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The head of the Council of Europe rejected a call from nine EU countries to make it easier to deport immigrants who commit crimes.
The Secretary General of the Council of Europe, Alain Berset, warned that courts should not be "used as weapons" for political gain.
In a statement issued on Thursday, Italy, Denmark, Austria, Belgium, the Czech Republic, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania and Poland asked the European Court of Human Rights to review how it interprets the European Convention on Human Rights.
They argued that in some cases, the court “placed too many restrictions on the ability of states to decide whom to expel from their territories” and called for “a new and open-minded interpretation of the decision” of the court.
Berset hit back at the group, saying in a statement that "protecting the independence and impartiality of the Court is our foundation."
He added that, while political debate is “healthy” in any democracy, “politicization of the Court is not” and warned that “no judiciary should face political pressure.”
"Institutions that protect fundamental rights cannot be subject to political cycles. If they do, we risk destroying the very stability for which they were built," Berset insisted.
Created in 1949, the Council of Europe brings together 46 member states and has as its main task the protection of fundamental human rights throughout the European continent.
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