[20/11/08 17:10] On 19 and 20 November 2008, the Office of the Commissioner organised in Strasbourg the 2nd annual meeting of contact persons, from national human rights structures (NHRSs) as part of the Joint Council of Europe–European Union Programme "Setting up an active network of independent non-judicial human rights structures" (so called "Peer-to-Peer project").
Participants assessed the cooperation activities carried out in 2008 as well as the workshops organised as part of the first year of the Peer-to-Peer project. They also discussed prospects for future co-operation and possible actions to protect and promote human rights of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender persons and the role of NHRSs in protecting human rights defenders.
Nominated after the 2007 Athens Round Table, contact persons are senior members of the staff of NHRSs who are appointed by the heads of these institutions for purposes of cooperation between these structures and between them and the Commissioner's Office.