19.05.2008 In 1936, the SS Reichsfuhrer Heinrich Himmler created the Gestapo’s Central Office for the Combating of Homosexuality and Abortion. As a result, an estimated 100,000 men were arrested...
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Council of Europe Secretary General Terry Davis reacts to changes in Turkish Criminal Code related to freedom of expression
05.05.2008 Strasbourg, 02.05.2008 – “The recent amendments to Article 301 of the Turkish penal Code which criminalises insults to the Turkish nation testify to the readiness of the Turkish...
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Landmark UN treaty on rights of persons with disabilities enters into force
05.05.2008 3 May 2008 – The United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities entered into force today, one month after the required twentieth country ratified the...
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UN Refugee Agency Deplores Deaths of Four Refugees After Expulsion by Turkey
01.05.2008 New York, Apr 25 2008 3:00PMThe United Nations refugee agency is seeking clarification from Turkey after 18 refugees were forced to cross a fast-flowing river on the Turkish-Iraqi...
19.04.2008 Article 301 Should Be Abolished (Istanbul, April 17, 2008) The governments proposed revision to the infamous Article 301 of the Turkish Penal Code, which has been used...
10.04.2008 Interview with Patrick Gasser UEFA Official – Football and Social Responsibility Question : As the UEFA offical focusing on social responsibility, how do you think fans can be steered...
31.03.2008 Viewpoint by Thomas Hammarberg, Council of Europe Comissioner for Human Rights A minimum of solidarity with those oppressed is to receive them when they are forced to flee....
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Minority Rights
“Protection of national minorities and regional or minority languages in Europe: Where do we stand?”
Intervention by Thomas Hammarberg Council of Europe Comissioner for Human Rights 10th Anniversary of the entry into force of the Framework Convention for the Protection of National Minorities and...
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Minority Rights
Conference on Ten Years of Protecting National Minorities and Regional or Minority Languages
25.03.2008 Opening Address by Deputy Secretary General Maud de Boer-Buquicchio Strasbourg, 11 March 2008 I wish to welcome you all to this Conference which has been organised to mark...
22.02.2008 More than two weeks have passed since a lawyer representing three Christians murdered last year in the southern province of Malatya requested that authorities provide him with protection...