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1949 May 5 |
The treaty constituting the Statute of the Council of Europe was signed by ten countries: Belgium, France, Luxembourg, the Netherlands and the United Kingdom, accompanied by Ireland, Italy, Denmark, Norway and Sweden. Robert Schuman, foreign minsiter of France, defined a country as European by its democratic and institutional adherence to common European values. Links: Italy, Belgium, Britain, France, EU, Netherlands, Sweden, Ireland, Luxembourg, Denmark, Norway, Council of Europe 
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1961 |
Cyprus was accepted into the Council of Europe. Links: Cyprus, Council of Europe
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1988 Oct 8 |
Pope John Paul II journeyed to eastern France, where he addressed the Council of Europe and the European Court of Human Rights. Links: France, Vatican, Council of Europe
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1989 Jul 4 |
Soviet President Mikhail S. Gorbachev arrived in France for a three-day visit that included an address to the Council of Europe in Strasbourg. Links: Russia, France, USSR, Council of Europe
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1990 |
The Venice Commission was created by 18 member states to advise the Council of Europe on constitutional matters after the fall of the Berlin Wall. Its official name is the European Commission for Democracy through Law. By 2012 it included 47 members. Links: Venice, Council of Europe
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1992 May 7 |
The Russian Federation applied to join the Council of Europe. It acceded to the council on Feb 28, 1996. Links: Russia, Council of Europe
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1996 Jan 26 |
The Council of Europe voted to accept Russia. Russia became a member on Feb 28. Links: Russia, Council of Europe
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1996 Feb 28 |
Russia joined the Council of Europe and halted capital punishment. The Russian Federation had applied to join the Council of Europe on 7 May 1992. Links: Russia, Council of Europe
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1996 Oct 16 |
The Council of Europe, a promoter of democracy and human rights, admitted Croatia as its 40th member. Links: Croatia, Council of Europe
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2001 Nov 23 |
The Council of Europe ratified the Budapest Convention which allowed one country to give chase, at least electronically, to criminals in another. Links: Hungary, Council of Europe
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2003 Apr 3 |
Serbia and Montenegro became a member of the Council of Europe. Links: Montenegro, Serbia, Council of Europe
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2005 Apr |
The Council of Europe, Europe's top human rights body, rejected euthanasia as a legitimate means to end life. Links: Suicide, Council of Europe
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2008 Jun 11 |
The Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe adopted a Resolution establishing the election procedure of the members of the Group of Experts on Action against Trafficking in Human Beings (GRETA). By mid August it was ratified by 17 countries. Links: Sociology, Council of Europe
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2010 Jun 24 |
The Strasbourg-based European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) ruled that European law does not require countries to grant same-sex couples the right to marry, even if some states have already done so. The ECHR is part of the Council of Europe, which promotes democracy and the rule of law among its 47 member states. Links: Gays, Council of Europe
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2010 Dec 15 |
A Swiss prosecutor wrote a report for the Council of Europe implicating Kosovo's PM Hashim Thaci (b.1968) in drug smuggling and murder. Links: Switzerland, Kosovo, Council of Europe
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2011 May 11 |
In Istanbul 13 European countries signed a Council of Europe convention on combating violence against women. Links: Turkey, Women, Council of Europe
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2011 Oct 28 |
Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe opened Medicrime convention for signature. It aimed to punish drug counterfeiters and speed information sharing. As of 2012 it was signed by 18 European countries, but ratified only by Ukraine. Links: Pharma, Council of Europe
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2012 Apr 20 |
The Council of Europe's 47 member states agreed to a declaration aimed at making the European Court of Human Rights more efficient. Links: Council of Europe
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2012 Jul 18 |
The Council of Europe released a report showing the Vatican had received compliant or largely compliant grades on nine of the 16 "key and core" internationally recognized recommendations to fight money laundering and terrorist financing. The Vatican had submitted itself to the Moneyval evaluation process more than two years ago after it signed onto the 2009 EU Monetary Convention. Links: Vatican, Council of Europe
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2013 Feb 22 |
Pope Benedict XVI, who steps down Feb. 28, named Monsignor Ettore Balestrero ambassador, or nunzio, to Colombia. Balestrero was head of the Holy See's delegation to the Council of Europe's Moneyval committee, which evaluated the Vatican's anti-money laundering and anti-terror financing measures. Links: Colombia, Vatican, Council of Europe
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2013 Oct 4 |
Israel condemned a pronouncement by a European advisory council against male ritual circumcision, a practice that Jewish leaders consider central to their faith. In a non-binding resolution this week, the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe said circumcision was "a violation of the physical integrity of children." Links: Israel, Religion, Kids, Council of Europe
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2013 Nov 12 |
The Strasbourg-based Council of Europe, a leading human rights body, urged President Vladimir Putin to overhaul Russia's creaking judicial system, long criticized as vulnerable to political meddling and as an obstacle to business. Links: Russia, France, Council of Europe
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2014 Apr 30 |
The Council of Europe said Hungary's prison system needs to reduce overcrowding, stop discrimination against Roma prisoners and offer inmates work or recreational activities so they don't spend 23 hours a day in their cells. Links: Hungary, Gypsies, Council of Europe
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2014 May 14 |
Azerbaijan took over as chairman of the Committee of Ministers, the Council of Europe’s decision-making body which brings together the member states' foreign ministers. Links: Azerbaijan, Council of Europe
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2015 Feb 6 |
Poland’s lawmakers voted 254-175 with eight abstentions to empower Pres. Komorowski to sign into law the 2011 Council of Europe's convention on combating violence against women and domestic violence. Links: Poland, Council of Europe
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2016 Jan 12 |
The Council of Europe told Georgia to improve its justice system, saying it was worried by allegations the authorities were abusing the law to conduct a politically-motivated crackdown on the opposition. Links: Georgia, Council of Europe
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2016 Mar 1 |
The Council of Europe told Georgia to improve its anti-discrimination policies and legislation, saying it was worried by an increase in cases of hate speech and violence against religious and sexual minority groups. Links: Georgia, Council of Europe
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2017 Apr 17 |
Turkey's government extended the state of emergency to July 19. The main opposition party urged the country's electoral board to cancel the results of a landmark referendum that granted sweeping new powers to the nation's president, citing what it called substantial voting irregularities. A mission of observers from the 47-member Council of Europe said Turkey’s April 16 referendum was an uneven contest. Links: Turkey, Council of Europe
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2017 Apr 25 |
The 47-member Council of Europe put Turkey on a watchlist over the crackdown on dissent since last year's coup attempt, rights violations and concerns about President Tayyip Erdogan's increased grip on power. Links: Turkey, Council of Europe
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2018 Jan 18 |
The Council of Europe's anti-corruption body called on Romania to do more to prevent and combat high-level corruption. Links: Romania, Corruption, Council of Europe
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2018 Aug 9 |
The Council of Europe's anti-corruption group said Macedonia's performance on preventing corruption is "clearly disappointing" and called on authorities to take action. Links: Macedonia, Council of Europe
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2018 Oct 5 |
The Council of Europe said it has urged Croatia to investigate alleged police abuse of migrants trying to cross its borders. Links: Croatia, Migrant, Council of Europe
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2019 May 17 |
The Council of Europe adopted a declaration that allows Russia to start voting again at the continent's main human rights body following a spat related to its annexation of the Crimea peninsula from Ukraine in 2014. Links: Russia, Council of Europe
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2019 Jun 25 |
The Council of Europe voted 118-62 to readmit Russia early today, five years after suspension over Crimea. The decision was supported by France and Germany as a way of keeping communication open at a time of East-West tension. Links: Russia, Crimea, Council of Europe
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2019 Jun 25 |
Ukraine expressed anger at its Western partners after lawmakers at the Council of Europe agreed to allow Russian representatives back following a five year absence prompted by Moscow's annexation of Crimea. Links: Russia, Ukraine, Crimea, Council of Europe
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2021 Sep 17 |
The Council of Europe said it would begin infringement proceedings against member state Turkey in November if philanthropist Osman Kavala is not released from prison in accordance with a European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) ruling. Links: Turkey, Council of Europe
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2022 Mar 15 |
Russia formally quit the Council of Europe, a human rights watchdog based in Strasbourg, pre-empting possible expulsion over its attack on its neighbor Ukraine. Links: Russia, EU, Council of Europe
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