10/10/2018 | Legal Affairs and Human Rights
On the occasion of the 16th World Day against the Death Penalty, the Committee on Legal Affairs reaffirms its commitment to fighting for the universal abolition of capital punishment.
10/10/2018 | Legal Affairs and Human Rights
PACE’s Committee on Legal Affairs and Human Rights has again urged Russia to release all Ukrainian citizens detained on its territory or in Crimea on “politically motivated or fabricated charges”.
08/10/2018 | Legal Affairs and Human Rights
A handbook for parliamentarians from all over Europe published today by the PACE sets out ways and means to protect and implement human rights, within a democracy underpinned by the rule of law.
08/10/2018 | Legal Affairs and Human Rights
The Parliamentary Assembly's Legal Affairs Committee today held a hearing on “Daphne Caruana Galizia’s assassination and the rule of law, in Malta and beyond: ensuring that the whole truth emerges”.
12/09/2018 | Legal Affairs and Human Rights
The rapporteur on new challenges in the fight against organised crime and money laundering, welcomed the news that the European Commission proposes to ensure that EU anti-money laundering regulations are properly enforced.
10/09/2018 | Legal Affairs and Human Rights
With the adoption of a report by Donald Anderson, the committee wants to reaffirm its commitment to the fight against impunity for perpetrators of serious human rights violations and against corruption.
10/09/2018 | Legal Affairs and Human Rights
In many European States, regular criminal trials have gradually been replaced by different forms of trial waiver systems. These trial waiver systems have clear potential advantages, but also serious drawbacks.
10/09/2018 | Legal Affairs and Human Rights
“Member States should fully co-operate with the Council of Europe and United Nations human rights monitoring mechanisms and ensure their unimpeded access to their territory,” said the committee meeting in Paris.
01/08/2018 | Legal Affairs and Human Rights
Yves Cruchten (Luxembourg, SOC), PACE rapporteur on the abolition of the death penalty, has strongly condemned two death sentences issued by Gaza Court of First Instance on 26 July.
09/07/2018 | Legal Affairs and Human Rights
“The death penalty is never justice, however horrifying the original crime, it is simply wrong,” said Yves Cruchten, the General Rapporteur on abolition of the death penalty, reacting to news of a series of executions in Japan.
29/06/2018 | Legal Affairs and Human Rights
Egidijus Vareikis, rapporteur on protecting human rights defenders in Council of Europe member States, has expressed concern at the prolongation of the detention on remand of Oyub Titiev.
26/06/2018 | Legal Affairs and Human Rights
Pieter Omtzigt, rapporteur on the investigation into the assassination of Daphne Caruana Galizia in Malta, has been authorised to receive information from anonymous sources and to protect their identity.