30 June 1999
The Council of Europe – home of the European Convention of Human Rights and the European Court of Human Rights – is older than and quite separate from the European Union (although they cooperate quite closely) and has 47 members, 20 more than the EU. There are at least three overlapping strands of events at the Council of Europe – those of the recognised INGOs (international non-governmental organisations), those of the Parliamentary Assembly of the… read more »
28 June 1999
The Council of Europe discredits itself (EHF press release) The Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe, meeting on Friday, June 25, 1999 in Strasbourg, adopted a report by Mrs Gatterer, Austrian parliamentary member of the EPP, concerning euthanasia.This report brings shame on the Council of Europe for its lack of impartiality and objectivity. Contrary to the the Council of Europe’s practice of respect for plurality of opinion, the report takes into account only the… read more »
1 June 1999
This appeal to non-Catholic Belgian members of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe was sent in June 1999. As you know, the next meeting of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe will be held in Strasbourg from 21 to 25 June. On the agenda for the assembly there figures on Friday, June 25, discussion followed by a vote on document 8421 on the “protection of the human rights and dignity of… read more »