Institution or law · CoE Statute Art. 1(a)

Council of Europe

In plain English

A human rights organisation of European states, based in Strasbourg and separate from the EU. It created the European Convention on Human Rights and Convention 108 on data protection.

What the law says

The aim of the Council of Europe is to achieve a greater unity between its members for the purpose of safeguarding and realising the ideals and principles which are their common heritage and facilitating their economic and social progress.

Related

• European Convention on Human Rights (Art. 8)
• European Court of Human Rights
• Convention 108 and 108+
• Council of the European Union

Official website: coe.int ↗

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