The Council of Europe Its Law and Policies

The Council of Europe, of which all European States are members, plays a pivotal role in the promotion and protection of human rights, democracy, and the rule of law in Europe. Bringing together specialist scholars and practitioners, The Council of Europe: Its Laws and Policies offers profound insights into the functioning of the organization. The organization's primary and secondary law, its institutional structure, and its far-reaching fields of activities are comprehensively and systematically analysed. This volume investigates the impact of the Council's activities within the national legal systems of the Member States and the dense web of relationships between the Council of Europe and other international organisations. An important reference work on one of the most influential organizations in Europe, the book concludes that the Council of Europe has played a considerable role in the constitutionalization process of regional public international law.

1 - Origin and Further Development
2 - Interpretation and Amendments of the Founding Treaty
3 - Membership and Observer Status
4 - Seat and Symbols of the Council of Europe
5 - Budget and Finance
6 - The Committee of Ministers
7 - The Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe
8 - Secretariat
9 - European Court of Human Rights
10 - Congress of Local and Regional Authorities
11 - Commissioner for Human Rights
12 - The Conference of International Non-Governmental Organisations of the Council of Europe
13 - The Administrative Tribunal
14 - Council of Europe Development Bank
15 - European Directorate for the Quality of Medicines & HealthCare (EDQM)
16 - Eurimages Fund
17 - Co-operation Group to Combat Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking in Drugs (Pompidou Group)
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)
22 - European Convention on Human Rights
23 - European Social Charter
24 - Conventions on the Protection of National Minorities
25 - Convention on Human Rights and Biomedicine
26 - Anti-discrimination Policy
27 - Core Monitoring Mechanisms and Related Activities
28 - Establishing Common Standards and Securing the Rule of Law
29 - Combating Terrorism and Organised Crime
30 - Protecting Children
31 - Media and Information Society
32 - Constitutional Standard-setting and Strengthening o f New Democracies
33 - Securing and Enhancing the Common Cultural Heritage
34 - Cross-border Cooperation
35 - Programmes of Cooperation and Solidarity
36 - Impact of the Council of Europe on National Legal Systems
37 - The Council of Europe within the System of International Organizations
38 - The Council of Europe and International Institutional Law: An Appraisal

Stefanie Schmahl is Professor of German and Foreign Public Law, Public International Law, and European Law at Julius-Maximilians-Universität Würzburg, Germany.; Marten Breuer is Professor of Public Law with Reference to European Law and Public International Law at Universität Konstanz, Germany.