04/11/2025 | European Convention on Human Rights
PACE has launched a dedicated web page to mark the 75th anniversary of the European Convention on Human Rights. The new page highlights the Assembly’s contribution to the drafting and adoption of the Convention, its role in strengthening the Convention system, and its continued efforts to ensure...
04/11/2025 | President
In an address at a solemn ceremony to mark the 75th anniversary of the signature of the European Convention on Human Rights, PACE President Theodoros Rousopoulos hailed the Convention as “the most powerful act of imagination in our continent’s history”. Speaking at the European Court of Human...
29/09/2025 | Session
Standing before the original text of the European Convention on Human Rights, displayed in the Hemicycle to mark its 75th anniversary, the PACE President opened the 2025 autumn session stating that this text “is not simply a document on display. It is the very compass that has guided Europe for...
24/06/2025 | Session
“If state parties consider that the European Convention on Human Rights and its protocols no longer reflect their requirements for the proper protection of human rights, then the mechanisms for changing it are available – and they don’t include an attack on the Court,” said Lord Keen (United...
24/06/2025 | Election of Judges
The Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) today elected Hugh Mercer as judge to the European Court of Human Rights in respect of the United Kingdom. Mr Mercer, having obtained a majority of votes cast, is elected judge of the European Court of Human Rights for a term of office of...
23/06/2025 | Session
PACE President Theodoros Rousopoulos, opening the Assembly’s summer session in Strasbourg today, announced an address later in the week by Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, during his first visit to the Council of Europe, and urged “the final steps” towards the establishment of an...
10/04/2025 | Session
PACE has set out the final few steps that could lead – after more than 40 years of discussions – to the accession of the EU to the European Convention on Human Rights. Approving a resolution based on a report by Titus Corlăţean (Romania, SOC), the Assembly said “what appears to be the last...
09/04/2025 | Session
Recalling the “unequivocal obligation” to implement judgments of the Strasbourg Court in a “timely and effective manner”, the Assembly today expressed concern at the failure of some States Parties to the European Convention on Human Rights to remedy the underlying causes of human rights...
08/04/2025 | Election of Judges
The Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) today elected Sébastien Biancheri as judge to the European Court of Human Rights in respect of Monaco. Mr Biancheri, having obtained a majority of votes cast, is elected judge of the European Court of Human Rights for a term of office of...
28/01/2025 | Session
The Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) today elected Canòlic Mingorance Cairat as judge to the European Court of Human Rights in respect of Andorra. Ms Canòlic Mingorance Cairat, having obtained a majority of votes cast, is elected judge of the European Court of Human Rights...
28/01/2025 | Session
The Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) today elected Vahe Grigoryan as judge to the European Court of Human Rights in respect of Armenia. Mr Vahe Grigoryan, having obtained a majority of votes cast, is elected judge of the European Court of Human Rights for a term of office of...
28/01/2025 | Session
The Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) today elected Vasilka Sancin as judge to the European Court of Human Rights in respect of Slovenia. Ms Vasilka Sancin, having obtained a majority of votes cast, is elected judge of the European Court of Human Rights for a term of office...