The Governments signatory hereto, being Members of the Council of Europe,
Considering that, under the terms of Article 59 of the Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms, signed at Rome on 4th November, 1950, the members of the European Commission of
Human Rights (hereinafter referred to as “the Commission”) are entitled, during the
discharge of their functions, to the privileges and immunities provided for in Article 40 of the Statute of the Council of Europe and in the Agreements made thereunder;
Considering that it is necessary to specify and define the said privileges and immunities
in a Protocol to the General Agreement on Privileges and Immunities of the Council of Europe, signed at Paris on 2nd September, 1949,