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- Preliminary Material
- Main Text
- Part I General Aspects
- 1 Origin and Further Development
- Preliminary Material
- A Prelude: The Interwar Period
- B Precarious Moment, Uncertain Future: From Churchill’s Zurich Speech to the Congress in The Hague
- C Founding of the Council of Europe
- D Council of Europe: Formative Years and Major Fields of Activity
- E Eastern Enlargement of the Council of Europe and Recent Developments
- 2 Interpretation and Amendments of the Founding Treaty
- Preliminary Material
- A Introduction
- B The Statute of the Council of Europe: ‘Constitution’ of the Regional Organisation
- C Amendments of the Statute
- I Formal amendment according to Article 41 of the Statute
- II Informal amendments by way of ‘Statutory Resolutions’
- 1 Notion and functions of Statutory Resolutions
- 2 Contents of the existing Statutory Resolutions
- 3 Legality of the practice of Statutory Resolutions?
- D Interpretation of the Statute
- 3 Membership and Observer Status
- Preliminary Material
- A Membership
- B Accession Procedure
- C Suspension and Termination of Membership
- I General
- II Voluntary withdrawal
- III Suspension and termination because of serious violations of Article 3 CoE Statute
- IV Non-compliance with financial obligations
- V Problems of succession
- D Observer Status and Special Guest Status
- E Challenges of the Eastern Enlargement of the Council of Europe
- F Conclusion
- 4 Seat and Symbols of the Council of Europe
- 5 Budget and Financing
- 1 Origin and Further Development
- Part II Institutions
- s.1 Statute-based Institutions
- 6 The Committee of Ministers
- Preliminary Material
- A Introduction
- B Composition of the Committee of Ministers
- C Tasks and Fields of Activity
- D Concluding Remarks
- 7 The Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe
- Preliminary Material
- A Introduction
- B Composition and Working Methods of the Assembly
- C An Analysis of Selected Aspects of the Assembly’s Roles and Activities
- D Conclusion
- 8 Secretariat
- 6 The Committee of Ministers
- s.2 Further Institutions of the Council of Europe as a Whole
- 9 European Court of Human Rights
- Preliminary Material
- A Introduction
- B Origin and Development
- C The Court: A Fundamental European Actor
- 9.22
- I The Court in a broader environment: the Court and its evolving relationships with other actors of the Council of Europe
- II Interpreting the Convention in a pluralist Europe
- D Consequences of Court Judgments
- 9.54
- I The limited competence of the Court to decide on the consequences of its judgments
- II The Court as an increasing gamemaster
- III A newly reinforced principle of subsidiarity
- E Conclusion
- 10 Congress of Local and Regional Authorities
- Preliminary Material
- A Origin
- B Structure and Composition
- I Statutory Resolution, Charter, and Rules of Procedure
- II The structure of Plenary
- III The relationship between Plenary and Chambers
- IV Composition of national delegations
- V Statutory Forum
- VI Bureau
- VII Secretariat
- VIII Committees
- IX Ad hoc working groups
- X The Group of Independent Experts
- XI Partnership status
- C Tasks
- D Working Methods
- E The European Charter of Local Self-Government as Control Standard
- F Achievements and Prospects
- 11 Commissioner for Human Rights
- 12 The Conference of International Non-Governmental Organisations of the Council of Europe
- Preliminary Material
- A Setting the Scene: The Need for Participation of NGOs in International Organisations
- B Defining International Non-Governmental Organisations
- C NGOs within the Council of Europe: Elements of Input, Output, and Throughput Legitimacy
- 12.10
- I Continuously extending NGO participation: from consultative status to the creation of the international conference
- II Guaranteeing clear rules on accreditation—a means to enhance input legitimacy?
- III Guaranteeing clear rules on participation: enhancing throughput and output legitimacy
- D The Way Ahead
- 13 The Administrative Tribunal
- Preliminary Material
- A Legal Basis and Composition
- B The Examination of an Appeal by the Tribunal
- C The Conduct of Proceedings by the Tribunal
- D Leading Case Law
- E The Implementation of the Tribunal’s Decisions
- F Concluding Remarks
- 9 European Court of Human Rights
- s.3 Institutions Based on Partial or Enlarged Agreements
- 14 The Council of Europe Development Bank
- Preliminary Material
- A Creation and Evolution of the Bank (1956–89)
- B The Modern CEB—A Fully-fledged Social Development Bank
- I Legal and other basic texts
- II Introduction
- III Objectives of the modern CEB
- IV Membership of the CEB
- V Structure of the CEB
- VI Organisational structure of the CEB
- VII Lending of the CEB
- VIII Technical assistance and institution building
- IX Risk management
- X Funding
- XI Trust accounts
- XII Co-financing
- XIII The CEB and the Council of Europe
- XIV The CEB and the European Union
- XV The CEB and other international institutions
- XVI Illustrative examples of CEB lending activities
- XVII Conclusions
- C Development Plan 2014–16
- 15 European Directorate for the Quality of Medicines and Healthcare (EDQM)
- 16 Eurimages Fund
- 17 Co-operation Group to Combat Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking in Drugs (Pompidou Group)
- Preliminary Material
- A Origin and Development
- B Structure and Financing
- C Working Methods and Working Tools
- D Activities and Major Achievements
- I Epidemiology
- II European School Survey
- III Drug prevention policies
- IV European Drug Prevention Prize
- V Drug addiction treatment
- VI Open drug scenes in cities
- VII Ethics and human rights issues
- VIII Cooperation on frontline level
- IX Controlling drug trafficking in civil aviation
- X Cooperation in the Mediterranean region
- XI Regulatory activities
- E International Context
- F Future Prospects
- 18 European Centre for Global Interdependence and Solidarity (North–South Centre)
- 19 European Audiovisual Observatory
- 20 European Centre for Modern Languages
- 21 Group of States against Corruption (GRECO)
- Preliminary Material
- A Background and Basic Facts
- B Anti-corruption Standards Subject to Monitoring
- C Themes Covered
- D Practical Operation
- E Intra-organisational Cooperation
- F Inter-institutional Cooperation
- G Third and Fourth Round Evaluations—Some Common Problem Areas
- H Impact of Country-specific Recommendations
- 14 The Council of Europe Development Bank
- s.1 Statute-based Institutions
- Part III Tasks and Objectives
- s.1 Protecting and Promoting Human Rights
- 22 European Convention on Human Rights
- Preliminary Material
- A Introduction
- B Historical Development
- C Scope of the Convention
- D The Substantive Guarantee
- E The System of Supervision
- F Evaluation
- 23 European Social Charter
- 24 Conventions on the Protection of National Minorities
- 25 Convention on Human Rights and Biomedicine
- 26 Anti-discrimination Policy
- Preliminary Material
- A Introduction: Gradual Development of Anti-discrimination Policy
- B Relevant Legal Instruments
- C Political Instruments and Institutions
- D Conclusion: Gradual Standard-setting— Effective Implementation
- 27 Core Monitoring Mechanisms and Related Activities
- Preliminary Material
- A The Context
- B The Organisation’s Statutory Organs
- C Overview of Key (Human Rights) Mechanisms and Related Activities
- D Ensuring Compliance with the Organisation’s acquis juridique: Selected Examples
- E Need to Reinforce Selection Processes of Experts in Monitoring Mechanisms
- F Concluding Remarks
- Annex Key Monitoring Mechanisms: An Overview
- 22 European Convention on Human Rights
- s.2 Securing and Enhancing the Rule of Law
- 28 Establishing Common Standards and Securing the Rule of Law
- Preliminary Material
- A Introduction
- B The Council of Europe’s ‘Rule of Law’ Concept
- C Standard-setting Instruments
- D Institutional Aspects
- E Towards a ‘Council of Europe Acquis’?
- 29 Combating Terrorism and Organised Crime
- Preliminary Material
- A Introduction
- B Terrorism and Organised Crime as Distinct Legal Concepts?
- C Council of Europe and the Fight against International Terrorism
- I Overview
- II Institutional structure
- III Instruments
- 1 Binding legal instruments
- a (Revised) European Convention on the Suppression of Terrorism
- b European Convention on the Prevention of Terrorism of 16 May 2005
- c Additional Protocol to the Prevention Convention of 19 May 2015
- d Convention on Laundering, Search, Seizure and Confiscation of the Proceeds from Crime and on the Financing of Terrorism of 16 May 2005
- 2 Soft law instruments
- 3 Country profiles
- 1 Binding legal instruments
- IV Conceptual approaches
- D Council of Europe and the Fight against Organised Crime
- I Overview
- II Instruments
- 1 Convention on Laundering, Search, Seizure and Confiscation of the Proceeds from Crime of 8 November 1990 (Strasbourg Convention)
- 2 Convention on Laundering, Search, Seizure and Confiscation of the Proceeds from Crime and on the Financing of Terrorism of 16 May 2005 (Warsaw Convention)
- 3 Convention on Cybercrime of 23 November 2001 (Budapest Convention)
- 4 Convention on Action against Trafficking in Human Beings of 16 May 2005
- 5 Instruments related to corruption
- III Institutional structure
- 29.53
- 1 The Committee of Ministers and its suborgans
- a European Committee on Crime Problems (CDPC)
- b Committee of Experts on the Evaluation of Anti-Money Laundering Measures and the Financing of Terrorism (MONEYVAL)
- c Committee of Experts on the Operation of European Convention on Cooperation in Criminal Matters (PC-OC)
- d Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking (Pompidou Group)
- e Group of States against Corruption (GRECO)
- 2 Treaty Bodies
- E Assessment of Council of Europe Strategies
- 30 Protecting Children
- 31 Media and Information Society
- 32 Constitutional Standard-setting and Strengthening of New Democracies
- 28 Establishing Common Standards and Securing the Rule of Law
- s.3 Strengthening Democratic Governance
- 33 Securing and Enhancing the Common Cultural Heritage
- Preliminary Material
- A Terminology
- B Genesis
- C Systematic Aspects
- D Legal Aspects
- 33.30
- I Statute
- II Conventions
- 33.32
- 1 Conventions relating to the common cultural heritage
- a Core Convention
- b Conventions on ‘classical’ cultural heritage
- c Conventions on ‘human rights elements’ and on intangible cultural heritage
- d Conventions on ‘environmental elements’ of cultural heritage
- e Conventions on ‘technical’ forms of cultural heritage
- f Conventions on the enlarged concept of cultural heritage
- 2 Conventions having an impact on the common cultural heritage
- III Recommendations
- IV Charters, declarations, and guidelines
- V Partial agreements
- E Practice and Influence
- F Future Prospects
- 34 Cross-border Cooperation
- Preliminary Material
- A Introduction
- B Concept of Cross-border Cooperation and Terminology
- C The Council of Europe’s Competence in the Field of Cross-border Cooperation
- D Origins of Cross-border Cooperation as a Council of Europe Policy
- E Institutional Issues in the Field of Cross-border Cooperation
- F The Council of Europe’s Practice in the Field of Cross-border Cooperation
- G Conclusion
- 35 Programmes of Cooperation and Solidarity
- 33 Securing and Enhancing the Common Cultural Heritage
- s.1 Protecting and Promoting Human Rights
- Part IV Impact and Outreach
- 36 Impact of the Council of Europe on National Legal Systems
- Preliminary Material
- A Introduction
- B Methodology
- C Factors Determining Implementation
- D Case Studies by Instrument
- E Conclusion
- 37 The Council of Europe within the System of International Organisations
- Preliminary Material
- A Introduction
- B General Aspects of the CoE’s External Relations with Other International Organisations
- C Specific Relations between the CoE and Other International Organisations
- 37.15
- I CoE and United Nations
- II CoE and European Union
- III CoE and European Free Trade Association
- IV CoE and Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe
- V CoE and Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development
- VI CoE and European Bank for Reconstruction and Development
- VII CoE and Nordic Council
- VIII CoE and regional defence alliances
- IX CoE and international judicial bodies
- D Systematic Overview of the CoE’s Cooperation with Other International Organisations
- E Concluding Assessment
- 38 The Council of Europe and International Institutional Law: An Appraisal
- 36 Impact of the Council of Europe on National Legal Systems
- Part I General Aspects
- Further Material
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