Council of Europe of the national parliaments of each member state. The Commissioner for Human Rights is an independent institution within the Council of Europe, mandated to promote awareness of and respect for human rights in the member states. The Secretary General heads the secretariat of the organisation. Other major CoE bodies include the European Directorate for the Quality of Medicines and the European Audiovisual Observatory. The headquarters of the Council of Europe are in Strasbourg, France. English and French are its two official languages. The Committee of Ministers, the Parliamentary Assembly and the Congress also use German, Italian, Russian, and Turkish for
Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe in the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe in the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe The Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe in the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (ALDE-PACE) (French: "Alliance des démocrates et des libéraux pour l'Europe") is a political group in the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe bringing together 74 members from 30 states. Since October 2017, the group is chaired by Hendrik (Rik) Daems, Belgium. The Mission of the ALDE-PACE group is to promote core values of the Council of Europe: democracy, human rights and the rule of law through