Pace Calls On Member States To Bring Laws In Line With Ecthr Precede

PACE CALLS ON MEMBER STATES TO BRING LAWS IN LINE WITH ECTHR PRECEDENT LAWS

Panorama.am
23/01/2013

PACE calls on the Council of Europe member states to develop a
comprehensive strategy to address the problems in the legal system in
order to prevent repeated cases in the European Court of Human Rights
(ECtHR). As our correspondent reports from Strasbourg, PACE discussed
this issue at the evening session on January 22.

Based on a report by Ukrainian MP Sergey Kivalov on the activities of
Strasbourg court, PACE calls on those countries where legal procedures
are dragged out or death and missing cases are not investigated to
“take resolute actions.”

Bulgaria, Italy, Moldova, Poland, Romania, Russia, Turkey and Ukraine
were mentioned as countries having the systemic problem. So PACE called
on its member states to change their laws, to bring them in line with
ECtHR precedent laws, raising awareness of the European Convention
of Human Rights, as well as to closer cooperate with the civil society.

“The European Court of Human Rights is not only a cornerstone in the
defense of fundamental rights, but also a reference point for national
judges,” Italian Justice Minister Paola Severino said in her remarks.

The Italian Minister highlighted a series of tailored measures to
reduce national prison overcrowding, underlining the creation of
3.178 new places in 2012 and the final objective of 11.700 ones at
the end of 2014.

Moreover, Ms. Severino emphasized the relevance of some best practices
introduced in the framework of the efficiency of the justice system
and the ratification of Council of Europe conventions.

From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress