Court: Lukanov assassination suspect tortured by Bulgarian police

The Court found that Yuriy Lenev’s injuries had been characteristic of bodily harm inflicted intentionally for the purpose of obtaining a confession and that the Bulgarian courts had failed to give a plausible explanation of the origin of those injuries.

Nils Muižnieks expresses “grave concern” about Georgia’s brutal prisons

Human rights commissioner Nils Muižnieks has raised concerns about torture and the ill-treatment of prisoners in a letter to Georgia’s Prime Minister Bidzina Ivanishvili.

New report highlights Bulgarian prison overcrowding

Overcrowding remains a major problem in the Bulgarian prison system, according to a new report from the Council of Europe’s Committee for the Prevention of Torture and Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment (CPT).

Spotlight on lawyer-client relationship as French complaint nears judgement

The case of Michaud v. France concerns the obligation on lawyers to report “suspicions” concerning clients’ possible unlawful activities, as part of the European drive to combat money laundering.

Podcast: Education for democratic citizenship and human rights

In this podcast, Roser Sune Pascuet, Andorra’s education and youth minister, explains why her country has made citizenship and democracy a priority during its chiarmanship of the Council of Europe’s Committee of Ministers.