Towards the future: European Youth

20/03/2009 //

In line with Norwegian priorities, the Action Plan from the Warsaw Summit 16-17 May 2005 gives priority to young citizens of Europe. The violent conflicts in today’s society is in many ways a mirror of social exclusion. Be it persecution of minorities, discrimination against religious groups and practices, gender inequality, and insufficient integration of disabled people, the effects of social...

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20/03/2009 //

The process of preparing a White Paper on Intercultural dialogue which started in spring 2006, is soon to be finalised. Intercultural dialogue is a new approach to cultural diversity, considered more fruitful than earlier approaches such as assimilation or multiculturalism. It comprises improved communication between people of different ethnic, cultural or religious backgrounds. Its goal is equ...

Norwegian Ambassador nominated as Council of Europe Special Representative to the EU

Norway's former ambassador to the Council of Europe, M. Torbjørn Frøysnes, has been nominated as the Special Representative of the Secretary General and Director of the Brussels Office of the Council of Europe.

Hammarberg takes office as new Commissioner for Human Rights

21/12/2007 //

Official hand-over from Mr. Alvaro Gil-Robles, the first Commissioner for Human Rights, to Mr. Thomas Hammarberg (Sweden), new Commisioner for Human Rights, took place in the Council of Europe the 3rd of April.

Anti-Torture Committee visited Norway

10/12/2007 //

The Council of Europe’s Anti-Torture Committee (CPT) carried out a periodic visit to Norway from 3-10 October 2005. The delegation followed up a number of issues examined during previous visits, including, in particular, the fundamental safeguards against ill-treatment offered to persons deprived of their liberty by the police, the restrictions imposed upon remand prisoners and the situation in...

European Audiovisual Observatory: Norwegian Presidency in 2006

19/03/2009 //

In 2006 Norway held the presidency of the European Audiovisual Observatory (EAO). The Observatory’s working areas include film, television, video/dvd and new media in Europe. The Observatory gathers, manages and disseminates information about market and statistics, law, production and its financing within the mentioned media areas. The Norwegian priority was to expand the Observa...

Human Rights Trust Fund

23/01/2008 //

Europarådets Ministerkomite ga 16. januar 2008 sitt enstemmige samtykke til at Europarådets Generalsekretær undertegner en avtale mellom Norge, Europarådet og Europarådets Utviklingsbank om etablering av et Human Rights Trust Fund.

Ris på baken - vold og oppdragelse

10/12/2007 //

Ikke-voldelig oppdragelse stod på agendaen da 21 unge europeere i alderen 13-18 år med foresatte møttes til diskusjon i Europarådets ungdomssenter. De unge, fra 19 europeiske land, debatterte spørsmål som "Hva er god/dårlig oppdragelse, og hvorfor?", "Hvis du skulle sende foreldre på kurs, hva kunne du tenke deg skulle stå på læreplanen for hvordan barn skal behandles?", og "Bør det være ulovli...

Europarådets innsats mot terrorisme

10/12/2007 //

I etterkant av terrorangrepet mot USA 11 September 2001 har antiterrorarbeidet har hatt en høy prioritet i de ulike organene til Europarådet (ER). Under det europeiske justisministermøtet i Sofia (Bulgaria) i 2003, ble det vedtatt en resolusjon mot terrorisme (res. no 1). Toppmøtet i Warszawa i mai bekreftet at terrorisme fremdeles vil bli høyt prioritert i ER, i nært samarbeid med bla. FN.

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