Belgium 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.

Jean-Cédric JANSSENS de BISTHOVEN, Ambassadeur, Représentant permanent de la Belgique auprès du Conseil de l’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

December 2023

• Exhibition on fake images (antisemitism)

5 May 2023

• Lancement de campagne pour le Conseil de l’Europe sur Twitter, sur Facebook, sur LinkedIn et sur Instagram avec une vidéo de Ministre et une autre vidéo « explainer » sur le Conseil de l’Europe. La campagne de visibilité est lancée par SPF Affaires étrangères, Commerce extérieur et Coopération au Développement.

8 March 2023

• Evènement sur la participation des femmes en politique

January 2023

• Conseil des droits de l’Homme

Tbc

• Communication around selected topics, such as Venice Commission, Lanzarote Convention, Istanbul Convention
• Events with PACE/Congress at local level
• Collaboration on events with CoE office in Brussels