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Dutch lawyer Gérard Wiarda joined the European Court of Human Rights in 1966 and was elected president #OnThisDay in 1981. #ECHR #HistoryAtHeart

Commemorating the 80th anniversary of Auschwitz's liberation, a solemn ceremony was held today at the Council of Europe. PACE President Theodoros Rousopoulos and Secretary General Alain Berset opened the event, followed by a moving testimony from Chief Rabbi Israel Meir Lau, the youngest survivor of the Buchenwald concentration camp and President of the Yad Vashem Memorial. Affectionately called "Lulek" by his parents and being only 7 years old, he was sent to Buchenwald and separated from his mother. He vividly recalls the moment she waved at him for the last time. The ceremony ended with a moment of reflection and wreath-laying at the Holocaust memorial on the forecourt of the Palais de l’Europe. #HolocaustRemembrance #WeRemember #NeverForget

Data protection for dummies ‼️ Did you know a simple weather app could reveal your location, habits, and more?  In the latest episode of Europe Explained, Emmanuel Netter, a private law expert and Professor at the University of Strasbourg, breaks down:  🔹 how personal data is collected,  🔹 why Council of Europe standards could be accepted globally and  🔹 how to stay in control of your data. 🎧 Tune in now: https://lnkd.in/eWJg6C8v #DataProtection #PrivacyMatters

🔒 Did you know the Council of Europe has been protecting your privacy since before the internet was a thing?  ➡️ From enshrining the right to private life into the #ECHR in 1949 to setting standards for data collection from brain implants – as technology evolves – we're here to make sure it’s used in your best interest.  💡 Curious to learn more about how to protect your personal data? Check out our dedicated page on #DataProtection: https://lnkd.in/d32iUbN  #PrivacyMatters #HumanRights #DigitalRights #DataProtectionDay  

#OnThisDay in 1977, the  Palais de l'Europe, headquarters of the Council of Europe in Strasbourg, was inaugurated by Valéry Giscard d'Estaing, then President of the French Republic. The Palais was designed by the architect Henry Bernard. The entrance of the square building is flanked by the flags of the Council's member states. The outer layer of the Palais is a mosaic of contrasted colours, which are found on the concrete of the buttresses, the aluminium-covered façade and the vast windows of the conference rooms respectively. In front of the Palais, the lawn was once the site of the predecessor to the Palais de l'Europe – the Maison de l'Europe.    #HistoryAtHeart #HumanRights #Democracy #RuleOfLaw #Strasbourg  

The Terezín ghetto children saw what grown-ups saw - humiliation, endless lines for food, funeral carts, and weekly transports. Watch full video of a poem written by a child victim of the #Holocaust ➡️ https://lnkd.in/geRjnghG 🎥 Credits: Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Czech Republic #HolocaustRemembrance

The #Holocaust was one of the reasons why the Council of Europe was set up in 1949. The aim was to give legal force to the sentiment of #NeverAgain, and to ensure that #HumanRights would be respected, o matter what the person’s nationality, ethnicity, race, religion or sexual orientation. 📌 https://lnkd.in/d2Gwza6A

Follow the winter session of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe kicking off today!   ℹ️ Discover full agenda, 🎥 livestream and more 👇  https://lnkd.in/ePsHcN6s Highlights ⬇️    #PACEwinter2025

Today and everyday #WeRemember and pay tribute to the victims of the Holocaust. This year marks the 80th anniversary of the liberation of the Nazi concentration camp Auschwitz-Birkenau in 1945. The Holocaust is the name given to the systematic murder of six million Jews by the Nazi regime and their allies during the Second World War. “Holocaust” is a Greek word meaning “sacrifice by fire”. Jewish people also refer to it as the “Shoah”. For the Nazis, the objective of the so-called “Final Solution” was the killing of all Jews in Europe. While most of the victims died in concentration camps such as Auschwitz-Birkenau, many perished at the hands of mobile death squads and others in ghettos like the one in Warsaw. #HolocaustRemembranceDay #NeverAgain #NeverForget

On the morning of 27 January 1945, at Auschwitz-Birkenau, only about 7,000 prisoners were still alive, while more than a million people had perished there. It is estimated that six million Jews were exterminated in the death camps. Ida Grinspan (1929-2018) was one of the survivors of the Auschwitz-Birkenau camps. The Holocaust was one of the reasons why the Council of Europe was set up in 1949, just four years after the liberation of Auschwitz-Birkenau. The aim was to prevent such a genocide happening again in Europe, and to ensure that human life and human rights would be respected, no matter what the person’s nationality, ethnicity, race, religion or sexual orientation. #WeRemember #NeverAgain #HolocaustRemembranceDay