Respect for human rights has been weakening in Europe for many years, but “this is no reason to give up”, said the Commissioner for Human Rights of the Council of Europe, Dunja Mijatović, when presenting her annual report to the parliamentary assembly on Monday 24 April at the opening of the spring plenary.
At the forefront of this very disturbing record is the war in Ukraine, which has made 2022 “the year of mass atrocities on European soil”.
Since March 2022, the Commissioner has...