Poland in the Council of Europe

Warsaw Ukrainian School SzkoUA received the CEB Social Cohesion Award 2024 from the Council of Europe Development Bank for its excellent work in supporting the integration of refugee children from Ukraine.

On June 5-6, 2024, the Minister of Justice, Mr. Adam Bodnar, and the Secretary of State, Mrs. Maria Ejchart, paid an official visit to Strasbourg.

On June 3, at the initiative of the Permanent Representation of the Republic of Poland to the Council of Europe, World Bicycle Day was celebrated for the first time in the Council of Europe.

On May 16-17, in connection with the 133rd annual session of ministers of the Council of Europe, as well as the 75th anniversary of the Council of Europe, the Undersecretary of State, Mr. Jakub Wiśniewski, paid an official visit to Strasbourg.

On April 14-16th, in the Column Hall of the Sejm of the Republic of Poland, took place the 16th International Scientific Conference on Human Rights entitled "75 years of the Council of Europe's influence on shaping the European legal space in the areas of democracy, the rule of law and the protection of human rights."

The talks focused on Poland’s cooperation with the Council of Europe in the promotion of human rights, democracy and the rule of law, Russia’s aggression against Ukraine, as well as Poland’s and the Council of Europe’s further support for Belarus.

On 25th January the Liechtenstein delegation, which currently holds the presidency of the Committee of Ministers, organized for the first time in the Council of Europe the celebration of the International Women's Day in Multilateralism, established by UNESCO in 2021. The event was organized on the initiative of the Polish, Portuguese and Slovak delegations.

As endorsed by the Foreign Ministries of Canada, Denmark, Estonia, France, Germany, The Netherlands, Poland, Sweden, United Kingdom and the United States on 20 December 2023, the Tallinn Mechanism officially formalized.