Council of Europe (Strasbourg)

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intergovernmental organization international organization pan-European organization

The Council of Europe (Strasbourg) is a pan-European intergovernmental organization based in Strasbourg, France, dedicated to promoting human rights, democracy, and the rule of law across its member states.

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All labels observed (7)

Label	Occurrences
Council of Europe headquarters in Strasbourg	8
Council of Europe headquarters	3
Council of Europe, Strasbourg	3
Council of Europe (Strasbourg) canonical	1
Council of Europe buildings	1
Council of Europe complex in Strasbourg	1
Council of Europe headquarters complex in Strasbourg	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T667746 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Council of Europe (Strasbourg)
Context triple: [European Ombudsman (office in Strasbourg), locatedNear, Council of Europe (Strasbourg)]

A. European Parliament (Strasbourg seat)
The European Parliament (Strasbourg seat) is the official plenary headquarters of the European Union’s legislative body, where most full parliamentary sessions and key votes take place.
B. European Parliament (Luxembourg seat)
The European Parliament (Luxembourg seat) is one of the institution’s official workplaces, primarily hosting administrative and support services that assist the Parliament’s legislative activities carried out in Brussels and Strasbourg.
C. European Youth Centre Strasbourg
The European Youth Centre Strasbourg is a Council of Europe educational and training facility dedicated to promoting youth participation, human rights, and intercultural dialogue across the continent.
D. European Parliament (Brussels seat)
The European Parliament's Brussels seat is one of the institution’s main working locations, where most committee meetings, political group sessions, and many plenary sittings of the EU legislature take place.
E. Secretariat of the Council of Europe
The Secretariat of the Council of Europe is the administrative body that supports the Council’s intergovernmental work, headed by the Secretary General and responsible for implementing its decisions and programs.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Council of Europe (Strasbourg)
Target entity description: The Council of Europe (Strasbourg) is a pan-European intergovernmental organization based in Strasbourg, France, dedicated to promoting human rights, democracy, and the rule of law across its member states.

A. European Parliament (Strasbourg seat)
The European Parliament (Strasbourg seat) is the official plenary headquarters of the European Union’s legislative body, where most full parliamentary sessions and key votes take place.
B. European Parliament (Luxembourg seat)
The European Parliament (Luxembourg seat) is one of the institution’s official workplaces, primarily hosting administrative and support services that assist the Parliament’s legislative activities carried out in Brussels and Strasbourg.
C. European Youth Centre Strasbourg
The European Youth Centre Strasbourg is a Council of Europe educational and training facility dedicated to promoting youth participation, human rights, and intercultural dialogue across the continent.
D. European Parliament (Brussels seat)
The European Parliament's Brussels seat is one of the institution’s main working locations, where most committee meetings, political group sessions, and many plenary sittings of the EU legislature take place.
E. Secretariat of the Council of Europe
The Secretariat of the Council of Europe is the administrative body that supports the Council’s intergovernmental work, headed by the Secretary General and responsible for implementing its decisions and programs.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (59)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	intergovernmental organization ⓘ international organization ⓘ pan-European organization ⓘ
abbreviation	CoE ⓘ
cooperatesWith	European Union ⓘ Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe ⓘ United Nations ⓘ
country	France ⓘ
establishedBy	Statute of the Council of Europe ⓘ
fieldOfWork	cultural cooperation ⓘ democracy ⓘ human rights ⓘ legal cooperation ⓘ rule of law ⓘ
foundedBy	European states ⓘ
foundingDate	1949-05-05 ⓘ
foundingLocation	London ⓘ linked to: London, England
hasFormerMember	Russian Federation ⓘ linked to: Russia
hasObserver	Canada ⓘ Holy See ⓘ Japan ⓘ Mexico ⓘ United States ⓘ linked to: United States of America
hasOrgan	Commissioner for Human Rights ⓘ linked to: Commissioner for Human Rights of the Council of Europe Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe ⓘ Conference of International Non-governmental Organisations ⓘ Congress of Local and Regional Authorities ⓘ European Court of Human Rights ⓘ Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe ⓘ
hasSeat	European Court of Human Rights building ⓘ linked to: Palais de l’Europe Palace of Europe ⓘ linked to: Palais de l’Europe
headquartersLocation	Strasbourg ⓘ Strasbourg, France ⓘ linked to: Strasbourg
inception	1949 ⓘ
judicialBody	European Court of Human Rights ⓘ
keyDocument	Convention on Action against Trafficking in Human Beings ⓘ Convention on Cybercrime ⓘ European Convention on Human Rights ⓘ European Social Charter ⓘ Framework Convention for the Protection of National Minorities ⓘ Istanbul Convention ⓘ
leaderTitle	Secretary General ⓘ
legalFramework	Statute of the Council of Europe ⓘ
legislativeBody	Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe ⓘ
locatedIn	Europe ⓘ France ⓘ
mainGoverningBody	Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe ⓘ
membership	46 member states ⓘ
motto	United in diversity ⓘ
notableAchievement	adoption of the European Convention on Human Rights ⓘ creation of the European Court of Human Rights ⓘ
officialLanguage	English ⓘ French ⓘ
purpose	promotion of democracy ⓘ promotion of human rights ⓘ promotion of the rule of law ⓘ
regionServed	Europe ⓘ
typeOfMembership	sovereign states ⓘ
website	https://www.coe.int ⓘ

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