Committee on Legal Affairs and Human Rights

Latest news

01/12/2023 - Legal Affairs and Human Rights Hearing on targeted sanctions against the persons responsible for human rights violations inflicted upon Vladimir Kara-Murza
01/12/2023 - Legal Affairs and Human Rights Council of Europe should establish a ‘mediation process’ to help resolve post-conflict disputes
30/11/2023 - Equality and Non-Discrimination PACE General Rapporteurs condemn decision to label the LGBTI movement in Russia as ‘extremist’
22/11/2023 - Legal Affairs and Human Rights PACE rapporteurs call on the Azerbaijani authorities to immediately release Ulvi Hasanli
15/11/2023 - Legal Affairs and Human Rights Anna Politkovskaya’s killing: 'A modicum of justice has been taken away by the Putin regime'

ACTIVITIES

Presentation
A summary of the activities of the committee

Agenda
All items due for discussion and decision

Reports under preparation
List of reports under preparation in the committee

Documents and declarations
The committee's public documents and declarations

Decisions
Details of decisions taken by the committee at each meeting (synopses)

Election of the Council of Europe Commissioner for Human Rights by the Parliamentary Assembly 2024

Information note
Memorandum on the election procedure prepared by the Secretariat of the Committee on Legal Affairs and Human Rights

DID YOU KNOW?

The Committee on Legal Affairs and Human Right promotes the rule of law and defends human rights. It is also responsible for a whole variety of activities that make it, de facto, the Assembly's legal adviser.

In January 2022, Damien Cottier (Switzerland, ALDE) was elected as Chairperson of the Committee.

Handbook on "National parliaments as guarantors of human rights in Europe"

A handbook for parliamentarians from all over Europe published in October 2018 by the Assembly sets out ways and means to protect and implement human rights, within a democracy underpinned by the rule of law.

This handbook is intended to equip parliamentarians to fulfil their responsibilities by reviewing institutional structures, working methods and examples of best practices drawn from a number of parliaments in Europe, which enable them to verify most effectively the compatibility of national legislation and practices with European human rights standards.

Handbook available in several languages.