Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe

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decision-making body executive body organ of the Council of Europe

The Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe is the organization’s chief decision-making body, composed of the foreign ministers of member states or their permanent diplomatic representatives.

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All labels observed (11)

Label	Occurrences
Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe canonical	58
Council of Europe Committee of Ministers	7
Committee of Ministers	1
Committee of Ministers at Deputies’ level	1
Committee of Ministers in adopting resolutions on implementation of the Framework Convention	1
Committee of Ministers of Foreign Affairs	1
Committee of Ministers resolutions	1
Committee of Ministers’ Deputies	1
Council of Europe bodies	1
Council of Europe meetings	1
Secretariat of the Committee of Ministers	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T373626 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe
Context triple: [Council of Europe, hasOrgan, Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe]

A. Committee of the Regions
The Committee of the Regions is an EU advisory assembly composed of locally and regionally elected representatives that provides opinions on proposed European legislation affecting regional and local authorities.
B. Council of the European Union
The Council of the European Union is one of the main decision-making institutions of the European Union, where government ministers from each member state meet to adopt laws and coordinate policies.
C. Council of Europe
The Council of Europe is a pan-European intergovernmental organization focused on promoting human rights, democracy, and the rule of law across its member states.
D. Secretary General of the Council of Europe
The Secretary General of the Council of Europe is the chief executive officer of the Council of Europe, responsible for its strategic direction, administration, and the implementation of its human rights, democracy, and rule-of-law initiatives across member states.
E. European Council
The European Council is an EU institution that brings together the heads of state or government of member countries to define the European Union’s overall political direction and priorities.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe
Target entity description: The Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe is the organization’s chief decision-making body, composed of the foreign ministers of member states or their permanent diplomatic representatives.

A. Committee of the Regions
The Committee of the Regions is an EU advisory assembly composed of locally and regionally elected representatives that provides opinions on proposed European legislation affecting regional and local authorities.
B. Council of the European Union
The Council of the European Union is one of the main decision-making institutions of the European Union, where government ministers from each member state meet to adopt laws and coordinate policies.
C. Council of Europe
The Council of Europe is a pan-European intergovernmental organization focused on promoting human rights, democracy, and the rule of law across its member states.
D. Secretary General of the Council of Europe
The Secretary General of the Council of Europe is the chief executive officer of the Council of Europe, responsible for its strategic direction, administration, and the implementation of its human rights, democracy, and rule-of-law initiatives across member states.
E. European Council
The European Council is an EU institution that brings together the heads of state or government of member countries to define the European Union’s overall political direction and priorities.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	decision-making body ⓘ executive body ⓘ organ of the Council of Europe ⓘ
appliesToJurisdiction	member states of the Council of Europe ⓘ
canDecideBy	majority vote ⓘ
composedOf	foreign ministers of member states of the Council of Europe ⓘ permanent representatives of member states of the Council of Europe ⓘ
cooperatesWith	European Court of Human Rights ⓘ Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe ⓘ Secretary General of the Council of Europe ⓘ
country	France ⓘ
decisionMakingProcess	usually by consensus ⓘ
governs	intergovernmental work of the Council of Europe ⓘ
hasChairperson	rotating presidency ⓘ
hasPart	Ministers’ Deputies ⓘ
headquartersLocation	Palais de l’Europe ⓘ Strasbourg ⓘ
inception	1949 ⓘ
legalBasis	Statute of the Council of Europe ⓘ
mainResponsibility	admitting new member states to the Council of Europe ⓘ adopting conventions and agreements ⓘ adopting recommendations to member states ⓘ adopting the Council of Europe’s budget ⓘ implementing decisions of the Council of Europe ⓘ monitoring the execution of judgments of the European Court of Human Rights ⓘ suspending or taking action regarding member states in case of serious violations ⓘ
meetingFrequency	several times a year at ministerial level ⓘ weekly at Deputies’ level ⓘ
meetsAt	Strasbourg ⓘ
monitors	respect for human rights, democracy and the rule of law in member states ⓘ
numberOfMembers	46 ⓘ
officialLanguage	English ⓘ French ⓘ
oversees	implementation of Council of Europe conventions ⓘ intergovernmental committees and expert groups of the Council of Europe ⓘ
parentOrganization	Council of Europe ⓘ
partOf	Council of Europe ⓘ
presidencyRotationOrder	alphabetical order of member states in English ⓘ
presidencyRotationPeriod	six months ⓘ
receivesOpinionsFrom	Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe ⓘ
receivesReportsFrom	Secretary General of the Council of Europe ⓘ
reportsTo	member governments of the Council of Europe ⓘ
role	chief decision-making body of the Council of Europe ⓘ collective decision-making organ ⓘ
shortName	CM ⓘ Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Committee of Ministers
subsidiary	Ministers’ Deputies ⓘ
website	https://www.coe.int/en/web/cm ⓘ

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Referenced by (74)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Council of Europe → hasOrgan → Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe ⓘ

ECRML → monitoredBy → Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe ⓘ

Secretary General of the Council of Europe → nominatedBy → Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe ⓘ

Secretary General of the Council of Europe → reportsTo → Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe ⓘ

Committee of Experts of the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages → reportsTo → Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe ⓘ

Committee of Experts of the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages → advises → Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe ⓘ

Framework Convention for the Protection of National Minorities → adoptedBy → Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe ⓘ

Framework Convention for the Protection of National Minorities → monitoringBody → Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe ⓘ

Framework Convention for the Protection of National Minorities → monitoringOutput → Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe ⓘ

this entity surface form: Committee of Ministers resolutions

Palais de l’Europe → housesBody → Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe ⓘ

European Convention on Human Rights → draftedBy → Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe ⓘ

this entity surface form: Council of Europe Committee of Ministers

Układ Warszawski → hasPart → Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe ⓘ

this entity surface form: Committee of Ministers of Foreign Affairs

European Social Charter → supervisedBy → Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe ⓘ

Protocol No. 14 to the European Convention on Human Rights → grantsPowerTo → Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe ⓘ

CoE → hasOrgan → Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe ⓘ

subject surface form: Council of Europe

CoE → mainGoverningBody → Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe ⓘ

subject surface form: Council of Europe

Statute of the Council of Europe → establishesOrgan → Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe ⓘ

Congress of Local and Regional Authorities → worksWith → Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe ⓘ

Conference of International Non-governmental Organisations → worksWith → Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe ⓘ

Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe → shortName → Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Committee of Ministers

European Charter of Local Self-Government → adoptedByBody → Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe ⓘ

Commissioner for Human Rights of the Council of Europe → reportsTo → Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe ⓘ

FCNM → adoptedByBody → Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe ⓘ

Advisory Committee on the Framework Convention for the Protection of National Minorities → reportsTo → Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe ⓘ

Advisory Committee opinions → addressedTo → Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe ⓘ

Advisory Committee opinions → usedBy → Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe ⓘ

this entity surface form: Committee of Ministers in adopting resolutions on implementation of the Framework Convention

Advisory Committee opinions → madePublicBy → Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe ⓘ

States Parties to the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages → supervisedBy → Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe ⓘ

Council of Europe (Strasbourg) → hasOrgan → Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe ⓘ

subject surface form: Council of Europe

Council of Europe (Strasbourg) → mainGoverningBody → Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe ⓘ

subject surface form: Council of Europe

Council of Europe member states → participateIn → Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe ⓘ

Protocol No. 16 to the European Convention on Human Rights → adoptedBy → Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe ⓘ

Flag of Europe → designApprovedBy → Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe ⓘ

Protocol No. 13 to the European Convention on Human Rights → monitoredBy → Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe ⓘ

Protocol No. 15 to the European Convention on Human Rights → adoptedBy → Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe ⓘ

Disciplinary Chamber of the Supreme Court of Poland → criticizedBy → Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe ⓘ

this entity surface form: Council of Europe bodies

European Committee of Social Rights → electsBy → Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe ⓘ

European Committee of Social Rights → reportsTo → Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe ⓘ

Governmental Committee of the European Social Charter → preparesDecisionsFor → Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe ⓘ

Governmental Committee of the European Social Charter → advises → Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe ⓘ

Governmental Committee of the European Social Charter → reportsTo → Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe ⓘ

Governmental Committee of the European Social Charter → establishedBy → Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe ⓘ

PACE → cooperatesWith → Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe ⓘ

equality and non-discrimination committee → worksWith → Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe ⓘ

subject surface form: Equality and Non-Discrimination Committee

Parliamentary Assembly Secretariat → cooperatesWith → Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe ⓘ

this entity surface form: Secretariat of the Committee of Ministers

Staff Regulations of the Council of Europe → adoptedBy → Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe ⓘ

Financial Regulations of the Council of Europe → adoptedBy → Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe ⓘ

United States Mission to the Council of Europe → engagesWithBody → Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe ⓘ

United States Mission to the Council of Europe → participatesIn → Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe ⓘ

this entity surface form: Council of Europe meetings

Treaty of London (1949) → createsBody → Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe ⓘ

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