07/01/2020 | Legal Affairs and Human Rights
Sunna Ævarsdottir has reacted to the Azerbaijani authorities’ failure to implement key provisions of important judgments of the Court of Human Rights before the 31 December 2019 deadline set by the Committee of Ministers.
31/12/2019 | President
"As 2019 comes to a close, I would like to wish every child and every adult a happy New Year. The year 2019 brought us many surprises, crises and discoveries. So, what lessons do we take with us into the new year ahead?"
20/12/2019 | Legal Affairs and Human Rights
Titus Corlatean, General Rapporteur on the abolition of the death penalty, has deplored a further execution in Belarus, “a further sign that Belarus is not yet ready to align itself with European standards on this fundamental issue.”
18/12/2019 | President
"I am convinced that it is more important than ever to go back to our basics," said Liliane Maury Pasquier, addressing students of the Moscow Institute of International Relations at the end of her working visit to Russia.
17/12/2019 | Migration, International Protection and Economic Co-operation
National parliaments, members of PACE, must continue to promote the values and standards of the Council of Europe and work together towards safe and sustainable migration management for the future.
17/12/2019 | Political Affairs and Democracy
Opportunities for international co-operation in the Arctic region and the political implications of global warming were the main topics at a meeting of the Sub-Committee on External Relations which met in Rovaniemi, Finland.
13/12/2019 | Monitoring
Reforms of the judiciary and justice system in Poland “cumulatively undermine and severely damage the independence of the judiciary and the rule of law”, PACE’s Monitoring Committee has said.
13/12/2019 | Monitoring
The co-rapporteurs of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) for the monitoring of Georgia, Titus Corlatean (Romania, SOC) and Claude Kern (France, ALDE), have expressed their regret and disappointment with the decision yesterday of the Georgian parliament to appoint 14 judges...
12/12/2019 | President
Liliane Maury Pasquier is to address participants at the 3rd International Conference on “Human rights protection in Eurasia: exchange of best practice among Ombudspersons” taking place in Moscow on 17 December.
11/12/2019 | Legal Affairs and Human Rights
The Committee on Legal Affairs drawn up a situation report on the abolition of the death penalty in Council of Europe member and observer states, Belarus and countries whose parliaments have co-operation status.
11/12/2019 | Monitoring
The committee adopted the report by Sir Roger Gale, which takes stock of its activities in 2019 and makes an assessment of the progress of the countries subject to monitoring or engaged in post-monitoring dialogue.
10/12/2019 | Legal Affairs and Human Rights
Freedom to manifest one’s religion or belief applies also in the workplace. The question of “accommodating the manifestation of employees’ religion or belief is thus of crucial importance”, the committee said.