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The country acceded to the Council of Europe's European Cultural Convention on 24 February 2010. [20] On 15 to 16 March 2010, the President of the Council of Europe's Parliamentary Assembly (PACE) made an official visit to Kazakhstan, [21] resulting in the conclusion that the Council of Europe and Kazakhstan strengthen their relations. This ...
[33] Council of Europe conventions/treaties are also open for signature to non-member states, thus facilitating equal co-operation with countries outside Europe. The Council of Europe's most famous achievement is the European Convention on Human Rights, which was adopted in 1950 following a report by the PACE, and followed on from the United ...
Poland and the Council of Europe (1 C) Pages in category "Member states of the Council of Europe" The following 31 pages are in this category, out of 31 total.
Although the Council of Europe is a human rights watchdog and a guardian against discrimination, it is widely regarded as becoming increasingly divided on moral issues because its membership includes mainly Muslim countries (Turkey and Azerbaijan) as well as Eastern European countries, among them Russia, where social conservatism is strong. [57]
All are either member states of the United Nations or non-member observer states at the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA), [13] and all except Belarus, Kazakhstan, Russia, and Vatican City are members of the Council of Europe. [14] 44 countries have their capital city located within Europe, and (as of 2022) 27 of those countries are member ...
The Congress's predecessor, the Conference of Local Authorities of Europe was first established at the Council of Europe in 1957. It held its first session on 12 January 1957 in Strasbourg presided by the prominent French statesman Jacques Chaban-Delmas, who was President of the Conference from January 1957 to January 1960. In 1975 the ...
Evaluation of a country's fulfilment of the criteria is the responsibility of the European Council. [146] The four countries forming the European Free Trade Association (EFTA) are not EU members, but have partly committed to the EU's economy and regulations: Iceland, Liechtenstein and Norway, which are a part of the single market through the ...
Turkey is a member of the Council of Europe. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] Membership is obligatory for joining the European Union . As of 2023 [update] Turkey has nearly a third of the cases pending at the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR).