European Charter of Local Self-Government

E47607

Council of Europe treaty human rights instrument international treaty legal instrument on local self-government

The European Charter of Local Self-Government is a Council of Europe treaty that sets out binding standards to protect and strengthen local democracy and the autonomy of local authorities across member states.

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Observed surface forms (2)

Surface form	Occurrences
Charter of Local Self-Government	1
European Charter on Local Self-Government	1

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Council of Europe treaty ⓘ human rights instrument ⓘ international treaty ⓘ legal instrument on local self-government ⓘ
adoptedBy	Council of Europe ⓘ
adoptedByBody	Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe ⓘ
adoptionDate	1985-10-15 ⓘ
aim	to guarantee the political, administrative and financial independence of local authorities ⓘ to protect local self-government ⓘ to strengthen local democracy ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	European Charter of Local Self-Government ⓘ surface form: Charter of Local Self-Government European Charter of Local Self-Government ⓘ surface form: European Charter on Local Self-Government
author	Council of Europe ⓘ
belongsTo	Council of Europe treaty series ⓘ
bindingOn	ratifying states ⓘ
contains	monitoring provisions ⓘ preamble ⓘ substantive articles ⓘ
enteredIntoForce	1988-09-01 ⓘ
focusesOn	administrative supervision of local authorities ⓘ citizens' participation in local public affairs ⓘ financial autonomy of local authorities ⓘ structure and powers of local authorities ⓘ
jurisdiction	Council of Europe member states ⓘ
language	English ⓘ French ⓘ
legalStatus	binding treaty ⓘ
monitoredBy	Congress of Local and Regional Authorities ⓘ surface form: Congress of Local and Regional Authorities of the Council of Europe
openedForSignature	1985-10-15 ⓘ
placeOfAdoption	France ⓘ Strasbourg ⓘ
providesFor	minimum guarantees for local self-government ⓘ principle of subsidiarity in local governance ⓘ
region	Europe ⓘ
requires	adequate financial resources for local authorities ⓘ constitutional or legal recognition of local self-government ⓘ consultation of local authorities on matters that concern them directly ⓘ democratically constituted local authorities ⓘ local authorities to have full discretion to exercise their initiative ⓘ proportionality in administrative supervision of local authorities ⓘ
setsStandardFor	local authorities ⓘ municipalities ⓘ
subject	decentralisation ⓘ human rights ⓘ local democracy ⓘ local self-government ⓘ public administration ⓘ
typeOfNorm	international public law ⓘ

Referenced by (5)

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

European Charter of Local Self-Government → alsoKnownAs → European Charter of Local Self-Government ⓘ

this entity surface form: Charter of Local Self-Government

European Charter of Local Self-Government → alsoKnownAs → European Charter of Local Self-Government ⓘ

this entity surface form: European Charter on Local Self-Government

Council of Europe → hasInstrument → European Charter of Local Self-Government ⓘ

Portuguese Local Government Law → influencedBy → European Charter of Local Self-Government ⓘ

Congress of Local and Regional Authorities → legalBasis → European Charter of Local Self-Government ⓘ