25/03/2019 | Parliamentary support
The role of the Ukrainian Parliament (Verkhovna Rada) in implementing judgments of the European Court of Human Rights was the focus of a capacity-building seminar on 21-22 March 2019 in Strasbourg – with parliamentary staff receiving advice on ways to check that new laws are “Convention-compliant...
14/12/2018 | Legal Affairs and Human Rights
PACE's Committee on Legal Affairs and Human Rights is greatly concerned that Sharia law, including provisions clearly contrary to the European Convention on Human Rights, is applied officially or unofficially in several Council of Europe member states, in all or part of their territory. In...
24/04/2018 | Session
States may take preventive measures to protect the interests of society in time of war or other public emergency threatening the life of the nation that exceed what is normally permitted under the European Convention on Human Rights, in accordance with the rules on derogations set out in its...
12/04/2018 | President
“As a constitutional instrument of the European public order, the Convention provides a solid legal foundation for European unity,” said PACE President Michele Nicoletti, speaking today at a conference in Copenhagen. He advocated the need for reaffirming the Court’s authority as “an independent...
24/01/2018 | Session
Danish Prime Minister Lars Løkke Rasmussen has called for further reform of the European Convention on Human Rights – and urged member States to apply it more effectively at national level. Addressing PACE at its plenary session in Strasbourg, the Prime Minister said it was necessary to “reform...
24/01/2018 | Session
The Assembly voted in favour of drafting a European convention on the profession of lawyer, following the proposals of the rapporteur Sabien Lahaye-Battheu (Belgium, ALDE). The parliamentarians believe that greater protection should be offered to lawyers who, in many Council of Europe member...
23/01/2018 | Legal Affairs and Human Rights
Council of Europe member states are being urged to exercise “utmost caution” before derogating from – or setting aside – parts of the European Convention on Human Rights. Such derogations are possible under the Convention “in time of war or other public emergency threatening the life of the...
12/12/2017 | Legal Affairs and Human Rights
The Committee on Legal Affairs and Human Rights, on the basis of a report by Sabien Lahaye-Battheu (Belgium, ALDE), today unanimously voted in favour of drafting a European convention on the profession of lawyer. The committee believes that greater protection should be offered to lawyers who, in...
08/12/2017 | Legal Affairs and Human Rights
To mark Human Rights Day 2017, Olena Sotnyk (Ukraine, ALDE), Chairperson of the Committee on Legal Affairs and Human Rights of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe, has called for Council of Europe member States to renew their commitment to the organisation’s basic standards as...
24/11/2017 | Standing Committee
'The Convention system has done a remarkable job in promoting human rights, democracy and the rule of law across Europe. Yet, at the same time, the system is not perfect,' said Ulla Tørnæs, Denmark's Minister for Development Co-operation, representing the Danish Chairmanship of the Committee of...
31/10/2017 | Legal Affairs and Human Rights
Raphaël Comte (Switzerland, ALDE), who is preparing a report for the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) on “State of emergency: proportionality issues concerning derogations under Article 15 of the European Convention on Human Rights”, is to make a fact-finding visit to Turkey...
08/06/2017 | Parliamentary support
Within the framework of the Partnership for Good Governance (PGG)*, the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) will organise a second regional seminar for the six partnership countries on the role of national parliaments in implementing the standards of the European Convention on...