ets

Retrieve Council of Europe treaty documents and ratification status from the CoE Treaty Office JSON backend.

2|Updated May 8, 2026
One-click install
npx skills add https://github.com/StianOby/claude-legal-tools --skill ets
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Skill: ets
Source: https://github.com/StianOby/claude-legal-tools/tree/main/skills/ets
Command: npx skills add https://github.com/StianOby/claude-legal-tools --skill ets

SYSTEM DOCUMENTATION & REQUIREMENTS

💡 This Skill requires pypdf, and includes scripts (resource) components.

What problem does it solve?

Legal researchers, academics, and compliance professionals often waste significant time navigating the Council of Europe Treaty Office's web interface to locate official treaty documents, verify party status, and find state-specific reservations, with no easy way to batch retrieve or cache this data for repeated use.

Core Features & Use Cases

  • Full Treaty Document Retrieval: Fetches authoritative PDFs of CoE convention texts and their Explanatory Reports (travaux préparatoires) for all ETS and CETS series treaties.
  • Party Status & Reservation Lookup: Pulls up-to-date charts of signatures, ratifications, and entry-into-force dates for any CoE treaty, plus full text of all declarations, reservations, and derogations filed by individual states.
  • Use Case: A human rights researcher preparing a brief on the Istanbul Convention can use this skill to instantly pull the full treaty text, its Explanatory Report, a list of all ratifying states, and the specific reservations filed by Türkiye, without manual site navigation.

Quick Start

Ask the ets skill to retrieve the full text, explanatory report, and signature status for the European Convention on Human Rights.

Frequently Asked Questions about ets

High-intent search queries and answers about installing and using this skill.

FAQPage Schema
How do I retrieve Council of Europe treaty texts and explanatory reports?

You can retrieve Council of Europe treaty texts and explanatory reports by requesting the specific ETS or CETS convention number. The skill fetches authoritative PDF documents directly from the CoE Treaty Office backend, including full text and travaux préparatoires.

Can I get signature and ratification status charts for European treaties?

Yes, you can retrieve signature and ratification status charts for European treaties by requesting the CoE convention number. The skill pulls up-to-date entry-into-force dates, signatures, and ratifications directly from the CoE Treaty Office JSON backend.

Does the CoE treaty retrieval tool support languages other than English?

Yes, the CoE treaty retrieval tool supports multiple official EU languages for document retrieval. When fetching convention texts, explanatory reports, and status charts from the CoE Treaty Office, you can request outputs in these supported languages.

What Council of Europe treaty numbers are supported for legal research?

The tool supports legal research for all Council of Europe treaties in the ETS numbered series (1–193) and the CETS numbered series (194 and above). It fetches authoritative convention texts, explanatory reports, and party status data for these treaties.

Do I need pypdf to fetch CoE treaty documents and reservations?

Yes, pypdf is required as a dependency to fetch and process CoE treaty documents and reservations. The skill uses this library to handle the authoritative PDF convention texts and explanatory reports retrieved from the CoE Treaty Office.