The conference “Advancing gender-responsive justice in the Western Balkans” will bring together representatives of judicial training institutions from the Western Balkans and Eastern Partnership regions, judges and prosecutors, local and international experts, and representatives of the European Union and Council of Europe.

Organised within the framework of the EU/Council of Europe joint programmes Horizontal Facility for the Western Balkans and Türkiye and Partnership for Good Governance, under the action Women’s access to justice in the Western Balkans and the project Women’s Access to Justice: implementing Council of Europe’s gender equality and violence against women standards, the conference will focus on barriers and promising practices in gender-responsive justice, relevant international standards and guidance, and opportunities for further regional cooperation.