Since the Council of Europe was established in 1949, more than forty conventions and agreements between Member States have been concluded within its framework, relating entirely or in part, directly or indirectly, to aliens. Usually these conventions and agreements concern nationals of the contracting parties only. Sometimes, as is particularly the case with the European Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms and its Five Protocols, all aliens within the jurisdiction of a Member State are covered, regardless of their nationality.