Council of Europe
2026
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- JANUARY 16, 2003Council of EuropeDEATH PENALTY
Macedonian police have beaten, tortured and even killed...
Macedonian police have beaten, tortured and even killed suspects held in detention, the Council of Europe said in two reports
- JANUARY 16, 2003Council of EuropeDEATH PENALTY
The European Court of Human Rights declared as admissible...
The European Court of Human Rights declared as admissible six cases lodged against Russia for events in Chechnya
- DECEMBER 6, 2002Council of EuropeDEATH PENALTY
The Council of Europe urged Russia to finally ban the...
The Council of Europe urged Russia to finally ban the death penalty
- OCTOBER 22, 2002Council of EuropeDEATH PENALTY
"We should spare no efforts to cancel death sentence...
"We should spare no efforts to cancel death sentence legally", Vardan Oskanian, minister of foreign affairs of RA, said
- OCTOBER 15, 2002Council of EuropeDEATH PENALTY
As requested by the European Court of Human Rights...
As requested by the European Court of Human Rights in Strasbourg, the Georgian Justice Ministry sent materials concerning the 13 Chechens who were detained on the Russian-Georgian border in early August
- OCTOBER 7, 2002Council of EuropeDEATH PENALTY
The European [Human Rights] Court has requested that...
The European [Human Rights] Court has requested that the handover of Chechen fighters to Russia be suspended and that Georgia provide an explanation
- SEPTEMBER 19, 2002Council of EuropeDEATH PENALTY
The President of the Council of Europe's Parliamentary...
The President of the Council of Europe's Parliamentary Assembly firmly condemned the capital executions of Yoshiteru and Tatsuya Tamoto in Japan
- SEPTEMBER 3, 2002Council of EuropeDEATH PENALTY
The head of the parliamentary Unity faction, Galust...
The head of the parliamentary Unity faction, Galust Saakyan, said that the Council of Europe should take a respectful view of the opinion of the Armenian public, who favour the death penalty for the perpetrators of the act of terrorism in the Armenian par
- AUGUST 21, 2002Council of EuropeDEATH PENALTY
The co-rapporteurs of the PACE Monitoring Commission,...
The co-rapporteurs of the PACE Monitoring Commission, Irena Belogorska nd Yerzhi Yaskernya met with the relatives of the members of the Armenian Government and of the Armenian deputies killed as a result of the October '99 terrorist act in the Armenian Pa
- JULY 14, 2002Council of EuropeDEATH PENALTY
Slovak Ambassador to the Council of Europe (CE) Anna...
Slovak Ambassador to the Council of Europe (CE) Anna Lamperova signed the Protocol 13 to the European Convention on Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms, related to the absolute abolition of the death penalty
- JULY 12, 2002Council of EuropeDEATH PENALTY
Council of Europe secretary-general Walter Schwimmer,...
Council of Europe secretary-general Walter Schwimmer, on a three-day visit to Armenia, made it abundantly clear that the fact that the country is moving in the "right direction" in terms of fulfilling its obligations to the Council of Europe does not yet
- JULY 9, 2002Council of EuropeDEATH PENALTY
Armenia should continue complying with its commitments...
Armenia should continue complying with its commitments to the Council of Europe, according to the Council's secretary general, Walter Schwimmer, who spoke in Yerevan