Italy and the Council of Europe Accession Italy was one of the ten States which founded the Council of Europe on 5 May 1949.

Committee of Ministers
- Franco FRATTINI, Foreign Minister
- Sergio BUSETTO, Ambassador, Permanent Representative to the Council of Europe since October 2008.

Parliamentary Assembly
Italy is represented in the Parliamentary Assembly by a delegation of 18 representatives and 18 substitutes, including:
- Luigi VITALI (EPP/CD), head of the delegation and Parliamentary Assembly Vice-President.
- Pietro MARCENARO (SOC), second Vice-Chairperson of the Committee on Legal Affairs and Human Rights.

Congress of Local and Regional Authorities
Italy is represented in the Congress by a delegation of 18 representatives and 18 substitutes, including:
- Fabio PELLIGRINI (SOC), Rapolano Terme, head of the delegation, 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 Italy is € 24 433 778.38 (i.e 11.9188 %).

Human Rights
Ratification of the European Convention on Human Rights on 26 October 1955.
- Judge to the European Court of Human Rights: Vladimiro ZAGREBELSKY.
- Applications allocated to a decision body (*) in 2008 : 1824
- Judgments in 2008: 82 of which 72 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, Italy has ratified and signed the following treaties

Updated : 10.03.2009