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The Council of Europe in brief

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29 juin 2015
The Council of Europe is the continent's leading human rights organisation.
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29 juin 2015
It includes 46 member states, 27 of which are members of the European Union
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28 sept. 2015
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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30 juin 2015
The European Court of Human Rights oversees the implementation of the Convention in the member states
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29 juin 2015
These builders of Europe were the people who launched the process of European construction by founding the Council of Europe in 1949

Following the decision of the Committee of Ministers on 16 March 2022 the Russian Federation is no longer a member of the Council of Europe. The website will be updated as soon as possible to take account of this development.

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