Luxembourg 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.

Patrick Engelberg, Ambassadeur, Représentant permanent du Luxembourg auprès du Conseil de l’Europe

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

November 2024 - May 2025

• Overall reflection process taking place in the context of forthcoming presidency (November 2024 - May 2025)
• Intend to use networks of teachers on civil education to promote CoE values
• Communication activities to take place with respect to cultural routes, in particular 25th anniversary of the European Institute of Cultural Routes (EICR) set up in 1998

9 March 2024

• Council of Europe awareness and information stand at Orientation Day to celebrate cultural diversity, intercultural understanding, and anti-racism, in a multilingual and multi-ethnic democratic society. Organised by the Ministry of Family Affairs, Solidarity, Living Together and Reception of Refugees.

April 2023

• Initiatives to be taken jointly with CDCPP