29/05/2026 | Legal Affairs and Human Rights
The Committee on Legal Affairs and Human Rights, meeting in Tallinn on 27 May, has expressed its deep concern regarding the systemic pattern of “silencing critical voices in Azerbaijan”, including through restrictive legislative measures – notably the Law on the Media, the Law on Political...
28/05/2026 | Legal Affairs and Human Rights
PACE’s Legal Affairs Committee has condemned all forms of “transnational repression” – a form of foreign interference used by authoritarian regimes to repress political dissidents, journalists, human rights defenders and members of diaspora communities beyond their borders – and has urged new...
27/05/2026 | Legal Affairs and Human Rights
The PACE Committee on Legal Affairs and Human Rights, meeting in Tallinn, made the following statement on the coercive measures imposed on judges and prosecutors of the International Criminal Court : "The Committee on Legal Affairs and Human Rights of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of...
22/05/2026 | Standing Committee
The PACE Standing Committee, meeting today in Monaco, welcomed the Venice Commission’s proactive stance in updating the Rule of Law Checklist to reflect the challenges to the rule of law and lessons drawn from developments in its 61 member states. The committee contributed to the update...
29/04/2026 | Legal Affairs and Human Rights
The General Rapporteur for political prisoners of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE), Azadeh Rojhan (Sweden, SOC), made the following statement on the second anniversary of Anar Mammadli’s detention in Azerbaijan: “Today marks exactly two years since Anar Mammadli, a...
21/04/2026 | European Convention on Human Rights
The Assembly is creating a new network of its members to encourage states to implement judgments of the European Court of Human Rights. The network will bring together parliamentarians from all the member states to encourage governments to execute judgments and to drive forward the legislative...
21/04/2026 | Legal Affairs and Human Rights
Statement on the forthcoming Chișinău political declaration on the European Convention on Human Rights, adopted on 21 April 2026 by PACE’s Committee on Legal Affairs and Human Rights: “Strengthened by its 75-year history, the European Convention on Human Rights is an essential part of Europe’s...
17/04/2026 | Legal Affairs and Human Rights
Christophe Lacroix (Belgium, SOC), PACE rapporteur for “Threats to life and safety of journalists and human rights defenders in Azerbaijan”, made the following statement today: “I am deeply disappointed by the recent decisions of Azerbaijan’s Supreme Court rejecting the appeals of imprisoned...
27/03/2026 | Legal Affairs and Human Rights
Gala Veldhoen (Netherlands, SOC), General Rapporteur of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) on the abolition of the death penalty, made the following statement today: “I am deeply concerned about the bill currently under discussion in Israel which would introduce death...
18/03/2026 | Legal Affairs and Human Rights
A committee of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) has expressed “deep concern” at ongoing legislative proposals before the Israeli Knesset that would expand the death penalty in Israel. Approving a draft resolution based on a report by Gala Veldhoen (Netherlands, SOC...
17/02/2026 | Legal Affairs and Human Rights
Titus Corlăţean (Romania, SOC), PACE's rapporteur on accountability for the Russian Federation's war of aggression against Ukraine, has issued the following statement on Estonia's approval of the future agreement establishing the Management Committee of the Special Tribunal for the Crime of...
13/02/2026 | Legal Affairs and Human Rights
PACE’s Committee on Legal Affairs has reiterated its call “for all those responsible for the death of Sergei Magnitsky, as well as the beneficiaries of the fraud he uncovered, to be held accountable”. Mr Magnitsky, a Russian tax adviser and auditor, uncovered a US$230 million fraud perpetrated by...