Human Rights Trust Fund

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. + More

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 psychiatric hospitals. Further, the delegation examined the treatment of prisoners detained in units with very high security. + More

10/12/2007 :: Thomas Hammarberg from Sweden was 5 October 2005 elected new Council of Europe Commissioner for Human Rights to succeed the serving Spanish HR-Commissioner Alvaro Gil-Robles. Mr. Hammarberg is elected for a non-renewable term of office for six years, and takes over the position as Commissioner for Human Rights on 1 April 2006. + More

27/11/2007 :: The Session of the Committee of Ministers of the 46 member countries is the supreme decision making body of the Council of Europe. + More