News on the topic: Council of Europe
24.07.2017 EU Criticizes Belarusian Death Sentences
The European Union on July 21 criticized the two latest death sentences handed down in Belarus, saying that they "violate the right to life."
11.08.2016 PACE mission issues statement on election campaign
A pre-electoral delegation from the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) visited Minsk to assess the election campaign and the preparations for the parliamentary elections to be held on 11 September 2016.
25.11.2015 PACE rapporteurs express dismay at death sentence in Belarus
Two rapporteurs of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) have expressed their dismay at a death sentence handed down in Belarus last week, and urged the authorities not to carry it out.
04.11.2015 CoE Commissioner for Human Rights: “Belarus has a lot of challenges ahead in order to become a fully democratic country”
Nils Muižnieks, Council of Europe’s Commissioner for Human Rights, has told about his perception of the human rights situation in Belarus and the prospects of cooperation between Belarus and the Council of Europe in an interview with Radio Liberty/Radio Free Europe Belarus service.
26.11.2014 CoE Commissioner for Human Rights: “Azerbaijan will go down in history as the country that carried out an unprecedented crackdown on human rights defenders during its chairmanship”
Nils Muižnieks, Council of Europe Commissioner for Human Rights, has written on Facebook about “one of the most difficult missions” of his “two-and-a-half year tenure as Council of Europe Commissioner for Human Rights” — a visit he paid to Azerbaijan to see the imprisoned human rights defenders.
21.06.2013 PACE invites Belarusian MPs to discuss death penalty
The Committee on Political Affairs and Democracy of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe is expected to discuss the situation in Belarus at a meeting scheduled for June 27, Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty Belarus service reports. Among others, Andres Herkel (Estonia, EPP/CD), rapporteur on the situation in Belarus, will address the meeting.
22.05.2013 Secretary general expresses hope that Belarus will join Council of Europe
Thorbjorn Jagland, secretary general of the Council of Europe, expressed hope on Tuesday that Belarus would join the organization and ratify the European Convention on Human Rights.
23.01.2013 Thorbjørn Jagland: Belarus must release the political prisoners
The Secretary General of the Council of Europe reminded of the conditions for starting the dialogue between the EU and Belarus.
23.03.2012 CE Committee of Ministers condemns executions in Minsk
The Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe adopted a declaration on March 22 deploring the execution of Kanavalau (Konovalov) and Kavalyou (Kovalev).
26.01.2012 Death penalty disqualifies Belarus from any status in Council of Europe, secretary general says
The use of the death penalty makes it impossible for Belarus to have any status in the Council of Europe, Secretary General Thorbjorn Jagland told reporters in Strasbourg on January 25.
10.10.2011 Why is the death penalty in Belarus such a huge issue for the EU?
Mrs Rosemary Thomas, British Ambassador in Belarus, writes on the occasion of World Day against the Death Penalty.
07.09.2011 Thomas Hammarberg: “the Belarusian authorities seek to stop Viasna’s assistance to victims of human rights violations”
Thomas Hammarberg, the Commissioner for Human Rights of the Council of Europe, published an article concerning the arrest of Ales Bialiatski. in the European newspaper New Europe.
27.06.2011 CE Conference of INGOs condemns poor exercise of freedom of association in Belarus
The Conference of International NGOs of the Council of Europe has adopted a resolution on the freedom of association in Belarus, reiterating its demand to the Belarusian authorities to ensure the full observance of the international standards on the freedom of association in the country.
19.10.2010 Ales Bialiatski: The authorities are deepening political and social crisis of the people of Belarus
Belarus
has ignored most of the recommendations made during the Universal Periodic Review
procedure (UPR), as well as those by the UN Human Rights Council. It can be seen from the Views and responses of the Republic of Belarus
on the Conclusions adopted for further consideration by the competent authorities
in the UPR on May 15, 2010. The content and the importance
of these recommendations to the country’s civil society will be discussed with
the chair of the Human Rights Centre "Viasna" Ales Bialiatski.
