The Council of Europe on Saturday defended the independence of the European Court of Human Rights, after nine member states said its interpretation of rights obligations prevented them from ...

Crafted with stakeholder input from the EU, 46 members of the Council of Europe, and 11 non-member states including the U.S., the Framework Convention offers a legal structure focused on combating ...

Call on the Secretary General of the Council of Europe to open an official inquiry into Azerbaijan’s implementation of the European Convention on Human Rights under Article 52 and insist on the ...

The plenary tends to follow committee decisions. Currently, 12 out of the 46 Council of Europe member states do not consider Kosovo to be an independent state -- just short of a blocking minority.

The decision was adopted during the committee’s annual session in Luxembourg. "The Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe today confirmed its unwavering commitment to Ukraine on its ...

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy on June 25 signed an accord with the Council of Europe for establishing a special tribunal to try top officials responsible for Russia's invasion of Ukraine.

The Pilot Programme for Series Co-Productions is a three-year initiative of the Council of Europe, home of Eurimages. It supports high-quality series made as international co-productions and aims to ...

However, Berset stressed that the European Court of Human Rights “is not an external body” but the legal arm of the Council of Europe, and is "bound by a Convention that all 46 members have ...