Council of Europe conventions/treaties are also open for signature to non-member states, thus facilitating equal co-operation with countries outside Europe. The Council of Europe's most famous achievement is the European Convention on Human Rights, which was adopted in 1950 following a report by the Council of Europe's Parliamentary Assembly, and followed on from the United Nations 'Universal Declaration of Human Rights' (UDHR). The Convention created the European Court of Human Rights in Strasbourg. The Court supervises compliance with the European Convention on Human Rights and thus functions as the highest European court. It is to this court that Europeans can bring cases if
Council of European Municipalities and Regions linking towns from all over Europe. This process is improved through CEMR's close cooperation with the DG Education and Culture of the European Commission. Last but not least, CEMR is behind several political documents of significance to local and regional governance, such as the "Charter of Local Liberties" (adopted in 1953), which inspired the "Charter on Local Self-Government of the Council of Europe", adopted in 1985. It also launched the "European Charter for Equality of Women and Men in Local Life", which was adopted in 2006 and has been signed by more than 1,300 local and regional governments in Europe.