A new anti torture committee report criticises the lack of a professional management, low staffing ratios and the absence of accountability in the prison system of “the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia.”
Raise your hand against smacking! is a Council of Europe campaign against corporal punishment of children. Corporal punishment is the most widespread form of violence against children and is a violation of their human rights.
In this podcast interview, Federica Mogherini, a member of the Italian Parliament reviews this week’s Parliamentary Assembly winter session.
Michelle Bachelet, the former Chilean President, told the Parliamentary Assembly “Our greatest challenge is to make sure that hard won gains for women are not lost but protected and advanced during this time of austerity and transition.”
The GRECO report calls for further transparency of political funding by the 501(c) organisations, which may, under certain conditions, be used as vehicles to “circumvent the rules on public disclosure of donations for political campaigning.”
