The Council of Europe - Its Laws 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.

Part I: General Aspects 1: Origin and Further Development, Norman Weiß 2: Interpretation and Amendments of the Founding Treaty, Christian Walter 3: Membership and Observer Status, Eckart Klein 4: Seat and Symbols of the Council of Europe, Eckart Klein 5: Budget and Finance, Andreas Haratsch Part II: Institutions Part II-1: State Based Organs 6: Committee of Ministers, Simon Palmer 7: Parliamentary Assembly, Philip Leach 8: Secretariat, Matthias Ruffert Part II-2: Further Institutions of the Council of Europe as a Whole 9: European Court of Human Rights, Elisabeth Lambert-Abdelgawad 10: Congress of Local and Regional Authorities, Bert Schaffarzik 11: Commissioner for Human Rights, Oliver Dörr 12: Conference of International Non-governmental Organisations, Heike Krieger 13: Administrative Tribunal, Dorothee von Arnim Part II-3: Institutions Based on Partial Agreements 14: Council of Europe Development Bank (CEB), Rainer Steckhan 15: European Directorate for the Quality of Medicines & HealthCare (EDQM), Robert Uerpmann-Wittzack 16: Eurimages Fund, Tarlach McGonagle 17: Co-operation Group to Combat Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking in Drugs (Pompidou Group), Werner Sipp 18: European Centre for Global Interdependence and Solidarity (North-South Centre), Markus Kaltenborn 19: European Audiovisual Observatory, Tarlach McGonagle 20: European Centre for Modern Languages, Tarlach McGonagle 21: Group of States against Corruption (GRECO), Wolfgang Rau Part III: Tasks and Objectives 22: Protection of Human Rights at Regional Level, Oliver Dörr, Andreas Haratsch, Stefan Oeter, Robert Uerpmann-Wittzack, Thomas Giegerich & Sara Jötten 23: Securing Democratic Principles and the Rule of Law, Katharina Pabel 24: Enhancing Economic, Social and Cultural Cohesion, Kerstin Odendahl, Matthias Niedobitek & Norman Weiß 25: Combating Terrorism and Organised Crime, Christian Walter 26: Protecting Children and Juveniles, Ursula Kilkelly 27: Good Governance in the Information Technology, Robert Uerpmann-Wittzack 28: Conceptual Approach of Monitoring Mechanisms, Christos Giakoumopoulos 29: Constitutional Standard-Setting and Strengthening of New Democracies, Christoph Grabenwarter Part IV: Impact and Outreach 30: Impact of the Council of Europe on National Legal Systems, Marten Breuer 31: The Council of Europe within the System of International, Stefanie Schmahl 32: The Council of Europe's Contribution to the Constitutionalisation of (Regional) Public International Law, Stefanie Schmahl/Marten Breuer