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Human rights
- children's rights
- death penalty
- equality
- European Convention on Human Rights
- European Social Charter
- execution of judgments of the European Court of Human Rights
- freedom of association
- freedom of expression
- human rights
- minorities - see also "regional and minority languages"
- racism and intolerance
- torture
- trafficking in human beings
- violence against women and domestic violence
Summits of Heads of State and Government of the Council of Europe
Democracy and political affairs
- civil society and non-governmental organisations
- conflict-affected areas and disputed territories
- constitutional reforms
- democratic stability
- elections
- external relations
- honouring of commitments
- monitoring
- neighbourhood policy
- political affairs
- political prisoners
- territorial integrity
Local and regional governance and co-operation
Rule of law and legal affairs
- accession
- artificial intelligence
- asylum, refugees and stateless persons - see also "migration and migrants"
- bioethics
- crime
- corruption
- counterfeiting of medical products - use "medicines"
- cybercrime
- money laundering
- democracy through law
- justice system
- legal affairs
- legal co-operation
- personal data protection
- protection of animals
- terrorism
Culture, Education, Environment, Heritage, Sport and Youth
Budget, Organisational operation and administration
Information society
Social cohesion
- children
- health
- migration and migrants - see also "asylum, refugees and stateless persons"
- minorities - see also "regional and minority languages"
- people with disabilities
- Roma
- sexual orientation and gender identity - use "equality"
- social cohesion
- social cohesion and social policy
- social security
Entities
Council of Europe
- Commissioner for Human Rights
- Committee of Ministers (CM)
- Conference of INGOs
- Congress of Local and Regional Authorities
- Deputy Secretary General
- European Court of Human Rights (ECHR)
- European Youth Centre (EYC)
- External Offices / external presence
- Joint Committee PACE-CM
- Parliamentary Assembly (PACE)
- Secretary General (SG)
Council of Europe Partial Agreements, Enlarged Partial Agreements and Enlarged Agreements
- European Pharmacopoeia (EDQM)
- Council of Europe Development Bank (CEB)
- Council of Europe International Co-operation Group on Drugs and Addiction (Pompidou Group)
- Co-operation Group for the Prevention of, Protection Against, and Organisation of Relief in Major Natural and Technological Disasters (EUR-OPA)
- European Support Fund for the Co-Production and Distribution of Creative Cinematographic and Audiovisual Works "Eurimages"
- European Centre for Global Interdependence and Solidarity (North-South Centre)
- Partial Agreement on Youth Mobility through the Youth Card
- European Audiovisual Observatory
- European Centre for Modern Languages (Graz Centre)
- Enlarged Partial Agreement on Sport (EPAS)
- Enlarged Partial Agreement on Cultural Routes
- Observatory on History Teaching in Europe
- Enlarged Partial Agreement on the Register of Damage Caused by the Aggression of the Russian Federation against Ukraine
- European Commission for Democracy through Law (Venice Commission)
- Group of States against Corruption (GRECO)
Other international organisations
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