Slovak Republic 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.

Oksana Tomová, Veľvyslankyňa, stála predstaviteľka Slovenskej republiky pri Rade Európy

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

31 March 2026

• Working breakfast of the Visegrad 4 national delegations to the Congress of the Local and Regional Authorities of the Council of Europe in the presence of Ms. Linda Kapustová Helbichová, Executive Director of the International Visegrad Fund and Mr. Tomáš Boček, Vice-Governor of the Council of Europe Development Bank (CEB) about the possible cooperation of CEB and local and regional authorities.

10 March 2026  

• Back to School: lecture of the Deputy Permanent Representative Alena Longauerová for students of the Faculty of Political Science and International Relations, University Matej Bel Banská Bystrica, Slovakia on the functioning of the Council of Europe, core activities, and the main priorities of  Slovakia in the Council of Europe.

11 February 2026 

• Reception on the occasion of the 35th anniversary of the membership of the former Czechoslovakia in the Council of Europe hosted by Ambassador Kristýna NAJMANOVÁ, Permanent Representative of the Czech Republic, and Ambassador Olga ALGAYEROVÁ, Permanent Representative of the Slovak Republic.

3 November 2025

• The screening of the documentary film “Andy Warhol – An American Dream” (2023) took place at the Council of Europe in Strasbourg, organised by the Permanent Representation of the Slovak Republic to the Council of Europe. Opened by Ambassador Olga Algayerová, an engaging discussion was held following the documentary with the film’s director, Ľubomír Ján Slivka, and executive producer, Peter Poch who shared insights into the making of the documentary as well as the fascinating life story of this exceptional artist. The aim to bring this film to the Council of Europe was to highlight how the artist’s ethnic background and the preservation of the cultural traditions of a minority group have influenced his creative development. The parents of Warhol were Ruthenians : an ethnic minority living mainly in the east of Slovakia.

15-17 October 2025

• Visit of Mr. Mathieu Mori, Secretary General of the Congress of Local and Regional Authorities of the Council of Europe to the Slovak Republic at the occasion of the 35th anniversary of local self-government in the country. It was an occasion to discuss the implementation of Congress monitoring recommendations and co-operation in support of a territorial reform in the Slovak Republic. He met with the Minister of Foreign and European Affairs Juraj Blanár, the Speaker of the National Council Richard Raši, and State Secretary of the Ministry of Interior Michal Kalňák, who informed him about their plans to bring forward legislative changes to strengthen local government in Slovakia.

13 September 2024

• On the occasion of 80th anniversary of the Slovak National Uprising, the Permanent Representation of the Slovak Republic to the Council of Europe in cooperation with the Observatory on History Teaching in Europe organised the round table discussion in the premises of the European Parliamentary Association in Strasbourg.

26 March - 9 April 2024

• Exhibition BIENNIAL OF THE ILLUSTRATIONS BRATISLAVA 2023 (International Competition of Illustrations of Children´s Books). Opening ceremony on 26 of March 2024 in the Foyer of the Committee of Ministers. It contains 28 illustrations of children´s books. The Permanent Representation of the Slovak Republic to the Council of Europe is pleased to present the winning illustrations of authors from different parts of the world at the Council of Europe. The Bratislava Illustration Biennale is one of the most important events held under the auspices of UNESCO and the International Union for Children´s Books with the support of the Ministry of Culture of the Slovak Republic.

March – June 2024

• In the project 75 Women in the 75 years of the Council of Europe History, the Permanent Representation of the Slovak Republic to the Council of Europe has nominated Dr. Eva Mitrová. She is well known scientist, university professor, world-renowned expert on deadly prion diseases, such as Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease, diplomat, first ever female Ambassador of the Slovak Republic and the first Permanent Representative of the Slovak Republic to the Council of Europe.

15 February 2024

• Visit of students and teachers from the St. Vincent de Paul school in Levice, Slovakia to the Council of Europe. After the visit they met with Ambassador, Mrs Oksana Tomová. It was an enjoyable meeting, and we are pleased to see the students´ interest in the functioning of the Council of Europe.

17 October 2023

• An award of the Minister of Foreign and European Affairs of the Slovak Republic for significant contribution to the support of human rights and democracy for Ms Maud de Boer-Buquicchio, Gianni Buquicchio and Commissioner for Human Rights Ms Dunja Mijatovič

30 May 2023

• A round of discussions with Slovak students with the Permanent Representative to the CoE of the Slovak Republic in the presence of the CoE Secretary General on the margin of Globsec in Bratislava