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In his role as a monitor for Turkey on behalf of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) John and his PACE colleague Thomas Hammarberg...

John has welcomed the adoption on 14 April of the Criminal Enforcement Law, allowing the early or conditional release of 90 000 prisoners to prevent the spread...

Amid the COVID-19 pandemic and an expected sanitary crisis in Turkish detention centres, PACE co-rapporteurs for the monitoring of Turkey, Thomas Hammarberg...

On behalf of the Council of Europe, John presented an important European award – the Plaquette d’honneur - to the French town of Suresnes, near Paris. The...

The Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe debated a report from the Migration, Refugees and Displaced Persons Committee which suggested that concerted...

With the prevalence of anti-semitism I took the opportunity to speak in a debate on the conservation of Jewish cultural heritage at the Parliamentary Assembly...

In a debate on climate refugees at the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe John spoke particularly in relation to climate change. With discussion on...

John spoke at the Council of Europe to encourage the UK Government to sign up to the Council’s Development Bank. He particularly focussed on the work related to...

At the meeting of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe John spoke about the role of ombudsmen. The work of ombudsmen is an important part of...