Congress Standing Rapporteur on Human Rights Gudrun Mosler-Törnström (Austria, SOC/G/PD) will carry out a visit to Bulgaria on 25 June 2024 to hold a political dialogue with local authorities on the execution of judgments of the European Court of Human Rights in the country at local level.

Following the 4th Summit of Heads of State and Government of the Council of Europe in May 2023, the Congress has strengthened its activities in the protection of human rights at local and regional levels, notably by contributing to the execution of Court judgments relating to the activities of local and regional authorities. The visit to Bulgaria will be the first of its kind and will enable the discussion with the relevant authorities on the steps to ensure full execution of Court judgments at local level, within the competence of municipalities.

The Standing Rapporteur on Human Rights will hold discussions with Minister of Justice of Bulgaria Mariya Pavlova, as well as with the members of the Bulgarian national delegation to the Congress, Deputy Mayor of Sofia Nadezhda Bacheva and the National Association of Municipalities in the Republic of Bulgaria.

She will be accompanied by Professor Nikos Chlepas (Greece), Congress advisor on constitutional matters and member of the Group of Independent Experts on the European Charter of Local Self-Government, as well as by the Congress Secretariat and the Secretariat of the Council of Europe’s Human Rights Department dealing with the execution of Court judgments.

Contact: Stéphanie Poirel, tel: +33 (0) 3 90 21 51 84