14/03/2019 | Legal Affairs and Human Rights
Titus Corlăţean, PACE general rapporteur on the abolition of the death penalty, has welcomed the decision by Gavin Newsom, Governor of California, to sign a moratorium on the death penalty in the state.
12/03/2019 | Legal Affairs and Human Rights
Frank Schwabe, rapporteur on "the continuing need to restore human rights and the rule of law in the North Caucasus region", reacted to the CPT public statement on torture in the North Caucasus region.
11/03/2019 | Legal Affairs and Human Rights
A round table on whistleblowers will be organised by Sylvain Waserman on 14-15 March in the Council of Europe. This event, “The 48-hour whistle-blower challenge”, will include a live video contribution by Edward Snowden.
04/03/2019 | Legal Affairs and Human Rights
In an unanimously adopted resolution the Parliamentary Assembly Legal Affairs committee calls for enhanced national mechanisms and international co-operation to combat money laundering.
21/02/2019 | Legal Affairs and Human Rights
Titus Corlăţean, PACE General Rapporteur on the abolition of the death penalty, has strongly condemned the death sentences recently issued in the Hamas-run Gaza strip (Palestinian Authority).
18/02/2019 | Legal Affairs and Human Rights
Lord Richard Balfe, rapporteur on “Ombudsman institutions in Europe - the need for a set of common standards”, reacted to the defamation lawsuit filed by Polish Public Television against the Polish Ombudsman, Adam Bodnar.
22/01/2019 | Legal Affairs and Human Rights
Raphaël Comte today reacted to the conviction of Turkish judge Murat Arslan, winner of the 2017 PACE Vaclav Havel Human Rights Prize, who on Friday was sentenced by a first-instance court in Ankara to ten years in prison.
22/01/2019 | Legal Affairs and Human Rights
Unacceptable conditions during transfers of prisoners may amount to inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment, contrary to the European Convention on Human Rights, the Committee on Legal Affairs underlined.
15/01/2019 | Legal Affairs and Human Rights
Frank Schwabe and Piet De Bruyn today condemned the recent alleged attacks on the LGBTI community in Chechnya, during which two people were reportedly tortured to death and around forty detained by the authorities.
14/12/2018 | Legal Affairs and Human Rights
Stressing the essential role of parliaments in promoting the work of the European Committee for the Prevention of Torture, the committee made proposals to ensure better implementation of CPT recommendations.
14/12/2018 | Legal Affairs and Human Rights
The committee is greatly concerned that Sharia law, including provisions clearly contrary to the European Convention on Human Rights, is applied officially or unofficially in several Council of Europe member states.
13/12/2018 | Legal Affairs and Human Rights
The deprivation of nationality in the context of counter-terrorism strategies is “a drastic measure which can be extremely socially divisive” and may be “at odds with human rights”, according to the committee.