Statute of the Council of Europe explained

Statute of the Council of Europe
Type:Multilateral treaty
Location Signed:London, England, United Kingdom
Original Signatories:Belgium, Denmark, France, Ireland, Italy, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Norway, Sweden, United Kingdom
Ratifiers:46 states

The Statute of the Council of Europe (also known as the Treaty of London (1949)), signed on 5 May 1949, brought into existence the Council of Europe, an international organisation open to all European states devoted to "the pursuit of peace based on justice and international co-operation".[1] The Statute sets out the guiding principles of the organisation - to uphold human rights, democracy and the rule of law - as well as the mandates and functioning of its two statutory bodies, the Committee of Ministers and the Parliamentary Assembly.

The original signatories in 1949 were Belgium, Denmark, France, Ireland, Italy, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Norway, Sweden and the United Kingdom, though the Statute has now been signed and ratified by 46 European states. Only Belarus, Kazakhstan, and the Vatican City (the Holy See) are not members, while Russia was expelled from the Council of Europe on 16 March 2022 after 26 years of membership - the only country ever to be expelled in the history of the Organisation - because of its aggression against Ukraine and invasion of a fellow member state, regarded as an extreme violation of the Statute.[2]

The treaty was registered with the United Nations on 11 April 1951 with Treaty Number I:1168, vol.87, page 103.[3]

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  1. Web site: Statute of the Council of Europe * . . 1949 . London . European Treaty Series - No. 1 . 9 June 2024 . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20240609133653/https://rm.coe.int/1680306052 . Convinced that the pursuit of peace based upon justice and international co-operation is vital for the preservation of human society and civilisation;.
  2. 16 March 2022 . 12 June 2024 . https://web.archive.org/web/20240612025506/https://www.coe.int/en/web/portal/-/the-russian-federation-is-excluded-from-the-council-of-europe . live . The Russian Federation is excluded from the Council of Europe . .
  3. Web site: Statute of the Council of Europe. Signed at London, on 5 May 1949 . 11 April 1951 . 5 May 1949 . . 14 September 2013 . 19 May 2014 . https://web.archive.org/web/20140519222802/https://treaties.un.org/doc/Publication/UNTS/Volume%2087/volume-87-I-1168-English.pdf . live .

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