Europe’s human rights-centric body opened its Framework Convention on artificial intelligence and human rights, democracy and the rule of law on Thursday, offering nations the option to sign an ...

The Council of Europe urged all its 46 member nations to halt their deliveries of weapons to Israel due to the humanitarian crisis unfolding in Gaza. Michael O’Flaherty, the council’s commissioner for ...

Denmark and other nations previously attempted to limit the European Court of Human Rights’ power to prevent migrant expulsions.

In symbolic rulings, Moscow was again blamed for the downing of Flight MH17 in 2014 and for an array of war-related human rights violations, including the transfer of Ukrainian children to Russia. By ...

The Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe issued a set of decisions on Tuesday for the Russian authorities to follow concerning the situation in Crimea. The Committee of Ministers issued the ...

Welcome to Wider Europe, RFE/RL's newsletter focusing on the key issues concerning the European Union, NATO, and other institutions and their relationships with the Western Balkans and Europe's ...

UN human rights experts on Monday called on the Council of Europe to begin the negotiation on initiating a binding protocol to the European Convention on Human Rights recognizing the right to a ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I write about how migration affects European society and economies. The leader of Europe’s oldest intergovernmental institution ...

Secretary General of the Council of Europe Alain Berset spoke on international crises, the role nations hold in regulating artificial intelligence, and the threat that misinformation poses to ...

Germany has described Kosovo’s latest move to secure Council of Europe membership this week as insufficient, saying the 'heavy lifting' it had expected 'has still not happened' Council of Europe HQ in ...

26/06/2025 - The Pilot Programme for Series Co-Productions has selected series from Spain, Norway, Greece, Serbia, the Netherlands and Poland The results of the third round of project’s evaluation ...

27/11/2025 - The first international framework for independent series co-productions aims to simplify cross-border collaboration, clarify rights and promote cultural diversity in European serial ...