Happening now - strong statements for more countries to join the collective complaints system, strong message from the EU on joining the Convention on Human Rights and subsequently the Charter & for new legally binding instruments on HR & business.
Zurück in Straßburg, Feier 30 Jahre Mitgliedschaft #CoE von Slowakei & Tschechien - in dieser Reihenfolge um freudsche Versprecher zu vermeiden. Geschwister schlagen sich, Geschwister vertragen sich. 🇦🇹❤️🇸🇰🇨🇿
Join if you can, this is so important for a just society in 🇪🇺 and the voice of Civil Society is needed to protect & strengthen our strongest instrument for social rights as human rights. The ever widening social gap is one of the greatest challenges for our democracy.
📢Save the date! 🚩6 July 2023-The Social Rights Department of the #CoE is hosting an event to mark the 25th anniversary of the entry into force of the Additional Protocol to #EuropeanSocialCharter providing for a system of Collective Complaints.
https://t.co/ccW32k3vGT
This was a very efficient dialogue - great & strong statements & proposals by CSOs for the implementation of the declarations adopted at the Summit. The #RoadToReykjavik must now become the way into the future of @CoE with a real Civil Society engagement.
Good news - forward to the next step, the European Convention on Human Rights. @coe and #EU together for human rights, equality & non-discrimination 🇪🇺👍
The EU decides to join the #IstanbulConvention, the most far-reaching treaty on preventing and combating #ViolenceAgainstWomen.
A historic milestone in our strategic partnership with Council of Europe and a victory for a true #UnionOfEquality.
#OneEurope
https://t.co/yJC87Ddyrf
Just now in a first online event of @CoE_NGO and @CURE_coe with Civil Society on the follow up of the Reykjavik Summit of @CoE. We need CS to advocate with member states to live up to the promises of the Summit.
Heute Joseph Haydns L'anima filosofo - eine eigenwillige Oper komponiert als Auftragswerk für London. Fügt sich perfekt zum gestrigen Abend. Fantastische Musik mit @RolandoVillazon@BartoliOfficial Les Musiciens de Prince Monaco und dem Bachchor Salzburg.
Und so begann mein Pfingstwochenende in Salzburg: Barocknacht "Perfidious Albion" 6 Stunden Musik, ein Festmahl angerichtet von der Universität Mozarteum in 5 Gängen, jeder aus verschiedenen Gerichten, ein kulinarischer Marathon ganz nach meinem Geschmack 🪈🎻🪇🎺
My thoughts are with the thousands of persons imprisoned in 🇧🇾 for promoting their mother tongue, like Alena Anisim, or because they feel both state and citizens should obey the law of the land. #PoliticalPrisoners#StandWithBelarus#HumanRights
There were Cyber attacks on Iceland, it's government, parliament the transmission of the Summit. Will Russia never learn? There aggression does not intimidate us, it only strengthens our resolve. We stand united with our friends 🇪🇺🇺🇸🇨🇦🇲🇽🇯🇵🇺🇳 for democracy & 🇺🇦
At the end of the Summit I was honoured to meet with @Tsihanouskaya to talk how @CoE_NGO can support & cooperate with Civil Society in Belarus. It was a great pleasure to meet with this brave woman, the true leader of the people of Belarus. 🤍❤️🇪🇺
Just now I could raise the voice of Civil Society on behalf of @CoE_NGO at the Summit of Heads of State. I hope it was clear and loud and well received. No selfie on that case 😉❤️🇪🇺
The Summit continues with the long list of official speakers - we are quite at the end. So let's keep fingers crossed that @CoE_NGO will get the chance to speak. The text will in any case be published in full length to read and reread. 😉
A long day is finally coming close to an end - starting for me at 4:30 with the Lufthansa bus in Strasbourg. Could speak with the Presidents of Austria and Poland, the German Chancellor & so many leaders of Europe today - let's hope it will beer fruit for Civil Society &@CoE_NGO