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Study visit for Azerbaijani state authorities to Georgia on violence against women
A delegation of representatives from the Azerbaijani state authorities performed a study visit to Georgia to learn about promising practices in the field of violence against women and domestic violence, as well as the Georgian experience of implementing the Council of Europe Convention on...
Reinforcing the capacities of Ukrainian judges on dealing with hate speech
In co-operation with the National School of Judges Ukraine and the Human Rights Education for Legal Professionals (HELP) programme of the Council of Europe, a pilot tutored course on “Combating hate speech”, adapted to the Ukrainian context and legislative framework, has been launched today in...
Launch of the first training of trainers on combating discrimination in Azerbaijan
The first training of trainers on combating discrimination in Azerbaijan has been launched with the co-operation of the Human Rights Education for Legal Professionals (HELP) programme of the Council of Europe in the framework of the European Union - Council of Europe joint project "Strengthening...
Results, challenges and plans for the future discussed with project stakeholders on combating discrimination, hate speech and hate crimes
The European Union and the Council of Europe are working together in Eastern Partnership countries to combat discrimination, hate speech and hate crimes. On 16 November 2021 the third Technical Project Committee meeting of our joint project “Strengthening access to justice for victims of...
Web article on problems encountered by people with HIV
A new storytelling article tackling hate speech and discrimination against persons with HIV in the Republic of Moldova is now available online. The article is part of a series of six web articles developed by the journalistic platform "Oameni și Kilometri" in co-operation with the Ombudsoffice,...