Conference of the High Contracting Parties to the Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms
12 May 2009 09:00 - 18:00

Place : Madrid North Congress Centre (IFEMA), Spain

Description : On 6 May 2009, the Ministers' Deputies invited the Secretary General of the Council of Europe to convene a Conference of the High Contracting Parties to the European Convention on Human Rights in the margins of the 119th Ministerial session in Madrid on 12 May 2009 (CM/Del/Dec(2009)1056/4.1a). The purpose of this Conference was to decide on measures aimed at enabling the European Court of Human Rights to increase its case-processing capacity.