Council Of Europe

International body warns proposals could block justice over killings where state involvement is suspected

Social Finance Foundation and the Council of Europe Development Bank deal to support environmental and climate-action initiatives in communities

Institution focuses on providing supports to 22 European countries

Ireland’s stance must ‘evolve’ in the face of new international threats

DUP not interested in ‘sticking plaster’ approach to NI protocol, Donaldson tells Martin in Belfast

EU ambassadors call for range of options to be ready if UK over-rides post-Brexit deal

Coveney to push body on pursuing Kremlin for ‘crime of aggression’ over Ukraine war

Campaigners fear State will grow as hub for ‘libel tourism’ in wake of UK exit from EU

The Catholic Church is patron of almost 90% of primary schools. Can a new reconfiguration plan deliver more choice for parents?

Nano Nagle Place wins Council of Museum Prize in Strasbourg

Philanthropist Osman Kavala jailed for life without parole over 2013 demonstrations

New evidence of a mass grave in Mariupol to hide thousands of civilian dead has added to international calls for Russia to be held accountable

Barrister James Kingston advised ministers and officials for more than 25 years

If approved by Government, the decision will allow Raco to participate in public pay talks

Government forced to cancel international summer conference on LGBT+ rights

European Committee of Social Rights says State has yet to fully address findings against it

Inside Politics: Issues with Labour leader was most quiet disquiet seen in a party heave

World’s sporting bodies have long been used by the Russian leader for his own nefarious ends

Council of Europe finds ‘no major improvement’ in situation in three years

Huge awards seen by media groups as threats to freedom of the press and to financial viability

UN Security Council role gives Ireland key place in ‘court of global public opinion’

Challenges based on overcrowding and ‘slopping out’ but none successful yet

Kelly Duda faces fascist-era charge of ‘offending the honour or prestige’ of prosecutor

National Women’s Council says education on abuse of women must be compulsory

Ambassador to Ireland discusses priorities for French presidency of Council of European Union

Sexual exploitation continued ‘unabated’ throughout pandemic

Representative Association for Commissioned Officers’ (Raco) to explore joining Ictu

Forum will also consider response to allegations in Women of Honour documentary

Over 2,000 women, girls over 15 in area ‘will experience physical or sexual abuse by a partner’

Citywide campaign marks 25th anniversary of first ministerial report on drugs

UN rapporteur Mary Lawlor hails work of organisation blacklisted as a ‘foreign agent’

‘When you meet a Cypriot the first thing they say is, “I’m not a racist” – but their actions say differently’

Ankara’s repeated failure to adhere to the rulings of the European Court of Human Rights is jeopardising its relations with democratic allies

Erdogan moves against envoys from US, France, Germany over support of jailed activist

Rights and equality commission calls for specialised shelter for victims of trafficking

An ‘enabling force’ for later Irish language women writers

Organ transplantation rate fell by 32% last year compared to 2019

Former Kosovan prime minister Thaci and a commander of the KLA among those facing charges

Attitudes harden ahead of expected increase of arrivals from Afghanistan

Poland and Baltic states building fences to block ‘weaponised’ migration via Minsk