The European Union has stepped up its engagement with Turkmenistan in order to secure supply for its flagship gas security project the Nabucco pipeline. Turkmenistan is among the most brutal and repressive dictatorships in the world. US NGO Freedom House included Turkmenistan in its 2009 ‘Worst of the Worst’ list of countries without social and …
As members of the Religious Society of Friends (Quakers), one of the peace churches, we believe in that of God in everyone. We believe in non-violent approaches to conflict resolution, in the intrinsic equality of all people everywhere, and in a sustainable way of life for everyone that the one earth we share can support. …
Press release on PACE resolution 1663 (2009) calling for the 47 member states of the Council of Europe to implement the provisions of the revised European Prison Rules. Read the press release here (pdf – 15kB) >>
In 2009, the Human Rights and Democracy Network (HRDN) released a manifesto for the newly elected European Parliament. The manifesto highlighted the importance of constistency, the role of the EU on the world stage, and the EU’s responsibility to it’s own citizens. Read “Manifesto on Human Rights for the new European Parliament, 2009” in English “Menschenrechts-Manifest …
Copies of Around Europe between 2005 and 2008 are made available in a series of archive posts, with all the headlines and stories collected into a ZIP file for the entire year, rather than in individual monthly blog posts. We have an extensive archive of paper copies of Around Europe before 2002; please contact us …
This report consists of an executive summary and individual updates on six individual countries: To read the executive summary, click here (pdf – 122kB) >> Read the update on: Croatia here (pdf – 19kB) >> Cyprus here (pdf – 48kb) >> Denmark here (pdf – 36kB) >> Latvia here (pdf – 27kB) >> Macedonia here …
Copies of Around Europe between 2005 and 2008 are made available in a series of archive posts, with all the headlines and stories collected into a ZIP file for the entire year, rather than in individual monthly blog posts. We have an extensive archive of paper copies of Around Europe before 2002; please contact us …
In 2004, the Quaker Council for European Affairs (QCEA), Brussels and the Quaker United Nations Office QUNO – Geneva), Geneva embarked on a joint project to gather information on women in prison. The role of QCEA was to gather data on the conditions of women in prison in the member states of the Council of …
Women in Prison: A review of the Conditions in Member States of the Council of Europe Read More »
Copies of Around Europe between 2005 and 2008 are made available in a series of archive posts, with all the headlines and stories collected into a ZIP file for the entire year, rather than in individual monthly blog posts. We have an extensive archive of paper copies of Around Europe before 2002; please contact us …
This document forms part of QCEA’s women in prison project. Our gender critique lists amendments and additions to Recommendation Rec(2006)2 with the status, rights and welfare of imprisoned women in mind. The critique has been informed by extensive research into the conditions of women’s imprisonment throughout Europe, which has taken the form of questionnaires to …
