Council Of Europe

Ireland is set to be among the first signatories to a world-first international treaty aiming to protect the profession of lawyer. The Department of Justice is currently analysing the new Council of Europe Convention for the Protection of the Profession of Lawyer with a view to Ireland signing it in

The Council of Europe's commissioner for human rights has urged Turkish authorities to uphold the right to freedom of assembly and expression as major protests continue across the country. Hundreds of thousands of people have taken part in protests following the arrest and detention of Ekrem Ä°mamoÄ

The Council of Europe's secretary general, Alain Berset, has called for further efforts to implement judgments from the European Court of Human Rights. The annual report for 2024 on the execution of the court’s rulings from the Council of Europe’s Committee of Ministers shows that 992 ca

The Council of Europe has adopted the first-ever international treaty aiming to protect the profession of lawyer. The treaty was drafted in response to increasing reports of attacks on the legal profession, including in the form of harassment, threats or attacks, or interference with the exercise of

The Irish government has come under increasing pressure from the Council of Europe to improve the situation of Traveller and Roma communities. An intervention today from the advisory committee on the Framework Convention for the Protection of National Minorities follows a memorandum published by the

Human rights expert Professor Aoife Nolan has been re-elected as president of the European Committee of Social Rights (ECSR). The ECSR is the monitoring body of the European Social Charter. It is composed of 15 independent, impartial members elected by the Council of Europe’s Committee of Mini

Ireland and other European countries cannot leave Syrian asylum seekers in "indefinite limbo", the European human rights commissioner Michael O'Flaherty has warned. The Department of Justice said this week that the International Protection Office (IPO) would "temporarily pause the issuing of final d

The European commissioner for human rights, Michael O'Flaherty, has called for "firm action" in response to the "shocking" scale of human rights violations faced by Roma and Travellers in Europe. Mr O'Flaherty, who took up the role this week, was speaking ahead of International Roma Day on Monday.

Irish lawyer Michael O'Flaherty has formally taken up his role as the Council of Europe's new commissioner for human rights. The first Irish person to hold the post, Mr O'Flaherty will serve a six-year term after being elected by the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) in January.

The Aarhus Regulation is to be revised in order to bring it fully in line with the Aarhus Convention, including extending the provisions beyond NGOs. The Council of Europe Presidency and European Parliament negotiators reached a provisional political agreement on a proposal to revise the Aarhus

The body overseeing implementation of judgments of the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) has given the UK government a final deadline by which it must provide details of its proposals to deal with the legacy of the conflict in Northern Ireland. The Council of Europe’s Committee of Ministe

The appropriate 'case weighting system' for particular judicial systems is the subject of a new report from the Council of Europe. The working group on judicial time management of the European Commission for the Efficiency of Justice (CEPEJ) takes stock of the internal management system aimed at ass

One of Europe's most senior human rights chiefs met with Government ministers yesterday while visiting Ireland to mark the 70th anniversary of the Council of Europe. Dunja Mijatović, the Council of Europe Commissioner for Human Rights, met with Justice Minister Charlie Flanagan and his colleague Da

Irish judges, prosecutors and defence lawyers have been urged to consider using restorative justice following the launch of a new cross-European project aimed at promoting its benefits.

The Department of Justice has called for applications for appointment as Ireland's representative on the Council of Europe Committee for the Prevention of Torture and Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment (CPT). The CPT is composed of lawyers, medical doctors and specialists in prison or poli