20/03/2015 | Legal Affairs and Human Rights
Pedro Agramunt, PACE rapporteur on “Abuse of pre-trial detention in Council of Europe member states” has criticized the prolongation of pre-trial detention of former Tbilisi mayor Giorgi Ugulava.
20/03/2015 | Equality and Non-Discrimination
Adopting a report on discrimination against transgender people in Europe, the Committee on Equality and Non-discrimination denounced human rights violations, including the right to respect for private life.
20/03/2015 | Equality and Non-Discrimination
"Equal treatment in access to justice has to become a reality and Council of Europe member States need to ensure that their citizens have equal access to justice," parliamentarians said today.
20/03/2015 | Legal Affairs and Human Rights
Marietta Karamanli, PACE general rapporteur on abolition of the death penalty, condemned the death sentence issued by the Rechytsa district court against Siarhei Ivanou at the end of a trial which had been held in camera.
19/03/2015 | Equality and Non-Discrimination
In the area of hate speech, many ideological and conceptual fractures exist at the European Court of Human Rights, said the participants during the meeting of the No hate Parliamentary Alliance held today in Paris.
18/03/2015 | Social Affairs, Health and Sustainable Development
"The Assembly has taken responsibility in the fight to eliminate sexual violence against children", Valeriu Ghiletchi, Chairperson of the Committee on Social Affairs, Health and Sustainable Development declared.
18/03/2015 | Legal Affairs and Human Rights
Council of Europe member states and the EU should enact whistleblower protection laws also covering employees of national security and of private firms, PACE committee concluded today at a meeting in Paris.
18/03/2015 | President
"There can be no justification for terrorism and I condemn in the strongest possible terms those who through violence and fear want to threaten peace and stability", Anne Brasseur said.
17/03/2015 | Political Affairs and Democracy
"Even if Russia is clearly violating the Statute of the Council of Europe, and even more, if Russia is the aggressor, this does not dispense Ukraine from implementing the Minsk agreements", PACE rapporteur said.
17/03/2015 | Monitoring
The Monitoring Committee has unanimously adopted a draft resolution aimed at ending the post-monitoring dialogue with Monaco in the light of the progress achieved since 2009 and the efforts made by Monaco to honour its obligations.
16/03/2015 | Political Affairs and Democracy
The conflict in Syria has attracted an estimated 20000 foreign fighters from at least 90 countries, including about 3400 Europeans, the Political Affairs Committee was told by experts at a hearing organised in Paris today.
14/03/2015 | President
"I was deeply saddened by the news of the accident involving a military helicopter carrying a sick child for treatment in Belgrade", declared PACE President Anne Brasseur.