Czechia and the Council of Europe – bringing human rights from the conference table to your kitchen table

The Council of Europe works for you. We want to give visibility to the role, standards and work of the Council of Europe in its member states, to show how Council of Europe membership has helped achieve particular results or changes. Our aim, through a variety of events and actions, is to highlight ways in which the Council of Europe’s action has helped improve the life of individuals and contributed to improving people’s enjoyment of fundamental rights.

Petr Válek, Velvyslanec stálý představitel České republiky při Radě Evropy

Whether it is the impact of the European Convention on Human Rights at national level, or the Council of Europe's work in many fields, such as working to abolish the death penalty or to ensure freedom of expression and freedom of the media, or to adress online and technology-facilitated violence against women through the Istanbul Convention and Budapest Convention on Cybercrime, the Council of Europe has achieved a lot since 1949. View achievements »

Events

10 December 2023

• International Human Rights Day - promoting the legacy of Václav Havel in the fight for human rights and democracy in the world

23 November 2023 

• International expert conference "Making Human Rights a Reality:  Implementation of international human rights obligations at the national level" ( see programme)

9 October 2023

• Bestowing of the Václav Havel Human Rights Prize. Award Ceremony in the Council of Europe. 

30 June 2023

• 30^th anniversary of accession of the Czech Republic to the Council of Europe (30 June 1993).