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Effective establishment of a torture prevention mechanism in Tunisia: the Council of Europe continues to accompany the process
The main component of the first phase of support to the establishment of the National Authority for the Prevention of Torture (INPT) in Tunisia ended with the election and the swearing in of members of the new Authority. The Council of Europe accompanied this process by organising workshops with...
Jordan, Morocco and Tunisia: Regional training on administrative anti-corruption inquiries
A four-day regional training on risk-based administrative anti-corruption inquiries was held in Strasbourg from 17 to 20 May 2016, at the Council of Europe’s headquarters. The training brought together practitioners from several inspection bodies, audit authorities and anti-corruption agencies of...
Jordanian authorities conduct a study visit to EUROPOL
As part of the SNAC 2 project, a delegation from the Jordanian Anti-Corruption Commission (JACC), the Judicial Council, the Public Security Directorate and the Jordanian Ministry of Justice visited the Netherlands from 19 to 21 April 2016 to hold a series of meetings with Europol and the Dutch...
Moving forward with justice reform in Tunisia
As part of the South Programme II, the European Commission for the Efficiency of Justice (CEPEJ) visited Tunis on 7 and 8 March 2016. This mission purposed to review the status of cooperation with the pilot courts of the CEPEJ, partners South II Programme, through a series of meetings with senior...
The South Programme II Regional Steering Committee takes stock of achievements and future challenges
The third and final meeting of the South Programme II Regional Steering Committee was held on 16 October 2017 in Brussels. Experts and officials from national authorities were joined by members of the Council of Europe and the European Union representatives to discuss the results of three years...
The Schools of Political Studies of Morocco and Tunisia at the World Forum for Democracy: ‟Is Populism a Problem?”
Young political leaders from the Council of Europe’s Schools of Political Studies of Tunis and Rabat took part in the sixth session of the World Forum for Democracy held on 8-10 November 2017 in Strasbourg. The forum brought together more than 1500 participants including international experts,...
Kick-off meeting of the Intercultural Cities in Jordan
Within the framework of the South Programme II, the first workshop on the Intercultural Cities (ICC) for Jordan was held in Amman, on 1 February 2016. The meeting aimed at discussing the establishment of a national network in the country. It brought together representatives of eleven Jordanian...
Sharing experiences and best practices between Europe and Tunisia in the fight against human trafficking: Tunis international conference discusses current challenges
An international conference entitled “Fight against human trafficking. Shared experiences between Tunisia and Europe” organised by the Council of Europe together with the Ministry of Justice of Tunisia and the International Organisation for Migration took place on 20 and 21 January 2016 in Tunis....
Fourth workshop on the establishment of the Tunisian national instance for the prevention of torture
In light of the establishment of the Tunisian national authority for the prevention of torture (INPT), a workshop held on 12 January 2016, in Tunis, discussed the practical issues relating to human, financial and logistic resources of the prospective instance. The meeting has enabled all the...
The Programme of Advanced Training in the field of Human rights, the rule of law and democracy for Southern Mediterranean (PATHS Programme) kicks off in Venice
24 representatives from Algeria, Egypt, Lebanon, Jordan, Mauritania, Morocco and Tunisia attended the first Module of the Programme of Advanced Training in the field of Human rights, the rule of law and democracy for Southern Mediterranean (PATHS Programme) which took place in Venice (Italy) from...
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