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MEDIA RELEASE
Communications
Ref. DC 077(2023)
Week in brief 27 March-2 April 2023
Annual report of the Committee for the Prevention of Torture
The President of the CPT Dr Alan Mitchell and its Executive Secretary Régis Brillat will present the report at a hybrid press conference at the Council of Europe office in Brussels from 10 am.
High-level conference on children’s rights
Keynote speakers will include Minister of Education and Children of Iceland Ásmundur Einar Daðason, United Nations Special Representative of the Secretary-General on Violence against Children Najat Maalla M’jid and Head of Advocacy and Campaigns of UNICEF Benjamin Perks.
The event will be moderated by the Head of the Children’s Rights Division and Council of Europe Coordinator for the Rights of the Child Regína Jensdóttir.
And also…
28 March, Strasbourg – The European Court of Human Rights will notify in writing three judgments concerning Germany, Romania and Switzerland.
28-29 March, London – PACE rapporteur Kamal Jafarov will make a visit to the United Kingdom in the framework of his report “UK reform of its human rights legislation: consequences for domestic and European human rights protection”. He will be meeting government officials, NGOs and academic commentators on UK human rights reform, as well as Human Rights Minister Lord Bellamy.
28-29 March, Strasbourg – Eleven recently appointed Inclusive Education Ambassadors will meet for the first time to discuss ways of promoting quality inclusive education and communication strategies to implement in the months to come.
The inclusive education ambassadors are Roma and non-Roma human rights activists, former students of segregated and special schools, teachers, school principals and journalists. They have inspirational inclusive education stories to raise awareness to both professionals and the public about the value and benefits of inclusive education and desegregation.
28-30 March, Paris – Anti-doping experts will conduct an evaluation visit to assess the French anti-doping system. They will meet with public authorities responsible for sport, including representatives from the Ministry of Sport, the French Anti-Doping Agency and the national anti-doping laboratory, the Organising Committee for the 2024 Olympic and Paralympic Games, sport federations and athletes, law enforcement representatives, and other bodies active in the fight against doping.
29 March, Strasbourg – The European Court of Human Rights will be holding the following hearings:
– Verein KlimaSeniorinnen Schweiz and others v. Switzerland (9.15 am), concerning a complaint by a Swiss association and its members, a group of elderly people who are concerned about the consequences of global warming on their living conditions and health.
– Carême v. France (2.15 pm), concerning a complaint by an inhabitant and former mayor of the municipality of Grande-Synthe, who submits that France has taken insufficient steps to prevent climate change and that this failure entails a violation of the right to life and the right to respect for private and family life.
29-30 March, Chisinau – The EU-Council of Europe Youth Partnership will launch a capacity-building project for strengthening youth policy 2023-24 entitled “Shaping youth policy in practice”. Participating countries include Armenia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Hungary, Republic of Moldova, Portugal and Ukraine. Cross-sectoral and multi-stakeholder delegations will develop a national plan and implement it with guidance from mentors and the facilitators of the project.
30 March, Strasbourg – The European Court of Human Rights will notify in writing 78 judgments and/or decisions concerning Albania, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belgium, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Cyprus, the Czech Republic, France, Georgia, Greece, Hungary, Italy, Montenegro, Poland, the Republic of Moldova, Romania, Russia, San Marino, Serbia, Slovakia, Türkiye and Ukraine.
31 March-3 April, Sofia – A PACE delegation will observe the early parliamentary elections on 2 April, alongside the OSCE’s election body ODIHR. They will, among other things, meet with leaders and representatives of political parties and coalitions, as well as media and representatives of NGOs active in the field of election observation.
All times are CEST unless indicated otherwise.
Council of Europe, Media Assistance Unit
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