Open to the public, they constitute a unique research source for the early history of European integration.
Files are declassified under the Council of Europe's one-year, 10-year and 30-year rules, which are explained on the Archives website.
Part of the archive collections can be searched online using the Council of Europe's Webcat database.
The Archives are also the repository for the instruments of ratification of the Council of Europe's international treaties, of which the best known is the European Convention on Human Rights
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