The Vital Role of Social Rights and the European Social Charter in Europe
12/1/2026 | 18 min
How the Council of Europe acts to protect social rights in our continent.
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On the frontline, preventing torture and ill-treatment: the CPT
12/12/2025 | 38 min
Behind the scenes at the Committee for the Prevention of Torture, the oldest European inspection mechanism.
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The foundations of democracy: forty years of the European Charter of local self-government
25/11/2025 | 13 min
Gunn Marit Helgesen, Congress of Local and Regional Authorities Vice President, discusses local democracy and the workings of the charter.
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Healthcare in prison: challenges and realities
13/10/2025 | 31 min
How does good healthcare in prison help wider society? What kind of risks are there to health from being in detention? Why are prisoners less healthy than the general public? And what is the Council of Europe’s Committee for the Prevention of Torture’s (CPT) role? CPT member Prof. Hans Wolff of the University of Geneva, and CPT advisors Kelly Sipp and Laura Ielciu discuss the challenges.
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Inside Europe’s immigration detention centres: the CPT’s fight to prevent abuse
19/6/2025 | 33 min
How does the Council of Europe’s Committee for the Prevention of Torture (CPT) ensure the protection of those detained in immigration detention centres? In this podcast the CPT President Alan Mitchell and adviser Francesca Gordon explain the CPT’s work in this area.
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The Council of Europe is working to improve the lives of 700 million people by reducing discrimination, upholding human rights and protecting democracy. In the Europe Explained podcast we talk to the experts on the front line, to get an in-depth analysis of the key issues affecting our everyday lives.
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