Join Tobias Flessenkemper, Council of Europe, Head of Belgrade Office, for his talk on the uneven evolution of democracy, rule of law, and human rights in the Western Balkan region.

The talk will focus on the uneven evolution of democracy, rule of law, and human rights in the Western Balkan region. It will assess developments in view of the expectations following the end of atrocities in the 1990s, and discuss how these played out in the period after the region had been given a European perspective at the 2003 Thessalonica European Council. Particular emphasis will be placed on the role of the Council of Europe in this process.