Lecture Human rights, democracy and the rule of law in the Western Balkans From Council of Europe to EU membership - perspectives 20 years after Thessaloniki Add to calendar 2023-09-25 15:00 2023-09-25 16:30 Europe/Rome Human rights, democracy and the rule of law in the Western Balkans Sala Triaria Villa Schifanoia YYYY-MM-DD Print Share on Facebook Share on X Share on LinkedIn Send by email When 25 September 2023 15:00 - 16:30 CEST Where Sala Triaria Villa Schifanoia Organised by Robert Schuman Centre for Advanced Studies GGP: Global Governance Programme Eastern Europe as Laboratory of Change Working Group Join Tobias Flessenkemper, Council of Europe, Head of Belgrade Office, for his talk on the uneven evolution of democracy, rule of law, and human rights in the Western Balkan region. The talk will focus on the uneven evolution of democracy, rule of law, and human rights in the Western Balkan region. It will assess developments in view of the expectations following the end of atrocities in the 1990s, and discuss how these played out in the period after the region had been given a European perspective at the 2003 Thessalonica European Council. Particular emphasis will be placed on the role of the Council of Europe in this process. Scientific Organiser(s): Jelena Džankić (EUI - Robert Schuman Centre for Advanced Studies) Contact(s): Alessandra Caldini Speaker(s): Tobias Flessenkemper (Council of Europe, Belgrade)