01/07/2015 | Legal Affairs and Human Rights
Marietta Karamanli, PACE's rapporteur on abolition of the death penalty, vehemently condemns the recent decision of the U.S. Supreme Court to uphold the use of a controversial drug, midazolam, in the execution of death sentences.
26/06/2015 | Legal Affairs and Human Rights
Legal Affairs Committee has expressed “deep concern” at the high number of judgments of the European Court of Human Rights that have still not been implemented by the States concerned – a figure that it says is stable at nearly 11,000 cases.
19/06/2015 | Legal Affairs and Human Rights
“It is a matter of serious concern that the majority in the Romanian parliament is interfering with the separation of powers and preventing judicial authorities from investigating accusations of corruption,” said Bernd Fabritius.
28/05/2015 | Legal Affairs and Human Rights
Marietta Karamanli, PACE General rapporteur on the abolition of the death penalty, welcomed the decision taken yesterday by the US state of Nebraska to abolish the death penalty.
22/05/2015 | Legal Affairs and Human Rights
PACE rapporteur Andreas Gross will travel successively to Romania and to Montenegro for a fact-finding visit, in the context of the preparation of his report on “The fate of critically ill detainees in Europe”.
19/05/2015 | Legal Affairs and Human Rights
Corruption among judges undermines the foundations of the rule of law, severely impedes the protection of human rights and, according to the committee, reduces public trust in the integrity of the judiciary in some member States.
04/05/2015 | Legal Affairs and Human Rights
The BND/NSA scandal breaking in Berlin is a case in point of why an 'Intelligence Codex', laying down the rules of fair play applicable to the secret services of like-minded countries, is urgently needed, Pieter Omtzigt stressed today.
23/04/2015 | Legal Affairs and Human Rights
The committee condemns in strongly the conviction of Intigam Aliyev, a famous Azerbaijani human rights lawyer, who was sentenced to seven years and six months of imprisonment by the Baku Grave Crimes Court.
22/04/2015 | Legal Affairs and Human Rights
“I am worried by the decision of Indonesia’s Supreme Court to refuse the final appeal of Serge Atlaoui, condemned to death for drug trafficking in 2005, who has consistently declared his innocence,” said Ms Karamanli.
21/04/2015 | Legal Affairs and Human Rights
The committee has condemned the conviction of Rasul Jafarov, a prominent Azerbaijani civil society activist, and is shocked by the severity of the sentence pronounced upon him by the Baku Grave Crimes Court.
17/04/2015 | Legal Affairs and Human Rights
PACE general rapporteur, Marietta Karamanli, has welcomed the very clear vote in the Nebraska Legislature in favour of replacing capital punishment with life imprisonment for first-degree murder.
14/04/2015 | Legal Affairs and Human Rights
The PACE rapporteur Michael McNamara has appealed for MEPs’ help in encouraging the European Union to work more closely with the Council of Europe to uphold human rights.