The Council of Europe, Rights and Political Authority

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ID12417905
AuthorsKundai Sithole (University of Oxford, corresponding author)
Year2013
Volume21
Issue1
Pages118-134
Publication date2013-01-31
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueEuropean Review (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1062-7987 • E-ISSN: 1474-0575
PublisherCambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1017/s1062798712000270
OpenAlexW2021313580
LanguageEN
Citations received1
References cited13

This paper examines the importance of human rights protection – in particular the European Convention on Human Rights – to the Council of Europe's survival as a political authority. Its underlying premise is that the proliferation of regional organisations in Europe in post-war Europe, and the creation of the Communities in 1958, contributed to a loss of a sense of purpose as to the Council of Europe's role in post-war Europe. Initial attempts to widen the scope of its political authority in relation to the Member States and other regional organisations were unsuccessful. It was, therefore, necessary for the Council of Europe to consolidate its existing mandate in ensuring the region's democratic security through human rights protection. Thus, led by its Parliamentary Assembly, Council of Europe institutions have, since 1949, provided the Member States with the necessary regional fora for examining and promulgating regional human rights legislation, such as the European Convention on Human Rights and its two additional protocols abolishing the death penalty

Business · Convention · Democracy · European union · Human rights · International human rights law · International trade · Mandate · Political science · Politics · Premise · Scope (computer science · European and International Law Studies · European Union Policy and Governance · International Law and Human Rights · Law · Public Administration

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