September 29, 2011 - Commissioner for Human Rights

Hammarberg: “Worrying clampdown” in Azerbaijan

The commissioner “regrets” that a year after the publication of his report, most of the recommendations he made to the Azerbaijan authorities have not been implemented.

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September 28, 2011 - Society

Michel Platini: Match-fixing has brought fear to football

The UEFA President tells the Ministers’ Deputies that “the growth of betting-related match fixing is alarming, especially because it is a problem to which no sport and no country is immune.”

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September 28, 2011 - Commissioner for Human Rights

Hammarberg: Schools must stop homophobic and transphobic messages

The Commissioner for Human Rights says: “A study in the United Kingdom showed that nine in ten secondary school teachers had witnessed children being subjected to homophobic bullying in their schools.”

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September 27, 2011 - Roma

Podcast: Roma youth conference – The momentum for change

In this podcast, Rene Weingärtner joins the European Roma Rights Centre’s Anca Sadescu and the United Kingdom Gipsy Council’s Terezia Rostas, to discuss the urgency of the Roma youth conference, the role of young people as “change-multipliers” and the challenge of cynicism.

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September 26, 2011 - Media

New proposals to boost open, free and stable internet

A delegation will discuss these plans with other Internet stakeholders at the three-day Internet Governance Forum which opens tomorrow in Kenya.

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