Opening of the judicial year 2025

The official opening of the judicial year of the ECHR took place on 31 January 2025. The event included a seminar on the topic Protecting human rights in a world of Artificial Intelligence, algorithms and big data, at which many eminent figures from European judicial circles were present. President Marko Bošnjak delivered an introductory speech at the Judicial seminar.
This was followed by the solemn hearing ceremony to mark the official opening of the judicial year 2025. Marko Bošnjak, President of the Court, and this year’s guest, Christophe Soulard, First President of the Court of Cassation of France, addressed representatives from the highest courts of the 46 member States of the Council of Europe and from local, national and international authorities.
- Speech by President Marko Bošnjak
- Speech by Christophe Soulard (in French only)
- Video of the Seminar: Original language - English - French
- Video of the solemn hearing: Original language - English - French