Estonia and the Council of Europe Accession Estonia became the 27th member State of the Council of Europe on 14 May 1993.

Committee of Ministers
- Urmas PAET, Foreign Minister
- Sulev KANNIKE, Ambassador, Permanent Representative to the Council of Europe since March 2007.

Parliamentary Assembly
Estonia is represented in the Parliamentary Assembly by a delegation of 3 representatives and 3 substitutes, including:
- Andres HERKEL (EPP/CD), head of the delegation and Parliamentary Assembly Vice-President.
- Kristiina OJULAND (ALDE), third Vice-Chairperson of the Political Affairs Committee.

Congress of Local and Regional Authorities
Estonia is represented in the Congress by a delegation of 3 representatives and 3 substitutes, including:
- Saima KALEV (NR), Jögeva, head of the delegation.

Budget
The Council of Europe's ordinary budget for 2009 is € 205 002 000. The contribution of Estonia is € 246 002.40 (i.e. 0.1200 %).

Human Rights
Ratification of the European Convention on Human Rights on 16 April 1996.
- Judge to the European Court of Human Rights: Rait MARUSTE.
- Applications allocated to a decision body (*) in 2008 : 169
- Judgments in 2008: 2 violations
(*) Do not include applications which are at the pre-judicial stage (incomplete case file)

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

Council of Europe Information Office
Mall SAUL
Director
Tõnismägi 2
EE - 10122 TALLINN
Tel : +372.630.72.58
Fax : +372.646.00.89
E-mail : eni@coe.ee
http://www.coe.ee

Updated : 10.03.2009