Freedom of Association


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The seminar on 'Freedom of Association' was held in Reykjavik (Iceland) from 26 to 28 August 1993. It was organised by the Directorate of Human Rights of the Council of Europe in cooperation with the Ministry of Justice of Iceland, and dealt with the following four themes: freedom of association and political democracy; freedom of association and civil society; freedom of association and social democracy; freedom to form and join or not to join trade unions. Written communications were presented on the following subjects: case law of Article 11 of the European Convention on Human Rights, freedom of association and the freedom of associations, freedom of association of immigrants in Europe, freedom of association and public service and freedom of association, labour law and the needs of a democratic society. About one hundred personalities took part: representatives of governments of member States, representatives of non-governmental organisations, members of the European Commission and Court of Human Rights, professors and other interested persons from Central, Western and Eastern Europe competent in the fields covered by the themes of the Seminar. This publication contains the Proceedings of the Seminar: the official speeches made at the opening ceremony, the reports and written communications, the interventions, the final report and the list of participants. Le Séminaire sur la 'Liberté d'association' a eu lieu à Reykjavik (Islande) du 26 au 28 août 1993. Il a été organisé par la Direction des Droits de l'Homme du Conseil de l'Europe en collaboration avec le Ministère de la Justice de l'Islande. Les travaux du Séminaire de Reykjavik ont été axés sur les quatre thèmes suivants: liberté d'association et démocratie politique; liberté des associations et société civile; liberté d'association et démocratie sociale; liberté de fonder avec d'autres des syndicats et de s'y affilier. Des communications écrites ont été présentées sur les questions suivantes: jurisprudence de l'Article 11 de la Convention européenne des Droits de l'Homme, liberté d'association et libertés des associations, liberté d'association des immigrés en Europe, liberté d'association et fonction publique et liberté d'association, droit du travail et les besoins d'une société démocratique. Une centaine de personnalités y ont participé: représentants de gouvernements des pays membres et d'organisations non gouvernementales, membres de la Commission et de la Cour européennes des Droits de l'Homme, personnalités du monde académique et autres personnalités de l'Europe occidentale, centrale et orientale compétentes dans les secteurs concernés par les thèmes du Séminaire. La présente publication contient les actes du Séminaire: les allocutions officielles faites lors de la cérémonie d'ouverture, les rapports et communications écrites présentés, les interventions, le rapport final et la liste des participants.










Decisions and Reports


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Recueil Des Cours, Collected Courses 1937


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The Protection of Minorities


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This publication aims to make the Venice Commission's work in the field of protection of minorities more available to the public. It includes, on the one hand, the Proposal for a European Convention on the protection of minorities, as a reply to the heartfelt need for protection of minorities at the European level. The proposal and its explanatory report appear in the first chapter of the publication. This publication includes, in addition, firstly the report on the protection of minorities at domestic law level which was drawn up within the framework of the Venice Commission and secondly the report concerning the special protection of which minorities can take advantage in States with a Federal or Regional structure. The report in question was established on the basis of replies provided by representatives of several European and non-European States to a questionnaire drawn up by the Commission; the questionnaire, together with the replies, appears in an Appendix to the report. Perusal of the replies given by representatives of different States to the same question allows for a rapid appraisal of the solutions adopted in national laws to identical problems of protection of minorities. The European Commission for Democracy through Law considers the question of the protection of minorities to be one of the most important fields of its activity. (Adapted from.




Yearbook of the European Convention on Human Rights / Annuaire de la Convention Europeenne des Droits de L’Homme


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PREMIERE PARTIE TEXTES FONDAMENTAUX ET INFORMA nONS DE CARACTERE GENERAL CHAPITRE I. TEXTES FONDAMENTAUX A. DECLARATIONS D'ACCEPTATION DE LA COMPETENCE DE LA COMMISSION EUROPEENNE DES DROITS DE L'HOMME EN MATIERE DE REQUETES INDIVI- DUELLES (Article 25 de la Convention) 3 Danemark 3 Norvege 3 Royaume-Uni 5 B. DECLARATIONS D'ACCEPTATION DE LA JURIDICTION OBLIGATOIRE DE LA COUR EUROPEENNE DES DROITS DE L'HOMME (Article 46 de la Convention) 7 Danemark 7 Norvege 9 Royaume-Uni 9 C. DECLARATIONS D'ACCEPTATION DE LA COMPETENCE DE LA COMMISSION EUROPEENNE DES DROITS DE L'HOMME EN MATIERE DE REQUETES INDIVI DUELLES ET DE LA JURIDICTION OBLIGATOIRE DE LA COUR EUROPEENNE DES DROITS DE L'HOMME VISEES A L'ARTICLE 6, PARAGRAPHE 2, DU PROTO COLE N" 4 A LA CONVENTION EUROPEENNE 13 Danemark 13 Norvege 15 D. DEROGATIONS (Article 15 de la Convention) 17 Turquie 17 ANNEXES - Etat des Ratifications, Declarations et Reserves au 31 decembre 1972 28 - Etat des Depots des Ratifications 31 CHAPITRE II. LA COMMISSION EUROPEENNE DES DROITS DE L'HOMME 33 A. COMPOSITION 35 B. NOTICES BIOGRAPHIQUES C. TRAVALJX DE LA COMMISSION 35 41 D. SECRETARIAT VJII TABLE OF CONTENTS CHAPTER III. THE EUROPEAN COCRT OF HCMAN RIGHTS A COMPOSITION 44 B BIOGRAPHICAL NOTES 44 C SESSIONS AND HEARINGS 46 D REGISTRY OF THE COL'RT 48 CHAPTER IV. PRINCIPAL DEVELOPMENTS IN THE COUNCIL OF EUROPE CONCERNING THE PROTECTION OF HUMAN RIGHTS ~. CHRONOL.







Yearbook of the European Convention on Human Rights, 1980


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This volume of the "Yearbook of the European Convention on Human Rights, prepared by the Directorate of Human Rights of the Council of Europe, relates to 2003. Part one contains information on the Convention. Part two deals with the control mechanism of the European Convention on Human Rights: selected judgments of the European Court of Human Rights and human rights (DH) resolutions of the Committee of Ministers; part three groups together the other work of the Council of Europe in the field of human rights, and includes the work of the Committee of Ministers, the Parliamentary Assembly and the Directorate General of Human Rights; part four is devoted to information on national legislation and extracts from national judicial decisions concerning rights protected by the Convention. Appendix A contains a bibliography on the Convention, and Appendix B the biographies of the new judges elected to the European Court of Human Rights.





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