28/01/2015 | Session
PACE has called for negotiations on EU accession to the European Convention on Human Rights to resume “without delay” following the recent opinion by the EU Court of Justice. “The obstacles identified by the EU’s Court of Justice … must be overcome as soon as possible, in line with political...
18/12/2014 | President
“I note the view of the Court of Justice of the EU, made public in its opinion today, that the proposed arrangements for the EU’s accession to the European Convention on Human Rights are not – as they stand at the moment – compatible with EU law,” the President of the Council of Europe...
12/03/2014 | Parliamentary support
A seminar on the “Role of national parliaments in the implementation of judgments of the European Court of Human rights” was held in Warsaw on 13 February 2014 at the invitation of the Sejm and Senate of the Polish Parliament, with the cooperation of the PACE Committee on Legal Affairs and Human...
07/03/2014 | Standing Committee
The European Convention on Human Rights and the case-law of the Strasbourg Court should be an integral part of the basic and further training of law professionals throughout the Council of Europe area, according to PACE’s Legal Affairs Committee. Approving a report by Jean-Pierre Michel (France...
27/01/2014 | Parliamentary support
A second seminar on this issue, aimed at the staff of national parliaments, was held on 16-17 January 2014 in Strasbourg. It was organised in cooperation with the PACE Committee on Legal Affairs and Human Rights and financed by the Human Rights Trust Fund. The programme included a presentation of...
12/09/2013 | Parliamentary support
A first seminar aimed at the staff of national parliaments was held on 12-13 September 2013 in Strasbourg, with the objective, in particular, to improve the knowledge of the European Convention on Human Rights and the case-law of the European Court of Human Rights, and on the execution of...
28/06/2013 | Session
Strasbourg, 28.06.2013 – Draft Protocol No. 16 to the European Convention on Human Rights may be adopted by the Committee of Ministers and opened for signature and ratification as presently drafted, according to the Parliamentary Assembly. The opinion adopted today by PACE, on the basis of the...
26/04/2013 | Session
Strasbourg, 26.04.2013 – Draft Protocol No. 15 to the Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms can be adopted by the Committee of Ministers and opened for signature and ratification as presently drafted, without amendment, according to the Parliamentary Assembly. The...
23/04/2013 | Session
Strasbourg, 23.04.2013 - I welcome the reaching of a draft agreement on the accession of the European Union to the European Convention on Human Rights and I applaud the spirit of compromise which enabled it to be concluded, PACE President Jean-Claude Mignon said today, on the occasion of the PACE...
19/06/2012 | News
Strasbourg, 19.06.2012 – A joint informal body of members of the European Parliament and Council of Europe parliamentarians has welcomed the prospect of talks resuming on EU accession to the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR). Last week the Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe...
09/03/2012 | Standing Committee
25/01/2012 | Political Affairs and Democracy
Strasbourg, 25.01.2012 - Representatives of the the Parliamentary Assembly of the 47-nation Council of Europe (PACE) and the European Parliament have urged national governments – notably the UK and France – not to stand in the way of the EU signing up to the European Convention on Human Rights...