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Rapporteur alarmed by disruption of separation of powers in Poland

  • 17/07/2017
  • Legal Affairs and Human Rights

Bernd Fabritius, rapporteur on ‘new threats to the rule of law in Council of Europe member States – selected examples’, expressed his deep alarm following the adoption of two new laws relating to the judiciary in Poland. More

General Rapporteur condemns execution in Virginia

  • 13/07/2017
  • Legal Affairs and Human Rights

The General Rapporteur on abolition of the death penalty for the PACE, Yves Cruchten, has strongly condemned the execution of William Charles Morva in the US Federal State of Virginia, on 6 July. More

General rapporteur condemns executions in Japan

  • 13/07/2017
  • Legal Affairs and Human Rights

The General Rapporteur on abolition of the death penalty for the PACE, Yves Cruchten, has strongly condemned the execution of two men – Masakatsu Nishikawa and Koichi Sumida – in Japan on 6 July 2017. More

Committee proposes to endorse the Venice Commission’s Rule of Law Checklist

  • 03/07/2017
  • Legal Affairs and Human Rights

PACE's Legal Committee welcomes the Venice Commission’s "Rule of Law Checklist" - which introduces a new, uniform benchmark for measuring compliance with one of the founding principles of the Council of Europe. More

Committee holds a parliamentary hearing on “European Court of Human Rights: the way forward, achievements and challenges”

  • 27/06/2017
  • Legal Affairs and Human Rights

On 27 June 2017 the committee held a parliamentary hearing on this subject with the participation of Professor Marc Bossuyt, Professor Krzysztof Drzewicki and Dr. Peter Schneiderhan. More

Arrest of Taner Kiliç: PACE rapporteur expresses deep concern

  • 08/06/2017
  • Legal Affairs and Human Rights

"I am deeply concerned at the arrest of Taner Kiliç, a lawyer and head of Amnesty International in Turkey, suspected of belonging to the Gülen movement," said rapporteur Yves Pozzo Di Borgo (France, EPP/CD). More