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President of the OSCE Court of Conciliation and Arbitration meets the President of the European Court of Human Rights in Strasbourg
17 December 2019
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Emmanuel Decaux, President of the Court and Linos-Alexandre Sicilianos, President of the European Court of Human Rights, Strasbourg, 3 December 2019. ( European Court of Human Rights)
President of the OSCE Court of Conciliation and Arbitration, Professor Emmanuel Decaux, met the President of the European Court of Human Rights, Linos-Alexandre Sicilianos, during his visit to Strasbourg, France on 3 December 2019.
They discussed challenges in the area of inter-state dispute settlement as well as opportunities to increase links between the two Courts.
The Court of Conciliation and Arbitration within the OSCE, which is based in Geneva, provides a set of mechanisms for the peaceful settlement of disputes between States. The Court was established by the Convention of Stockholm, which entered into force on 5 December 1994. To date, 34 States have ratified the Convention.