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Marking anti-death penalty day, committee focuses on the trauma of children whose parents are executed

09/10/2019 | Legal Affairs and Human Rights

Children whose parents have been sentenced to death or executed face trauma, and an “emotional and psychological burden” which can violate their rights, PACE’s Committee on Legal Affairs and Human Rights has pointed out.

PACE Rapporteur calls on Russia to return the wreckage of Polish Presidential plane to Poland

02/10/2019 | Legal Affairs and Human Rights

Following a resolution from the Parliamentary Assembly a year ago, rapporteur Pieter Omtzigt has urged Russia to return the wreckage of the Polish Presidential plane to Poland without further delay.

The committee is deeply concerned regarding the detrimental effects Climate Change

01/10/2019 | Legal Affairs and Human Rights

Meeting today in Strasbourg, the Committee on Legal Affairs and Human Rights, deeply concerned regarding the detrimental effects Climate Change, adopted the following statement:

Daphne Caruana Galizia inquiry in Malta ‘does not meet the Assembly’s expectations’

30/09/2019 | Legal Affairs and Human Rights

The public inquiry into the murder of assassinated journalist Daphne Caruana Galizia recently announced by the Maltese authorities “clearly does not meet the Assembly’s expectations” as currently constituted.

Rapporteur on human rights in the North Caucasus looks forward to further dialogue with the authorities

21/09/2019 | Legal Affairs and Human Rights

Frank Schwabe (Germany, SOC), PACE rapporteur on human rights in the North Caucasus, ending a three-day fact-finding visit to Moscow and Grozny, has welcomed ongoing dialogue with the authorities.

Pieter Omtzigt welcomes decision to set up inquiry into the assassination of Daphne Caruana Galizia

21/09/2019 | Legal Affairs and Human Rights

PACE’s rapporteur on the assassination of Daphne Caruana Galizia and the rule of law in Malta has welcomed the decision of the Maltese authorities to set up a public inquiry into the journalist’s murder.

Rapporteur on human rights in the North Caucasus to visit Moscow and Grozny

17/09/2019 | Legal Affairs and Human Rights

Frank Schwabe, who is preparing a report on “the continuing need to restore human rights and the rule of law in the North Caucasus region”, is to make a visit to Moscow and Grozny from 18-20 September.

Rapporteur backs asylum for Snowden, calls on Europe to create asylum procedure for whistleblowers

17/09/2019 | Legal Affairs and Human Rights

“It is time for the creation of an asylum procedure specific to whistleblowers,” said Sylvain Waserman, Rapporteur on improving the protection of whistleblowers, commenting on Edward Snowden's recent statement.

Rapporteur on ‘reported cases of political prisoners in Azerbaijan’ concludes her fact-finding visit

09/09/2019 | Legal Affairs and Human Rights

Sunna Aevarsdottir, rapporteur on ‘reported cases of political prisoners in Azerbaijan’, has concluded her three-day fact-finding visit to the country by meeting four current detainees.

PACE rapporteur to visit Azerbaijan

04/09/2019 | Legal Affairs and Human Rights

Sunna Thorhildur Ævarsdóttir, rapporteur on “Reported cases of political prisoners in Azerbaijan”, will make a fact-finding visit to Baku from 5 to 7 September, in the context of the preparation of her report.

Reinstating of death penalty in the US: rapporteur deeply regrets the Federal Government’s decision

02/08/2019 | Legal Affairs and Human Rights

Titus Corlăţean expressed his deep regret at the decision of the USA Federal Government to resume capital punishment and to schedule executions of five death-row inmates, announced by the Department of Justice.

Morocco: a rapporteur calls on the authorities not to apply the death penalty

24/07/2019 | Legal Affairs and Human Rights

Titus Corlăţean, rapporteur on the abolition of the death penalty, condemned the death sentences handed down recently in Morocco in the trial concerning the murder of two Scandinavian tourists in 2018.