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Romania should do more to bring its laws and practices into line with the European Convention on Human Rights

07/05/2010 | Legal Affairs and Human Rights

Strasbourg, 07.05.2010 - Christos Pourgourides (Cyprus, EPP/CD), rapporteur of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) on the implementation of judgments of the European Court of Human Rights, has ended a two-day visit to Bucharest (5-6 May 2010) with a call to the Romanian...

EU should accede to the European Convention on Human Rights ‘within two years’

19/03/2010 | Legal Affairs and Human Rights

Strasbourg, 18.03.2010 – The EU should accede to the European Convention on Human Rights “within a couple of years”, with negotiations beginning no later than July this year, a Vice-Chair of PACE’s Legal Affairs Committee has told a European Parliament hearing in Brussels. Serhiy Holovaty...

The Council of Europe welcomes approval, for ratification, by the Russian State Duma of Protocol No. 14 to...

15/01/2010 | President

Statement by Micheline Calmy-Rey, Chairperson of the Committee of Ministers and Lluís Maria de Puig, President of the Parliamentary Assembly Strasbourg, 15.01.2010 - “We welcome the approval, for ratification, of Protocol No. 14 to the European Convention on Human Rights by the Russian State...

PACE proposal to make ‘a right to a healthy environment’ enforceable under European human rights law

15/05/2009 | President

Strasbourg, 15.05.2009 – A concrete proposal to inscribe “the right to a healthy environment” into the European system of human rights protection is to be debated in September by the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE), its President announced yesterday. Addressing the Nevsky...

‘The role of national parliaments is crucial in verifying state compliance with European human rights...

09/06/2008 | Legal Affairs and Human Rights

Strasbourg, 09.06.2008 -“Member states parliaments should be more rigorous in ensuring regular verification of the compatibility of their legislation with European human rights convention standards ” declared Marie-Louise Bemelmans-Videc (Netherlands, EPP/CD) in a keynote speech today at a...

Increasing the effectiveness of the European Convention on Human Rights at national level

05/06/2008 | Legal Affairs and Human Rights

Marie-Louise Bemelmans-Videc (Netherlands, EPP/CD) will represent the PACE Committee of Legal Affairs and Human Rights at the colloquy “Towards stronger implementation of the European Convention on Human Rights” at national level, organised under the Swedish Chairmanship of the Committee of...