CoE/Human Rights Commissioner
The Human Rights Commissioner has expressed appreciation for the courageous work of civil society actors. Dunja Mijatović stressed that support to human rights defenders and journalists, including those from the Russian Federation and Belarus, will remain one of the priorities for her future action.
This follows the Committee of Ministers’ Resolution on legal and financial consequences of the cessation of membership of the Russian Federation in the Council of Europe.
The Commissioner’s comments were made during a mission to the Czech Republic carried out as part of her work on the humanitarian and human rights consequences of the war in Ukraine.
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