3rd International Human Rights Forum
On 25-26 May 2023 President Síofra O’Leary attended the 3rd International Human Rights Forum held at the Inter-American Court of Human Rights, in San José, Costa Rica. She was accompanied by Arnfinn Bårdsen, Section President, and Judges María Elósegui, Darian Pavli and Anja Seibert-Fohr.
Judges from the European Court of Human Rights, the Inter-American Court of Human Rights and the African Court of Human and Peoples’ Rights who took part in the Forum exchanged views on the following topics: judicial independence and rule of law; and environment, climate change, and human rights.
The delegation of the Court also attended a public seminar on the topic Regional systems of human rights protection and their challenges, where President O’Leary intervened.
A second Declaration of San José was signed on the occasion on 26 May 2023.