On the occasion of the 20th anniversary of the Office of the Council of Europe Commissioner for Human Rights, a round table on the state of human rights in Europe will be held on 22 January 2019 at the Palais de l'Europe in Strasbourg, France.
The three former Commissioners - Álvaro GIL-ROBLES, Thomas HAMMARBERG and Nils MUIZNIEKS - will join Dunja MIJATOVIC, the current Commissioner, to reflect on the evolution of human rights over the last two decades, the challenges facing us today, and the next steps that could be taken to defend and strengthen the protection of human rights across Europe.
For several years, the Congress of Local and Regional Authorities of the Council of Europe has also been working to promote human rights at territorial level and has adopted several resolutions and recommendations on this subject. The Congress has recently published its Human Rights Handbook, the first edition of which, published in November 2018, focuses on the right to non-discrimination of refugees, asylum seekers and migrants, Roma and Travellers and LGBTI persons. It looks at the role that local authorities can play and gives examples of good practice in more than 25 Council of Europe member States.
Facebook live - 22 January 2019 / 13h15-15h
Publications : "Human Rights Handbook" - "Promoting human rights at local and regional level - The human rights dimension of the activities of the Congress of Local and Regional Authorities"
