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Opinion

10 years Europe’s Human Rights Watchdog

by Europe's Human Rights Watchdog • 06.04.2017

When I checked the internet in 2005 for information on the Council of Europe within the framework of a research project, I was in for a surprise: There was very little info available in English & French (and virtually none…

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Quiz: Champ or chimp?

by Europe's Human Rights Watchdog • 19.04.2015

Are you comfortably committed to the European Committee – or do you need counselling on the Council of Europe and the European Council? Test yourself and find out if you can follow a discussion on “foreign” judges or if your…

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“Ida” wins Academy Award

by Europe's Human Rights Watchdog • 23.02.2015

Once again, a film supported by Eurimages – the Council of Europe’s film fund – wins an Academy Award for best foreign language film. In this Polish-Danish co-production in black and white, Polish director Pawel Pawlikowski tells a story of…

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Morocco and the Council of Europe

by Europe's Human Rights Watchdog • 26.01.2015

All though Morocco is not a member state of the Council of Europe, it is connected to Europe’s chief organisation for the promotion of human rights, democracy and the rule of law in a number of ways: Morocco was the…

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Octopus against Cybercrime

by Europe's Human Rights Watchdog • 17.01.2015

Typewriting? Sending telegrams? Developing pictures? All of these belong to the past. Today, thanks to computers and the internet, things have become easier and life more comfortable for all of us. There are, however, always people who spoil the fun…

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Death penalty, torture, slavery…

by Europe's Human Rights Watchdog • 23.11.2014

… forced labour, rule of force, discrimination and lawlessness don’t have to bother you, dear citizen. You just need to get out of the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR) and with it the Council of Europe and its European…

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Purpose:  Promoting Human Rights, Democracy and the Rule of Law

Entity:  Intergovernmental Organisation

Founded in:  1949

Member states:  47

Based in:  Strassburg/France

Working languages:  EN, FR

Decision-making body:  Committee of Ministers (=Foreign ministers of the member states)

Consultative bodies:  Parliamentary Assembly; Congress of Local and Regional Authorities; Conference of INGOs; Commissioner for Human Rights

Judicial body:  European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR)

Main instruments:  European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR) plus more than 200 Conventions, Additional Protocols and Partial Agreements

Administration:  Secretary General plus Secretariat

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