Congress of Europe, The Hague, 1948

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The Congress of Europe held in The Hague in 1948 was a landmark gathering of European politicians, intellectuals, and activists that laid important groundwork for postwar European integration and the eventual creation of institutions like the Council of Europe.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf European integration milestone ⓘ
international political conference ⓘ
adoptedDocument Cultural Resolution of the Hague Congress ⓘ
Economic and Social Resolution of the Hague Congress ⓘ
Political Resolution of the Hague Congress ⓘ
aim lay foundations for European political integration ⓘ
prevent future wars in Europe ⓘ
promote European unity ⓘ
promote human rights and democracy in Europe ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Congress of Europe ⓘ
Hague Congress ⓘ
associatedOrganization European Movement International ⓘ
attendeeCount 800 ⓘ
calledFor creation of a European Assembly ⓘ
drafting of a European Charter of Human Rights ⓘ
establishment of a Court of Human Rights ⓘ
greater economic and social cooperation in Europe ⓘ
chairperson Winston Churchill ⓘ
country Netherlands ⓘ
endDate 1948-05-10 ⓘ
followedBy creation of the Council of Europe in 1949 ⓘ
historicalContext beginning of the Cold War ⓘ
post-World War II reconstruction of Europe ⓘ
ideologicalCurrent European federalism ⓘ
European unionism ⓘ
influenced European Convention on Human Rights ⓘ
creation of the Council of Europe ⓘ
establishment of the European Court of Human Rights ⓘ
languageOfProceedings multiple European languages ⓘ
legacy considered a founding moment of the European movement ⓘ
provided political impetus for institutionalized European cooperation ⓘ
location The Hague ⓘ
notableParticipant Alcide De Gasperi ⓘ
Altiero Spinelli ⓘ
François Mitterrand ⓘ
Harold Macmillan ⓘ
Konrad Adenauer ⓘ
Paul-Henri Spaak ⓘ
Winston Churchill ⓘ
organizedBy European League for Economic Cooperation ⓘ
European Union of Federalists ⓘ
International Committee of the Movements for European Unity ⓘ
Nouvelles Équipes Internationales ⓘ
United Europe Movement ⓘ
participantsFromCountries over 20 European countries ⓘ
presidentOfHonor Winston Churchill ⓘ
resultedIn Hague Resolutions ⓘ
startDate 1948-05-07 ⓘ
year 1948 ⓘ

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Denis de Rougemont → participantIn → Congress of Europe, The Hague, 1948 ⓘ