EaP CSF Steering Committee Urges Council of Europe to Consider Ukrainian Political Prisoners in Russia and Occupied Territories, Following Earlier Appeal to PACE

4 Oct 2018 | Campaigns, Human Rights, Political prisoners, SC Statements, Statements, Ukraine

Eastern Partnership Civil Society Forum (EaP CSF) Steering Committee calls on the Council of Europe (CoE), and the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE), to consider the fate of more than 100 Ukrainian prisoners, currently held in either Russia or...

EaP CSF Steering Committee Appeals to Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) not to Review Grounds for Sanctions

14 Sep 2018 | Campaigns, Human Rights, SC Statements, Statements, Ukraine

There are alarming signs that the grounds for sanctions, affecting the participation of the Russian delegation in the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) might be changing, points Eastern Partnership Civil Society Forum (EaP CSF) Steering Committee....

Armenian Civil Society Appeals to International Community to Promote Democratic Values and Support Public Outcry

23 Apr 2018 | Armenia, Armenia 2018, Campaigns, Human Rights, Statements, Trade Unions

The Eastern Partnership Civil Society Forum joins a statement signed by civil society organisations from Armenia, many of them members of the EaP CSF Armenian National Platform, calling on international organisations and democratic countries to support the struggle of...

Pierre-Yves Le Borgn’ and Dunja Mijatović Respond to the EaP CSF Questions on the Human Rights Commissioner’s Post

8 Jan 2018 | Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Campaigns, Council of Europe, Georgia, Human Rights, Moldova, Statements, Ukraine

In December 2017 the EaP CSF addressed a questionnaire to the candidates shortlisted for the post of the Council of Europe (CoE) Human Rights Commissioner. It included seven questions allowing to make an informed assessment of the candidates’ priorities and strengths...

EaP CSF Addresses Questions to Candidates Shortlisted for Position of the CoE Human Rights Commissioner

11 Dec 2017 | Campaigns, Council of Europe, Human Rights, Statements

  On 23 November, the Council of Europe Committee of Ministers submitted a shortlist of three candidates for the post of the Human Rights Commissioner to the organisation’s Parliamentary Assembly. Mr Goran Klemenčič (Slovenia), Mr Pierre-Yves Le Borgn’ (France)...

Steering Committee Calls for an Adequate Reaction to the Deteriorating Human Rights Situation in Crimea

10 Feb 2017 | Campaigns, Human Rights, SC Statements, Statements, Ukraine

The Steering Committee of the Eastern Partnership Civil Society Forum released a statement in which it expresses its concerns regarding the deterioration of the situation of human rights defenders and those opposing Russia’s policies in Crimea following the arrest of...