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Official BlueSky account of CURE - Campaign to Uphold Rights in Europe, www.cure-campaign.org. NGO coalition advocating for a strong and effective Council of Europe.

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CURE Campaign @curecampaign.bsky.social · Nov 13

CURE continues to call for the release of Anar Mammadli, the head of our member organisation SMDT, one of hundreds of political prisoners in #Azerbaijan. He received the Vaclav Havel award of the Council of Europe in 2014; special attention and effort needed by CoE and its member states
#freeanar

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CURE Campaign @curecampaign.bsky.social · 6h

Webinar on the @coe.int and (armed) conflict between member states. With Anca Ailincai, @drandrewforde.bsky.social, Christos Giakoumopoulos and Ucha Nanuashvili, moderated by Ioulietta Bisiouli.
Info and sign up here:
www.linkedin.com/posts/cure-c...

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Council of Europe @coe.int · 1d

"35 years ago, Europe chose to give democracy a voice grounded in law".

SG @alain-berset.coe.int paid tribute - in the presence of President Sergio Mattarella - to the #VeniceCommission, our constitutional conscience and global defender of #Democracy, #HumanRights, and the #RuleOfLaw.

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Commissioner for Human Rights @commissionerhr.coe.int · 2d

Europe's civil society #HumanRightsDefenders are under threat:
-Restrictive legislation
-Crackdown on activists & harassment
-Severe funding crisis
@coe.int states & non-state funders should stand up for civil society, the lifeblood & pillar of democratic society. ⬇️
www.coe.int/en/web/commi...

Alarming trends: the crisis facing civil society and human rights defenders in Europe

Strasbourg 09/10/2025

www.coe.int

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CURE Campaign @curecampaign.bsky.social · 2d

"The Will of the People" supports the European Convention on Human Rights.

Andrew Cutting @andrewcutting.coe.int · 2d

Very interesting: Since 2013, polls have consistently shown that the British people don't want to leave the European Convention on Human Rights👇

🔗 theconversation.com/do-british-p... via @uk.theconversation.com

#ECHR #OurRightsAndFreedoms

Do British people want to leave the ECHR? What a decade of polls reveals

In the most recent YouGov poll on this issue, 54% of Conservative voters and 72% of Reform voters were in favour of leaving.

theconversation.com

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Peter Stefanovic @peterstefanovic.bsky.social · 8d

Prime Minister Keir Starmer plans to change how judges interpret the European Convention on Human Rights – a move that risks weakening everyone’s protections.

The ECHR has become a convenient scapegoat for challenges around migration and sovereignty.

WE MUST PROTECT IT
youtu.be/Lmad4kujRhQ?...

🚨THE EUROPEAN CONVENTION ON HUMAN RIGHTS PROTECTS US ALL. WE MUST PROTECT IT

YouTube video by Peter Stefanovic

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Andrew Cutting @andrewcutting.coe.int · 3d

Former UK Supreme Court President on leaving the #ECHR:

“It would be a disaster for Europe… it’s one of the greatest achievements of European civilisation since the Second World War. The Convention put into language the rights everybody ought to have.”

🔗 www.scottishlegal.com/articles/bar...

Baroness Hale warns against ECHR withdrawal

Former Supreme Court President Baroness Hale delivered a powerful defence of the European Convention on Human Rights in the latest episode of a podcast hosted by Baroness Chakrabarti, warning that lea...

www.scottishlegal.com

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CURE Campaign @curecampaign.bsky.social · 4d

Int'nal legal professional associations are usually good at supporting colleagues falling victim to human rights abuse, but not good at redressing colleagues who violate rights, incl @coe.int standards, themselves. In #Azerbaijan we see judges in the latter role and the #IAJ should address this!

Campaign to End Repression in Azerbaijan @endrepression-az.org · 5d

The International Association of Judges is to meet in Baku: rights groups urge it to confront Azerbaijan’s captured judiciary ⚖️🇦🇿

Courts must not serve repression.

🔗 free-anar.site/human-rights...

@ibanews.bsky.social

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Commissioner for Human Rights @commissionerhr.coe.int · 4d

The situation for LGBTI communities across Europe is worrying and worsening. Today in Finland, I'm with Nordic Council ministers for gender equality and LGBTI. I encourage them to stand up for the #HumanRights of #LGBTI people and offer solidarity and support to them and their organisations.

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CURE Campaign @curecampaign.bsky.social · 8d

Can the @coe.int vanquish authoritarianism in its Member States?
Online lecture 16 Oct 14:00 CET by Nils Muiznieks at @acil-uva.bsky.social
acil.uva.nl/content/even...

Can the Council of Europe Vanquish Authoritarianism in its Member States? - ACIL

We are pleased to welcome Nils Muižnieks, a former Council of Europe Commissioner for Human Rights and one of the most prominent human rights advocates in Europe and beyond. Currently, Muižnieks serve...

acil.uva.nl

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Council of Europe @coe.int · 8d

Join the 5th Annual #OHTE Conference (16–17 Oct) to explore how history teaching can help renew democracy in Europe.

📌New Report: Economic Crises in #HistoryTeaching
📌Talk by Yascha Mounk
📌Debate with 6 brilliant European students

🔗 Register now: www.eventbrite.fr/e/1760437639...

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CURE Campaign @curecampaign.bsky.social · 8d

"PACE called on governments to honour their commitments under the #EuropeanSocialCharter by increasing public investment in affordable housing and renovation of old housing, introducing rent regulation, curbing speculation and short-term rentals, strengthening safeguards against forced evictions.
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PACE @pace.coe.int · 9d

"Housing is a human right, not a commodity" says PACE, calling for a safe, affordable and sustainable home for everyone as a cornerstone of human development.

More on last night's debate and resolution:
pace.coe.int/en/news/1005...

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'Housing is a human right, not a commodity' says PACE

PACE has warned that the right to adequate housing remains a “broken promise” for more than a billion people worldwide, insisting that housing must be treated as a human right, not as a commodity. Ens...

pace.coe.int

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Andrew Cutting @andrewcutting.coe.int · 12d

The European Court of #HumanRights has started publishing a weekly summary of requests for “interim measures”.

From 15 to 19 September, the @echr.coe.int granted 0 out of 58 such requests (0%).

Figures by country👇

Full press release 👉 go.coe.int/FG4Jc

#ECHR #Rule39

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CURE Campaign @curecampaign.bsky.social · 13d

Criticism of ECtHR approach to accepting 'recognition' by #Azerbaijan of certain forms of politically motivated repression in violation of the Eur HRs Convention.

"For the Azerbaijani Government, the cost of repression is little more than a budget line. For victims, justice remains out of reach."

Campaign to End Repression in Azerbaijan @endrepression-az.org · 13d

The ECtHR has struck out new cases on politically motivated administrative detentions in Azerbaijan 📄

Unilateral declaration accepted:
💶 900 EUR for each applicant
⚖️ Acknowledgement of rights violations

But no real remedy ⬇️

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Andrew Forde @drandrewforde.bsky.social · 16d

The European human rights system is coming under sustained political pressure with relentless misinformation and scapegoating.

We have established the AGORA Group as a pan-European platform committed to dialogue & inquiry on key issues concerning the ECHR.

Please join us!

lnkd.in/e3HhescZ

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Campaign to End Repression in Azerbaijan @endrepression-az.org · 18d

Insights & peace?

🧐 We checked out what the @coe.int stands for:
Pursuit of peace based upon justice and international co-operation🕊️
Individual freedom, political liberty, the rule of law⚖️

🇪🇺🇦🇿➡️ Azerbaijan’s Defiance: Decade of Contempt for the Council of Europe free-anar.site/azerbaijans-...

Alain Berset @alain-berset.coe.int · 18d

I thank President Aliyev for his insights during our meeting at #UNGA80. Peace is back in the Southern Caucasus. Long-term stability and prosperity is our mutual goal. Looking forward to continuing cooperation.

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British Institute of International and Comparative Law (BIICL) @biicl.bsky.social · 20d

📢 Marking 75 years of the European Convention on Human Rights (#ECHR) and 35 years of the #VeniceCommission
ECHR and Venice Commission: Guarding Human Rights and the Rule of Law, and Facilitating Constitutional Resilience
🗓 6–7 Nov 2025
👀 Check out the programme now buff.ly/hK00usl

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CURE Campaign @curecampaign.bsky.social · 25d

the #Klimaseniorinnen climate judgment.

See civil society briefing organized by the European Implementation Network 2/2

https://einnetwork.org/blog-five/ein-…

CURE Campaign @curecampaign.bsky.social · 25d

This week's quarterly meeting of the @CoE's Committee of Ministers to review execution of judgments of the @ECHR_CEDH i.a. deals with long-standing non-implementation by #Azerbaijan of freedom of NGO organising, and reluctance by #Switzerland to truthfully implement... 1/2

https://einnetwork.org/blog-five/ein-…

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CURE Campaign @curecampaign.bsky.social · Aug 31

The new CURE Newsletter is out, with a.o. pieces by Ucha Nanuashvili on the @coe.int and #Georgia, and by @hhumrights.bsky.social on the Evaluation of the #ReykjavikSummit follow-up

👉 mailchi.mp/csf-ev.org/j...

CURE Matters: Jul - Aug 2025

mailchi.mp

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CURE Campaign @curecampaign.bsky.social · Aug 14

Deadline 10 Sept for the legal status of #CSO's, coe.int/en/web/steer.... This is an update of 2007 guidelines that are a key benchmark instrument of the Expert Council on NGO Law of the @coe.int's civil society body, the Conference of INGOs 3/3

Public consultation on the draft revised Recommendation on the legal status of civil society organisations - Steering Committee on Democracy - CDDEM - www.coe.int

Strasbourg, France 5 August 2025

coe.int

CURE Campaign @curecampaign.bsky.social · Aug 14

... intended to provide a 'comprehensive list of democracy requirements', coe.int/en/web/steer.... They are based on the #ReykjavikPrinciples, adopted by the @coe.int's May 2023 Summit. 2/3

CURE Campaign @curecampaign.bsky.social · Aug 14

Time for some reading work over summer?, then the Council of Europe 's two public consultations on (1) 'parameters' for #democracy and (2) standards for the legal status of #civilsociety organisations may be something for you!

Deadline 15 Sept for input on the draft democracy parameters, ... 1/3

Public consultation on the draft parameters for the implementation of the Reykjavik Principles for democracy - Steering Committee on Democracy - CDDEM - www.coe.int

Strasbourg, France 11 August 2025

coe.int

CURE Campaign @curecampaign.bsky.social · Aug 6

Youth delegate to @coe.int's Congress of Local & Reg Auth from #Türkiye, Enes Hocaoğulları, arrested for raising decline of democracy in his country in Strasbourg.
Screenshots of machine translation of @bianet.org reporting 👇

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Human Rights Consortium Scotland @hrcscotland.bsky.social · Aug 5

📰 We are delighted to launch The Strasbourg Bulletin, a new series of articles exploring the work of the Council of Europe, its relationship with the UK, and how it shapes the protection of human rights, democracy, and the rule of law across Europe 🌍

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CURE Campaign @curecampaign.bsky.social · Jul 5

Also, the Newsletter reports about @avalaina.bsky.social's June visit to @coe.int #Strasbourg and on our side event during @pace.coe.int on CURE's 'Appeal for the Council of Europe to Meet Its Duty to Protect Rights and Peace', mailchi.mp/csf-ev.org/m... 2/2

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