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.
30/03/2015 | Legal Affairs and Human Rights
The Chairperson of the Sub-Committee on Human Rights, Meritxell Mateu Pi says she is deeply worried about the public statement by the Committee for the Prevention of Torture on Bulgaria.
20/03/2015 | Legal Affairs and Human Rights
Pedro Agramunt, PACE rapporteur on “Abuse of pre-trial detention in Council of Europe member states” has criticized the prolongation of pre-trial detention of former Tbilisi mayor Giorgi Ugulava.
20/03/2015 | Legal Affairs and Human Rights
Marietta Karamanli, PACE general rapporteur on abolition of the death penalty, condemned the death sentence issued by the Rechytsa district court against Siarhei Ivanou at the end of a trial which had been held in camera.
18/03/2015 | Legal Affairs and Human Rights
Council of Europe member states and the EU should enact whistleblower protection laws also covering employees of national security and of private firms, PACE committee concluded today at a meeting in Paris.
20/02/2015 | Legal Affairs and Human Rights
"Georgia has made a good deal of progress in reducing pre-trial detention, but I was surprised to learn that such a large number of senior members of the previous government have been kept in detention," said Pedro Agramunt.