Europarådet 2018-19 (1. samling)
ERD Alm.del Bilag 1
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Programme
High-Level Expert Conference
Implementing the Copenhagen
Declaration – An Informal Meeting on
the Convention System
Wednesday 31 October to Friday 2 November 2018
Kokkedal Castle, Denmark
As foreseen in the Copenhagen Declaration, Denmark will host a High-Level Expert
Conference in Kokkedal on 31 October to 2 November 2018.
This will be an opportunity for the States Parties and other stakeholders to follow-up on
the points agreed in the Copenhagen Declaration and to discuss general developments in
the jurisprudence of the Court, with respect for the independence of the Court and the
binding character of its judgments (para. 41 of the Declaration).
The goal is to build further on the constructive dialogue established at the 2017 High-Level
Expert Conference in Kokkedal where representatives of the Council of Europe Member
States met with representatives of the European Court of Human Rights (the Court),
officials of the Council of Europe, national parliamentarians and judges, as well as leading
legal experts from academia and civil society, to address both the immediate problems
facing the Convention system and develop ideas for the long-term future.
The overall purpose of the Conference will be to explore ways to build a common human
rights culture and to facilitate discussions on the caseload challenge and European
supervision.
The programme is comprised of keynote speeches followed by panel discussions with
participation envisaged by speakers, chairs and panel participants. The audience is
encouraged to ask questions and actively participate in the discussions.
In order to encourage a free and open discussion and the sharing of information, the
Conference will be held under the Chatham House Rule.