On the European level, the ECLJ is actively engaged on issues of religious freedom and human rights, both within the Council of Europe, based in Strasbourg, and the European Union, based in Brussels and Strasbourg.

The Council of Europe was founded in 1949. It has a pan-European dimension, with 47 member States and 5 observer countries: the Holy See, the United States, Canada, Japan, and Mexico. It seeks to develop throughout Europe common and democratic principles based on the European Convention on Human Rights and other reference texts on the protection of individuals. The main political component parts of the Council of Europe are the Committee of Ministers, the Organisation's decision-making body and the Parliamentary Assembly composed of 636 members representing the 47 national parliaments:
The Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) meets four times a year for a week-long plenary session in Strasbourg. The ECLJ is very involved in the work of the PACE.

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DOCUMENTS

ECLJ MEMORANDUM TO THE PARLIAMENTARY ASSEMBLY OF THE COUNCIL OF EUROPE

Informe sobre vulneraciones al derecho de objeción de conciencia de los profesionales de la sanidad pública en España - June 2011 Spanish

ECLJ Report – The Persecution of Oriental Christians - What Answer From Europe? - March 2011 English

ECLJ MEMORÁNDUM BASADO EN EL INFORME DEL APCE “EL ACCESO DE LAS MUJERES A UNA ASISTENCIA MÉDICA LEGAL: EL PROBLEMA DEL USO NO REGULADO DE LA OBJECIÓN DE CONCIENCIA” - September 2010 Spanish | English

ECLJ Memorandum on the Proposed Pace's Resolution on "Women’s Access to Lawful Medical Care: The Problem of Unregulated Use uf Conscientious Objection”. September 2010. - September 2010 English | Spanish

Résolution et de recommandation n°12266 sur « l’islam, l’islamisme et l’islamophobie en Europe », Juin 2010 - June 2010 Commentaires de l'ECLJ sur le concept « d’Islamophobie »

"Discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation and gender identity" - December 2009 - December 2009 ECLJ Submission on the proposed resolution "Discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation and gender identity" PACE (Doc. 12087)

Fifteen Years Since the International Conference on Population and Development Programme of Action. Septembre 2009 - October 2009 ECLJ Submission on the proposed recommendation "Fifteen Years Since the ICPD Programme of Action" PACE (Doc AS/Soc (2009) 5) Rapport de l’ECLJ sur le Projet de recommandation « Quinze ans après le Programme d’action de la Conférence internationale sur la population et le développement » (version française)

Preventing the first form of violence against children: abandonment at birth - June 2008 ECLJ Submission on the proposed resolution "Preventing the first form of violence against children: abandonment at birth" PACE (Doc 11538)

Recognition in Europe of same-sex partnerships - May 2008 ECLJ Submission on the proposed recognition in Europe of same-sex partnerships

Access to Safe and Legal Abortion in Europe - April 2008 ECLJ Submission on the proposed resolution (doc. 11537) on "Access to Safe and Legal Abortion in Europe". PACE  Session 14 – 18 April, 2008

Dangers of Creationism - June 2007 ECLJ Submission on the proposed resolution "Report on the Dangers of Creationism in Education" PACE Doc 11297

PRESS RELEASES

12.17.09 - ECLJ : The PACE’s draft resolution on “Discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation and gender identity” discriminates and threatens fundamental rights of other people.

10.02.09 - Fifteen Years Since the International Conference on Population and Development Programme of Action. Septembre 2009 ECLJ Submission on the proposed recommendation "Fifteen Years Since the ICPD Programme of Action" PACE (Doc AS/Soc (2009) 5) Rapport de l’ECLJ sur le Projet de recommandation « Quinze ans après le Programme d’action de la Conférence internationale sur la population et le développement » (version française)

10.01.09 - ECLJ:  Council of Europe Postpones Vote on Pro-Abortion Report

06.26.08 - ECLJ to Council of Europe: Stop Abortion Agenda

11.09.07 - Council of Europe passes resolution to ban creationism from classroom