Human rights and democracy: EU annual report 2015 adopted

EU News 307/2016

20/09/2016
Council of the European Union

The Council adopted the "country and regional issues" part of the EU annual report on human rights and democracy in the world in 2015 which complements the thematic part of the report published on 20 June 2016.

In 2015, the EU continued defending and promoting human rights, inclusive and democratic societies. The 2015 annual report sets out the efforts of the EU, through the High Representative Federica Mogherini, the EU Special Representative for Human Rights, Stavros Lambrinidis and the EU global network of delegations, to promote the universality of human rights across the world. The "country and regional issues" section of the report provides a short overview of the human rights situation and covers EU policy support on the ground on a country by country basis.

Source and additional information:
http://www.consilium.europa.eu/en/press/press-releases/2016/09/20-human-rights-annual-report/

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