02/04/2020 (Agence Europe) – The Directorate General of Human Rights and Rule of Law of the Council of Europe will co-chair the online debate at the special digital session of the Saint-Petersburg International Legal Forum on 10 April. The issues to be addressed will be: - How to ensure that States’ legitimate duty to protect life of the nation does not turn into arbitrariness and disproportionate hindrance with our lives?; - To what extent should the State primary responsibility for containing the crisis be checked by other States’ peer review?; - How does the crisis change the role of international institutions in assisting the States and coordinating their responses to the catastrophe? The Secretary General of the Council of Europe, Marija Pejčinović Burić, will attend the plenary preceding the debate. See: https://spblegalforum.com/en/registration/online (VL)