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13 Mar 2027
"Women's Destinies: the Courage to Change the World" Conference and Debate on visionary women who shaped European human rights legal instruments
Alexandru Ioan Cuza University of Iași, Romania
02 Mar 2027
29 Jun 2027
Postgraduate Course on European Criminal Law and the Protection of Fundamental Rights
Online (from the University of Pavia and the University of Milan)
11 Feb 2027
12 Feb 2027
Workshop on "Writing and Publishing in the Law of the European Convention on Human Rights and other International Human Rights Systems"
Academy for European Human Rights Protection, University of Cologne, Germany
03 Jan 2027
27 Mar 2027
Moot Court Competition on Women Rights in the framework of the European Convention on Human Rights
Alexandru Ioan Cuza University of Iași, Romania
20 Nov 2026
23 Apr 2027
“Sébastien Van Drooghenbroeck” Moot Court Competition on the European Social Charter
University of Limerick, Ireland
18 Nov 2026
19 Nov 2026
International Conference: "Women’s Experiences of Time: Inequality and Violence"
University of Salerno, Italy
23 Oct 2026
High-level event on "Justice for Ukraine: from Evidence to Redress"
Dublin European Law Institute, Dublin City University, Ireland
05 Oct 2026
09 Oct 2026
Advanced Course on New Technologies and Children in Armed Conflict: Risks, Protection and Accountability
Swiss Institute of Comparative Law, Lausanne, Switzerland
24 Sep 2026
06 Nov 2026
Six-week course on Male Violence against Women - from Awareness to Operational Response
University of Turin, Italy
21 Sep 2026
22 Sep 2026
Pan-European Conference on Preventing Gender-Based Violence - Implementing the Istanbul Convention in the University System
University of Milano-Bicocca, Milan, Italy
14 Sep 2026
16 Sep 2026
Gender-based Violence and Criminal Justice. I reati contro la sfera sessuale.
Università di Pavia, Italy
14 Sep 2026
17 Sep 2026
Summer School on Human Rights in Times of War - the Role of the Council of Europe
Rome, CeSPI - Centro Studi di Politica Internazionale
06 Jul 2026
17 Jul 2026
Summer School on the European System of Human Rights Protection - ECHR
Europa-Universität Viadrina Frankfurt (Oder)
18 Jun 2026
19 Jun 2026
5th Human Trafficking Research Network Conference “Reframing Trafficking - Knowledge, Policy, and Practice at a Crossroads”
School of Law, Northumbria University, Newcastle, UK
17 Jun 2026
19 Jun 2026
Second edition of the Hackathon of the Council of Europe
Strasbourg, Council of Europe
27 May 2026
Culture & Politics: Book Talk. Books featured: Council of Europe’s Heritage Discourse: Critical Perspectives on the History, Policy, and Politics of European Heritage, Marija Kamber (2026)
5.30 p.m.
Syracuse Strasbourg 19 Quai Rouget De Lisle 67000 Strasbourg
22 May 2026
Protection of Same-Sex Couples in the Case Law of the ECtHR and the CJEU: From Coman to Mazowiecki
Faculty of Law, Masaryk University in Brno (Veveří 70), room 038
18 May 2026
19 May 2026
Human Rights in Immersive Realities (XR): Freedom of Expression, Justice, Children’s Rights and Well-Being
Council of Europe, Strasbourg
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