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

19-21 March 2025

14 February 2025

  • PACE conference on ‘The role of national parliaments in protecting the right to a healthy environment’ in Luxembourg-ville

13 February 2025

14 January 2025

  • Launch of the publication “When posters speak out – Illustrating the Council of Europe’s mission”“Looking back at posters as a simple yet powerful communication tool was an effective way to review the milestones in the organisation’s history and to highlight its key activities,” said Ambassador Patrick Engelberg, Permanent Representative of Luxembourg to the Council of Europe Read more
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13 November 2024

  • Exhibition at the Council of Europe: 75 years of defending the Council of Europe's fundamental values through posters organised by the Luxembourgish Presidency of the Committee of Ministers. Discover the Council of Europe through the eyes of +75 posters. United around our values.
  • Forum « Bridge of solidarity » on intermunicipal cooperation in Strassen, Luxembourg

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

  • Luxembourg promotes living together concept. Luxembourg’s recent Orientation Days have placed a spotlight on the Council of Europe’s work to combat racism and promote inclusion: values that are fundamental to the event’s theme of “living together”.

April 2023

  • Initiatives to be taken jointly with CDCPP

 Telling the story