22-25 April, North Macedonia
A 14-member delegation of the Parliamentary Assembly (PACE), led by Alfred Heer, will travel to the country to observe the conduct of the presidential election on 24 April, alongside observers from the OSCE’s Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR).
A joint press conference is scheduled on Thursday 25 April in Skopje (place and time to be confirmed).
More information – Contact : PACE Communication Division, tel. +33 3 88 41 31 93
23 April, Strasbourg
The European Court of Human Rights will notify in writing seven judgments concerning Lithuania, the Netherlands, Romania and Türkiye.
More information – ECHR Website, tel. +33 3 90 21 42 08
23 April, Strasbourg
Secretary General Marija Pejčinović Burić will participate in the official opening ceremony of “Strasbourg – UNESCO World Book Capital 2024”.
Contact: Giuseppe Zaffuto, tel. +33 6 86 32 10 24
24-25 April, Vienna
Secretary General Marija Pejčinović Burić will participate in the OSCE Permanent Council and will hold bilateral meetings with OSCE Chairpersonship and Secretariat.
Contact: Giuseppe Zaffuto, tel. +33 6 86 32 10 24
25 April, Vienna
Secretary General Marija Pejčinović Burić will participate in a meeting at the European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights (FRA).
Contact: Giuseppe Zaffuto, tel. +33 6 86 32 10 24
25 April, Strasbourg
The European Court of Human Rights will notify in writing 67 judgments and/or decisions concerning Azerbaijan, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, Denmark, Greece, Hungary, Italy, Montenegro, North Macedonia, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Russia, Serbia, Slovakia, Türkiye and Ukraine.
More information – ECHR Website, tel. +33 3 90 21 42 08
26 April, Strasbourg
The Committee for the Prevention of Torture (CPT) will publish the report of its October 2023 periodic visit to Ukraine. This was the first visit to Ukraine by the CPT since the beginning of the full-scale military aggression by the Russian Federation in February 2022.
CPT and Ukraine - Contact: Jaime Rodriguez, tel. +33 6 89 99 50 42
26 April, Chișinău
The Council of Europe and UN Women Moldova, in cooperation with the Central Electoral Commission of the Republic of Moldova, will organise a roundtable to discuss strategies to combat sexism, hate speech and gender-based violence and to present the results of a project to monitor hate and sexist speech in the media during the 2023 general local elections. A discussion of the steps to combat hate speech ahead of the 2024 Presidential election is also on the agenda.
Contact: Jaime Rodriguez, tel. +33 6 89 99 50 42
All times are CET unless indicated otherwise.