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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All labels observed (11)

Label	Occurrences
Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe canonical	58
Council of Europe Committee of Ministers	7
Committee of Ministers	1
Committee of Ministers at Deputies’ level	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
Committee of Ministers’ Deputies	1
Council of Europe bodies	1
Council of Europe meetings	1
Secretariat of the Committee of Ministers	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T373626 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe
Context triple: [Council of Europe, hasOrgan, Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe]

A. Committee of the Regions
The Committee of the Regions is an EU advisory assembly composed of locally and regionally elected representatives that provides opinions on proposed European legislation affecting regional and local authorities.
B. Council of the European Union
The Council of the European Union is one of the main decision-making institutions of the European Union, where government ministers from each member state meet to adopt laws and coordinate policies.
C. Council of Europe
The Council of Europe is a pan-European intergovernmental organization focused on promoting human rights, democracy, and the rule of law across its member states.
D. Secretary General of the Council of Europe
The Secretary General of the Council of Europe is the chief executive officer of the Council of Europe, responsible for its strategic direction, administration, and the implementation of its human rights, democracy, and rule-of-law initiatives across member states.
E. European Council
The European Council is an EU institution that brings together the heads of state or government of member countries to define the European Union’s overall political direction and priorities.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe
Target entity description: 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.

A. Committee of the Regions
The Committee of the Regions is an EU advisory assembly composed of locally and regionally elected representatives that provides opinions on proposed European legislation affecting regional and local authorities.
B. Council of the European Union
The Council of the European Union is one of the main decision-making institutions of the European Union, where government ministers from each member state meet to adopt laws and coordinate policies.
C. Council of Europe
The Council of Europe is a pan-European intergovernmental organization focused on promoting human rights, democracy, and the rule of law across its member states.
D. Secretary General of the Council of Europe
The Secretary General of the Council of Europe is the chief executive officer of the Council of Europe, responsible for its strategic direction, administration, and the implementation of its human rights, democracy, and rule-of-law initiatives across member states.
E. European Council
The European Council is an EU institution that brings together the heads of state or government of member countries to define the European Union’s overall political direction and priorities.
F. None of above. chosen

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 ⓘ

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

Chamber of Regions → associatedWith → Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe ⓘ

Statutory Forum → associatedWith → Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe ⓘ

Standing Committee of the Conference of INGOs → worksWith → Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe ⓘ

INGO Conference of the Council of Europe → worksWith → Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe ⓘ

Budapest Convention → sponsoredBy → Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe ⓘ

this entity surface form: Council of Europe Committee of Ministers

Council of Europe Committee of Experts on Crime in Cyberspace → parentOrganization → Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe ⓘ

Additional Protocol to the Convention on Cybercrime, concerning the criminalisation of acts of a racist and xenophobic nature committed through computer systems → adoptedBy → Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe ⓘ

Group of Experts on Action against Trafficking in Human Beings → reportsTo → Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe ⓘ

this entity surface form: Council of Europe Committee of Ministers

Committee of the Parties to the Convention on Action against Trafficking in Human Beings → reportsTo → Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe ⓘ

GREVIO → establishedBy → Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe ⓘ

this entity surface form: Council of Europe Committee of Ministers

GREVIO → reportsTo → Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe ⓘ

this entity surface form: Council of Europe Committee of Ministers

Group of Experts on Action against Violence against Women and Domestic Violence → establishedBy → Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe ⓘ

this entity surface form: Council of Europe Committee of Ministers

Ministers’ Deputies → partOf → Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe ⓘ

Ministers’ Deputies → convenesAs → Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe ⓘ

this entity surface form: Committee of Ministers at Deputies’ level

Ministers’ Deputies → supportsBody → Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe ⓘ

Ministers’ Deputies → reportsTo → Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe ⓘ

Ministers’ Deputies → alsoKnownAs → Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe ⓘ

this entity surface form: Committee of Ministers’ Deputies

CM → alsoKnownAs → Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe ⓘ

subject surface form: Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe

this entity surface form: Council of Europe Committee of Ministers

Resolution (99) 50 of the Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe → adoptedBy → Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe ⓘ

ACFC → reportsTo → Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe ⓘ

Council of Europe anti-corruption conventions → adoptedBy → Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe ⓘ

European Commission against Racism and Intolerance → reportsTo → Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe ⓘ

Committee of Experts on the Evaluation of Anti-Money Laundering Measures and the Financing of Terrorism → reportsTo → Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe ⓘ

Congress → cooperatesWith → Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe ⓘ

subject surface form: Congress of Local and Regional Authorities

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