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First meeting of Focal Points of National Human Rights Structures

Strasbourg, 26-27 May 2007
What can be done to improve the protection of human rights at domestic level? What role could National Human Rights Structures (NHRSs) play in this context? To find concrete answers, Commissioner Hammarberg held a meeting with representatives of NHRSs specifically nominated for the purpose of the co-operation with the Commissioner’s Office. The event took place on 6 and 7 November 2007 in Strasbourg.

Participants discussed practical examples concerning the role NHRSs may have in helping execute the judgments of the European Court of Human Rights. Besides, they designed a programme of activities that the network will carry out over the next years to foster the effective implementation of European human rights standards.

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Commissioner's Co-operation with National Human Rights Structures

Special file of the 10th Round Table of Ombudsmen and the Commissioner for Human Rights (12-13/04/07)

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Karina Forsyth-Lotz
+33 (0)3 88 41 28 77

This meeting was the first step to implement a systematic co-operation between the Commissioner and NHRSs agreed upon at the Athens Round Table in April 2007.


Meeting documents

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