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European Roma Holocaust Memorial Day
Council of Europe Secretary General Alain Berset made the following statement to mark European Roma Holocaust Memorial Day on 2 August: “On the night of 2–3 August 1944, more than 3,000 Roma men,...
Secretary General Alain Berset at Ukraine Recovery Conference in Rome
“Without justice, there is no recovery. Without institutions, there is no trust. And without law, no lasting peace is possible”, said Council of Europe Secretary General Alain Berset at the...
Conference in Strasbourg takes stock of the situation of the children of Ukraine three and a half years into the war
Opening a conference in Strasbourg on 9 July to take stock of the situation of the children of Ukraine, Council of Europe’s Secretary General Alain Berset, recalled the thousands of children from...
“We must close the gap between law and practice in countering sexual violence against children,” says Secretary General at Lanzarote Convention event in Malta
Opening the Informal Conference of Ministers responsible for children’s rights, Council of Europe Secretary General, Alain Berset has reaffirmed the Organisation’s commitment to the protection of...
Ukraine and the Council of Europe sign Agreement on establishing a Special Tribunal for the Crime of Aggression against Ukraine
Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and the Secretary General of the Council of Europe, Alain Berset, have signed an agreement on the establishment of a Special Tribunal for the Crime of...
Secretary General responds to questions at the Parliamentary Assembly summer session
During a lively Q & A session with parliamentarians, Council of Europe Secretary General Alain Berset underlined the organisation’s unique role in holding Russia to account, through the Special...
President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and Secretary General of the Council of Europe Alain Berset to sign agreement on a Special Tribunal for the Crime of Aggression Against Ukraine in Strasbourg
Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and the Secretary General of the Council of Europe, Alain Berset, will sign an agreement on the establishment of a Special Tribunal for the Crime of...
President Zelenskyy to make first visit to Council of Europe in Strasbourg amid escalating war in Ukraine
At the invitation of Secretary General Alain Berset, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy will visit the Council of Europe in Strasbourg on 25 June 2025. This first visit comes as Russia’s war of...
Democracy Hackathon: Winning Team announced!
Secretary General Alain Berset has announced the winner of the first-ever democracy hackathon, at the end of a flagship event held as part of the New Democratic Pact for Europe. First prize: ‘The...
Council of Europe Secretary General welcomes the memorandum adopted by Belarusian democratic forces to abolish the death penalty in Belarus
The Belarusian democratic forces adopted a Memorandum on the Abolition of the Death Penalty in Belarus; the document was passed by the Coordination Council on 17 June 2025 and joined by the United...