Monaco reaffirms child and women's rights push at Council of Europe
By Zak Jackson, MonacoViews Editorial
Minister Christophe Robino met Council of Europe leaders in Strasbourg to advance Monaco's presidency priorities on digital safety for women and children.
Minister of State Christophe Robino travelled to Strasbourg this month for a series of high-level meetings at the Council of Europe, where Monaco holds the rotating presidency. His discussions centred on two priorities the Principality has placed at the heart of its term: the protection of women's rights and the safeguarding of children in digital environments.
Robino met separately with Council of Europe Secretary General Alain Berset and with Human Rights Commissioner Michael O'Flaherty. With Berset, talks focused on the broad direction of Monaco's presidency programme. With O'Flaherty, the conversation turned specifically to children's rights, including the risks children face online and the legal frameworks being developed across member states to address them.
The meetings signal that Monaco intends to use its presidency to push concrete progress on digital safety standards rather than limit its role to ceremonial leadership. For a Principality that has invested heavily in its own digital governance agenda in recent years, the alignment between domestic policy and the Council of Europe platform is a deliberate one.