News on the work of the Committee on Legal Affairs and Human Rights of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe
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PACE_Legal retweeted
The Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe has voted overwhelmingly in support of my proposals for tougher measures against Russia so its frozen assets - held by UK and EU banks - are used to compensate the victims of its violations in Ukraine and beyond.
Watch my interview to find out what I’m proposing.
#humanrights #ukraine @PACE_News
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PACE_Legal retweeted
⚖️ US sanctions against the @IntlCrimCourt are “an attack on the independence and integrity of the ICC,” warns PACE rapporteur Tekke Panman.
He calls for their immediate revocation and urges the EU to activate its Blocking Statute.
🔗 Full statement: pace.coe.int/en/news/10464/p…
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PACE’s @GalaVeldhoen on #AntiDeathPenaltyDay: #ChristaPike’s horrifying experience must serve as “a reminder that it is time to move towards full abolition of the death penalty”.
Read her full statement:
pace.coe.int/en/news/10463/c…
⭕️@PanmanTekke, rapporteur on Threats to the ICC is disappointed at the US administration’s sanctions against @IntlCrimCourt - a body that is vital in fighting impunity for crimes against humanity and war crimes. This is an attack on the international legal order.
🇰🇿@FrankSchwabe, PACE rapporteur on human rights in the North Caucasus, is deeply concerned at the risk that Mr Movlaev, a Chechen activist, could be extradited from Kazakhstan to Russia to face politically motivated persecution. Kazakh authorities should prevent his extradition.
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🇲🇹@PACE_News rapporteur for ‘Justice delayed: the unfinished implementation of the Daphne Caruana Galizia case’, Baroness Shami Chakrabarti, issued the following statement on Malta’s plans for media reform 👇
For more on the Venice Commission’s standards on law-making, see the Updated Rule of Law Checklist, page 11-12:
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🗣️ PACE’s General Rapporteur on the abolition of the death penalty @GalaVeldhoen expresses deep shock over the circumstances of the attempted execution of Christa Pike, who survived lethal injection after spending 30 years on death row. (🧵1/2)
Death is not justice. @GalaVeldhoen condemns this latest example of inhuman and cruel treatment. Sentenced to death for a crime committed when she was 18, Christa Pike would have become the first woman executed in Tennessee in more than 200 years.
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PACE_Legal retweeted
"Attacks on international organisations central to the international rules-based order are a direct attack on the international order itself."
The @CoE Parliamentary Assembly stands firm with the @IntlCrimCourt, following the report by 🇳🇱@PanmanTekke.
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"Our message in the face of today's threat is simple. Those investigating and prosecuting the worst atrocity crimes must be able to do their work without intimidation."
@PACE_News yesterday unanimously adoted @PanmanTekke resolution on threats to the @IntlCrimCourt.
We were honoured to hear an intervention by the First Vice-President of the @IntlCrimCourt, Judge Rosario Salvatore Aitala, during the debate.
Read the full press release here: pace.coe.int/en/news/10445/p…
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Meeting of the Court’s Bureau with PACE’s Committee on the Election of Judges
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Réunion du Bureau de la Cour avec la Commission de l’APCE sur l’élection des juges
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President Guyomar meets with the Chair of the Network of Parliamentarians to Promote the Implementation of the Court’s Judgments
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The #PACEautumn2026 session is coming!
🇪🇺 HSH Prince Albert II of Monaco
🇪🇺 The President of Portugal
🇪🇺 Germany's Foreign Minister
🇪🇺 Award of the #HavelPrize
... and much more. Join us!
pace.coe.int/en/pages/sessio…
ALT MPs from the 46 nations of the Council of Europe - in one chamber for a week to fight for your rights
PACE_Legal retweeted
"Fake 'elections' to an illegitimate parliament"
Read the full statement by the PACE Platform for Dialogue with Russian Democratic Forces on the vote beginning today in Russia...
pace.coe.int/en/news/10417/f…
PACE_Legal retweeted
Russia must be held accountable for its war against Ukraine.
Later this month I’ll ask the Assembly to agree to tougher, swifter action - so Russian sovereign assets can deliver the billions in compensation to victims ordered by the Court.
No more talk of legal complexity - we must get on with it so victims can get justice!
Glad to be working on this vitally important action, as a member of the UK Delegation to the Council of Europe Parliamentary Assembly, supported by the exceptional Council of Europe legal team.
Russian assets should be used to pay Ukraine potentially "billions" in compensation after Strasbourg Court #ECHR rulings, says the @PACE_LegalHR Committee.
More:
pace.coe.int/en/news/10402/r…
Plenary debate to come on 30 September at #PACEautumn2026.
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In a statement, the @PACE_LegalHR Committee says convicted war criminal Ratko Mladić "should not be glorified":
pace.coe.int/en/news/10401/c…
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PACE's Azadeh Rojhan has condemned a Baku court's arbitrary conviction of Azerbaijani human rights defender Anar Mammadli:
"Mr Mammadli’s conviction is manifestly incompatible with Azerbaijan’s international obligations" she said.
Her statement in full:
pace.coe.int/en/news/10403/p…
