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
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