On the legal aspects and human rights violations arising from Russia's attack on Ukraine as well as issues of preventing the excessive and unjustified use of force by law enforcement authorities and the use of seized and confiscated assets derived from criminal activities, said the Member of Parliament, Kostis Efstathiou, who participated on Monday in a meeting of the Committee on Legal and Human Rights of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe.
In his intervention in a debate on the legal aspects and human rights violations arising from Russia's aggression in Ukraine, Mr Efstathiou stressed that "under no circumstances can Russia be left out of the loop for its invasion of Ukraine, nor should any attempts to create de facto separatist entities be tolerated, as Turkey has done with its invasion and continued occupation of part of the territory of the Republic of Cyprus".
In his intervention on the issue of combating and preventing the excessive and unjustified use of force by law enforcement authorities, the Cypriot MEP pointed out that the relevant scattered legislation should be codified at European level, in order to facilitate the process of proving the commission of offences and bringing offenders before national courts
Moreover, while discussing the issue of the use of seized and confiscated assets derived from criminal activities, Mr. Efstathiou stressed that these assets could be exploited through the creation of a special European fund for projects of common interest, such as the support of medical or educational institutions in African and Asian countries.
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