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Communications
Ref. DC 086(2022)
Week in brief 9-15 May 2022
Helga Pedersen Moot Court Competition
The competition simulates the procedure of complaints to the ECHR in a fictitious case regarding legal issues related to natural disasters and environmental protection. The best teams in the Finals Oral Round will examine the causes of the natural disaster – the flooding, the consequences, and the actions of the fictional state to mitigate such impacts for its inhabitants. And most importantly, the teams will raise and try to answer the central question of the case – whether, in the totality of the fictional circumstances, human rights and the fundamental principles associated with them were violated or not.
Cybercrime conference
The Italian Minister of Justice, Marta Cartabia, and the Council of Europe Secretary General, Marija Pej?inovi? Buri?, will open the conference which will bring together representatives of governments, the police, the internet industry, the civil society and academia.
And also…
9-10 May, Italy – The PACE Committee on Culture, Science, Education and Media will meet at the Chamber of Deputies of the Italian Parliament in Rome, with the participation of Benedetto Della Vedova, Italian Undersecretary of State for Foreign Affairs, and PACE President Tiny Kox, among others. The meeting will include hearings – open to the public and the press – on youth and the media; the role of sites of remembrance; building the Open Council of Europe Academic Networks; and cultural heritage and climate change.
10 May, Strasbourg – The European Court of Human Rights will notify in writing three judgments concerning Luxembourg, Russia and Turkey.
The rapporteurs will hold exchanges of views with Rudi Vervoort, Minister-President of the Government of the Brussels-Capital Region, Bart Somers, Vice-Minister-President of the Government of Flanders, as well as Christophe Collignon, Minister for Housing and Local authorities of the Government of Wallonia and Oliver Paasch, Minister-President of the German-speaking Community.
Meetings are also scheduled with Rachid Madrane, President of the Brussels Parliament, Jean-Claude Marcourt, President of the Walloon Parliament and Karl-Heinz Lambertz, President of the Parliament of the German-speaking Community.
The Congress delegation will also meet with Mayors of Belgian cities.
The participants will also exchange views with Ukrainian prosecutorial authorities and an NGO on the impact of the war in Ukraine on women.
12 May, Strasbourg – The European Court of Human Rights will notify in writing five judgments and/or decisions concerning Croatia, the Czech Republic, France and Spain.
12 May, online event – In the framework of Month of Europe, the Observatory on History Teaching in Europe will organise a webinar on “The end of peace in Europe?”.
This is the major annual event bringing together European policymakers, activists and civil society organisations to strengthen European cooperation on SOGIESC (sexual orientation, gender identity/expression and sex characteristics) equality policies.
The General Assembly will be an opportunity to discuss key challenges and priorities of associations of local authorities and the state of local public administration reforms.
12 May, Sweden – The PACE Equality and Non-Discrimination Committee will hold its next meeting at the Swedish Parliament in Stockholm, to be opened by Åsa Lindestam, First Deputy Speaker of the Swedish Parliament. The meeting will be attended by Eva Nordmark, Swedish Minister for Employment and Gender Equality, and Kairat Abdrakhmanov, OSCE High Commissioner on National Minorities. The agenda includes two hearings open to the public and the press, one on countering Islamophobia in Europe, and the second on women in the peace and reconciliation process.
All times are CET unless indicated otherwise.
Council of Europe, Media Assistance Unit
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