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Europe faces human rights crisis: European Council
Thorbjorn Jagland, the secretary general of the Council of Europe
Europe is facing its largest human rights crisis in over two decades, with serious violations persisting across the continent, the Council of Europe says.
The European body made the remarks in a report published ahead of an upcoming meeting of its Committee of Foreign Ministers.
The report, which was based on the analysis of findings by its monitoring bodies, listed a number of concrete challenges to human rights, democracy and the rule of law in Europe.
The Council revealed that corruption is prevalent in 26 out of 47 European countries.
The Council’s secretary general, Thorbjorn Jagland, said the cause of the widespread corruption and misuse of power is the lack of democratic checks and balances, free media and an independent judiciary.
The report also revealed that police abuse was prevalent in 20 states and that 30 European countries had serious challenges regarding conditions of their detentions centers.
In addition, ethnic discrimination was prevalent in 39 member states and Roma people experienced social exclusion and discrimination in 23 European countries.
Furthermore, the report said that the rights of the people in Europe are threatened by the impact of the economic crisis and growing inequalities, with unemployment and poverty nurturing extremism and conflicts.
The Council of Europe called on member states to comply with the European Convention on Human Rights to stop the erosion of fundamental rights, which has now become the source of conflicts inside Europe.
“The challenges to security in Europe are more often caused by conflicts within territories, within states rather than classical conflicts between states,” said Daniel Holtgen, a spokesperson for the Council.
The report is to be discussed at the meeting of the Council of Europe’s Committee of Foreign Ministers scheduled for May 6 in Vienna.
PressTV - Europe faces human rights crisis: European Council
Thorbjorn Jagland, the secretary general of the Council of Europe
Europe is facing its largest human rights crisis in over two decades, with serious violations persisting across the continent, the Council of Europe says.
The European body made the remarks in a report published ahead of an upcoming meeting of its Committee of Foreign Ministers.
The report, which was based on the analysis of findings by its monitoring bodies, listed a number of concrete challenges to human rights, democracy and the rule of law in Europe.
The Council revealed that corruption is prevalent in 26 out of 47 European countries.
The Council’s secretary general, Thorbjorn Jagland, said the cause of the widespread corruption and misuse of power is the lack of democratic checks and balances, free media and an independent judiciary.
The report also revealed that police abuse was prevalent in 20 states and that 30 European countries had serious challenges regarding conditions of their detentions centers.
In addition, ethnic discrimination was prevalent in 39 member states and Roma people experienced social exclusion and discrimination in 23 European countries.
Furthermore, the report said that the rights of the people in Europe are threatened by the impact of the economic crisis and growing inequalities, with unemployment and poverty nurturing extremism and conflicts.
The Council of Europe called on member states to comply with the European Convention on Human Rights to stop the erosion of fundamental rights, which has now become the source of conflicts inside Europe.
“The challenges to security in Europe are more often caused by conflicts within territories, within states rather than classical conflicts between states,” said Daniel Holtgen, a spokesperson for the Council.
The report is to be discussed at the meeting of the Council of Europe’s Committee of Foreign Ministers scheduled for May 6 in Vienna.
PressTV - Europe faces human rights crisis: European Council
