Opening of the judicial year 2008
Solemn hearing
The seminar was followed by a formal ceremony to mark the opening of the judicial year, at which the President of the Court, Mr Jean-Paul Costa, and Ms Louise Arbour, UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, addressed an audience of some 250 representatives of the judicial sphere and national and local authorities.
Seminar
The Court marked the official opening of the judicial year on Friday 25 January 2008. The event began with a seminar on the role of consensus in the Convention system.