17/04/2024 | Election of Judges
The Council of Europe Parliamentary Assembly (PACE) today elected Alain Chablais as judge to the European Court of Human Rights in respect of Liechtenstein. Mr Chablais, having obtained a majority of votes cast, is elected judge of the European Court of Human Rights for a term of office of nine...
16/04/2024 | Election of Judges
The Council of Europe Parliamentary Assembly (PACE) today elected Úna Ní Raifeartaigh as judge to the European Court of Human Rights in respect of Ireland. Ms Ní Raifeartaigh, having obtained an absolute majority of votes cast, is elected judge of the European Court of Human Rights for a term of...
16/04/2024 | Election of Judges
The Council of Europe Parliamentary Assembly (PACE) today elected Artūrs Kučs as judge to the European Court of Human Rights in respect of Latvia. Mr Kučs, having obtained an absolute majority of votes cast, is elected judge of the European Court of Human Rights for a term of office of nine years...
23/01/2024 | Session
The Council of Europe Parliamentary Assembly (PACE) today elected Gediminas Sagatys as judge to the European Court of Human Rights in respect of Lithuania. Mr Sagatys, having obtained an absolute majority of votes cast, is elected judge of the European Court of Human Rights for a term of office...
23/01/2024 | Session
The Council of Europe Parliamentary Assembly (PACE) today elected Stéphane Pisani as judge to the European Court of Human Rights in respect of Luxembourg. Mr Stéphane Pisani, having obtained an absolute majority of votes cast, is elected judge of the European Court of Human Rights for a term of...
12/10/2023 | Session
“The EU accession to the European Convention on Human Rights remains a priority, but is still also an obligation, due to the Treaty of Lisbon. It's very clear. You can count on my personal commitment in this regard,” today said Didier Reynders, European Commissioner for Justice, addressing the...
09/10/2023 | President
“While we are gathering here representing people of our member States and associate States, the peoples in our area are confronted with the harsh reality of natural and man-made disasters, earthquakes, floods, fires and tensions, confrontations and open violence. This includes the suffering of...
26/04/2023 | Session
The Council of Europe Parliamentary Assembly (PACE) today elected Sebastian Răduleţu as judge to the European Court of Human Rights in respect of Romania. Mr Răduleţu, having obtained a majority of votes cast, is elected judge of the European Court of Human Rights for a term of office of nine...
22/03/2023 | Legal Affairs and Human Rights
There is not any hierarchy between the European Convention of Human Rights, EU law and national constitutions, in the sense of a traditional approach to the hierarchy of norms within a constitutional framework. Indeed, in the context of such multi-level constitutionalism “any attempt to impose...
24/01/2023 | Session
The Council of Europe Parliamentary Assembly (PACE) today elected Oddný Mjöll Arnardóttir as judge to the European Court of Human Rights in respect of Iceland. Ms Arnardóttir, having obtained an absolute majority of votes cast, is elected judge of the European Court of Human Rights for a term of...
24/01/2023 | Session
The Council of Europe Parliamentary Assembly (PACE) today elected Anne Louise Haahr Bormann as judge to the European Court of Human Rights in respect of Denmark. Ms Bormann, having obtained an absolute majority of votes cast, is elected judge of the European Court of Human Rights for a term of...
20/05/2022 | Monitoring
The co-rapporteurs for the monitoring of Turkey by the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe have appealed to Turkey’s authorities to find a solution to the Kavala case which is in line with an earlier ruling of the European Court of Human Rights. Ending a three-day visit to Istanbul...