Home Department written statement – made at on 11 September 2013.
Theresa May
The Secretary of State for the Home Department
Further to my statement of
Silvia Casale—criminologist and independent expert for the Council of Europe.
Michael Kellett—former police officer (Lancashire constabulary).
Graham Smith—academic and senior researcher at the university of Manchester.
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An international organisation of member states (45 at the time of writing) in the European region; not to be confused with the Council of the European Union, nor the European Council.
Founded on 5 May, 1949 by the Treaty of London, and currently seated in Strasbourg, membership is open to all European states which accept the princple of the rule of law and guarantee fundamental human rights and freedoms to their citizens. In 1950, this body created the European Convention on Human Rights, which laid out the foundation principles and basis on which the European Court of Human Rights stands.
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