Council Of Europe

1. International
Organizations
Council Of Europe

3. Briefing History
• Council Of Europe idea firstly was expressed
by the Winston Churchill in the second world
war.In 1946 Winston Churchill repeated that
idea in University of Zurich
• Main goal was prevent tragedy which had
been in second world war

4. • The Council Of Europe is an intergovernmental
organization of a pan European character
• It was established 5 may 1949 by the Treaty
of London
• They have 47 members and 28 of them which
are member of European Union

5. Member States

6. • Their headquarters are in Strasbourg France
• Founders are
:Belgium,Denmark,Luxembourg,Sweden ,Ireland
,Italy,Netherlands,Norway,Italy and UK.Turkey and
Greece joined just three months later
• Observer states :Usa,Canada
,Japan,Mexico,Vatican

7. • Council Of Europe, on the other hand , is more
of a governing body similar to UN.EU and
Council Of Europe share same anthem and
flag since 1980s cause of they are working for
European integration
• Unlike the European Union ,Council of Europe
cannot make binding laws

8. • All Council Of Europe member states signed
up to the European Convention on Human
Rights which is leading democracy and rule of
law
• Greece withdrew from Council Of Europe in
Greek military Junta 1967-1974

9. • It is not European Union body at all
• All European states are member of Council of Europe except
Kazakhstan,Vatican city and Belarus
To be part of Council of Europe ,state must have good democracy
and human rights
The Council of Europes most famous achievement is European
Convention On Human Rights which is created by European
Court Of Human Rights in Strasbourg

10. Main Goals of Council Of Europe
• Prevention of torture
• Fight against racism
• Protection of social rights
• Protection of minorities
• Fight against corruption
• Fight against money laundering

11. Main Organs Of Council Of Europe
• European Court of Human Rights
• Committee Of Ministers
• Committee of Ministers’ Deputies
• Parliamentary Assembly
• Congress of local and Regional Authotrities
• Conference Of International Non-Govermental
Organization
• Secretary General

12. European Court Of Human Rights
• It is best known body of Council Of Europe
• European Court Of Human Rights is an
international court set up in 1959
• In almost 50 years court delivered more than
10,000 judgments
• Court is based in Strasbourg
• Not to be confused with :Court of the Justice
Of European Union ,International Court Of
Justice

13. European Court Of Human Rights

14. Convention On Human Rights
• It try to protect human rights and
fundamental freedom of Europe
• It entered force in 1953
• Convention Articles :Respecting
rights,life,torture,liberty and security ,privacy
,fair trial ,conscience and religion

15. Convention Secures In Particular
• The right to life
• Freedom of expression
• Freedom of thought ,religion and conscience
• The protection of property
• The right to respect for family and private life

16. Convention Prohibits in Particular
• Torture or inhuman punishment and
treatment
• Slavery and forced labour
• Death penalty
• Arbitrary and unlawful detention
• Discrimination

17. Secretary General
• Organ responsible for the daily work of Council Of
Europe
• Mr. Thorbjørn Jagland is the 13th Secretary
General of the Council of Europe.Firstly he was
elected in 2009 and in 2014 he was elected again
for second term
• Although secretary general’s power isnot clear
defined ,in practice the holder has overall
responsibilty for the strategic management ,work
programme and budget

18. Secretary General
Thorbjørn Jagland

19. Turkey ‘s problem which can be solved
in Council Of Europe
• Turkey joined Council Of Europe in 1949 but still
needs some important reforms.For example free
and independent media , freedom of expression
,rewiew of anti-terorist law
• Turkey has to take initiative to have dialogue with
Greece,Armenia and Southern Cyprus
• Turkey has also problem with Cyprus ,which is
supposed to be solved by the Council of Europe’s
assist

20. Crises
• First crises came in 1967 when greek colonel
installed authoritarian regime and 1969 Greece
withdrew from Council of Europe Greece didn’t
return until 5 years later,1974 after the fall of
dictatorship
• A new crisis arose in 1981 when the
Parliamentary Assembly withdrew the Turkish
parliamentary delegation’s right to their seats in
response to the military coup d’état a few weeks
earlier.in 1984 Turkish delegation resumed after
free elections

21. Council Of Europe Nowadays
• When the Russia became member in 1996
,Council of Europe finally become Pan-Europe
character
• Council activities adapted environment that is
not only wider and more diverse that is also
more complex and less stable
• New priorities are emerging like
migration,corruption minorities

22. CRITICISM
• In the recent years Council Of Europe has
been criticised by Human Rights Watch .In
September 2014 that Azerbaijans systematic
crackdown on human right defenders and
other perceived government critics show
sheer contempt for its commitments to the
Council Of Europe .