Poland in the Council of Europe

On the occasion of the International Human Rights Day, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs organized the 15th edition of Warsaw Human Rights Seminar. The seminar was an opportunity to reflect on the importance of the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR) and the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) in shaping democratic institutions. The programme of the event referred to the 75th anniversary of the establishment of the Council of Europe and the 65th anniversary of the European Court of Human Rights, whose achievements play a pivotal role in the protection of human rights, the rule of law and democracy on the continent.

On November 18-19, the 12th edition of the Warsaw Dialogue for Democracy took place at the Warsaw Univeristy. The topic of the edition was the impact of new technologies on democracy and human rights.

The Government of the Republic of Poland made a voluntary donation to support the Council of Europe Action Plan for Georgia for 2024-2027, the Council of Europe Action Plan for the Republic of Moldova for 2021-2024 and its next edition, the Council of Europe Action Plan for Ukraine "Resilience, recovery and "reconstruction" for 2023-2026, as well as the Program to promote cooperation with representatives of Belarusian democratic forces and civil society. Each of the above programs received an amount of EUR 300,000.

On 18 June, during a week promoting the idea of hate-free speech, Polish journalist Ms Anna Alboth received the Journalism Excellence Awards in the global event category for her report 'They never caused any war'.

Warsaw Ukrainian School SzkoUA received the CEB Social Cohesion Award 2024 from the Council of Europe Development Bank for its excellent work in supporting the integration of refugee children from Ukraine.

On June 5-6, 2024, the Minister of Justice, Mr. Adam Bodnar, and the Secretary of State, Mrs. Maria Ejchart, paid an official visit to Strasbourg.

On June 3, at the initiative of the Permanent Representation of the Republic of Poland to the Council of Europe, World Bicycle Day was celebrated for the first time in the Council of Europe.

On May 16-17, in connection with the 133rd annual session of ministers of the Council of Europe, as well as the 75th anniversary of the Council of Europe, the Undersecretary of State, Mr. Jakub Wiśniewski, paid an official visit to Strasbourg.