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
The Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe in the European Committee of the Regions The Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe in the European Committee of the Regions The Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe in the European Committee of the Regions (ALDE-CoR) is a political group in the European Committee of the Regions bringing together liberal and democrat city mayors, regional presidents and ministers, and local and regional councilors to contribute to the European Union's legislative procedure. The group consists of members from two European political parties, the Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe and the European Democratic Party. In 1998 political groups were established in the European Committee of