28/02/2019 (Agence Europe) – As announced by EUROPE (see EUROPE 12200), on Thursday 28 February the EU Council appointed the Irish Eamon Gilmore as EU Special Representative for Human Rights. As of Friday 1 March, he will replace Stavros Lambrinidis (Greece), who was the first EU Special Representative in this field since 2012. "The tasks of the Special Representative for Human Rights are to strengthen the effectiveness and visibility of the EU's human rights policy. It has a broad...