On our multimedia website, please make use of images, photos and videos, together with audio source material, podcasts and press releases.
The site is available in English, French, German, Italian and Russian.
Vous devez activer Javascript dans votre
navigateur
ou mettre à jour votre version du
Flash Player
pour pouvoir accéder au contenu de ce site !
On 5 May 1949 in St James's Palace, London, the Foreign
Ministers of Belgium, Denmark, France, Ireland, Italy,
Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Norway, Sweden and the United
Kingdom sign the Treaty establishing the Council of Europe.
On 4 November 1950, in Rome, the Council of Europe’s Convention
for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms –
the first international legal instrument safeguarding human
rights is signed.