04/03/2019 | Legal Affairs and Human Rights
In an unanimously adopted resolution the Parliamentary Assembly Legal Affairs committee calls for enhanced national mechanisms and international co-operation to combat money laundering.
21/02/2019 | Legal Affairs and Human Rights
Titus Corlăţean, PACE General Rapporteur on the abolition of the death penalty, has strongly condemned the death sentences recently issued in the Hamas-run Gaza strip (Palestinian Authority).
18/02/2019 | Legal Affairs and Human Rights
Lord Richard Balfe, rapporteur on “Ombudsman institutions in Europe - the need for a set of common standards”, reacted to the defamation lawsuit filed by Polish Public Television against the Polish Ombudsman, Adam Bodnar.
22/01/2019 | Legal Affairs and Human Rights
Raphaël Comte today reacted to the conviction of Turkish judge Murat Arslan, winner of the 2017 PACE Vaclav Havel Human Rights Prize, who on Friday was sentenced by a first-instance court in Ankara to ten years in prison.
22/01/2019 | Legal Affairs and Human Rights
Unacceptable conditions during transfers of prisoners may amount to inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment, contrary to the European Convention on Human Rights, the Committee on Legal Affairs underlined.
15/01/2019 | Legal Affairs and Human Rights
Frank Schwabe and Piet De Bruyn today condemned the recent alleged attacks on the LGBTI community in Chechnya, during which two people were reportedly tortured to death and around forty detained by the authorities.
14/12/2018 | Legal Affairs and Human Rights
Stressing the essential role of parliaments in promoting the work of the European Committee for the Prevention of Torture, the committee made proposals to ensure better implementation of CPT recommendations.
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...
13/12/2018 | Legal Affairs and Human Rights
The deprivation of nationality in the context of counter-terrorism strategies is “a drastic measure which can be extremely socially divisive” and may be “at odds with human rights”, according to the committee.
29/11/2018 | Legal Affairs and Human Rights
The General Rapporteur on the abolition of the death penalty and the Chairperson of the Political Affairs Committee, have strongly condemned the execution of Syamyon Berazhny and Ihar Hershankou.
22/10/2018 | Legal Affairs and Human Rights
Pieter Omtzigt, who is preparing a report on “Daphne Caruana Galizia’s assassination and the rule of law, in Malta and beyond: ensuring that the whole truth emerges”, arrives in Malta today for a fact-finding visit.
17/10/2018 | Legal Affairs and Human Rights
“I am outraged by the abduction and violent abuse of Oleg Kozlovsky, apparently by the Ingushetian police. Russia must urgently investigate and bring the perpetrators to justice,” said Mr Schwabe.