Press Release
Ratifications by Monaco
Strasbourg, 01.12.2005 - Georges Grinda, Minister Plenipotentiary to the
Minister of State of Monaco, in charge of European affairs, has just handed over
to Terry Davis, Secretary General of the Organisation, the instruments of
ratification by his country of the European Convention on Human Rights and of
its Protocols 4, 6, 7 and 13 (see CETS 005, 046, 114, 117 and 187).
During the meeting, which took place yesterday, 30 November, in the Council
of Europe headquarters in Strasbourg, Minister Plenipotentiary Grinda also
signed and handed over the instrument of ratification by Monaco of the
European Convention for the Prevention of
Torture and Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment (CETS 126).
Monaco acceded to the Council of Europe as its 46th member state on 5 October
2004.
