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

Committee of Ministers
- Maxime VERHAGEN, Foreign Minister
- Jacobus van der VELDEN, Ambassador, Permanent Representative to the Council of Europe since September 2005.

Parliamentary Assembly
The Netherlands are represented in the Parliamentary Assembly by a delegation of 7 representatives and 7 substitutes, including:
- Marie-Louise BEMELMANS-VIDEC (EPP/CD), head of the delegation.
- Corian JONKER (EPP/CD), Chairperson of the Committee on Migration, Refugees and Population.

Congress of Local and Regional Authorities
The Netherlands are represented in the Congress by a delegation of 7 representatives and 7 substitutes, including:
- Onno VAN VELDHUISEN (ILDG), Hoorn, head of the delegation, Vice-President of the Congress and Vice-President of the Chamber of Local Authorities.

Secretariat
Maud de BOER-BUQUICCHIO was re-elected Council of Europe Deputy Secretary General on 26 June 2007.

Budget
The Council of Europe's ordinary budget for 2009 is € 205 002 000. The contribution of the Netherlands is € 7 521 113.37 (i.e. 3.6688 %).

Human Rights
Ratification of the European Convention on Human Rights on 31 August 1954.
- Judge to the European Court of Human Rights: Egbert MYJER.
- Applications allocated to a decision body (*) in 2008 : 385
- Judgments in 2008: 1
(*) Do not include applications which are at the pre-judicial stage (incomplete case file)

Council of Europe Treaties
To date, The Netherlands have ratified and signed the following treaties

Updated : 02.02.2009