Considering that in the Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms signed at Rome on 4 November 1950, and the Protocols thereto, the member States of the Council of Europe agreed to secure to their populations the civil and political rights and freedoms therein specified;
Legal status
Legally binding
Body
Council of Europe
Document type
Regional treaty
Means of adoption
N.A.
Topic(s)
Governance & Rule of Law
Person(s) affected
N.A.
Year
1996
Paragraph type
Preamble
Reference
European Social Charter (Revised) (1996), Preamble, b.