Council of Europe (CoE)

Texts adopted by the Congress of local and regional authorities

Collection of legal texts adopted by the Congress of Local and Regional Authorities of Europe (CLRAE) and its forerunner, the Standing Conference of Local and Regional Authorities of Europe. The Congress is an institution of the Council of Europe (CoE) and the texts are on the CoE website. The collection comprises: resolutions and opinions (1957- ); conventions and charters; recommendations (1994 - ); the Council of Ministers' replies to recommendations (2003 - ); and the final declarations adopted at the close of international conferences and meetings.

Council of Europe Publishing

Council of Europe Publishing is the Council of Europe's official publisher and this website is its online bookshop. It provides a full catalogue of priced CoE publications, printed and electronic, from the last ten years. Titles are arranged under the following headings: Committee of Ministers, Parliamentary Assembly, Congress, Human Rights, Law, Health, Society, Environment, Population, Local and Regional Democracy, Education, Modern languages, Youth, Culture, Sport, Communication, European issues and Non-official languages. Basic and advanced search facilities are available.

European Court of Human Rights

The European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR), established in 1959, hears cases regarding alleged violations of the European Convention on Human Rights. Its website includes the HUDOC database of ECtHR cases, European Commission of Human Rights decisions and reports, and resolutions of the Committee of Ministers. It also provides details of pending cases; the text of the European Convention on Human Rights and its protocols; the Court's rules and information notes on the case law. The Library section includes the travaux préparatoires of the European Convention on Human Rights.
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