Please be informed that the Council of Europe Steering Committee for Human Rights (CDDH), composed of experts representing the forty-seven member States of the Council of Europe, has organised a half-day workshop, on 29 November 2018 afternoon in Strasbourg, entitled “Protection and promotion of the civil society space in Europe”. All relevant information, including the programme of the workshop, are available on our website.

You will find in attachment the Recommendation CM/Rec(2018)11 of the Committee of Ministers to member States on the need to strengthen the protection and promotion of civil society space in Europe.

(Adopted by the Committee of Ministers on 28 November 2018 at the 1330th meeting of the Ministers’ Deputies)