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8 Transnat'l L. & Contemp. Probs. 313 (1998)
Innovations in the European System of Human Rights Protection: Is Enlargement Compatible with Reinforcement

handle is hein.journals/tlcp8 and id is 319 raw text is: Innovations in the European System of Human Rights Protection: Is Enlargement Compatible with Reinforcement? Peter Leuprecht* I. The European System of Human Rights Protection ................................ 313 II. Innovations in the European Human Rights System .............................. 318 III. The Council of Europe's Enlargement: Opportunities and Threats ........................................................................ 325 IV . Conclusion .................................................................................................. 336 I. THE EUROPEAN SYSTEM OF HUMAN RIGHTS PROTECTION Although various organizations and institutions including the European Community (or European Union) and the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) nowadays deal with human rights at the European level, what is commonly referred to as the European system of human rights protection is still the system created within, and operated by, the Council of Europe. The Council, founded in 1949, was the first European organization to be established after World War II. Its philosophical and political roots go back to the fight and resistance against Nazism and Fascism; the horrors and crimes they had brought about should not be allowed to recur. Never again was the motto of the pioneers of post-war European unification and of the founding fathers of the Council of Europe. They were determined to build a new, united Europe on solid foundations, on a set of strong shared values and * Peter Leuprecht has been an official of the Council of Europe from 1961 to 1997. From 1980 to 1993, he served as Director of Human Rights; in 1993 he was elected Deputy Secretary General. He resigned from this post in 1997 because of disagreement with dilution of Council of Europe standards and values. He has taught at the Universities of Strasbourg and Nancy (France) and at the European Academy of Law in Florence (Italy). He is now Visiting Professor of Law at McGill University and at the D6partement des Sciences Juridiques de l'Universit6 du Quebec A Montr6al, and works for the Department of Justice of Canada. He is one of four wise persons involved in the preparation of a European Union human rights agenda.

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