30/09/2014 | Legal Affairs and Human Rights
PACE Legal Affairs Committee today deplored the recent arrests and convictions of human rights defenders and NGO leaders in Azerbaijan and called on the authorities to release them and to refrain from unfairly prosecuting others.
03/08/2014 | Legal Affairs and Human Rights
A few weeks ago, I expressed concern about the severe judicial and administrative harassment of Azerbaijani human rights defender Leyla Yunus. Today, I must denounce her arrest and detention, said Mailis Reps.
25/07/2014 | Legal Affairs and Human Rights
Marietta Karamanli, general rapporteur of the PACE on the abolition of the death penalty, said that she stood aghast at news of what appears to have been yet another botched execution in the United States.
24/07/2014 | Legal Affairs and Human Rights
In two reports by the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) in 2006 and 2007, Swiss Senator Dick Marty revealed convincing evidence that terror suspects were being transported to and held in CIA-run “secret prisons” on European soil, where they were tortured beyond the reach of...
27/06/2014 | Legal Affairs and Human Rights
Notwithstanding the various measures taken over the years to strengthen the independence of the Court, there is still room for improvement, the Parliamentary Assembly said today.
24/06/2014 | Legal Affairs and Human Rights
US whistleblower Edward Snowden told a PACE hearing today why he blew the whistle on government spying, and how he sought to minimise any harm – as well as sharing his thoughts on the best way to protect other whistleblowers.
20/06/2014 | Legal Affairs and Human Rights
“The situation of human rights defenders in Azerbaijan has dramatically deteriorated since my last visit to this country in November 2013”, said PACE rapporteur Mailis Reps (Estonia, ALDE).
20/06/2014 | Legal Affairs and Human Rights
Marietta Karamanli, rapporteur on the abolition of the death penalty, expressed dismay about the executions in the United States and deplores that Florida, Georgia and Missouri have executed three death row inmates, within 24 hours.
06/06/2014 | Legal Affairs and Human Rights
Michael McNamara will make a fact-finding visit to Brussels on 12-13 June, in the context of the preparation of his report on “European institutions and human rights in Europe”.
06/06/2014 | Legal Affairs and Human Rights
Pedro Agramunt will make a fact-finding visit to Ankara on 11-12 June, in the context of the preparation of his report on the “Abuse of pre-trial detention in States Parties to the European Convention on Human Rights”.
03/06/2014 | Legal Affairs and Human Rights
Recent events in Russia concerning human rights defenders and civil society are disappointing and prove that the state-orchestrated campaign aimed at silencing independent civil society continues, stated Mailis Reps.
27/05/2014 | Legal Affairs and Human Rights
Notwithstanding the various measures taken over the years to strengthen the independence of the Court, there still is room for improvement, PACE’s Committee on Legal Affairs and Human Rights said.