Parliamentarians gathered in Strasbourg on Tuesday to vote 599 to two to do away with time limits for victims to bring their ...

Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and the Secretary General of the Council of Europe, Alain Berset, will sign an ...

President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and the Secretary General of the Council of Europe, Alain Berset, will sign an agreement on the ...

It’s unclear if the most senior Russian state officials can and will be able to be brought to trial for the crime of ...

The Swiss government has officially recognised as a“crime against humanity” its persecution of the nomadic group known as the ...

A 74-year-old pedophile and former surgeon was given a maximum 20-year prison sentence on Wednesday by a French court for the ...

To harmonise child sex abuse criminal law across the EU, it is essential similar offences are recognised in all member states ...

Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole’s Millie Earl wants to “reinforce the message that violence against women and girls isn’t ...

Slovakia’s central bank chief, who is a member of the European Central Bank committee that decides monetary policy for 20 countries, was convicted of bribery and fined 200,000 euros ($225,000 ...

Earlier this year, the European Union, the Council of Europe, Ukraine and an international coalition of states agreed to establish a new special tribunal.      The tribunal will eventually be tasked ...