Council of Europe

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Acts

Statement by President von der Leyen at the joint press conference with President Michel, following the EU Leaders’ videoconference on coronavirus of 23 April

Conclusions of the President of the European Council following the video conference of the members of the European Council, 23 April 2020

Joint Statement on Digital Contact Tracing by Alessandra Pierucci, Chair of the Committee of Convention 108 and Jean-Philippe Walter, Data Protection Commissioner
of the Council of Europe

Recommendation CM/Rec(2020)1 of the Committee of Ministers to member States
on the human rights impacts of algorithmic systems

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Comments and papers

Violence against women during COVID-19 pandemic and the Istanbul Convention by Sara De Vido

2020 DIGITAL SOLUTIONS TO FIGHT COVID-19. Data Protection Report – October 2020

Money laundering and terrorism financing trends

Strategic Action Plan on Human Rights and Technologies in Biomedicine

The role of judges during and in the aftermath of the COVID-19 pandemic: lessons and challenges – STATEMENT OF THE PRESIDENT OF THE CCJE

LESSONS LEARNT AND CHALLENGES FACED BY THE JUDICIARY DURING AND AFTER THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC by CEPEJ

Advisory Committee on the Framework Convention for the Protection of National Minorities  Statement on the COVID-19 pandemic and national minorities, adopted on 28 May 2020

El Consejo de Europa y el COVID-19 (coronavirus) by Jorge Antonio Climent Gallart

Herd Immunity and Lockdown: The Legitimacy of National Policies Against the Pandemic and Judicial Self-Restraint by the ECtHR by Vassilis P. Tzevelekos

Statement of interpretation on the right to protection of health in times of pandemic – European Committee of Social Rights

DH-BIO Statement on human rights considerations relevant to the COVID-19 pandemic di Commitee on Bioethics

Coronavirus: guidance to governments on respecting human rights, democracy and the rule of law di Council of Europe

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