"In 2017, the human rights situation continued to deteriorate", the Council of Europe's commissioner for human rights, Nils Muiznieks, stated during the presentation of his annual report to the parliamentary assembly in Strasbourg on Thursday 25 January.
"Old crises deteriorated, new crises broke out and adherence to the Council of Europe's values and the human rights protection system seemed to grow weaker", he said.
Among the old crises is that of migration policy being marked every...