On 26 June 2026 the President of the Court, Mattias Guyomar, the judge elected in respect of Belgium, Frédéric Krenc, the judge elected in respect of Monaco, Sébastien Biancheri, and the Registrar of the Court, Marialena Tsirli, gave talks at a conference on “Monaco and the European Court of Human Rights”. The event was held by the Monegasque Institute for Training in the Legal Professions at the Monte-Carlo Bay.

The President of the Court, Mattias Guyomar, spoke on the topic of “The European Court of Human Rights and contemporary challenges”. Highlighting the importance of the Convention system over the years, he stated that “it was precisely for such troubled times as we are witnessing today that the Convention was drafted and the Court was set up”. He then discussed the main contemporary challenges facing the Court, namely conflicts, the issue of climate justice and environmental protection more broadly, violence against women, threats to the rule of law, and new technologies, particularly in relation to disinformation, surveillance and data collection.

The judge elected in respect of Belgium, Frédéric Krenc, took the floor after the President, speaking on the subject of “The European Court of Human Rights: subsidiary supervision for effective rights and freedoms”. He emphasised that the Convention is more relevant than ever, adding that thanks to the Court, which has ruled on over a million applications to date, the Convention has made a significant, tangible improvement to people’s day-to-day lives.

The Registrar of the Court, Marialena Tsirli, addressed the theme of “The right to be heard: proceedings before the European Court of Human Rights”. Her talk focused on the three aspects governing the ability to be heard before the European Court, namely who can be heard (i.e. who is afforded Convention protection and who can apply to the Court), what procedural rules must be followed, and what safeguards ensure the effectiveness of this right.

The conference concluded with a discussion on the Court’s case-law and the Monegasque legal system, which was co-chaired by the judge elected in respect of Monaco, Sébastien Biancheri. He then delivered the closing remarks of the conference, touching on proceedings before the European Court of Human Rights, the execution of the Court’s judgments and the impact of European case-law on Monegasque law.