Dangerous Times - but We Have to Protect Our Rights ; Agenda More, Not Fewer, Human Rights Are Needed If Societies Are to Be Protected From Terror Threats, According to Former Birmingham Mp and Now Secretary General of the Council of Europe, Terry Davis. This Is His Speech Yesterday to the One World Forum at Warwick University

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First of all, a few words about the Council of Europe. What it is or rather what it is not. The fact is that there is a lot of confusion about who we are and what we do, which is perhaps not surprising for an organisation which has the words "Council" and "Europe" in its name.

First of all, the Council of Europe is not a stripped-down version of the European Union. We are a totally different intergovernmental organisation, mandated to protect, promote and extend democracy, human rights and the rule of law, and that is why we incorporate the European Court of Human Rights which enforces the European Convention on Human Rights.

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Dangerous Times - but We Have to Protect Our Rights ; Agenda More, Not Fewer, Human Rights Are Needed If Societies Are to Be Protected From Terror Threats, According to Former Birmingham Mp and Now Secretary General of the Council of Europe, Terry Davis. This Is His Speech Yesterday to the One World Forum at Warwick University

The European Union, on the other hand, is a supranational body with important legislative and executive powers. As such it has a responsibility to protect - but it may also infringe human rights.

In the Council of Europe we are therefore very much in favour of the European Union acceding to the European Convention on Human Rights. This is something which is endorsed in the recently approved Reform Treaty of the Euro...

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