The Council of Europe is an international organisation with the goal of upholding human rights,democracy and the rule of law in Europe. Founded in 1949,it brings together 46 member states with a population of approximately 675 million as of 2023;it operates with an annual budget of approximately 500 million euros.
The International Organization for Migration (IOM) is a United Nations related organization working in the field of migration. The organization implements operational assistance programmes for migrants,including internally displaced persons,refugees,and migrant workers.
Human rights in Croatia are defined by the Constitution of Croatia,chapter three,sections 14 through 69.
Human rights in Greece are observed by various organizations. The country is a signatory to the European Convention on Human Rights,the Geneva Convention relating to the Status of Refugees and the United Nations Convention Against Torture. The Greek constitution also guarantees fundamental human rights to all Greek citizens.
Anti-Romani sentiment is a form of bigotry which consists of hostility,prejudice,discrimination,racism and xenophobia which is specifically directed at Romani people. Non-Romani itinerant groups in Europe such as the Yenish,Irish and Highland Travellers are frequently given the name "gypsy" and as a result,they are frequently confused with the Romani people. As a result,sentiments which were originally directed at the Romani people are also directed at other traveler groups and they are frequently referred to as "antigypsy" sentiments.
The Commissioner for Human Rights is an independent and impartial non-judicial institution established in 1999 by the Strasbourg-based Council of Europe,to promote awareness of and respect for human rights in the council's 46 member states. The activities of Commissioner focus on three major,closely related areas:
Barbora Bukovská is a Czech-Slovak human rights attorney and activist,known originally for her work on racial discrimination of Romani people in the Czech Republic and Slovakia,and later for free speech advocacy.
Romani Rose is a Romany activist and head of the Central Council of German Sinti and Roma. He lost 13 relatives in the Holocaust.
The Central Council of German Sinti and Roma is a German Romani rights group based in Heidelberg,Germany. It is headed by Romani Rose,who lost 13 members of his close family in the Holocaust. The organization is a member of the Federal Union of European Nationalities.
Romani people in France,generally known in spoken French as gitans,tsiganes or manouches,are an ethnic group that originated in Northern India. The exact number of Romani people in France is unknown;estimates vary from 500,000 to 1,200,000.
The Geuzenpenning is a Dutch award given to persons or organizations who have fought for democracy and against dictatorship,racism and discrimination. It has been awarded annually since 1987 in the city of Vlaardingen.
According to international observers,human rights in Belgium are generally respected and the law and the judiciary provides effective means of addressing individual instances of abuse. However,some concerns have been reported by international human rights officials over the treatment of asylum seekers,prison overcrowding and the banning of full face veils. Capital punishment in Belgium is fully abolished and a prohibition on the death penalty is included in the Constitution of Belgium. Belgium was a founding member of the European Union and the Council of Europe and a signatory to the European Convention on Human Rights. Belgium has minimal issues regarding corruption and was ranked 15 out of 167 countries surveyed in Transparency International's 2015 Corruption Perceptions Index.
Nils Muižnieks is a Latvian-American human rights activist and political scientist. He had served as the Council of Europe's Commissioner for Human Rights between 2012 and 2018,succeeding Thomas Hammarberg (2006–2012) and Álvaro Gil-Robles (1999–2006).
The European Civil Rights Prize of the Sinti and Roma was founded in November 2007 in Heidelberg by the Central Council of German Sinti and Roma,the Documentation and Cultural Centre of German Sinti and Roma and the Manfred Lautenschläger Foundation. The international prize is endowed with 15,000 Euro by the Foundation. It was awarded for the first time in December 2008.
Marek Antoni Nowicki is a human rights lawyer. He has been a member of the Human Rights Advisory Panel of the United Nations Mission in Kosovo since January 2007,and from January 2008 became its president. Nowicki was a United Nations-appointed International Ombudsman in Kosovo from July 2000 to December 2005. He was also a member of the European Commission of Human Rights in Strasbourg from March 1993 until 31 October 1999. From December 1997 to November 1998,he served as vice-president of the Second Chamber of this commission.
Chachipe a. s. b. l. is a Luxembourg based Roma rights and advocacy non-governmental organisation. It was established in 2009. Karin Waringo is the president of Chachipe. Chachipe has demanded that Roma refugees to EU countries from the former Yugoslavia shouldn't be denied a right to asylum based on the "safe country of origin" doctrine,as they face discrimination in their home countries. Chachipe contributed to the preparation of Human rights of Roma and Travellers in Europe a report commissioned and published by the Commissioner of Human Rights,Council of Europe.
The European Union is committed to upholding Human Rights and sees this as a core and essential part of its role. As such the EU seeks to protect and defend these rights within member states and in interactions with non-members.
Human rights in Sweden are largely protected in the country's constitution and ratified international law. The three Constitutional acts concerning human rights are Chapter 2 of the Instrument of Government,Regeringsformen,the Freedom of the Press Act,Tryckfrihetsförordningen (1949) and Fundamental Law on Freedom of Expression,Yttrandefrihetsgrundlagen (1991). Additionally,the European Convention on Human Rights has been incorporated into Swedish domestic law since 1995.
The human rights record of Bosnia and Herzegovina has been criticised over a number of years by intergovernmental organisations including the United Nations Human Rights Council,the European Court of Human Rights and the Organisation for Security and Co-operation in Europe,as well as international and domestic non-governmental organisations such as Human Rights Watch and Amnesty International. The government of Bosnia and Herzegovina has been criticised for ethnic and religious discrimination in its treatment of ethnic and religious minorities such as the Romani people and the Jewish people. The government has also been criticised for its treatment of Internally Displaced Persons following the Bosnian War and its failure to provide asylum seekers with resources such as food,shelter and medical assistance. According to BH Novinari,the Bosnian Journalists’Association,freedom of the media is an issue in Bosnia and Herzegovina,with journalists facing attacks,threats and pressure from government. Human rights non-government organisations have also reported interference in their work from the government. The Bosnian government has been criticised by the European Union for its slow response to domestically prosecute war crimes from the Bosnian War following the closure of the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia in December 2017.
Armenia has been a member of the Council of Europe,an international organization that focuses on strengthening democracy,human rights,and the rule of law across Europe,since 2001.
