Council of Europe

Council of Europe   (IGO)
Ten founding members   Joined subsequently   Official candidates   Observer at the Parliamentary Assembly   Observer at the Committee of Ministers   Observer at the Committee of Ministers and the  Parliamentary Assembly
Abbreviation	CoE
Formation	5 May 1949
Headquarters	Strasbourg, France
Type	international legal
Subgroups	•  European Court of Human Rights •  European Pharmacopoeia Commission
Member of	European Policy Centre
Sponsored by	American Committee on United Europe
Membership	47 member states 5 Council observers 3 Assembly observers
IGO. Cannot make laws, but makes treaties. Accused of institutional (revolving door) corruption. Appears to bribe European & transcontinental countries.

Not to be confused with the European Council or the Council of the European Union, the Council of Europe is an international organisation independent of the European Union. It was founded in 1949 and currently has over 45 member states.

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In 2011, Kevin Galalae carried out a 30-day hunger strike in a bid to secure a declaration that the operation of the covert SAC surveillance and censorship program system in UK universities is contrary to the European Convention on Human Rights. The European Commissioner for Human Rights, Mr T Hammarberg, was unmoved.

This is the parent body of the European Court of Human Rights. In April 2014, Edward Snowden told the Council of Europe that "The NSA has specifically targeted either leaders or staff members in a number of civil and non-governmental organisations... including domestically within the borders of the United States."

 

Related Quotation

Page	Quote	Author	Date
Black site	“The European Parliament denounces the lack of co-operation of many member states and of the Council of the European Union with the investigation; Regrets that European countries have been relinquishing control over their airspace and airports by turning a blind eye or admitting flights operated by the CIA which, on some occasions, were being used for illegal transportation of detainees; Calls for the closure of [the US military detention mission in] Guantanamo and for European countries immediately to seek the return of their citizens and residents who are being held illegally by the US authorities; Considers that all European countries should initiate independent investigations into all stopovers by civilian aircraft [hired by] the CIA; Urges that a ban or system of inspections be introduced for all CIA-operated aircraft known to have been involved in extraordinary rendition”	European Parliament	2006

 

Sponsor

Event	Description
American Committee on United Europe	CIA front organization. Proves European unity movement was a heavily US-driven project.

 

Related Document

Title	Type	Publication date	Author(s)	Description
Document:Council of Europe sides with Julian Assange	Article		Sara Chessa	The attitude of European institutions is changing after years of silence which seemed to authorise or support the US and the United Kingdom’s behaviour in relation to an individual who is apparently deprived of the right to prepare his defence and deprived as well of his right to dignified psychophysical conditions. Now, the Council of Europe has decided to speak up on behalf of Julian Assange.

 

Documents sourced from Council of Europe

Title	Type	Subject(s)	Publication date	Author(s)	Description
Document:Inhuman treatment of people and illicit trafficking in human organs in Kosovo	webpage	Kosovo Organ trafficking Kosovo War	7 January 2011	Dick Marty
Document:Investigation of allegations of inhuman treatment of people and illicit trafficking in human organs in Kosovo	webpage	Kosovo Organ trafficking	25 January 2011	Dick Marty
Document:Secret detentions and illegal transfers of detainees involving Council of Europe member states: second report	webpage	"Extraordinary rendition" Torture	11 June 2007	Dick Marty
Document:United Nations Security Council and European Union blacklists	webpage	"War on Terror"	16 November 2007	Dick Marty
File:Council of Europe Kosovo Report.pdf	report	Kosovo Organ trafficking War crime	12 December 2010	The Committee on Legal Affairs and Human Rights
File:EU20060124Jdoc032006E.pdf	report	"Extraordinary rendition"	24 January 2006	Dick Marty
File:EUEdoc10957.pdf	report	"Extraordinary rendition"	12 June 2006
File:EUResolutionMarty.pdf	legal document	"Extraordinary rendition"	8 September 2011	Dick Marty
File:IAP Maidan Investigations Review.pdf	report	2014 Ukraine coup EuroMaidan	31 March 2015	Maidan IAP	Report of the Council of Europe International Advisory Panel on its review of the Maidan Investigations. It focuses on the 12 month period following the February 2014 coup.

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