Council of Europe

Council of Europe
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
Membership	47 member states 5 Council observers 3 Assembly observers

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."

 

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	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 War crime Organ trafficking	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 Maidan	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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