Bosnia and Herzegovina and the Council of Europe – bringing human rights from the conference table to your kitchen table

The Council of Europe works for you. We want to give visibility to the role, standards and work of the Council of Europe in its member states, to show how Council of Europe membership has helped achieve particular results or changes. Our aim, through a variety of events and actions, is to highlight ways in which the Council of Europe’s action has helped improve the life of individuals and contributed to improving people’s enjoyment of fundamental rights.

Whether it is the impact of the European Convention on Human Rights at national level, or the Council of Europe's work in many fields, such as working to abolish the death penalty or to ensure freedom of expression and freedom of the media, or to adress online and technology-facilitated violence against women through the Istanbul Convention and Budapest Convention on Cybercrime, the Council of Europe has achieved a lot since 1949. View achievements »

Events

10 May 2024

Conference to mark the 75th anniversary of the founding of the Council of Europe and the 22nd anniversary of Bosnia and Herzegovina's membership in the Council of Europe.
 

22-24 May 2023

Screening of Eurimages films at Kino Meeting Point in Sarajevo, a movie theatre known for showing thought-provoking films d’auteur, including King of the Belgians (2016, Eurimages coproduction Belgium/Netherlands/Bulgaria).
 

2022

Messaging around the 20th anniversary in 2022, of Bosnia and Herzegovina’s joining the CoE

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• “Street action” at the campus of a higher educational institution(s), ideally covering Sarajevo, Banja Luka and Mostar to promote and talk about the CoE
• Engage personalities from the performing arts, sports and other fields (Education/science, local politicians) to give testimonials about the CoE’s work and impact 
• Messaging around the 20th anniversary in 2022, of Bosnia and Herzegovina’s joining the CoE
• Place an op-ed in one or more newspapers / online media