In an address to the Parliamentary Assembly, Isabelle Berro-Amadeï, president of the Council of Europe’s Committee of Ministers and Monaco’s minister of foreign affairs and cooperation, called for a stronger common legal space, continued support for justice in Ukraine and the preservation of multilateral cooperation. She reaffirmed the Committee’s commitment to the European Convention on Human Rights, the independence of the European Court of Human Rights and the Council of Europe’s standard-setting role. The Council of Europe’s accountability and redress framework for Ukraine is being developed through the Register of Damage, which has received 195,000 claims, the International Claims Commission and the Special Tribunal for the Crime of Aggression against Ukraine. Berro-Amadeï also identified the return of unlawfully deported and forcibly transferred children as a priority. She reviewed work on financial crime, foreign interference, disinformation, environmental risks and artificial intelligence, and highlighted the Council’s new Permanent Observer Office to the United Nations in New York as part of its external engagement.
Council of Europe Committee of Ministers president calls for stronger common legal space and justice for Ukraine
Council of Europe Committee of Ministers President Isabelle Berro-Amadeï called for a stronger common legal space, justice for Ukraine and continued multilateral cooperation. The Council’s Ukraine redress framework includes a Register of Damage that has received 195,000 claims, while its wider work covers financial crime, foreign interference, disinformation, environmental risks and artificial intelligence.