the two documents suggest political autonomy is economically and environmentally beneficial for a 'region'. Long but interesting...
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