From 14 to 17 October 2025, the Advisory Committee on the Framework Convention for the Protection of National Minorities held its 87th plenary meeting in Strasbourg.

The Advisory Committee adopted its final opinions on the implementation of the Convention by Hungary and Portugal. These opinions will become public in the first quarter of 2026 once the authorities' comments, if any, are received.

The Advisory Committee also approved its draft opinion on the implementation of the Convention by Italy, which will now undergo a confidential dialogue phase with the authorities concerned before being examined again and adopted at a forthcoming plenary session.

On 16 October, the Advisory Committee held an exchange of views with Ambassador Berta Mrak, Chair of the Committee of Ministers’ Rapporteur Group on Human Rights (GR-H) and Permanent Representative of Slovenia to the Council of Europe, which was followed by another exchange of views with Hallvard Gorseth, Council of Europe’s Director of Equal Rights and Dignity.

Finally, on 17 October, there was an exchange of views with Christophe Kamp, High Commissioner on National Minorities of the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE).