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Impact in Asia

CULTURE
 

CULTURE

Council of Europe experts led a cultural policy review of Vietnam and inspired other cultural policy reviews at the level of UNESCO.

DEMOCRACY
 

DEMOCRACY

Kazakhstan, South Korea and Kyrgyzstan are all members of the European Commission for Democracy through Law - better known as the Venice Commission – the Council of Europe's advisory body on constitutional matters.

DISCRIMINATION
 

DISCRIMINATION

Policy recommendations by the European Commission against Racism and Intolerance (ECRI) have been translated into Japanese.

GLOBAL INTERDEPENDENCE
 

GLOBAL INTERDEPENDENCE

The North-South Centre’s global education guidelines have been translated into Chinese.

INTERCULTURAL CITIES
 

INTERCULTURAL CITIES

The Council of Europe’s intercultural approach to integration has been adopted by Ballarat and Melton in Australia, and Hamamatsu in Japan. 

JUSTICE
 

JUSTICE

Kazakhstan has observer status with the Council of Europe’s Commission for the Efficiency of Justice (CEPEJ).

The Child-friendly Justice Guidelines have been translated and distributed in South Korea and used there in training legal professions.

SEXUAL VIOLENCE & ABUSE
 

SEXUAL VIOLENCE & ABUSE

“Kiko and the Hand”, the children’s book that helps parents talk to children about child sexual abuse, is available in Japan and India.