26/04/2013 (Agence Europe) - EU to join European Convention of Human Rights. At the opening of the spring sitting of the Council of Europe's parliamentary assembly, the speaker Jean-Claude Mignon (of France) welcomed the agreement that the European Union would join the Council of Europe's Convention of Human Rights. He said this decisive step towards the establishment of a unified area of human rights protection in Europe sets an example of fruitful cooperation between the EU and the Council...