Legal Affairs and Human Rights
Rapporteur ‘outraged’ at execution in Alabama of 83-year-old after 30 years on death row
- 20/04/2018
- Legal Affairs and Human Rights
Yves Cruchten, PACE General Rapporteur on the abolition of the death penalty, has expressed outrage at the execution in Alabama of 83-year-old convicted murderer Walter Leroy Moody, by a lethal injection of drugs. More
Yves Cruchten: ‘Turkish civil society must be able to fully enjoy the right to freedom of association and expression’
- 09/04/2018
- Legal Affairs and Human Rights
"I call on the Turkish authorities to lift the state of emergency as quickly as possible", Yves Cruchten, PACE rapporteur on “Preventing inappropriate restrictions on NGO activities in Europe”, said at the end of a visit to Ankara. More
Preventing inappropriate restrictions on NGO activities: rapporteur to visit Turkey
- 29/03/2018
- Legal Affairs and Human Rights
Yves Cruchten, who is preparing a report for the Parliamentary Assembly on preventing inappropriate restrictions on NGO activities in Europe, is to make a fact-finding visit to Turkey on 5-6 April. More
PACE rapporteur urges Japan to halt planned executions
- 19/03/2018
- Legal Affairs and Human Rights
The General Rapporteur on abolition of the death penalty for the PACE, Yves Cruchten, has called on the Japanese authorities to halt the planned executions of 13 members of the Aum Shinrikyo cult. More
Positive narratives to stop terror – appealing to ‘shared values’
- 14/03/2018
- Legal Affairs and Human Rights
CoE member States should go beyond security measures and work with Muslim communities and other priority audiences to produce “tailored, flexible and positive” alternative narratives to terrorist propaganda, the committee said. More
‘Hybrid war’ may be complex, but it does not operate in a legal vacuum
- 14/03/2018
- Legal Affairs and Human Rights
The committee noted with concern that nowadays states are more and more often confronted with the phenomenon of “hybrid war”, which poses a new type of threat based on a combination of military and non-military means. More
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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 2018, Frank Schwabe (Germany, SOC) was elected as Chairperson of the Committee.
Presentation
Presentation of the Committee on Legal Affairs and Human Rights.
Agendas
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).
Terms of reference
The Committee on Legal Affairs and Human Rights promotes the rule of law and defends human rights.
Members
The 87 members are appointed by the national delegations to the Assembly and may belong to one of the six political groups in the Assembly or be non-registered.
Sub-committees
The committee currently has three sub-committees:
- M. Yves CRUCHTEN - General Rapporteur on the abolition of the death penalty
- Mr Günter SCHIRMER - Head of the Secretariat
6.001+33/3 88.41.2809 - Mr David MILNER - Deputy to the Head of the Secretariat
6.002+33/3 90 21 5327 - Ms Agnieszka SZKLANNA - Secretary
6.005+33/3 90.21.4141 - Ms Eilean MACKIE - Administrative assistant
6.003+33/3 90.21.5355 - Mme Catherine DREYFUS - Assistant
6.004+33/3 88.41.2099 - Mme Aurélie HAUG - Assistant
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