Council of Europe
Updated 7 November 2026
Europe's human-rights organization — 46 states under the European Convention on Human Rights and its Strasbourg court. Distinct from the EU; Russia was expelled in 2022.
Key facts
- Founded
- 1949
- Headquarters
- Strasbourg, France
- Members
- 46 states
- Chair
- Monaco
- Secretary-General
- Alain Bersetsince September 2024
- Last summit
- 16 May 2023Reykjavík, Iceland
- The UAE
- Not a member
- UAE trade with members (2025)
- $182 billion
Member states
- Albania
- Andorra
- Armenia
- Austria
- Azerbaijan
- Belgium
- Bosnia and Herzegovina
- Bulgaria
- Croatia
- Cyprus
- Czechia
- Denmark
- Estonia
- Finland
- France
- Georgia
- Germany
- Greece
- Hungary
- Iceland
- Ireland
- Italy
- Latvia
- Liechtenstein
- Lithuania
- Luxembourg
- Malta
- Moldova
- Monaco
- Montenegro
- Netherlands
- North Macedonia
- Norway
- Poland
- Portugal
- Romania
- San Marino
- Serbia
- Slovakia
- Slovenia
- Spain
- Sweden
- Switzerland
- Türkiye
- Ukraine
- United Kingdom