Austria and the Council of Europe Accession Austria became the 15th member State of the Council of Europe on 16 April 1956.

Committee of Ministers
- Dr. Michael SPINDELEGGER, Minister for Foreign Affairs
- Thomas HAJNOCZI, Ambassador, Permanent Representative to the Council of Europe since January 2009.

Parliamentary Assembly
Austria is represented in the Parliamentary Assembly by a delegation of 6 representatives and 6 substitutes, including:
- Gisela WURM (SOC), head of the delegation and Parliamentary Assembly Vice-President.

Congress of Local and Regional Authorities
Austria is represented in the Congress by a delegation of 6 representatives and 6 substitutes, including:
- Dr. Herwig van STAA (EPP/CD), Tyrol, head of the delegation.
- Hilde ZACH (EPP/CD), Innsbruck, Vice-President of the Congress and Vice-President of the Chamber of Local Authorities.

Budget
The Council of Europe's ordinary budget for 2009 is € 205 002 000. The contribution of Austria is € 3 654 980.66 (i.e 1.7829 %).

Human Rights
Ratification of the European Convention on Human Rights on 3 September 1958.
- Judge to the European Court of Human Rights: Elisabeth STEINER.
- Applications allocated to a decision body (*) in 2008 : 373
- Judgments in 2008: 14 of which 11 violations and 2 non-violations
(*) Do not include applications which are at the pre-judicial stage (incomplete case file)

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

Updated : 10.03.2009