Council Minister Baerbock's Strasbourg Visit to Council of Europe Institutions
The Foreign Minister of Germany, Annalena Baerbock, is set to visit key institutions of the Council of Europe this week, aiming to strengthen human rights protection and ensure the respect of the European Court of Human Rights' judgments.
On her agenda is a meeting with the President of the European Court of Human Rights, Ms. Síofra O'Leary, and the German judge, Prof. Dr. Anja Seibert-Fohr. The discussions will focus on the current challenges facing the Court, given the over 75,700 pending cases.
Baerbock will also hold talks with the Human Rights Commissioner of the Council of Europe, Ms. Dunja Mijatović. The focus of these discussions will be on the human rights situation in the 46 member countries, with a particular emphasis on the situation in the Russian-occupied territories.
The meetings with the European Court of Human Rights and the Human Rights Commissioner aim to strengthen human rights protection and ensure the respect of the Court's judgments. A priority for Germany is the improved implementation of the Court's judgments.
In addition, Baerbock is scheduled to meet with the President of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe, Mr. Martinus Kox. The Parliamentary Assembly, which has 324 seats, representing the national delegations of the member countries, is the central hub for parliamentary debate. It can adopt recommendations and has several important decision-making powers.
The Parliamentary Assembly is composed of five political groups: the Socialist Group (SOC), the Group of the European People's Party (EPP/CD), the European Conservatives and Democrats (EC/DA), the Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe (ALDE), and the Group of the Unified European Left (UEL). Baerbock, who belongs to the political group of the Greens (Bündnis 90/Die Grünen) in the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe, will deliver a speech to the Assembly.
The meeting with the Secretary General of the Council of Europe, Ms. Marija Pejčinović Burić, is also planned. The goal is to strategically realign the organization following Russia's exclusion in March 2022.
For the first time since 2005, the heads of state and government of the member countries will meet in Reykjavik under Icelandic chairmanship. Baerbock's visit and the upcoming summit are significant steps towards strengthening the Council of Europe's human rights protection system, which is a key component of the Council of Europe's human rights protection system. The European Convention on Human Rights, one of the Council of Europe conventions that needs consistent implementation, will undoubtedly be a topic of discussion.
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