The invitation to the Commissioner for Human Rights was announced earlier today by Congress President Keith Whitmore. His request follows a visit by his organisation to the imprisoned mayor Leyla Güven on 6 October.
A documentary film is now available which focusses on the launch of the Commissioner for Human Rights, Thomas Hammarberg’s report on homophobia and transphobia in Europe.
Secretary General Thorbjørn Jagland told the 21st Congress Session that “there are two transforming forces in today’s world: one is economic, the other is the quest for freedom.”
The Commission has adopted an opinion on the ‘Draft Law on amendments to the law on the judiciary and the status of judges of Ukraine,’ prepared by the National Commission for Strengthening Democracy and the Rule of Law.
Sergei Bazarya outlines the proposals of the Pompidou Group to combat drug addiction in prison and looks ahead to a two-day conference of experts in Skopje which opens on 24 October.
