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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...

On the 3 rd and 4 th of November 2005 the first Forum on the future of Democracy will take place in Warsaw. The launch of this forum is one of the concrete results of the Third Summit of the Council of Europe, which took place in Warsaw on 16 and 17 May 2005. The main topic for this first meeting is civic participation in modern democracies. The choice of this topic is linked to the increased...

The ministerial conference on intercultural dialogue which took place in Faro on the 27 th and 28 th of October was set up to commemorate the 50 th anniversary of the Cultural Convention. During the conference a declaration to promote intercultural dialogue between Europe and her neighbouring regions was adopted.  

Strasbourg, 8-10 November 2005 Following the adoption last May of two new anti-terrorism conventions on the prevention of terrorism and terrorist financing , the Council of Europe’s Committee of Experts on Terrorism ( CODEXTER ) is holding its 9th meeting in Strasbourg, 8-10 November 2005