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Human Rights Protection Under the Council of Europe - The System and its Documentation

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  28 February 2019

Ellen G. Schaffer
Ellen G. Schaffer*
Affiliation:
Georgetown University Law Center, Washington, D.C., U.S.A.
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In the aftermath of the Second World War, Western Europe moved to create an organization that would unite the countries of Europe. One of the Council of Europe's (COE) principal goals was to establish and safeguard the fundamental human and political rights of its peoples. Following in the spirit of the United Nations’ Universal Declaration of Human Rights, the members drafted the Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms, better known as the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR).

Type
Research Article
Information
International Journal of Legal Information , Volume 19 , Issue 1 , Spring 1991 , pp. 1 - 10
Copyright
Copyright © The Institute for International Legal Information 1991 

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