Pharmaceutical crime and MEDICRIME Convention: Council of Europe HELP online course made public!
News Strasbourg 12 May 2021 Augmenter la taille du texte Imprimer la page Imprimer en PDF
The falsification of medical products and other similar crimes effectively deny patients the necessary medical treatment and are harmful to the health of individuals, sometimes leading to death. In addition, the circulation of counterfeit (or falsified) medical products undermines public confidence in healthcare systems.
In response to this global threat, the Council of Europe has drawn up the first international treaty against counterfeit medical products and similar crimes involving threats to public health, the MEDICRIME Convention. The Convention establishes several offences such as the manufacturing, supplying, offering to supply and trafficking in counterfeit medical products, as well as the unauthorised manufacturing or su
The Environment and Human Rights: new free Council of Europe HELP online course
News Strasbourg 16 April 2021 Augmenter la taille du texte Imprimer la page Imprimer en PDF
The new Council of Europe HELP (Human Rights Education for Legal Professionals) course on The Environment and Human Rights is now available on the HELP online platform.
The course was developed by two experts, including a senior lawyer from the Registry of the European Court of Human Rights. Representatives of the Fundamental Rights Agency of the European Union, the Council of Europe Department of the European Social Charter, the Office of the Commissioner for Human Rights, and the Secretariat of the Partial Agreement EUR-OPA, as well as Council of Europe staff members working on cooperation activities, also contributed to the development of the course.