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Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has signed an agreement with the Council of Europe (CoE) to create a tribunal that would allow for the prosecution of senior Russian officials who have led ...

Council of Europe Secretary Alain Berset defends the independence of the European Court of Human Rights, emphasizing the importance of preserving its impartiality amid ongoing debates on migration.

Swiss President Alain Berset in Bern on March 19, 2023. FABRICE COFFRINI / AFP. Swiss President Alain Berset announced Wednesday, June 21, that he will quit the government at the end of 2023, ...

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and Secretary General of the Council of Europe Alain Berset signed an agreement on the establishment of the Special Tribunal for the Crime of Aggression ...

COE Secretary-General Alain Berset warned that courts must not be “weaponized” for political gain. In a statement released Thursday, Italy, Denmark, Austria, Belgium, the Czech Republic, Estonia, ...

Swiss President Alain Berset pledged his long-term support for Ukraine on Saturday in a meeting with his Ukrainian counterpart in Kyiv, where he also attended an international summit on food ...

Alain Berset, a Swiss politician and former president of Switzerland, was elected as the new Secretary General by the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe on 25 June. His predecessor, ...

"The level of impunity around the world that we live in today has never been so high, not in many decades, this is not what we are aiming for," Alain Berset said in his speech at UN Human Right ...

The Georgian government has pledged to amend its controversial "foreign agents" law following discussions with the secretary-general of the Council of Europe, Alain Berset.. Berset announced at a ...

ANKARA. Canada’s Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on Friday met President of Switzerland Alain Berset in the capital Ottawa to discuss recent developments in the ongoing Palestine-Israel conflict ...

Swiss President Alain Berset is to step down at the end of the year and leave the country's multi-party cabinet after 11 years, he said on Wednesday. Berset, 51, is a member of the left-leaning Social ...