Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe

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decision-making body executive body organ of the Council of Europe

The Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe is the organization’s chief decision-making body, composed of the foreign ministers of member states or their permanent diplomatic representatives.

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Observed surface forms (5)

Surface form	Occurrences
Committee of Ministers	1
Committee of Ministers in adopting resolutions on implementation of the Framework Convention	1
Committee of Ministers of Foreign Affairs	1
Committee of Ministers resolutions	1
Council of Europe Committee of Ministers	1

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	decision-making body ⓘ executive body ⓘ organ of the Council of Europe ⓘ
appliesToJurisdiction	member states of the Council of Europe ⓘ
canDecideBy	majority vote ⓘ
composedOf	foreign ministers of member states of the Council of Europe ⓘ permanent representatives of member states of the Council of Europe ⓘ
cooperatesWith	European Court of Human Rights ⓘ Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe ⓘ Secretary General of the Council of Europe ⓘ
country	France ⓘ
decisionMakingProcess	usually by consensus ⓘ
governs	intergovernmental work of the Council of Europe ⓘ
hasChairperson	rotating presidency ⓘ
hasPart	Ministers’ Deputies ⓘ
headquartersLocation	Palais de l’Europe ⓘ Strasbourg ⓘ
inception	1949 ⓘ
legalBasis	Statute of the Council of Europe ⓘ
mainResponsibility	admitting new member states to the Council of Europe ⓘ adopting conventions and agreements ⓘ adopting recommendations to member states ⓘ adopting the Council of Europe’s budget ⓘ implementing decisions of the Council of Europe ⓘ monitoring the execution of judgments of the European Court of Human Rights ⓘ suspending or taking action regarding member states in case of serious violations ⓘ
meetingFrequency	several times a year at ministerial level ⓘ weekly at Deputies’ level ⓘ
meetsAt	Strasbourg ⓘ
monitors	respect for human rights, democracy and the rule of law in member states ⓘ
numberOfMembers	46 ⓘ
officialLanguage	English ⓘ French ⓘ
oversees	implementation of Council of Europe conventions ⓘ intergovernmental committees and expert groups of the Council of Europe ⓘ
parentOrganization	Council of Europe ⓘ
partOf	Council of Europe ⓘ
presidencyRotationOrder	alphabetical order of member states in English ⓘ
presidencyRotationPeriod	six months ⓘ
receivesOpinionsFrom	Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe ⓘ
receivesReportsFrom	Secretary General of the Council of Europe ⓘ
reportsTo	member governments of the Council of Europe ⓘ
role	chief decision-making body of the Council of Europe ⓘ collective decision-making organ ⓘ
shortName	CM ⓘ Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Committee of Ministers
subsidiary	Ministers’ Deputies ⓘ
website	https://www.coe.int/en/web/cm ⓘ

Referenced by (31)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Advisory Committee opinions → addressedTo → Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe ⓘ

Framework Convention for the Protection of National Minorities → adoptedBy → Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe ⓘ

European Charter of Local Self-Government → adoptedByBody → Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe ⓘ

FCNM → adoptedByBody → Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe ⓘ

Committee of Experts of the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages → advises → Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe ⓘ

European Convention on Human Rights → draftedBy → Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe ⓘ

this entity surface form: Council of Europe Committee of Ministers

Statute of the Council of Europe → establishesOrgan → Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe ⓘ

Protocol No. 14 to the European Convention on Human Rights → grantsPowerTo → Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe ⓘ

Council of Europe → hasOrgan → Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe ⓘ

CoE → hasOrgan → Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe ⓘ

subject surface form: Council of Europe

Council of Europe (Strasbourg) → hasOrgan → Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe ⓘ

subject surface form: Council of Europe

Układ Warszawski → hasPart → Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe ⓘ

this entity surface form: Committee of Ministers of Foreign Affairs

Palais de l’Europe → housesBody → Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe ⓘ

Advisory Committee opinions → madePublicBy → Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe ⓘ

CoE → mainGoverningBody → Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe ⓘ

subject surface form: Council of Europe

Council of Europe (Strasbourg) → mainGoverningBody → Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe ⓘ

subject surface form: Council of Europe

ECRML → monitoredBy → Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe ⓘ

Framework Convention for the Protection of National Minorities → monitoringBody → Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe ⓘ

Framework Convention for the Protection of National Minorities → monitoringOutput → Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe ⓘ

this entity surface form: Committee of Ministers resolutions

Secretary General of the Council of Europe → nominatedBy → Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe ⓘ

Council of Europe member states → participateIn → Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe ⓘ

Advisory Committee on the Framework Convention for the Protection of National Minorities → reportsTo → Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe ⓘ

Commissioner for Human Rights of the Council of Europe → reportsTo → Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe ⓘ

Committee of Experts of the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages → reportsTo → Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe ⓘ

Secretary General of the Council of Europe → reportsTo → Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe ⓘ

Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe → shortName → Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Committee of Ministers

European Social Charter → supervisedBy → Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe ⓘ

States Parties to the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages → supervisedBy → Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe ⓘ

Advisory Committee opinions → usedBy → Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe ⓘ

this entity surface form: Committee of Ministers in adopting resolutions on implementation of the Framework Convention

Conference of International Non-governmental Organisations → worksWith → Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe ⓘ

Congress of Local and Regional Authorities → worksWith → Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe ⓘ