Events during France’s Presidency of the Council of Europe
May
- 17 May: Beginning of the French Presidency of the Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe
- 21 May-12 June 2019: Film retrospective at the Odyssée cinema on the theme of violence against women – Strasbourg, Odyssée cinema
- 20 May 2019: Lecture by Jean-Paul Costa for the 60th anniversary of the European Court of Human Rights – Strasbourg, Palais de l’Europe
- 21 May 2019: Third Children’s Forum (World Forum for Democracy) – Strasbourg
- 23 May (closed doors) and 24 May 2019 (open to public) – At the crossroads of Women’s Rights: strengthening international cooperation to eliminate gaps between legal frameworks and their implementation – Strasbourg, Palais de l’Europe
- 24 May 2019: Council of Europe Amicale concert – Strasbourg
June
- 7 June 2019-27 November 2019: 60th anniversary of the European Court of Human Rights and inauguration of the “France and the European Court of Human Rights” exhibition – Strasbourg, Palais de l’Europe (entrance hall) and at the Lieu d’Europe from 21 to 30 June and from 31 August to 5 September
- 4 June 2019: Committee on Bioethics and high-level seminar on public debate as a tool for the governance of new technologies – Strasbourg, Palais de l’Europe
- 5-6 June 2019: 60 years of the Ministry of Culture; General Assembly of the Association of the Compendium of Cultural Policies and Trends and exhibition on cultural itineraries – Paris
- 7 June 2019: Seminar on culture in the digital age – Paris, National Institute of Art History (INHA)
- 11-14 June 2019: Ad hoc Committee of Experts on Roma and Traveller Issues (CAHROM) session – Toulouse
- 12 June 2019: Convention 108: conference on the universalization of the Convention for the Protection of Individuals with regard to Automatic Processing of Personal Data – Strasbourg, Council of Europe Agora building
- 12 June 2019: Inauguration of the French-German contemporary art exhibition – Strasbourg, entrance of the Committee of Ministers
- 13 June 2019: Round table on the European Heritage Strategy for the 21st Century, during the Steering Committee for Culture, Heritage and Landscape (CDCPP) meeting – Strasbourg, Palais de l’Europe
- 17 June 2019: 20th anniversary of the Group of States Against Corruption (GRECO) – Strasbourg, Palais de l’Europe
- 20 June 2019: Workshop on terrorism victims on the margins of the meeting of the Steering Committee for Human Rights (CDDH) – Strasbourg, Palais de l’Europe
- 19-20 June 2019: Launch of the 10th edition of the European Pharmacopoeia – Strasbourg, Palais de l’Europe for plenaries, and nearby meeting rooms for workshops
July
- 1 July 2019: International Partnership Against Corruption in Sport (IPACS) Steering Committee– Paris
- 5 July-20 October 2019: Tomi Ungerer exhibition – Strasbourg, Tomi Ungerer Museum
- 4-5 July: Human Rights Education for Legal Professionals (HELP) annual conference – Strasbourg, Palais de l’Europe
- 8-11 July 2019: European Youth Week: “Enter!” – Strasbourg
September
- 5-15 September 2019 (date TBC): cultural event during the “Bibliothèques idéales” festival – Strasbourg
- 12-13 September 2019: Conference of supreme courts – Paris, Court of Cassation, Constitutional Council, Conseil d’État
- 18 September 2019: Reconstruction of the first meeting of the Committee of Ministers – Strasbourg, City Hall and exhibition in the City Hall during the European Heritage days
- 19 September 2019: European Social Charter event during the Intergovernmental Committee on promotion and protection of social rights – Strasbourg
- 21 September-8 November 2019: Cartooning for Peace exhibition on human rights – Strasbourg, Palais Rohan
- 24-25 September 2019: Conference of high-level representatives of Ministers of the Interior on the police as key actors in the fight against domestic violence – Strasbourg
- 26-27 September 2019: Conference for the 25th anniversary of the European Commission against Racism and Intolerance (ECRI) – Paris
- 27-28 September 2019: Round table and presentation of the book Le Conseil de l’Europe : une histoire humaine (the Council of Europe: a human history) – Strasbourg, Palais de l’Europe and Kléber bookshop
October
- 2 October-5 November 2019: Retrospective of Eurimages films at the Odyssée cinema – Strasbourg
- 3 October 2019-12 January 2020: Käthe Kollwitz exhibition at the Strasbourg Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art (MAMCS); vernissage on 3 October – Strasbourg
- 7-29 October 2019: Contemporary art exhibition– Strasbourg
- 10 October 2019: Conference on fighting the death penalty – Strasbourg
- 14-15 October 2019: Conference of Ministers of Justice on Justice in the digital age – Strasbourg, Palais de l’Europe
- 17 October 2019: 30th anniversary of Eurimages – Strasbourg, Aubette, City Hall
- 23 October-8 November 2019: Cartooning for Peace exhibition – Strasbourg, Palais de l’Europe
- 28 October 2019: Award ceremony of the European Label of Governance Excellence (ELOGE) – Strasbourg
- 28-29 October 2019: Venice Commission: guarantees of independent justice – Strasbourg
November
- 5 November 2019: Inauguration of the European Directorate for the Quality of Medicines (EDQM) building in Metz – Metz
- 6-8 November 2019: World Democracy Forum – Strasbourg
- 8 November 2019: Cultural event, World Forum for Democracy – Strasbourg
- 13-14 November 2019: Conference on children’s rights – Strasbourg
- 14 November 2019: Seminar on human rights in the digital age – Paris, Senate
- 14 November 2019: Concert, Strasbourg Philharmonic Orchestra – Strasbourg, PMC
- 19 November 2019: Conference on the teaching of history in Europe – Paris, Institut de France
- 20-22 November 2019: Octopus Conference (cybercrime) – Strasbourg
- 26 November 2019: Meeting of Ministers of Education – Paris (TBC)
- 27 November 2019: End of the French Presidency and handover to Georgia – Strasbourg