On 31 January 2025, Inmaculada Montalbán Huertas, the Vice-President of the Constitutional Court of Spain, and Dimitry Berberoff, the Vice-President of the Supreme Court of Spain, visited the Court and were received by President Marko Bošnjak. María Elósegui, Judge elected in respect of Spain, and Abel Campos, Deputy Registrar of the Court, also attended the meeting.

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On 31 January 2025, Miodrag Đorđević, the President of the Supreme Court of Slovenia, and Špelca Mežnar, Judge of the Constitutional Court of Slovenia, representing its President, visited the Court and were received by President Marko Bošnjak.

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On 30 January 2025, Stanislav Kravchenko, the President of the Supreme Court of Ukraine, visited the Court and was received by President Marko Bošnjak. Mykola Gnatovskyy, Judge elected in respect of Ukraine, and Marialena Tsirli, Registrar of the Court, also attended the meeting.

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On 30 January 2025, Rosa Uylenburg, the President of the Administrative Jurisdiction Division of the Council of State of the Netherlands, visited the Court and was received by President Marko Bošnjak. Jolien Schukking, Judge elected in respect of the Netherlands, and Abel Campos, Deputy Registrar of the Court, also attended the meeting.

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On 30 January 2025, the Rt Hon Lord Hermer KC, Attorney General for England and Wales and Advocate General for Northern Ireland, visited the Court and was received by President Marko Bošnjak. Tim Eicke, Judge elected in respect of the United Kingdom, and Marialena Tsirli, Registrar of the Court, also attended the meeting.

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On 29 January 2025, Luc Frieden, the Prime Minister of Luxembourg, visited the Court and was received by President Marko Bošnjak. Stéphane Pisani, Judge elected in respect of Luxembourg, and Marialena Tsirli, Registrar of the Court, also attended the meeting.

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On 28 January 2025, a delegation from the Committee on the Election of Judges to the ECHR of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe, led by its Chair, Petra Bayr, and accompanied by Despina Chatzivassiliou, Secretary General of the Assembly, paid a visit to the Court. The delegation took part in an exchange of views with the President of the Court, Marko Bošnjak, Vice-Presidents Arnfinn Bårdsen and Ivana Jelić, and Section Presidents Mattias Guyomar, Lado Chanturia and Ioannis Ktistakis. Marialena Tsirli, Registrar of the Court, and Abel Campos, Deputy Registrar of the Court, also attended the meeting.

On 28 January 2025, Reem Alsalem, United Nations Special Rapporteur on violence against women and girls, its causes and consequences, visited the Court. She was greeted by Marko Bošnjak, President of the Court, and Marialena Tsirli, Registrar of the Court, and took part in an exchange of views with a delegation of Judges of the Court.

On 17 December 2024, Ingrid Derveaux, Secretary General of the European Judicial Training Network (EJTN), visited the Court and was received by President Marko Bošnjak. Arnfinn Bårdsen, Vice-President of the Court, also attended the meeting.

On 11-13 December 2024, a delegation from the African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights paid a working visit to the Court. During the visit, the delegation took part in a roundtable discussion with Arnfinn Bårdsen, Vice-President of the Court, Judge elected in respect of Norway, and Anja Seibert-Fohr, Judge elected in respect of Germany. The delegation also had exchanges with members of the Court’s Registry and members of the Council of Europe Department for the Execution of Judgments of the ECHR.

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On 9 December 2024, Rumen Radev, President of the Republic of Bulgaria, visited the Court and was received by Arnfinn Bårdsen and Ivana Jelić, Vice-Presidents of the Court. Diana Kovatcheva, Judge elected in respect of Bulgaria, and Marialena Tsirli, Registrar of the Court, also attended the meeting.

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On 9 December 2024, the President of the Court, Marko Bošnjak, paid an official visit to Poland, accompanied by Krzysztof Wojtyczek, Judge elected in respect of Poland. On that occasion, they took part in bilateral meetings with Donald Tusk, Prime Minister of Poland, Radosław Sikorski, Minister of Foreign Affairs, Adam Bodnar, Minister of Justice, and Marcin Wiącek, Commissioner for Human Rights (Ombudsman).

• Country profile: Poland