Europe - new material (30)
01 March 1998
Roumanie. Analyse et resume d'un rappport annuel (1997) sur la situation des droits de l'Homme, etablie conjointment par quatre OMG roumaines, Federation Internationale des Ligues des Droits de l'Homme, No. 731-732, 5-12 February 1998, pp11-16. Summary of the 1997 annual report on the human right situation in Romania. The report criticizes the criminal procedure, extreme police violence, the conditions under which people are kept in detention, and the failure of the system to protect minors. It then focuses on the situation of national and religious minorities, the right of women and homosexuals.
Report to the Portuguese Government on the visit to Portugal carried out by the European Committee for the Prevention of Torture and Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment (CPT) from 20 to 24 October 1996, Council of Europe, 13 January 1998, pp16.
Rapport du Gouvernement portugais en reponse au rapport du Comite europeen pour la prevention de la torture et des peines ou traitements inhumains ou degradants (CPT) relatif a sa visite au Portugal du 20 au 24 octobre 1996 (response of the Portuguese government to the above report), Council of Europe, 13 January 1998, pp17.
Response of the Norwegian Government to the report of the European Committee for the Prevention of Torture and Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment (CPT) on its visit to Norway from 17 to 21 March 1997, Council of Europe, 22 January 1998, pp13.
Rapport de suivi de la Suisse sur les travaux entrepris suite au rapport interimaire du Conseil federal suisse en reponse au rapport du Comite europeen pour la prevention de la torture et des peines ou traitements inhumains ou degradants (CPT) relatif a sa visite en Suisse du 11 au 23 fevrier 1996, Council of Europe, 29 January 1998, pp30.
Rapport au Gouvernement de la Roumanie relatif a la visite effectuee par le Comite europeen pour la prevention de la torture et des peines ou traitements inhumaines ou degradants (CPT) en Roumanie du 24 septembre au 6 octobre 1996 et Reponses du Gouvernement de la Roumanie, Council of Europe, 19 February 1998, pp254.
ECRI's country by country approach: Volume II, European Commission against Racism and Intolerance, Council of Europe, Strasbourg, 1998, pp58. Covers Germany, Liechtenstein, Norway, San Marino, Slovenia and Switzerland.
Policy and action statement on ECRI's relations with non-governmental organisations, ECRI, Council of Europe, Strasbourg, March 1998, pp14. Includes list of members of ECRI.
ECRI general policy recommendation No.3: Combating racism and intolerance against Roma/Gypsies, ECRI, Council of Europe, Strasbourg, March 1998, p6.
ECRI general policy recommendation No.4: National surveys on the experience and perception of discrimination and racism from the point of view of potential victims, ECRI, Council of Europe, Strasbourg, March 1998, p5.
Human rights information bulletin No.42. An update on human rights activities within the Council of Europe. November 1997 - February 1998. Council of Europe, April 1998, pp56.
Minority policy in central and eastern Europe: the link between domestic policy, foreign policy and European integration, Katlijn Malfliet, Ria Laenen (eds), Leuven, 1998, pp205. The first chapter deals with Hungary's minority and foreign policy, and the situation of Hungarian minorities in central and eastern Europe. The second chapter on Russia and the newly independent states (NIS) pays special attention to security aspects in the relationship between Russia and the Baltic states, and Russia's self-appointed role as peace keeper in the NIS region. The final chapter deals with the situation of minorities in the "new Europe". It includes an article on former Yugoslavia, a comparison between the role of the Council of Europe and the NIS in minority protection, and the role of regional communities in eastern Europe in the process of European integration.
Parliamentary debates
European Communities (Amendment