Prison overcrowding in several European countries and boosting judicial independence in Ukraine are among the issues highlighted in a new Council of Europe report. Improving the “control of lawfulness of detention” in Russia is another matter raised by the 47-nation Council of Europe.
The CoE published its latest annual report on the implementation of judgments from the European Court of Human Rights on Wednesday.
The report gives around 250 examples of reforms adopted to strengthen human rights, democracy and the rule of law across the 47 Council of Europe member states since 2010.
The Strasbourg-based council’s Committee of Ministers is responsible for overseeing …read more
Source: EU Today
