All CoE member states are bound by the European Convention on Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms (the Convention), a treaty designed to protect civil and political rights in wider Europe. The European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR), an international court set up... Read more
The Council of Europe (CoE), based in Strasbourg, France, comprises 47 member states, including all EU Member States, with the mission to promote human rights, democracy and the rule of law.
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February 24, 2016
Cooperation with the Council of Europe
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July 17, 2018
Questionnaire for NHRIs on sexual orientation and gender identity
The Council of Europe’s (CoE) Steering Committee for Human Rights (CDDH) has launched the review process of the implementation of the 2010 Recommendation of the Committee of Ministers to member states on measures to combat discrimination on grounds of sexual... Read more
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August 27, 2018
PACE Report on Counter-terrorism and Human Rights
The Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (CoE) Rapporteur Ms Tineke Strik is preparing a report on ’Withdrawing citizenship as a measure to combat terrorism – a human rights compatible approach?’
The Committee on Legal Affairs and Human Rights decided to... Read more
