A delegation from the Congress of Local and Regional Authorities visited the Supreme Court today. The Committee’s role is to monitor the implementation of the Council of Europe’s Charter on local and regional authorities. Iceland ratified the European Charter of Local Self-Government in 1991. Countries that have ratified the Charter are bound by its provisions. The Charter requires respect for a minimum number of rights, which form the European foundation of local self-government. The Congress of Local and Regional Authorities ensures that these principles are respected. Iceland also ratified the Additional Protocol to the European Charter of Local Self-Government on the right to participate in the affairs of a local authority in 2017.

The deligations members were Matthias Gysin, Gudrun Mosler-Törnström, Stéphanie Poirel and Nikos Chlepas. The guests were welcomed by the President of the Court, Benedikt Bogason, the Supreme Court judges Björg Thorarensen and Ása Ólafsdóttir and the Managing Director of the Supreme Court, Ólöf Finnsdóttir.