Implementation of the Duty of Care by the Council of Europe,

The aim of the chapter is to evaluate how and to what extent the Council of Europe (CoE) protects its personnel sent on mission, that is to say—as accepted in this publication—personnel who, under different kinds of contractual arrangements, act on behalf of the CoE outside the organization’s headquarters or of its usual place of activity. This implies that the protection this study will be investigating is that afforded while personnel are on duty, including during an official journey. This chapter, therefore, deals with the activity the CoE carries out in order to protect its personnel performing tasks on its behalf, with the aim to clarify whether either the CoE legal order or the practice of the organization itself may contribute to the creation of a customary rule requiring all international organizations to take care of their personnel sent on mission. The chapter also examines the different degree of protection the organization grants to different kinds of CoE workers.