The Week Ahead: Key Events and Meetings

To mark its 75th anniversary, the Council of Europe is offering a unique audio experience featuring 12 works of art that are emblematic of the organisation’s history, heritage and values. L’Atelier de l’Europe (Europe’s workshop), a 12-episode podcast in French, will be available from 1 May.

The podcast immerses listeners in the works of several well-known artists, transporting them through time and space. From the Palais de l’Europe, the Council of Europe’s headquarters designed by the architect, Henry Bernard, past the bust of Winston Churchill, a section of the Berlin Wall and some more contemporary works, L’Atelier de l’Europe sets out to explore the Council of Europe’s collection of works of art, which includes many treasures.

In a unique dialogue, it combines the accounts of artists and historians with testimonies of diplomats and political leaders and all those who have shaped the history of the Council of Europe.

The podcast will be available from 1 May on www.coe.int/podcasts and on music streaming platforms. The first episode, on the Palais de l’Europe, is entitled “The balance of forces”.

Contact: Estelle Steiner, tel. +33 3 88 41 33 35

29-30 April, Morocco

Parliamentary Assembly (PACE) President Theodoros Rousopoulos will make a working visit during which he will meet the Speakers of the two Houses of the Moroccan Parliament, the Minister of Foreign Affairs and other members of the government. On 30 April, Mr. Rousopoulos will give an opening address at a conference organised by the Moroccan Parliament and PACE, on the theme “Migration and climate change: which relationship?”.

Theodoros Rousopoulos, PACE President, Rachid Talbi El Alami, Speaker of the House of Representatives, Enaam Mayara, Speaker of the House of Councilors, and Patricia Llombart Cussac, Ambassador of the European Union to Morocco, will make a press briefing on Tuesday 30 April at 11.30 am at the Moroccan Parliament.

More information - Contact : PACE Communication Division, tel. +33 3 88 41 31 93

30 April, Strasbourg

The Group of Experts on Action against Trafficking in Human Beings (GRETA) will publish its annual report for 2023. The report contains an overview of GRETA’s activities to prevent and combat human trafficking over the last year, including examples of the practical impact of its work in different countries. A thematic chapter of the report presents GRETA’s stocktaking of the third evaluation round of the Anti-Trafficking Convention, with a thematic focus on victims’ access to justice and effective remedies. Another dedicated section concerns the prevention and detection of cases of human trafficking amongst persons displaced by Russia’s war against Ukraine.

Contacts: Bogumiła Warchalewska, tel. +33 3 90 21 44 84; Andrew Cutting, tel. +32 485 21 72 02

30 April, Strasbourg

The European Court of Human Rights will notify in writing two judgments concerning Portugal and Serbia.

More information – ECHR Website, tel. +33 3 90 21 42 08

2 May, Strasbourg

The European Court of Human Rights will notify in writing four judgments and/or decisions concerning Albania, Germany, Italy and Romania.

More information – ECHR Website, tel. +33 3 90 21 42 08

2 May, Barcelona (Spain)

Secretary General Marija Pejčinović Burić will take part in the innovation in Politics award ceremony by video message.

Contact: Giuseppe Zaffuto, tel. +33 6 86 32 10 24

2 May, Iceland

The Selection Panel for the 2024 Vigdís Prize for Women’s Empowerment will meet in Reykjavík for the first time and will shortlist three candidates out of the candidatures received.

A press conference is scheduled for 12.30 pm at the Icelandic Parliament (1st floor Skáli, Kirkjustræti 12, 101 Reykjavík), following the meeting.

Contact : PACE Communication Division, tel. +33 3 88 41 31 93

2-4 May, Old University of Graz (Austria)

Secretary General Marija Pejčinović Burić will participate (by video message) in the spring meeting of the European Association of Former Parliamentarians of the Member Countries of the Council of Europe to celebrate the 75th anniversary of the Council of Europe and the 30th anniversary of the European Centre for Modern Languages.

Contact: Giuseppe Zaffuto, tel. +33 6 86 32 10 24

All times are CET unless indicated otherwise.