Flashcards: Council of Europe

Dick Marty (born 7 January 1945, in Sorengo) is a Swiss politician (FDP.The Liberals) and former state prosecutor of the canton of Ticino.

The European Directorate for the Quality of Medicines & HealthCare (EDQM) is a Directorate of the Council of Europe that traces its origins and statutes to the Convention on the Elaboration of a European Pharmacopoeia (an international treaty adopted by the Council of Europe in 1964: CETS 50, Protocol ).

Nils Muižnieks (born 31 January 1964 in the United States) is a Latvian-American human rights activist and political scientist.

The European Audiovisual Observatory was set up by the Council of Europe as a Partial Agreement.

In Europe, Europe Day is an annual celebration of peace and unity in Europe.

Thomas Hammarberg (born 2 January 1942 in Örnsköldsvik, Sweden) is a Swedish diplomat and human rights defender.

The Common European Framework of Reference for Languages: Learning, Teaching, Assessment, abbreviated in English as CEFR or CEF or CEFRL (compared to the German abbreviations GeR or GeRS, the French abbreviation CECR, the Italian QCER, or the Spanish MCER), is a guideline used to describe achievements of learners of foreign languages across Europe and, increasingly, in other countries.

The Council of Europe (CoE; French: Conseil de l'Europe) is an international organisation focused on promoting human rights, democracy and the rule of law in Europe.

The Commissioner for Human Rights is an independent and impartial non-judicial institution established in 1999 by the Strasbourg-based Council of Europe, to promote awareness of and respect for human rights in the 47 member states.

In 1997, the Council of Europe established the Select Committee of Experts on the Evaluationof Anti-Money Laundering Measures, carrying the official abbreviation of PC-R-EV, as a sub-committee of the European Committee on Crime Problems (CDPC, for Comité Européen pour les Problèmes Criminels).

Antonio Mario La Pergola (13 November 1931, Catania - 19 July 2007, Rome), Italian jurist, Advocate General and later Judge of the European Court of Justice of the European Union in Luxembourg, President of the Venice Commission of the Council of Europe in Strasbourg.

There are a range of European institutions in Strasbourg (France), the oldest of which dates back to 1815.

The European Committee for the Prevention of Torture and Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment or shortly Committee for the Prevention of Torture (CPT) is the anti-torture committee of the Council of Europe.

Marina Schuster (born 23 September 1975) is a German politician of the liberal Free Democratic Party.

Martinus Josephus Maria "Tiny" Kox (born May 6, 1953 in Zeelst) is a Dutch politician.

Deborah Bergamini (born 24 October 1967) is an Italian politician, manager and journalist currently member of the Italian Parliament.

Álvaro Gil-Robles y Gil-Delgado (born 9 September 1944 in Lisbon, Portugal) is a Spanish jurist and human rights activist.

The European Human Rights Prize, also known as the Council of Europe Human Rights Prize, was a human rights prize awarded by the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe in recognition of outstanding contributions to the cause of human rights as enshrined in the European Convention on Human Rights.

Maud de Boer-Buquicchio (born December 28, 1944), a Dutch jurist, is the UN's Special Rapporteur on the sale of children, child prostitution and child pornography.

The North–South Centre, officially the European Centre for Global Interdependence and Solidarity, is a Partial Agreement — of the Council of Europe, the oldest political organisation of European states.

The INGO (international non-governmental organisations) Conference is the body representing civil society in the Council of Europe, a European organisation founded in 1949.

The Palace of Europe (French: Palais de l'Europe) is a building located in Strasbourg, France, that has served as the seat of the Council of Europe since 1977 when it replaced the 'House of Europe'.

Jakob Eng (born 25 June 1937) is a Norwegian banker, organizational leader and politician for the Christian Democratic Party.