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 for European Palestinian Relations Council for European Palestinian Relations The Council for European Palestinian Relations (CEPR) is a not-for-profit organisation which serves as Hamas’ representative in Europe, and as such, was banned from Israel by Defense Minister Moshe Ya’alon in December 2013. CEPR is based in Brussels and London. The CEPR is engaged in political lobbying work across Europe, particularly the European and British Parliaments. According to the CEPR's Official website, the aim of the CEPR’s work is to increase understanding of the Palestine issue and related Middle Eastern issues in Europe and to increase dialogue between European, Arab and Middle Eastern politicians. The