The CoE in brief
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
Secretary General:
Marija Pejčinović Burić
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
Ordinary ann. budget 2019: € 437
(of which Court: € 70mio) |
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