Commissioner for Human Rights of the Council of Europe

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Council of Europe body independent human rights institution

The Commissioner for Human Rights of the Council of Europe is an independent, non-judicial institution tasked with promoting awareness of and respect for human rights across the Council of Europe’s member states.

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Surface form Occurrences
Commissioner for Human Rights 2
Council of Europe Commissioner for Human Rights 1

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Council of Europe body ⓘ
independent human rights institution ⓘ
appointedBy Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe ⓘ
canConductCountryVisits true ⓘ
canEngageInDialogueWithAuthorities true ⓘ
canInterveneAsThirdParty before the European Court of Human Rights ⓘ
canIssueRecommendations true ⓘ
canIssueReports true ⓘ
cannotReceiveIndividualComplaints true ⓘ
cooperatesWith Council of Europe treaty monitoring system ⓘ
surface form: Council of Europe monitoring bodies

European Court of Human Rights ⓘ
firstHolder Álvaro Gil-Robles ⓘ
firstHolderEndTime 2006 ⓘ
firstHolderStartTime 1999 ⓘ
focusArea civil and political rights ⓘ
economic, social and cultural rights ⓘ
rights of vulnerable groups ⓘ
hasHeldBy Dunja Mijatović ⓘ
Nils Muižnieks ⓘ
Thomas Hammarberg ⓘ
hasJurisdictionOver member states of the Council of Europe ⓘ
headquartersLocation France ⓘ
Strasbourg ⓘ
inception 1999 ⓘ
isIndependent true ⓘ
isNonJudicial true ⓘ
isOmbudsmanLikeInstitution true ⓘ
legalBasis Resolution (99) 50 of the Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe ⓘ
locatedIn Palais de l’Europe ⓘ
mandate assist member states in the implementation of Council of Europe human rights standards ⓘ
strengthen the effective observance of human rights in Council of Europe member states ⓘ
officialLanguage English ⓘ
French ⓘ
partOf Council of Europe ⓘ
primaryRole encourage reform measures to improve human rights protection ⓘ
identify shortcomings in law and practice regarding human rights ⓘ
promote awareness of human rights ⓘ
promote respect for human rights ⓘ
publishes country reports ⓘ
issue papers ⓘ
opinions ⓘ
thematic reports ⓘ
reportsTo Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe ⓘ
scope pan-European ⓘ
selectionMethod election by the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe ⓘ
termLength 6 years ⓘ
termRenewable false ⓘ
website https://www.coe.int/en/web/commissioner ⓘ

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

Council of Europe member states → cooperateWith → Commissioner for Human Rights of the Council of Europe ⓘ
this entity surface form: Council of Europe Commissioner for Human Rights
Secretary General of the Council of Europe → cooperatesWith → Commissioner for Human Rights of the Council of Europe ⓘ
CoE → hasOrgan → Commissioner for Human Rights of the Council of Europe ⓘ
subject surface form: Council of Europe
this entity surface form: Commissioner for Human Rights
Council of Europe (Strasbourg) → hasOrgan → Commissioner for Human Rights of the Council of Europe ⓘ
subject surface form: Council of Europe
this entity surface form: Commissioner for Human Rights
Council of Europe treaty monitoring system → implementedBy → Commissioner for Human Rights of the Council of Europe ⓘ