<
 
 
 
 
?
>
You are viewing an archived web page, collected at the request of United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) using Archive-It. This page was captured on 23:14:16 Dec 29, 2015, and is part of the UNESCO collection. The information on this web page may be out of date. See All versions of this archived page.
Loading media information hide
  UNESCO.ORG The Organization Education Natural Sciences Social & Human Sciences Culture Communication & Information
SHS Home  
Social Transformations  
Urban Development  
Urban Policies  
Urban Development and  
Social Transformations  
Social Sustainability  
of Historic Districts  
Urban Governance  
and Participation  
Urban Professionals  
Capacity-Building  
Other SHS Themes  
Ethics  
Human Rights  
Philosophy  
Physical Education and Sport  
Social Transformations  
Worldwide  
Africa  
Arab States  
Asia and the Pacific  
Europe and North America  
Latin America & the Caribbean  


 
 
Conseil de l'Europe
Conseil de l'Europe
The Council of Europe is the continent's oldest political organisation, founded in 1949. It:
• groups together 46 countries, including 21 countries from Central and Eastern Europe,
• has application from two more countries (Belarus and Montenegro),
• has granted observer status to 5 more countries (the Holy See, the United States, Canada, Japan and Mexico),
• is distinct from the 25-nation European Union, but no country has ever joined the Union without first belonging to the Council of Europe,
• has its headquarters in Strasbourg, in north-eastern France.
Aims
The Council was set up to:
• defend human rights, parliamentary democracy and the rule of law,
• develop continent-wide agreements to standardise member countries' social and legal practices,
• promote awareness of a European identity based on shared values and cutting across different cultures.
Since 1989, its main job has become:
• acting as a political anchor and human rights watchdog for Europe's post-communist democracies,
• assisting the countries of central and eastern Europe in carrying out and consolidating political, legal and constitutional reform in parallel with economic reform,
• providing know-how in areas such as human rights, local democracy, education, culture and the environment.
 
Institution Type International Organization
Street Avenue de l'Europe
City 67075 Strasbourg
Country France
Phone + 33 (0)3 88 41 20 00
Website (URL) http://www.coe.int/




  Email this page     Printable version

 
  Email this page
 Printable version
  Resources
Who's who?
Partners
Publications
UNESCO Chairs
Archives
   ID: 10859 - guest (Read) © UNESCO 1995-2009 - Terms of Use - Contact - Updated: 2007-05-15 10:24 am