The Council of Europe’s MONEYVAL Committee concludes that Latvia has a comprehensive legal structure to combat money laundering and terrorist financing and has taken significant legislative steps to remedy many of the deficiencies identified in the previous evaluation, particularly on prevention.
In their judgement today in the case of Telegraaf Media Nederland Landelijke Media B.V. and Others v. the Netherlands, human rights judges have warned against the “potentially chilling effect” an order to reveal media sources could have on the exercise of journalistic freedom.
Judges are scheduled to announce their response next week to a complaint lodged with the European Court of Human Rights following the rape of a 14 year old girl.
Combating deep-rooted anti-Roma prejudice and discrimination should be a priority for European countries which should shift their focus from repression to integration.
In this podcast, Ilina Taneva explains the role of the Council of Europe in the development of penal policy and outlines why even those whom society punishes should have the guarantee of human rights protection.
