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    29 Jun 2015 11:12:00

    The Council of Europe is the continent's leading human rights organisation.

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    29 Jun 2015 12:07:00

    It includes 47 member states, 27 of which are members of the European Union

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    28 Sep 2015 14:56:00

    All Council of Europe member states have signed up to the European Convention on Human Rights, a treaty designed to protect human rights, democracy and the rule of law

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    The European Court of Human Rights oversees the implementation of the Convention in the member states

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    These builders of Europe were the people who launched the process of European construction by founding the Council of Europe in 1949


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