The Secretary General told the Forum For Democracy in Cyprus that “young people especially are reacting to the different forms of exclusion and discrimination which they encounter in political and economic life. We need to take these manifestations of young people’s frustration very seriously.”
The podcast marks the launch of the Council of Europe’s new lesbian, gay, bi-sexual and transgender unit and a new anti-discrimination drive which kicks off in Montenegro.
In this interview, Michael Remmert outlines the main issues under discussion in Limassol at the Forum for The Future of Democracy and offers his views on strengthening social cohesion and active citizenship.
Secretary General Thorbjørn Jagland and Parliamentary Assembly experts have expressed concern at the sentence passed on former prime minister Yulia Tymoshenko by a Ukraine court.
In this podcast, Nicola Harwin, CBE, Chief Executive of the United Kingdom’s Women’s Aid, joins Alison Clarke, editor of Women’s Views on News and Sara Khan from Jihad Against Violence, to put the spotlight on a Council of Europe priority issue.
