PACE invites Council of Europe’s Committee of Ministers to ‘use all tools at its disposal’ to free Alexei Navalny The Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) adopted a resolution calling on Russia to release opposition politician Alexei Navalny before June 7, 2021, according to a statement published on the PACE website, “PACE has invited the Council of Europe Committee of Ministers to “use all the tools at its disposal”, including under Article 46 of the European Convention on Human Rights, to ensure full and prompt execution of the Strasbourg Court’s ruling in the case of Navalnyye v.