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The Council of Europe is the continent's leading human rights organisation.
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It includes 47 member states, 28 of which are members of the European Union
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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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