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MEDIA DEPARTMENT
Media release
The Week Ahead: Key Events and Meetings
28 September – 4 October 2026
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Autumn session of the Parliamentary Assembly (PACE)
28 September – 2 October, Strasbourg – Addresses by HSH Prince Albert II of Monaco, the President of the Portuguese Republic António José Seguro and Germany's Foreign Affairs Minister Johann Wadephul are among highlights of the PACE ( autumn session. The 14th Václav Havel Human Rights Prize, which honours outstanding human rights defenders in Europe and beyond, will be awarded to an overall winner selected from three shortlisted candidates ( . The 2021 Prize winner, Belarusian human rights activist Maria Kalesnikava will attend the ceremony and address the Assembly. Other highlights include debates on the role of the OECD in evaluating the impact of AI on the future of work ( , with the participation of OECD Deputy Secretary-General Yasushi Masaki; on ensuring the implementation of judgments of the European Court of Human Rights concerning the Russian Federation, including payment of the compensation awarded ( ; and on threats to the International Criminal Court ( . The President of the Committee of Ministers ( , Minister of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation of Monaco Isabelle Berro-Amadeï, will present the work of the Council of Europe's ministerial body since the last session and take questions from members. Also addressing the Assembly and answering members' questions are the Secretary General ( of the Council of Europe Alain Berset and the President of the European Court of Human Rights ( Mattias Guyomar. The Platform for Dialogue with Russian Democratic Forces is also organising, in co-operation with the Assembly's Political Affairs Committee and its Parliamentary Alliance for Free and Fair Elections, a round table on the topic "Fake 'elections' in Russia: what next ( ?".
Special session page ( – Draft Agenda ( – Contact: PACE Communication Division ( ,
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