As regards Russia, the draft report contains a firm call to ratify the Sixth Protocol to the European Convention on Human Rights, which prescribes a ban on the death penalty.

The PACE Legal Committee has prepared a draft report on the fulfillment of the legal requirement concerning the ban on the death penalty by states that are members of the Council of Europe or observers at that European international organization.

By all accounts, Tehran's decision will seriously radicalize the upcoming debates over the IAEA report in the U.N. Security Council, since trust in Tehran's plans and ambitions has been strongly undermined.

All CE members are equally committed to the supremacy of the law and human rights, yet some implement their programs at the expense of others.

There are no grounds for anyone, including Russia, to defend Iran's position. We should discuss an appropriate plan of coordinated action for the international community.

You can be operating a tank according to every rule from here to Russia and back again, but if somebody does something they're not supposed to do, you still might have a problem.