Foreword = 5
I. Activities of the Commissioner for Human Rights : an overview = 9
Reports and Recommendations = 11
Opinions = 12
Seminars = 13
Contact visits = 15
National Ombudsmen and National Human Rights Institutions = 15
Non governmental organisations = 18
Co-operation with international organisations = 20
Co-operation with Council of Europe bodies = 21
- Parliamentary Assembly = 21
- Committee of Ministers = 22
- The Commissioner and the European Court of Human Rights = 22
The Commissioner and crisis situations = 23
II. Human Rights problems in Europe = 25
Fight against terrorism, immigration and the rights of foreigners = 28
Human Rights and armed forces = 31
Human Rights and religions = 34
Missing Persons: Chechnya and Kosovo = 37
Internally displaced persons in Europe = 40
The rights of the Roma = 45
The rights of children = 47
Domestic violence = 48
Trafficking in human beings = 50
The rights of persons with mental disabilities = 52
III. Implementation of the Commissioner’s recommendations = 55
MOLDOVA = 57
GEORGIA = 67
ANDORRA = 83
Chechnya (RUSSIAN FEDERATION) = 87
Basque Country (SPAIN) = 89
IV. Budget and staff = 101
APPENDICES = 107
APPENDIX I - REPORTS AND RECOMMENDATIONS = 109
GREECE = 111
HUNGARY = 125
ROMANIA = 139
POLAND = 159
KOSOVO: Human rights and rights of refugees and displaced persons = 205
The CHECHEN REPUBLIC (Russian Federation):Recommendation concerning certain rights that must be guaranteed during the arrest and detention of persons following "cleansing" operations = 265
APPENDIX II - OPINIONS = 273
OPINION 1/2002
on certain aspects of the United Kingdom 2001 derogation from article 5 par. 1 of the European Convention on Human Rights = 275
OPINION 2/2002
on certain aspects of the review of powers of the Northern Ireland Human Rights Commission = 285
APPENDIX III - STATEMENTS = 299
AZERBAIJAN 301
ARMENIA 307
ALBANIA = 311
APPENDIX IV - CONCLUSIONS = 315
European Ombudsmen Conference
(Vilnius, 5-6 April 2002) = 317
Seminar “Human Rights and the Armed Forces”
(Moscow, 5-6 December 2002) = 321
Seminar “Human Rights, Culture and Religion: convergences or divergence ?
Beliefs, values and education”
(Louvain-la-Neuve, 9-10 December 2002) = 325
I. Activities of the Commissioner for Human Rights : an overview = 9
Reports and Recommendations = 11
Opinions = 12
Seminars = 13
Contact visits = 15
National Ombudsmen and National Human Rights Institutions = 15
Non governmental organisations = 18
Co-operation with international organisations = 20
Co-operation with Council of Europe bodies = 21
- Parliamentary Assembly = 21
- Committee of Ministers = 22
- The Commissioner and the European Court of Human Rights = 22
The Commissioner and crisis situations = 23
II. Human Rights problems in Europe = 25
Fight against terrorism, immigration and the rights of foreigners = 28
Human Rights and armed forces = 31
Human Rights and religions = 34
Missing Persons: Chechnya and Kosovo = 37
Internally displaced persons in Europe = 40
The rights of the Roma = 45
The rights of children = 47
Domestic violence = 48
Trafficking in human beings = 50
The rights of persons with mental disabilities = 52
III. Implementation of the Commissioner’s recommendations = 55
MOLDOVA = 57
GEORGIA = 67
ANDORRA = 83
Chechnya (RUSSIAN FEDERATION) = 87
Basque Country (SPAIN) = 89
IV. Budget and staff = 101
APPENDICES = 107
APPENDIX I - REPORTS AND RECOMMENDATIONS = 109
GREECE = 111
HUNGARY = 125
ROMANIA = 139
POLAND = 159
KOSOVO: Human rights and rights of refugees and displaced persons = 205
The CHECHEN REPUBLIC (Russian Federation):Recommendation concerning certain rights that must be guaranteed during the arrest and detention of persons following "cleansing" operations = 265
APPENDIX II - OPINIONS = 273
OPINION 1/2002
on certain aspects of the United Kingdom 2001 derogation from article 5 par. 1 of the European Convention on Human Rights = 275
OPINION 2/2002
on certain aspects of the review of powers of the Northern Ireland Human Rights Commission = 285
APPENDIX III - STATEMENTS = 299
AZERBAIJAN 301
ARMENIA 307
ALBANIA = 311
APPENDIX IV - CONCLUSIONS = 315
European Ombudsmen Conference
(Vilnius, 5-6 April 2002) = 317
Seminar “Human Rights and the Armed Forces”
(Moscow, 5-6 December 2002) = 321
Seminar “Human Rights, Culture and Religion: convergences or divergence ?
Beliefs, values and education”
(Louvain-la-Neuve, 9-10 December 2002) = 325