The Council of Europe was established in 1948.
Article 3 of the Statute of the Council of Europe (ETS No 001):
'Every member of the Council of Europe must accept the principles of the rule of law and of the enjoyment by all persons within its jurisdiction of human rights and fundamental freedoms, and collaborate sincerely and effectively in the realisation of the aim of the Council as specified in Chapter I.'
Under the Council two major human rights instruments have been made.
Sources requiring an Oxford SSO
On Level 3 of the Law Library there are holdings of the following:
European Commission of Human Rights, decisions and reports (D.R.) - Classmark: Internat 150 E41.
European Court of Human Rights Judgments (Decision and Pleadings, Series A & B) - Classmark: Internat 150 E45
European Human Rights Report (EHRR) - Classmark: Internat 150 E60. Also available to OU members on Westlaw Edge UK
European Court of Human Rights, Series A: judgments and decisions - Classmark: Internat 150 E44
European Court of Human Rights, Series B: Pleadings - Classmark: Internat 150 E45
Taking a Case to the European Court of Human Rights by Looking for a Reading List title?
It may be in the collection called the Law Reserve. A clue will be if the shelf mark begins KC. Two examples are below.
When you need to read a book in this collection, just come to the Law Enquiry Desk with your University or Bodleian Reader's Card and ask for it there. You may keep it for the rest of the day, but it may not be taken out of the Library. We ask you to return it to the Enquiry Desk when you have finished consulting it.
Jacobs, White, and Ovey: the European Convention on Human Rights by 
Harris, O'Boyle & Warbrick : Law of the European Convention on Human RightsThe majority of books in this topic will be on Level 3, with shelf marks beginning Internat 570 or Internat 575
General Principles of the European Convention on Human Rights by 
Theory and Practice of the European Convention on Human Rights by Specialist law journals
European Human Rights Law Review Call Number: Internat 300 E50
European Journal of International Law Call Number: Internat 300 E60
Note Journals with shelf marks beginning Internat 300 can be found
on level 3 (one floor above then entrance level) if the volume is 2000 or later
on the ground floor (two floors beneath the entrance levels) if the volume is 1999 or older
In addition to HUDOC ECHR & HUDOC EXEC there are the following specialist databases: