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Council of Europe
19 October 2026
Strasbourg
World Forum for Democracy 2026: imagining possible futures to strengthen democratic security in Europe
Secretary General
16 October 2026
San Patrignano, Italy
Council of Europe Secretary General to participate in European Coalition against drugs international meeting in San Patrignano
Committee of Ministers
15 October 2026
Strasbourg
Sexuality education about consent and boundaries in relationships helps protect children from violence from early age
08
Dec
2026
Regional Thematic Seminar on Emerging Synthetic Drug Trends and Challenges
Mexico City, Mexico
03-04
Dec
2026
27th session of the Council of Europe Standing Conference of Ministers of Education
Podgorica, Monténégro
17-19
Nov
2026
30th meeting of the Gender Equality Commission (GEC)
Strasbourg, Palais de l'Europe, room 6
09
Nov
2026
Opening of the Youth Facing Disinformation - Why Journalists Matter
Strasbourg
Deputy Secretary General
23
Oct
2026
Workshop “Integrating a gender perspective into legal education”
Budapest, Hungary
Council of Europe
23
Oct
2026
Secretary General Alain Berset to participate in the European Coalition against Drugs international meeting
Coriano, Italy
Secretary General
23-26
Oct
2026
Parliamentary Assembly delegation to travel to Serbia
Serbia
Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe
22
Oct
2026
European Court of Human Rights to notify 72 judgments and/or decisions
Strasbourg
European Court of Human Rights
22-23
Oct
2026
Vice-President of the Congress of Local and Regional Authorities to participate in the 3rd International Forum of Agglomerations
Lviv, Ukraine
Congress of Local and Regional Authorities
20
Oct
2026
European Court of Human Rights to deliver advisory opinion
Strasbourg
European Court of Human Rights
20
Oct
2026
European Court of Human Rights to notify seven judgments
Strasbourg
European Court of Human Rights
20
Oct
2026
Congress of Local and Regional Authorities side event “Nature of the edge: how local and regional authorities can promote biodiversity”
Yerevan, Armenia
Congress of Local and Regional Authorities
20-22
Oct
2026
European Commission against Racism and Intolerance (ECRI) to publish monitoring reports
Strasbourg
European Commission against Racism and Intolerance (ECRI)
19
Oct
2026
Meeting with the Speaker of the Parliament of Singapore, Hon. Seah Kian Peng
Strasbourg
Deputy Secretary General
19-21
Oct
2026
Workshop on Deliberative Democracy and Citizens’ Assemblies - How to Start?
European Youth Centre Budapest
19-23
Oct
2026
Commissioner for Human Rights to visit Norway
Oslo, Norway
Commissioner for Human Rights
17
Oct
2026
Secretary General's intervention at the Congress of the Swiss Socialist Party
16:00
Secretary General
15
Oct
2026
Meeting with Aidar Saitbekov, Vice-Minister of Internal Affairs of the Republic of Kazakhstan
Strasbourg
Deputy Secretary General
15
Oct
2026
European Court of Human Rights to notify 15 judgments and/or decisions
Strasbourg
European Court of Human Rights
15
Oct
2026
Secretary General Alain Berset to open the European Commission against Racism and Intolerance (ECRI) seminar
Strasbourg
Secretary General
15-16
Oct
2026
European Conference of Presidents of Parliament
Rome, Italy
Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe
14
Oct
2026
Opening of the Octopus Conference on cybercrime, dedicated to the 25th Anniversary of the Budapest Convention
Strasbourg
09:00 - 09:30
Secretary General
14
Oct
2026
Signature/ratification ceremony: Opening for signature of the Additional Protocol to the Warsaw Convention (CETS 198); Ratification of the Cybercrime convention (ETS 185)
Strasbourg
12:30 - 13:00
Secretary General
13
Oct
2026
Ceremony on the occasion of the International Day for the Eradication of Poverty
Strasbourg
Deputy Secretary General
13
Oct
2026
Conference to seek solutions to the overcrowding in European prison systems
Strasbourg
Council of Europe
13
Oct
2026
Opening remarks at a session of the African Committee of Experts on the Rights and Welfare of the Child
Maseru, Kingdom of Lesotho
Council of Europe
13
Oct
2026
European Court of Human Rights to notify eight judgments
Strasbourg
European Court of Human Rights
13-14
Oct
2026
2nd meeting of the Steering Committee on the Environment (CDENV)
Strasbourg
09:30 - 17:30
13-14
Oct
2026
Conference “Advancing gender-responsive justice in the Western Balkans”
Strasbourg
Council of Europe
12
Oct
2026
Opening remarks at the exchange of views over the New Democratic Pact for Europe
Strasbourg
Deputy Secretary General
12
Oct
2026
Discussion on the abolition of the death penalty, the case of Belarus
Vilnius, Lithuania
Council of Europe
12
Oct
2026
Committee for the Prevention of Torture (CPT) to publish reports on its ad hoc visits to Türkiye
Strasbourg
Committee for the Prevention of Torture (CPT)
12-13
Oct
2026
Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe pre-electoral visit to Serbia
Serbia
Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe