March 20, 2012 - Against Torture

Anti-torture committee reports on Albania

A new report on Albania by anti-torture monitors reveals allegations of ill-treatment and poor living conditions in some of the country’s older prisons and police facilities.

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March 20, 2012 - Society

Podcast: School gender myths

In the second of a two-part series on education in Europe, schools and gender equality expert Maureen Bohan explodes some of the key school and workplace myths that affect the progress of girls and women in society.

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March 19, 2012 - European Convention of Human Rights

Decision day for ethics protestor

Next week, human rights judges will deliver their decision on a complaint brought by a Bulgarian protestor, who claims she was unlawfully detained after criticising a property agent’s ethics.

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March 19, 2012 - Society

Podcast: Is Europe miseducating its youth?

Schools experts from Ireland and Finland, join an Italian undergraduate student, a parent of Korean origin, a think-tank education specialist from London’s Policy Exchange and the Council of Europe’s leading educationalist Josef Huber, to provide answers to some of the key questions driving educational reform across the region.

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March 16, 2012 - European Convention of Human Rights

Court tells Ukraine: Yuliya Tymoshenko must have adequate medical treatment

Under Rule 39, the European Court of Human Rights decided on 15 March to indicate to the Ukrainian government that it should ensure that former Ukrainian Prime Minister Yuliya Tymoshenko receives adequate medical treatment in an appropriate institution.

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