Council of Europe

Ukrainian MP Oleksiy Goncharenko discusses the NATO Summit and the war with Washington Senior Editor Viola Gienger and guest host Lauren Van Metre.

The Special Tribunal for the Crime of Aggression against Ukraine cannot be treated as a bargaining chip in negotiations to end hostilities.

Russia's aggression against Ukraine underscores the critical challenges in safeguarding the rights of national minorities in conflict zones.

Gubad Ibadoghlu's case represents a trend of falsely imprisoning human rights defenders that casts a shadow on a premier annual gathering.

To overcome personal immunities, a proposed Ukraine-CoE special tribunal must act on behalf of the international community as a whole.

The Register of Damages will use tools of international law to collect, assess, and categorize claims of harm caused by Russia’s invasion.

Some European democracies, including France and Italy, are imposing conditions, in essence siding with backsliding Serbia.

After handling many prominent cases, one involving Kremlin critic Vladimir Kara-Murza illustrates the dire threats and the need for support.

A Holocaust scholar calls for an annual global observance to honor victims and survivors and to counter repeated denials of the atrocities.

En vez de "un enfoque proporcionado ... da prioridad a la aplicación de la ley en detrimento de la privacidad, la protección de datos y los derechos humanos."

The treaty creates a range of new policing powers with weak privacy and human rights standards and fails to include sufficient oversight.

A treaty between Ukraine and the UN General Assembly best avoids legal pitfalls under Ukrainian and international law.