Council of Europe

Second interview with Anastasiia Popsui, Acting Mayor of Irpin, Ukraine

Title: Second interview with Anastasiia Popsui, Acting Mayor of Irpin, Ukraine
Runtime: 4:45
Date posted: 8 years ago
Description: In this interview, Anastasiia Popsui, the Acting Mayor of Irpin, a town in Ukraine discusses the challenges facing engagement of young women in politics. She brings attention to media attitude as the biggest challenge to women in politics. Her work in the Ukraine is to inspire other young women to have the confidence to enter politics. At the World Forum for Democracy, Anastasiia praises the spaces for women to share ideas and support each other, including planning for future campaigns!

Interview with Chris Green, White Ribbon UK

Title: Interview with Chris Green, White Ribbon UK
Runtime: 4:06
Date posted: 8 years ago
Description: “To wear a white ribbon is to basically say I will not commit violence, I will not excuse violence, and I will not remain silent about men’s violence against women”. In the UK and globally, White Ribbon involves men and boys in local businesses, organisations, and communities in taking a stand against men committing violence against women. When men speak out against gender-based violence, others listen.

Entretien avec Jennifer de Temmerman, La République en Marche

Title: Entretien avec Jennifer de Temmerman, La République en Marche
Runtime: 4:30
Date posted: 8 years ago
Description: Députée du groupe La République en marche, Jennifer de Temmerman parle du forum mondial de la démocratie et des étapes nécessaires à entreprendre pour aider les femmes à lutter, notamment, contre les violences dont elles sont victimes.

Interview with Patricia Galdamez, Community of Democracies

Title: Interview with Patricia Galdamez, Community of Democracies
Runtime: 4:28
Date posted: 8 years ago
Description: On Monday, during the World Forum for Democracy, the Community of Democracies hosted a fringe event focused on how women’s inclusion is central to sustainable peace. As Patricia Galdamez, a Senior Advisor for Community of Democracies explains, the organisation works to increase inclusiveness and women’s participation in sustainable peace, as well as for youth and minority groups. By expanding participation, democratic institutions become more representative and trusted, and this will achieve lasting peace.
More information: https://go.coe.int/d2nL8

Interview with Getoar Besimi, Architect and political activist

Title: Interview with Getoar Besimi, Architect and political activist
Runtime: 1:50
Date posted: 8 years ago
Description: Getoar Besimi is a political activist from Kosovo, and delivers a message to politicians. The restriction of freedom of movement is negatively affecting Kosovar youth, who wish to see Europe freely and without the need for a visa. He calls for an end to the isolation of Kosovar youth.

Interview with Anastasiia Popsui, Acting Mayor of Irpin, Ukraine

Title: Interview with Anastasiia Popsui, Acting Mayor of Irpin, Ukraine
Runtime: 7:39
Date posted: 8 years ago
Description: “If you want to change something you need to go in[to] decision making institutions”. Anastasiia Popsui, the Acting Mayor of Irpin, a town in Ukraine, talks to Lidia Kurasinska about her experience as a woman in politics. From campaigning on the outside for democratic values, to making changes within the institutions, Anastasiia discusses how gender stereotypes of the role of women in society prevent women from entering politics, and the backlash in media she has personally faced. She also established the City Councillors Women European Assembly for women to support one another and to promote women in politics.

Interview with Sylvia Cleff Le Divellec, lawyer

Title: Interview with Sylvia Cleff Le Divellec, lawyer
Runtime: 3:10
Date posted: 8 years ago
Description: Sylvia Cleff Le Divellec talks to Lea Palau about the aims and objectives of the German and French Women Lawyers Association. The association hosted a congress for French, German, and Swiss lawyers, which celebrated 100 years of women’s vote in Germany, and discussed how women from can be empowered through law and in politics.

Interview with Svitlana Khyliuk, Ukrainian Catholic University

Title: Interview with Svitlana Khyliuk, Ukrainian Catholic University
Runtime: 5:28
Date posted: 8 years ago
Description: The recent satellite event in Kiev focused on Women’s Rights Protection in Ukraine. Topics included women's leadership, women’s rights and business, women’s rights and criminal law; women in the armed forces during the armed conflict and legal instruments against domestic violence.
More information: https://go.coe.int/d2nL8

Interview with Quentin Hocquet and Ariane Alam

Title: Interview with Quentin Hocquet and Ariane Alam
Runtime: 14:25
Date posted: 8 years ago
Description: They talk about last week’s satellite event « Transidentity : a new gender equality issue for Europe » on the issues of discrimination faced by the transgender people and the challenges of including transgender people in democratic systems.
More information: https://go.coe.int/d2nL8

Interview with Olesia Otradnova, Taras Shevchenko National University, Kiev

Title: Interview with Olesia Otradnova, Taras Shevchenko National University, Kiev
Runtime: 3:10
Date posted: 8 years ago
Description: Deputy Law Faculty Dean Olesia Otradnova reports on the satellite event that took place earlier this month at her university. The aim was to review the status of women in the legal profession in Ukraine and to analyse the main challenges of being female in the legal field, to identify obstacles women face when entering the legal profession, and to find possibilities of a work-life balance for female lawyers.
More information: https://go.coe.int/d2nL8

Interview with Philipp Hocks, University of Münster

Title: Interview with Philipp Hocks, University of Münster
Runtime: 7:10
Date posted: 8 years ago
Description: What were the main findings of the satellite event of the World Forum in Münster which focused on electronic democracy, gender equality and participation in the digital society? Academic experts and practitioners discussed challenges, best practices and participatory instruments.
More information: https://go.coe.int/d2nL8

Interview with Gunn Marit Helgesen, President, Chamber of Regions, Congress

Title: Interview with Gunn Marit Helgesen, President, Chamber of Regions, Congress
Runtime: 4:19
Date posted: 8 years ago
Description: Interview with Gunn Marit Helgesen, President, Chamber of Regions, Congress
What is the Congress doing to improve women’s participation?

Johan van den HOUT: “The protection of children against abuse is a long-term battle”

Title: Johan van den HOUT: “The protection of children against abuse is a long-term battle”
Runtime: 2:26
Date posted: 8 years ago
Description: “The fight for the protection of children against abuse is a long-term battle. We need to keep up the work we started with the 1 in 5 campaign of the Council of Europe”, stated Johan van den HOUT, Thematic Spokesperson on Children of the Congress of Local and Regional Authorities of the Council of Europe, in the statement he gave on the occasion of the “European Day on the Protection of Children against Sexual Exploitation and Sexual Abuse”, celebrated on 18 November each year.
He drew attention to the Congress report on unaccompanied refugee children which notes that refugee children are in particular danger of abuse and trafficking, even when they reach “safe” countries. “In most of our member States it is the local and regional authorities who are in charge of education of children from pre-school onwards. They are in the front line for dealing with these issues and should do their utmost to create a safe world for our children” he concluded.

Mediabox interview with Mr. Xavier Cadoret ( France, SOC/L)

Title: Mediabox interview with Mr. Xavier Cadoret ( France, SOC/L)
Runtime: 5:16
Date posted: 8 years ago
Description: Mediabox interview with Mr. Xavier Cadoret ( France, SOC/L) on his report “municipal elections in Tunisia” on the occasion of the Congress of Local and Regional Authorities of the Council of Europe 35th session in Strasbourg.

Mediabox interview with Ms. Gunn Marit Helgesen ( Norway, R, EPP/CCE)

Title: Mediabox interview with Ms. Gunn Marit Helgesen ( Norway, R, EPP/CCE)
Runtime: 2:31
Date posted: 8 years ago
Description: Mediabox interview with Ms. Gunn Marit Helgesen ( Norway, R, EPP/CCE) on her report “ Election observation of early elections in seven municipalities in the Republic of Moldova” on the occasion of the Congress of Local and Regional Authorities of the Council of Europe 35th session in Strasbourg.

Mediabox interview with youth delegates ( Elsa HOOK/ Sweden and Emily JURENEC/ Slovenia )

Title: Mediabox interview with youth delegates ( Elsa HOOK/ Sweden and Emily JURENEC/ Slovenia )
Runtime: 4:59
Date posted: 8 years ago
Description: Mediabox interview with youth delegates ( Elsa HOOK/ Sweden and Emily JURENEC/ Slovenia ) on the occasion of the Congress of Local and Regional Authorities of the Council of Europe 35th session in Strasbourg.

Mediabox interview with Ms. Heather McVey ( UK, L, SOC)

Title: Mediabox interview with Ms. Heather McVey ( UK, L, SOC)
Runtime: 2:59
Date posted: 8 years ago
Description: Mediabox interview with Ms. Heather McVey ( UK, L, SOC) on her report “ Coping with the debt burden: local authorities in financial difficulty” on the occasion of the Congress of Local and Regional Authorities of the Council of Europe 35th session in Strasbourg.

Mediabox interview with Mr. Stewart Dickson ( UK, ILGD,R)

Title: Mediabox interview with Mr. Stewart Dickson ( UK, ILGD,R)
Runtime: 2:27
Date posted: 8 years ago
Description: Mediabox interview with Mr. Stewart Dickson ( UK, ILGD,R) on “ Information report on municipal elections in the Netherlands (21 March 2018)” on the occasion of the Congress of Local and Regional Authorities of the Council of Europe 35th session in Strasbourg.

Mediabox interview with Mr. Marc Cools (Belgium, L/ILDG) and Mr. Xavier Cadoret (France, L/SOC)

Title: Mediabox interview with Mr. Marc Cools (Belgium, L/ILDG) and Mr. Xavier Cadoret (France, L/SOC)
Runtime: 10:42
Date posted: 8 years ago
Description: Mediabox interview with Mr. Marc Cools (Belgium, L/ILDG) and Mr. Xavier Cadoret (France, L/SOC) on the report “Revision of the Congress Charter: proposals for a sustainable future” on the occasion of the Congress of Local and Regional Authorities of the Council of Europe 35th session in Strasbourg.

Mediabox interview with outgoing President Ms. Gudrun Mosler-Tornstrom,

Title: Mediabox interview with outgoing President Ms. Gudrun Mosler-Tornstrom,
Runtime: 5:15
Date posted: 8 years ago
Description: Mediabox interview with outgoing President Ms. Gudrun Mosler-Tornstrom, on her presidency on the occasion of the Congress of Local and Regional Authorities of the Council of Europe 35th session in Strasbourg.

Mediabox interview with Mr. Jos WIENEN ( Netherlands, EPP/CCE,L)

Title: Mediabox interview with Mr. Jos WIENEN ( Netherlands, EPP/CCE,L)
Runtime: 5:35
Date posted: 8 years ago
Description: Mediabox interview with Mr. Jos WIENEN ( Netherlands, EPP/CCE,L) on his report “ Voting rights at local level as an element of successful long-term integration of migrants and IDPs in Europe`s municipalities and regions” on the occasion of the Congress of Local and Regional Authorities of the Council of Europe 35th session in Strasbourg.

Mediabox interview with Ms. Manuela BORA (Italy, R,SOC)

Title: Mediabox interview with Ms. Manuela BORA (Italy, R,SOC)
Runtime: 3:37
Date posted: 8 years ago
Description: Mediabox interview with Ms. Manuela BORA (Italy, R,SOC) on the report “European Code of Conduct for all persons involved in local and regional governance” of the Congress of Local and Regional Authorities of the Council of Europe 35th session in Strasbourg.

Mediabox interview with Mr. Peter John ( UK, L/SOC)

Title: Mediabox interview with Mr. Peter John ( UK, L/SOC)
Runtime: 1:55
Date posted: 8 years ago
Description: Mediabox interview with Mr. Peter John ( UK, L/SOC) on his report “Conflict of interest at local and regional level” ” on the occasion of the Congress of Local and Regional Authorities of the Council of Europe 35th session in Strasbourg.

Title: 207 GALSTER TRANSPARENCY
Runtime: 3:09
Date posted: 8 years ago
Description: Mediabox interview with Mr. Anders Galster ( Germany, L, EPP/CCE) on his report “Transparency and open government” on the occasion of the Congress of Local and Regional Authorities of the Council of Europe 35th session in Strasbourg.

Mediabox interview with Mr. Anders Galster ( Germany, L, EPP/CCE)

Title: Mediabox interview with Mr. Anders Galster ( Germany, L, EPP/CCE)
Runtime: 1:27
Date posted: 8 years ago
Description: Mediabox interview with Mr. Anders Galster ( Germany, L, EPP/CCE) on his report “Transparency and open government” on the occasion of the Congress of Local and Regional Authorities of the Council of Europe 35th session in Strasbourg.

Mediabox interview with Ms. Eirini Dourou ( Greece, SOC)

Title: Mediabox interview with Ms. Eirini Dourou ( Greece, SOC)
Runtime: 8:28
Date posted: 8 years ago
Description: Mediabox interview with Ms. Eirini Dourou ( Greece, SOC) on the report “Borders regions facing migration phenomena” on the occasion of the Congress of Local and Regional Authorities of the Council of Europe 35th session in Strasbourg.

Mediabox interview with the re-elected President of the Chamber of Regions Ms. Gunn Marit Helgesen

Title: Mediabox interview with the re-elected President of the Chamber of Regions Ms. Gunn Marit Helgesen
Runtime: 5:09
Date posted: 8 years ago
Description: Mediabox interview with the re-elected President of the Chamber of Regions Ms. Gunn Marit Helgesen on her priorities for the next years of the Chamber, on the occasion of the Congress of Local and Regional Authorities of the Council of Europe 35th session in Strasbourg.

Mediabox interview with Mr. Anders Knape (Sweden, EPP/CCE), newly elected President of the Congress

Title: Mediabox interview with Mr. Anders Knape (Sweden, EPP/CCE), newly elected President of the Congress
Runtime: 3:22
Date posted: 8 years ago
Description: Mediabox interview with Mr. Anders Knape (Sweden, EPP/CCE), newly elected President of the Congress of Local and Regional Authorities, on his priorities during his mandate, on the occasion of the Congress of Local and Regional Authorities of the Council of Europe 35th session in Strasbourg.

Mediabox interview with Mr. Guillermo-Ramirez

Title: Mediabox interview with Mr. Guillermo-Ramirez
Runtime: 4:44
Date posted: 8 years ago
Description: Mediabox interview with Mr. Guillermo-Ramirez, Secretary General of the Association of European Border Regions, on “ Border regions facing migration phenomena” on the occasion of the Congress of Local and Regional Authorities of the Council of Europe 35th session in Strasbourg.

Interview with Mr. Jean-Pierre GRIN, General Rapporteur on Local and Regional Authorities

Title: Interview with Mr. Jean-Pierre GRIN, General Rapporteur on Local and Regional Authorities
Runtime: 2:01
Date posted: 8 years ago
Description: Mediabox interview with Mr. Jean-Pierre GRIN, General Rapporteur on Local and Regional Authorities of the Committee on Social Affairs, on the debate “Territorial solidarity: regional self-government or regional selfish government” on the occasion of the Congress of Local and Regional Authorities of the Council of Europe 35th session in Strasbourg.

Mediabox interview with Ms. Gaye Doganoglu ( L, PPE/CCE)

Title: Mediabox interview with Ms. Gaye Doganoglu ( L, PPE/CCE)
Runtime: 5:41
Date posted: 8 years ago
Description: Mediabox interview with Ms. Gaye Doganoglu ( L, PPE/CCE) about the resolution on European Local Democracy Week ( ELDW) on the occasion of the Congress of Local and Regional Authorities of the Council of Europe 35th session in Strasbourg.

Mediabox interview with Mr. Sigurdur Bjorn BLONDAL, (Iceland, R, ILDG)

Title: Mediabox interview with Mr. Sigurdur Bjorn BLONDAL, (Iceland, R, ILDG)
Runtime: 6:23
Date posted: 8 years ago
Description: on his report “Local Democracy in Lithuania” on the occasion of the Congress of Local and Regional Authorities of the Council of Europe 35th session in Strasbourg.

Mediabox interview with Mr. Stewart DICKSON (ILDG, R)

Title: Mediabox interview with Mr. Stewart DICKSON (ILDG, R)
Runtime: 2:40
Date posted: 8 years ago
Description: Mediabox interview with Mr. Stewart DICKSON (ILDG, R) on “Information report on municipal elections in the Netherlands” on the occasion of the Congress of Local and Regional Authorities of the Council of Europe 35th session in Strasbourg.

Mediabox interview with Mr. Romain Pasquier ( Director of Research at the CNRS)

Title: Mediabox interview with Mr. Romain Pasquier ( Director of Research at the CNRS)
Runtime: 4:08
Date posted: 8 years ago
Description: Mediabox interview with Mr. Romain Pasquier ( Director of Research at the CNRS) on the debate “ Territorial solidarity: regional self-government or regional selfish government” on the occasion of the Congress of Local and Regional Authorities of the Council of Europe 35th session in Strasbourg.

Mediabox interview with Mr. Thomas Mutze ( former Member of the Bavarian State Parliament, Germany)

Title: Mediabox interview with Mr. Thomas Mutze ( former Member of the Bavarian State Parliament, Germany)
Runtime: 3:17
Date posted: 8 years ago
Description: Mediabox interview with Mr. Thomas Mutze ( former Member of the Bavarian State Parliament, Germany) on the debate “ Territorial solidarity: regional self-government or regional selfish government” on the occasion of the Congress of Local and Regional Authorities of the Council of Europe 35th session in Strasbourg.

Mediabox interview with Ms. Laura FERRARA

Title: Mediabox interview with Ms. Laura FERRARA
Runtime: 8:35
Date posted: 8 years ago
Description: Mediabox interview with Ms. Laura FERRARA ( Vice-Chair of the Committee on Legal Affairs of the EP, Rapporteur on the Common Procedure for Asylum), on the debate “Borders regions facing migration phenomena” on the occasion of the Congress of Local and Regional Authorities of the Council of Europe 35th session in Strasbourg. ( in Italian )

Mediabox interview with Ms. Fatma Sahin, ( Mayor of Gaziantep Municipality / Turkey)

Title: Mediabox interview with Ms. Fatma Sahin, ( Mayor of Gaziantep Municipality / Turkey)
Runtime: 12:10
Date posted: 8 years ago
Description: Mediabox interview with Ms. Fatma Sahin, ( Mayor of Gaziantep Municipality / Turkey) on the occasion of the Congress of Local and Regional Authorities of the Council of Europe 35th session in Strasbourg. ( in English)

Title: Mediabox interview with Ms. Fatma Sahin, ( Mayor of Gaziantep Municipality / Turkey)
Runtime: 11:30
Date posted: 8 years ago
Description: Mediabox interview with Ms. Fatma Sahin, ( Mayor of Gaziantep Municipality / Turkey) on the occasion of the Congress of Local and Regional Authorities of the Council of Europe 35th session in Strasbourg. ( in Turkish)

Petra De Sutter: “ Parliamentary Assembly needs to keep dialogue with Russia”

Title: Petra De Sutter: “ Parliamentary Assembly needs to keep dialogue with Russia”
Runtime: 5:39
Date posted: 8 years ago
Description: Belgian MP Petra de Sutter asked the Assembly to refer back to the Rules Committee her report on strengthening the decision-making process concerning credentials and voting at the end of the debate. She stressed that the Assembly needs to review the balance of powers with the Committee of Ministers and keep dialogue with the Russian Federation.

Fiala: ʺNous avons besoin de plus de transparence dans le financement de l’Islam en Europeʺ

Title: Fiala: ʺNous avons besoin de plus de transparence dans le financement de l’Islam en Europeʺ
Runtime: 2:48
Date posted: 8 years ago
Description: Dans cette interview, la députée suisse Doris Fiala cite le bon exemple de l’Autriche concernant la loi sur le financement des fondations religieuses. Son rapport souligne l’importance d’accroître la transparence du financement étranger et de traiter l’ensemble des cultes sur un pied d’égalité.

Schennach: “Israel must improve the detention conditions of Palestinian children”

Title: Schennach: “Israel must improve the detention conditions of Palestinian children”
Runtime: 2:45
Date posted: 8 years ago
Description: Austrian MP Stefan Schennach says the current conditions of military detention for Palestinian children are unacceptable, based on information from UNICEF, the International Committee of the Red Cross and other NGOs. The Assembly expressed its readiness “to assist the Knesset and the Palestinian authorities” to change laws, practices and attitudes.

Adam Nabeel Rajab: “Europe is calling on Bahrain to implement fundamental rights”

Title: Adam Nabeel Rajab: “Europe is calling on Bahrain to implement fundamental rights”
Runtime: 1:19
Date posted: 8 years ago
Description: Adam Nabeel Rajab is the son of Nabeel Rajab, a very prominent democracy and human rights defender in Bahrain, in detention since 2016. Nabeel Rajab was shortlisted for the 2018 Václav Havel Human Rights Prize. He is the co-founder and President of the Bahrain Centre for Human Rights (BCHR) and has shown a life-time’s commitment to defending human rights, at risk to his own life.

Title: Breast Cancer Awareness Campaign
Runtime: 6:26
Date posted: 8 years ago
Description: Former PACE President Stella Kyriakides calls on Council of Europe member states to ensure the same quality of care in combating breast cancer.

Rosa María Payá: “Europe is telling us that Cuban activists are not alone”

Title: Rosa María Payá: “Europe is telling us that Cuban activists are not alone”
Runtime: 3:34
Date posted: 8 years ago
Description: Rosa María Payá is one of the three finalists shortlisted for the Václav Havel Human Rights Prize of the Council of Europe Parliamentary Assembly. Rosa Maria took up the work of her late father, Oswaldo Payá, who sought to gather support for democratic transition in Cuba. She launched a citizens’ initiative called Cuba Decide (Cuba Decides) and is the President of the Latin American Youth Network for Democracy. “With this nomination, Europe is saying that Cuban activists are not alone,” she said, adding that the new Cuban regime is as repressive as it was under Fidel Castro.

Oyub Titiev, lauréat du Prix Václav Havel 2018

Title: Oyub Titiev, lauréat du Prix Václav Havel 2018
Runtime: 3:39
Date posted: 8 years ago
Description: Oyub Titiev, chef du Bureau de Grozny du Centre Mémorial des droits de l’homme en Tchétchénie¸ est le lauréat du 6ème Prix des droits de l’homme Václav Havel – qui rend hommage à une action exceptionnelle de la société civile pour défendre les droits de l’homme . M. Titiev étant en détention depuis Janvier 2018, le prix a été remis à Aleksandr Cherkasov, Président du Conseil d'administration du Centre Mémorial des droits de l’homme. ‘’Le procès de M. Titiev a été falsifié’’, affirme Aleksandr Cherkasov dans cette interview.

1) Dans quel état se trouve actuellement Oyub Titiev ?
2) Comment le Prix Havel contribue à son combat en faveur de droits de l’homme en Tchétchénie ?

Title: StoryCities: Stavanger (Norway)
Runtime: 13:04
Date posted: 8 years ago
Description: StoryCities: Stavanger (Norway), an ICC City, about its activities in the intercultural field
www.coe.int/interculturalcities

Interview de Angel MORENO, président du GIE

Title: Interview de Angel MORENO, président du GIE
Runtime: 3:10
Date posted: 8 years ago
Description: Suite au renouvellement de la composition du Groupe d’experts indépendants sur la Charte européenne de l’autonomie locale (GIE), à l’occasion de cette réunion annuelle Angel MORENO MOLINA, Professeur de droit administratif à l’Université Carlos III de Madrid, a été réélu, pour un mandat de cinq ans, à la présidence du GIE. « Nous devons continuer à nous mobiliser afin que les autorités nationales et les pouvoirs judiciaires reconnaissent le caractère contraignant de la Charte en tant que traité international et veillent à son intégration dans le droit interne, » a déclaré M. MORENO dans une interview. Le Groupe d’experts indépendants sur la Charte européenne de l’autonomie locale (GIE) rassemble des experts ayant compétence dans les domaines juridique, politique ou financier, et spécialisés dans les questions de démocratie locale et régionale. Le Groupe assiste les trois commissions statutaires du Congrès des pouvoirs locaux et régionaux du Co...