Germany and the Council of Europe Accession Germany became the 14th member State of the Council of Europe on 13 July 1950.

Committee of Ministers
- Frank-Walter STEINMEIER, Federal Minister for Foreign Affairs
- Eberhard KÖLSCH, Ambassador, Permanent Representative to the Council of Europe since September 2006.

Parliamentary Assembly
The title of Honouree Chairperson was given to the former President Leni FISCHER (EPP/CD). She was the first woman to hold this office from January 1996 to January 1999.
Germany is represented in the Parliamentary Assembly by a delegation of 18 representatives and 18 substitutes, including:
- Joachim HÖRSTER (EPP/CD), head of the delegation and Parliamentary Assembly Vice-President.
- Herta DÄUBLER-GMELIN (SOC), Chairperson of the Committee on Legal Affairs and Human Rights
- Doris BARNETT (SOC), second Vice-Chairperson of the Committee on Economic Affairs and Development.
- Detlef DZEMBRITZKI (SOC), first Vice-Chairperson of the Committee on Culture, Science and Education.
- Hakki KESKIN (UEL), first Vice-Chairperson of the Committee on Migration, Refugees and Population.

Congress of Local and Regional Authorities
Germany is represented in the Congress by a delegation of 18 representatives and 18 substitutes, including:
- Günther KRUG (SOC), Berlin, head of the delegation, Vice-President of the Congress and Vice-President of the Chamber of Regions.

Budget
The Council of Europe's ordinary budget for 2009 is € 205 002 000. The contribution of Germany is € 24 433 778.38 (i.e. 11.9188 %).

Human Rights
Ratification of the European Convention on Human Rights on 5 December 1952.
- Judge to the European Court of Human Rights: Renate JAEGER.
- Applications allocated to a decision body (*) in 2008 : 1572
- Judgments in 2008: 10 of which 6 violations and 3 non-violations
(*) Do not include applications which are at the pre-judicial stage (incomplete case file)

Council of Europe Treaties
To date, Germany has ratified and signed the following treaties

Updated : 10.03.2009