24/07/2015 | Legal Affairs and Human Rights
"I share the shock caused by the recent cowardly and cruel attacks in Tunisia. However, I must strongly condemn any legislative initiative that makes provision for the death penalty", Marietta Karamanli declared.
22/07/2015 | President
"We need this European day to show solidarity with all those who have been victims of hate crime, to enable people to recognise these human rights violations and to promote a wide and inclusive effort to combat hate," said Anne Brasseur.
17/07/2015 | President
Anne Brasseur travels to Oslo to participate in commemoration ceremonies for the victims of the 22 July 2011 terrorist attacks in Oslo and Utøya. She will hold bilateral meetings with the Prime Minister and Speaker of Parliament.
16/07/2015 | President
I am very concerned about Tuesday’s judgment of Russia's Constitutional Court, which states that the Strasbourg Court’s judgments should not be followed ‘to the letter’ if they violate Russian law, said Anne Brasseur.
16/07/2015 | President
“I have received extremely worrying information about unilateral changes to the Administrative Border Line (ABL) of the breakaway Georgian region of South Ossetia," said PACE President Anne Brasseur.
15/07/2015 | Monitoring
"The agreement reached today by the country’s main political parties is an important step towards ending the political crisis, including the parliamentary boycott by the main opposition party," say Lise Christoffersen and Valeriu Ghiletchi.
14/07/2015 | News
Pieter Omtzigt, rapporteur on mass surveillance, joins the call by Amnesty International to David Cameron urging him to launch an independent inquiry into surveillance of human rights organisations by the UK secret services.
13/07/2015 | President
Anne Brasseur called on leaders at the UN summit on Financing for Development, meeting in Addis Ababa, to make effectively addressing persistent gender inequality a priority in the new Sustainable Development Goals.
13/07/2015 | President
Anne Brasseur condemned the Saturday attack on the Serbian Prime Minister at the Commemoration Ceremony of the 20th anniversary of the Srebrenica tragedy and called on the politicians of the region to pursue reconciliation efforts.
11/07/2015 | President
Anne Brasseur condemned today the attack in Cairo, in front of the Italian consulate which reportedly killed one and injured several people. "We must stay united in combatting terrorism and violent extremism," she said.
10/07/2015 | President
We must show the political commitment to establish the facts and condemn the heinous war crimes, Anne Brasseur said, on the eve of the 20th anniversary of the Srebrenica tragedy. Reconciliation starts with truth and justice.
09/07/2015 | President
Anne Brasseur has urged Russia to bring its NGO legislation into line with Council of Europe standards, so that the 'Committee against Torture', as well as other NGOs, can continue to work freely in Russia.