Depending on the needs and priorities of the beneficiaries concerned, work in this area concentrates on support to ombudspersons’ institutions, inclusive education (addressing racism, bullying, segregation and extremism in the education system), addressing trafficking in human beings (with a focus on assistance to victims of trafficking), countering discrimination against national minorities and/or when based on sexual orientation or gender identity.

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North Macedonia 29 September 2025
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Youth in North Macedonia invited to share their vision on justice and equality in drawing and essay competition

The Council of Europe Programme Office in Skopje, is once again marking the European Day of Justice in  North Macedonia, this time with a drawing and essay competition, under the slogan “Let’s bring justice closer to the citizens”. This initiative invites children and young people from North Macedonia, to reflect on the importance of equal access to justice for all, without discrimination. Through creative expression of visual art, participants are encouraged to share their vision of justice, fairness, human rights as well as combating hatred and intolerance. The competition will be opened from 29 September – 25 October 2025 and all qualified drawings will be exhibited to the public in an open event on 20 November 2025, and the qualified drawings will be published in a booklet, as well as online.

The European Day of Justice, celebrated each year around 25 October, aims to bring justice closer to citizens, by informing them on their rights and promoting the work of the European Union and Council of Europe in the field of access to justice. Since 2020, the European Day of Justice is marked in North Macedonia with public events and other activities that are organised with the support of the joint EU and Council of Europe programme “Horizontal Facility for the Western Balkans and Türkiye”.

This year’s competition provides a platform for children, young artists, and aspiring writers to highlight how justice can empower people, strengthen equality, and combat discrimination and intolerance.

By engaging the creativity and ideas of young people, this competition will not only celebrate talent and art but will also inspire a new generation of young people to value justice, equality, and human rights. It is a reminder that building a fair and equal society begins with self-awareness — and that every citizen, no matter their age, has a role to play in bringing justice closer to all.

Submissions can be made either by delivering the physical artwork to the Council of Europe Programme Office in Skopje or by emailing your work.

 

For detailed information on this initiative please download the leaflet.

 

 

actions under theme iii: combating discrimination
  • Promotion of diversity and equality in Albania    
  • Promotion of diversity and equality in Bosnia and Herzegovina 
  • Preventing and combating trafficking in human beings in Bosnia and Herzegovina 
  • Quality education for all in Bosnia and Herzegovina
  • Promotion of diversity and equality in Kosovo* 
  • Promotion of diversity and equality in Montenegro 
  • Quality education for all in Montenegro 
  • Promotion of diversity and equality in Serbia 
  • Preventing and combating trafficking in human beings in Serbia  
  • Quality education for all in Serbia 
  • Promotion of diversity and equality in North Macedonia 
  • Preventing and combatting human trafficking in North Macedonia 
  • Strengthening the human rights protection of migrants and victims of human trafficking in Turkey 
  • Fostering a comprehensive institutional response to violence against women and domestic violence in Turkey (the action ended in June 2021)
  • Promotion of diversity and equality in the Western Balkans 
  • Fostering women’s access to justice in Turkey 

*This designation is without prejudice to positions on status, and is in line with UNSCR 1244 and the ICJ Opinion on the Kosovo Declaration of Independence.