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Secretary General Jagland meets Russian President Putin
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Parliamentary Assembly President to visit Azerbaijan, Georgia and Armenia
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European Court of Human Rights launches new Internet site
Call for nominations
Václav Havel Prize
The Václav Havel Human Rights Prize is awarded each year by the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe in partnership with the Václav Havel Library and the Charta 77 Foundation to reward outstanding civil society action in the defence of human rights.
Nominations of any individual, non-governmental organisation or institution working to defend human rights are taken into consideration. The Prize consists of a sum of €60 000, a trophy and a diploma. The deadline for submitting nominations is 30 June 2013. (more…)
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Council of Europe Journal
In this week’s edition:
- Former Council of Europe Secretary General Catherine Lalumière discusses what it means to be a European
- The winners of the 2012 North South prize, Monika Hauser and Asma Jilani Jahangir, are honoured at a ceremony in Lisbon
- Leading moral philosopher Professor Peter Singer of Princeton University explains why animals deserve to be given the same rights as humans.
