The European Union, the Presidency and the Commission host every year a Forum devoted to Human Rights. The main objective is to bring together the EU institutions and Civil-Society Organizations (CSO's) to promote the cooperation and consultation in this field, as well as to promote mainstreaming of human rights.
The Forum will bring together around 70 representatives of CSO's working in the field of Human Rights and Democracy, from within and outside the EU, and around 50 representatives from the Council and Member States, the Commission, the European Parliament and Europe's academic institutions.
This year, the 9th Eu Human Rights Forum will take place in Lisbon, on 6 and 7 December. The Portuguese Presidency of the European Union chose Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (ESCR) as the main theme. The roundtables will focus on Human Rights Defenders working on the field of ESC Rights, Child Poverty and identification of benchmarks and indicators for ESCR.
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