THE COUNCIL OF EUROPE, THE MOTOR OF THE EUROPEAN UNION'S LEGISLATIVE DEVELOPMENT IN MATTER OF PROMOTION OF HUMAN RIGHTS

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DOI:

https://doi.org/10.26619/1647-7251.15.1.8

Keywords:

Council of Europe, Human Rights, Engine Development, European Union, European Council

Abstract

The Council of Europe, although often confused with the European Council, is not an institution of the European Union, but an international intergovernmental organisation. In reality, the Council of Europe is an international organisation that has legal personality recognised by international law and whose main objective is the defence of human rights, democratic development and political and social stability in Europe for around 820 million people in 47 Member States, including the Member States of the European Union. It is important to note that states wishing to join the Council of Europe must also ratify the European Convention on Human Rights, also known as the European Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms. We therefore restate that the Council of Europe is the driving force behind European Union legislation, to the extent that the European Union gets much of its legislative inspiration from the legal instruments that the Council of Europe has adopted to enshrine, promote, and protect the most fundamental human rights.

Author Biographies

JOSÉ NORONHA RODRIGUES

Researcher at CEDIS, Nova School of Law, FD, Universidade NOVA de Lisboa - School of Law, Campus de Campolide (Portugal). Vice-President of the School of Business and Economics of the University of Azores. Scientific Coordinator of the Master's Degree in Company and Employment Law, as well as of the Degree in Law at the University of Santiago - Cape Verde, Visiting Professor in the Master's Degree in Civil Law and in the Master's Degree in Tax Law at the Catholic University of Mozambique. Doctor in Law (PhD) "CUM LAUDE", by the University of Santiago de Compostela, Spain, recognized the equivalence of the degree of Doctor in Law by the Lisbon University Faculty of Law, DEA in European Union Law, Master’s in International Relations, Post-Graduate in Regional Law, Post-Graduate in Labor Law and Graduated in Law. He also holds the Chair of the Policy Center for the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child.

DORA CABETE

Researcher at CEDIS, Nova School of Law, FD, Universidade NOVA de Lisboa - School of Law, Campus de Campolide (Portugal). Doctor (PhD) in Business Economic Sciences – specialization in Economics - at the School of Business and Economics of the University of the Azores, PhD candidate in Law at the Universidade Nova de Lisboa - School of Law, Lisboa, Master's and postgraduate degree in Social Sciences at the University of the Azores, Degree in Sociology (UAc) and in Law (UAL). She is a guest lecturer at the Azores University, a guest lecturer at the University of Santiago - Cape Verde and a lawyer.

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Published

2024-05-27

Issue

Vol. 15 No. 1 (2024)

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ARTICLES