05/11/2014 | Legal Affairs and Human Rights
PACE rapporteurs on abolition of the death penalty and on the situation in Belarus have expressed deep concern at reports of the execution in Belarus of Alyaksandr Hrunou, believed to be the third this year.
30/10/2014 | Legal Affairs and Human Rights
“Witnesses who stand up for truth and justice are owed reliable and durable protection, including legal and psychological support and robust physical protection before, during and after the trial,” Legal Affairs Committee said.
27/10/2014 | Legal Affairs and Human Rights
Klaas de Vries has welcomed the ongoing efforts of Italian authorities to implement judgments of the ECHR, but expressed his concern that Italy has the highest number of pending non-implemented Court judgments.
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 PACE reports 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. This timeline charts the critical role played by the different bodies of the Council of Europe – most...
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”.