Council of Europe Conseil de l'Europe | |
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Headquarters | Palace of Europe, Strasbourg, France |
Official languages | English, French[1] |
Type | Regional intergovernmental organisation |
Membership |
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Leaders | |
Marija Pejčinović Burić | |
• Deputy Secretary General | Bjørn Berge |
• President of the Parliamentary Assembly | Theodoros Roussopoulos |
• President of the Committee of Ministers | Dominique Hasler |
• President of the Congress of Local and Regional Authorities | Leen Verbeek |
Legislature | Parliamentary Assembly |
Establishment | |
5 May 1949 | |
Website coe.int |
The Council of Europe (CoE; French: Conseil de l'Europe, CdE) is an international organisation with the goal of upholding human rights, democracy and the rule of law in Europe.[2] Founded in 1949, it brings together 46 member states[b] with a population of approximately 675 million as of 2023[update]; it operates with an annual budget of approximately 500 million euros.[3]
The CoE is distinct from the European Union (EU) but people often confuse the two – not least because the EU has adopted both the CoE's flag, designed in 1955,[4] and its anthem.[5] Still, no country has ever joined the EU without first belonging to the CoE.[6]
The CoE is a United Nations Observer.[7] As an international body it cannot make laws[8] but has the ability to push for the enforcement of international agreements reached by member states.[9]
The best-known entity within the CoE is the European Court of Human Rights, which functions on the basis of the European Convention on Human Rights of 1953.[10]
The CoE's two statutory bodies are the Committee of Ministers, which comprises the foreign ministers of each member state, and the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE), which is composed of members of the national parliaments of each member state.[11] The Commissioner for Human Rights is an institution within the Council of Europe, mandated to promote awareness of and respect for human rights within the member states. The secretary general presides over the secretariat of the organisation. Other major CoE bodies include the European Directorate for the Quality of Medicines & HealthCare (EDQM)[12] and the European Audiovisual Observatory.
CoE headquarters and the European Court of Human Rights are in Strasbourg. The CoE uses English and French as official languages. The Committee of Ministers, the PACE, and the Congress of the Council of Europe also use German and Italian for some work.[13]
English and French are the official languages of the Council of Europe.
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