Strasbourg 13.03.2022 The consequences of the Russian Federation’s aggression against Ukraine will be the focus of an extraordinary plenary session of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE), to be held in hybrid mode on Monday 14 and Tuesday 15 March 2022. The President of Ukraine, Volodymyr Zelenskyy, will address the Assembly via…
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CoE cancels Russian representation
Brussels 01.03.2022 In line with the Statute of the Council of Europe, the Committee of Ministers has today decided to suspend the Russian Federation from its rights of representation in the Committee of Ministers and in the Parliamentary Assembly with immediate effect as a result of the Russian Federation’s armed attack on Ukraine. The Council…
EU reacts upon Russia Constitution amendments
“Nationwide voting in the Russian Federation on constitutional amendments concluded on 1 July. Some amendments concern changes in the political system and the work of the executive, legislative and judicial branches” reads the text of the statement, attribued to the European External Action Service (EEAS)spokesperson. “The European Union regrets that, in the run up to…
CoE – EU “great deal in common”
“This Europe Day, we are all thinking about the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic throughout our continent and around the world. Every individual has been touched by this crisis, but our greatest sympathies are with those who have lost friends or loved ones. At an institutional level, we are striving to do what is right,…
Jagland raises concerns about journalist Golunov case
The Secretary General of the Council of Europe, Thorbjørn Jagland, has made the following statement with regard to the situation of investigative journalist Ivan Golunov in Russia: My statement concerning Russian investigative journalist Ivan Golunov https://t.co/3bVqC9N2df — Thorbjørn Jagland (@TJagland) June 9, 2019 “I am very much concerned and saddened by reports…
Europe outlaws sharia
The resolution was passed at the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe, which meets four times a year to set the agenda of the international assembly. The parliamentarians noted with ‘great concern‘ that three member states, Albania, Azerbaijan and Turkey, have endorsed explicitly or implicitly, the 1990 Cairo Declaration on Human Rights in Islam. Moreover…
Russia on brink of Council of Europe
The Council of Europe (CoE) member states will have to make a decision reacting upon Russia’s refusal to resume payments to the organization’s budget, while there is a scenario that Moscow will be requested to leave the Council, Secretary General of the CoE Thorbjorn Jagland said. .@TJagland tells #CoE Assembly: "#Russia will not be back…
Russia will stay in Council of Europe
Russia will not quit the Council of Europe, because this platform is essential for upholding its national interests, Russia’s CoE envoy Ivan Soltanovsky told Izvestia newspaper. Press review: Putin stuns Japan with peace deal bid and will Russia exit Council of Europehttps://t.co/iOTdeogMU3 pic.twitter.com/zfpUqsfEiH — TASS (@tassagency_en) September 13, 2018 “Right now, Russia’s withdrawal from the…
“Endemic” police torture in Azerbaijan
Torture in Azerbaijan by police and other law enforcement agencies is “systemic and endemic,” according to a report from the Council of Europe’s torture prevention body. #CoE #Anti-torture Committee (#CPT) publishes reports on #Azerbaijan which show #torture, #impunity and #corruption endemic, but CPT considers Azerbaijani authorities’ decision to publish indicates resolve to address these problems @coe…
Council of Europe urges to investigate Spanish police violence
The Commissioner for Human Rights of the Council of Europe, Nils Muiznieks, urged Spanish home affairs minister, José Ignacio Zoido, to investigate Spain’s police actions during the October 1 referendum. In a letter sent on October 4 to the Spanish home affairs minister, Muiznieks called for an “independent and effective” investigation into Spain’s police violence which aimed…
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