Programme
High-Level Expert Conference
2019 and Beyond:
Taking Stock and Moving Forward
from the Interlaken Process
Wednesday 22 to Friday 24 November 2017
Kokkedal Castle, Denmark
By the end of 2019, the Committee of Ministers must decide whether the measures already
adopted within the Interlaken Process have proven to be sufficient to assure sustainable
functioning of the control mechanism of the Convention or whether more profound changes
are necessary.
Approaching this deadline, the Danish Chairmanship wishes to facilitate a renewed
discussion on the future of the Convention system looking beyond the 2019 deadline.
At the Conference, representatives of Council of Europe Member States will meet with
judges of the European Court of Human Rights and officials from the Secretariat of the
Council of Europe, parliamentarians and national judges, as well as experts from civil
society to address both the immediate problems facing the Convention system and discuss
ideas for the long-term future.
The goal is to explore how the promotion and protection of human rights under the
Convention system can be developed and improved in both the short-term and long-term.
Following the main tracks laid out in the Interlaken Process, the Conference will address
both the question of how to ensure a more sustainable functioning of the Convention
system and discuss ways of strengthening the authority of the system.
In order to encourage a free and open discussion and the sharing of information,
discussions at the Conference will take place under the Chatham House Rule.