Remembrance of the Holocaust, Prevention of Crimes against Humanity and the Council of Europe
Since the signing of the Treaty of London, the Council of Europe, which emerged from the ruins of the Second World War, has defined its fundamental objectives with a view to countering the totalitarian ideologies that dominated the first half of the 20th century and their corollaries: intolerance, separation, exclusion, hatred and discrimination, referring to the "preservation of human society and civilisation".
The values of the Council of Europe - democracy, human rights and the rule of law - are part of a preventive post-Holocaust effort which guarantees the construction of a European society striving to learn to respect the dignity of all.
The Council of Europe is part of IHRA’s (International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance) #ProtectTheFacts campaign since January 2024.
A memorandum of understanding was signed between the two organisations in 2010 setting out the framework of our cooperation.
The European Commission, the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights, the United Nations and UNESCO are also part of the #ProtectTheFacts campaign.
