Ireland 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.

Caitriona Doyle, Permanent Representative of Ireland to the Council of Europe

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

6-8 November 2024

• "Crash course" -  32 law students visited the Council of Europe in Strasbourg and participated in a “crash course” to learn how the Council of Europe works and to meet with leading officials.  The students were invited by the Department of Foreign Affairs of Ireland, in conjunction with the Permanent Representation in Strasbourg as part of the 75th anniversary of the Council of Europe. The visit took place during the World Forum for Democracy on 6-8 November 2024. Read more.

1 February 2023

• St Brigid’s Day lecture - EU 50 Lecture by ECtHR President O’Leary at Iveagh House in Dublin, plus high-level panel discussion on how Council of Europe and European Union membership has changed Ireland, including by advancing equality.