The Council of Europe plays a pivotal role in the promotion and protection of human rights in Europe, yet its work is often little understood. This volume provides a comprehensive analysis of the work of the Council of Europe and the legal framework within which it operates. Schmahl and Breuer's edited volume gives a broad overview and serves as an insight into the most prominent regional international organisation. Because of its thematic breadth, it may serve on the one hand as a practitioner's handbook ... On the other hand, it serves as a means of (first) information about certain areas of the Council of Europe for anyone interested in the work, objectives, institutions and suborgans, and conventions of the Council of Europe.