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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

23/11/2007 :: On the 3rd and 4th 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 ... + More

23/11/2007 :: The ministerial conference on intercultural dialogue which took place in Faro on the 27th and 28th of October was set up to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the Cultural Convention. During the conference a declaration to promote intercultural dialogue between Europe and her neighbouring regions was adopted. + More