On the occasion of the Human Rights Day, the conference “Effective implementation of the European Convention on Human Rights” will be organised under the joint European Union and Council of Europe action “Strengthening the effective legal remedies to human rights violations in Serbia” on Friday, 10 December 2021, in Belgrade.
Introductory remarks will be given by:
- Christophe Poirel, Director of Human Rights, Council of Europe (by videolink)
- Maja Popović, Minister of Justice of the Republic of Serbia
- Snežana Marković, President of the Constitutional Court
- Jasmina Vasović, President of the Supreme Court of Cassation
- Dirk Lorenz, Counsellor, Head of Political Section, Delegation of the European Union to the Republic of Serbia
The conference will be an opportunity to tackle the implementation of European Convention on Human Rights at the national level. Special attention will be paid to execution of judgments delivered by the European Court of Human Rights as one of the cornerstones of the system established by the European Convention on Human Rights and its unique feature that ensures its efficiency.
The conference will bring together judges, prosecutors, representatives of the legislative and executive branches of power, international community, Council of Europe representatives and experts who have a crucial role in implementing European human rights standards and executing judgements of the European Court of Human Rights.
The conference will begin on 10 December 2021 at 10:30 at Hotel Metropol Palace in Belgrade. The welcoming remarks are open to media. Simultaneous interpretation will be provided.
All precautionary measures related to COVID-19 will be respected.
The conference will be organised within the action “Strengthening the effective legal remedies to human rights violations in Serbia”, a part of the joint European Union and Council of Europe programme “Horizontal Facility for the Western Balkans and Turkey 2019-2022”, implemented by the Council of Europe.
Factsheet about the execution by Serbia of the judgments by the European Court of Human Rights