In 1966, Pierre Pflimlin, President of the Consultative Assembly of the Council of Europe, lays the foundation stone of the ‘Palais des Droits de l'Homme’ in Strasbourg, the building destined to house the European Commission and Court of Human Rights. To his right, Eugène Schaus, President of the Committee of Ministers. To his left, Ludovico Benvenuti, outgoing Secretary-General of the Council of Europe.