Chapter 4: The role of the UK within key international organisations - The Council of Europe

Question 1

The continent’s leading human rights organisation

Answer 1

The continent’s leading human rights organisation is the Council of Europe

Question 2

The Council of Europe

Answer 2

The Council of Europe is an intergovernmental organisation

Question 3

When was the Council of Europe founded?

Answer 3

The Council of Europe was founded in 1949

Question 4

What are the Council of Europe’s aims?

Answer 4

The Council of Europe's aims are to promote:
1. Human rights
2. Democracy
3. The rule of law
within its 47 member states

Question 5

Which body established the European Convention on Human Rights?

Answer 5

The Council of Europe established the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR)

Question 6

The Council of Europe has 47 member states, of whom 28 are also what?

Answer 6

The Council of Europe has 47 member states, of whom 28 are also members of the EU

Question 7

The Council of Europe is not itself part of what?

Answer 7

The Council of Europe is not itself part of the EU

Question 8

What did all member countries of the Council of Europe agree to abide by?

Answer 8

All member countries of the Council of Europe agreed to abide by the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR)

Question 9

The European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR)

Answer 9

The European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR) is a convention that enshrines the:
1. Basic human rights
2. Fundamental freedoms
of everyone within the jurisdiction of any member state

Question 10

The European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR) is a convention that lays down basic human rights.
It is based upon what?

Answer 10

The European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR) is based upon the Universal Declaration of Human Rights

Question 11

When was the ECHR adopted?

Answer 11

The ECHR was adopted in 1950

Question 12

The ECHR was adopted in 1950 and came into force when?

Answer 12

The ECHR was adopted in 1950 and came into force in 1953

Question 13

What oversees the implementation of the ECHR?

Answer 13

The European Court of Human Rights oversees the implementation of the ECHR

Question 14

The Court of the Council of Europe

Answer 14

The Court of the Council of Europe is the European Court of Human Rights

Question 15

The Court of the Council of Europe is the European Court of Human Rights.
Where is the Court of the Council of Europe?

Answer 15

The Court of the Council of Europe, the European Court of Human Rights, is in Strasbourg

Question 16

What rules on the ECHR?

Answer 16

The Court of the Council of Europe, the European Court of Human Rights, rules on the ECHR

Question 17

What is the European Court of Human Rights made up of?

Answer 17

The European Court of Human Rights is made up of judges from all its member countries

Question 18

A founder member of the Council of Europe

Answer 18

The UK was a founder member of the Council of Europe

Question 19

The UK was a founder member of the Council of Europe and helped do what?

Answer 19

The UK was a founder member of the Council of Europe and helped draft the ECHR

Question 20

Individual citizens can bring complaints of human rights violations to where?

Answer 20

Individual citizens can bring complaints of human rights violations to the Strasbourg European Court of Human Rights

Question 21

Individual citizens can bring complaints of human rights violations to the Strasbourg European Court of Human Rights, once what have been exhausted in the member state concerned?

Answer 21

Individual citizens can bring complaints of human rights violations to the Strasbourg European Court of Human Rights, once all possibilities of appeal have been exhausted in the member state concerned

Question 22

Who is preparing to sign up to the ECHR?

Answer 22

The EU is preparing to sign up to the ECHR

Question 23

The EU is preparing to sign up to the ECHR, creating the ability for what?

Answer 23

The EU is preparing to sign up to the ECHR, creating the ability for any of the 508 million citizens within the EU to access the European Court of Human Rights

Question 24

The European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR) is a convention that enshrines the basic human rights and fundamental freedoms of everyone within the jurisdiction of any member state.
These include the rights to what?

Answer 24

These include the rights to:

1. Life
2. Protection against torture and inhuman treatment
3. Freedom and safety
4. A fair trial
5. Freedom of peaceful assembly and association