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EU Body Points to SDGs as Top Priority
April 26, 2019
The European Economic and Social Committee has adopted an opinion calling for EU institutions to pursue a “holistic and cross-sector policy” strategy in an effort to “become the global leader” in achieving the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).
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CoE Committee Publishes Guidelines on Health Data Protection
April 26, 2019
The Council of Europe’s (CoE) Committee of Ministers recently adopted a set of guidelines on how governments and health care providers must protect citizens’ health-related data in a manner compliant with transnational human rights law.
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CoE Body Calls for State Action Against Sexism
April 26, 2019
The Council of Europe’s (CoE) Committee of Ministers has adopted a recommendation containing what it deems to be the first international agreed definition of sexism and calling on CoE member states to pursue measures to “fight against sexism in all walks of life,” including by criminalizing “sexist hate speech.”
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CoE Body: Bulgarian Benefits Rules Violate Social Rights
April 25, 2019
The Council of Europe’s (CoE) European Committee of Social Rights recently found that a Bulgarian law limiting child benefits for families in certain situations violated the European Social Charter by failing to uphold the right to social protection and by discriminating in effect against the country’s Roma population.
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EC Demands UK Recover Millions in Corporate Taxes
April 25, 2019
Reuters reports that the European Commission (EC) recently declared a British tax rule exempting interest income earned by offshore corporate subsidiaries between 2013 and 2018 illegal under EU law, requiring the UK government to collect millions of euros in taxes from several companies.
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