The book reviews the history of the Council of Europe from its foundation in 1949 through the early conventions on human rights and culture to its expansion into the fields of social affairs, environment and education. It supplies necessary factual information about expansion of membership and the extension of competences through tables and date charts as well as describing key debates within the organisation.
Inhaltsverzeichnis
1. Fitting the Council of Europe into the Picture 2. Human Rights: A Convention and a Court 3. Human Rights: Protection and Promotion 4. Specialised Agencies: Coalitions of the Willing 5. Holding it all Together 6. The Road not Taken 7. The Wilderness Years 8. Pan-European Prospects 9. Redefining the Problem 10. A Common Body of Standards
