Czechia 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.

 


Petr Válek, Velvyslanec stálý představitel České republiky při Radě Evropy

 

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

5 May 2024

  • Series of communication activities on social networks of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Czech Republic marking the 75th Anniversary of the founding of the Council of Europe.

23 April 2024

  • Event for students - "75 Years of the Council of Europe: Benefits and Challenges" : The Czech Ministry of Foreign Affairs, in cooperation with the Faculty of Law of Charles University and the European Law Students' Association, organised an event for students in Prague. The event was accompanied by a thematic exhibition of the history of the Council of Europe at the Faculty of Law. Press release

10 December 2023

  • International Human Rights Day - promoting the legacy of Václav Havel in the fight for human rights and democracy in the world

23 November 2023 

9 October 2023

30 June 2023

  • 30th anniversary of accession of the Czech Republic to the Council of Europe (30 June 1993). 

 Telling the story