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Looking back at April, I am struck by a recurring sentiment: we are standing at a pivotal crossroads in history - a change of era. This requires us to act decisively to save the treasure of human rights law that we risk losing.
Tomorrow at the Meeting of #CouncilOfEurope Foreign Affairs Ministers in Chișinău, our leaders have a very important opportunity to reaffirm core values.
Read my newsletter for April 👇
https://nl.commissioner.coe.int/nl3/ULWwMP5viyXzHaj80c6veA -
We're just 2 days away from the @coe Ministerial gathering in Chișinău. This will be a very important opportunity for our member states to reaffirm core values:
🔹defend the universality of human rights,
🔹protect the independence of the European Court of #HumanRights #ECHR
🔹stand up for the human rights of the people of #Ukraine, insisting that people, their dignity and human rights, are embedded in every effort towards peace. -
Georgian Parliament should reject amendments stifling civil society
Read my statement 👇
#Georgia #HumanRights #FreedomOfAssociation #CivilSociety #DemocraticFreedoms
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I intervened in the #ECtHR case on #Georgia’s Transparency of Foreign Influence Law, lodged by 120 civil society organisations, 16 media outlets and 4 individuals. The law restricts #FreedomOfExpression and #FreedomOfAssociation.
👇Read my submission to European Court of Human Rights #ECHR
https://www.coe.int/en/web/commissioner/-/commissioner-o-flaherty-intervenes-in-ecthr-case-on-georgia-s-foreign-influence-law -
Glad to welcome today in Strasbourg and exchange with a group of MEPs from #LIBE
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I ask Hungary’s Parliament not to adopt law that stifles civil society. ⬇️ Read my letter addressed to the Speaker of the Hungarian Parliament. #FreedomOfExpression #FreedomOfAssociation
https://www.coe.int/en/web/commissioner/-/commissioner-asks-hungary-s-parliament-not-to-adopt-law-that-stifles-civil-society -
I take hope from the inaugural #LyraMcKee lecture presented by @NUJofficial in Belfast that Lyra’s memory lives on & that her loved ones will obtain #Justice4Lyra. Ahead of #IDEI, her legacy should inspire action to #EndImpunity & #ProtectJournalist in #NorthernIreland & beyond.
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Today marks the 4th anniversary of the killing of journalist #LyraMckee My thoughts are with her family during this difficult time. Ongoing investigations should be completed effectively and rapidly to bring those responsible to justice.