04/06/2015 | Political Affairs and Democracy
After four years of implementation of the partnership for democracy between the Parliament of Morocco and PACE, the committee has today issued an “overall positive assessment” of its results.
02/06/2015 | Political Affairs and Democracy
On 4 June the Italian Chamber of Deputies and the Committee on Political Affairs will hold a seminar in Rome to discuss national and international experience in codes of conduct for parliamentarians.
22/04/2015 | Political Affairs and Democracy
What is the link between corruption and democracy? How can corruption undermine the pillars of the rule of law? These were the questions posed by Michele Nicoletti as he opened a hearing on "Corrupt elites as a threat to democracy".
21/04/2015 | Political Affairs and Democracy
Belarus has shown signs of opening-up, which I hope will be followed by concrete steps that could lead to improve the human rights situation and the normalisation of relations with the Council of Europe, said M. Rigoni.
02/04/2015 | Political Affairs and Democracy
Bogdan Klich, who is preparing a report to evaluate the Moroccan Parliament’s “Partnership for democracy” with PACE, will make a second fact-finding visit to Morocco from 8 to 11 April.
17/03/2015 | Political Affairs and Democracy
"Even if Russia is clearly violating the Statute of the Council of Europe, and even more, if Russia is the aggressor, this does not dispense Ukraine from implementing the Minsk agreements", PACE rapporteur said.
16/03/2015 | Political Affairs and Democracy
The conflict in Syria has attracted an estimated 20000 foreign fighters from at least 90 countries, including about 3400 Europeans, the Political Affairs Committee was told by experts at a hearing organised in Paris today.
10/03/2015 | Political Affairs and Democracy
PACE rapporteur Tinatin Khidasheli has expressed deep concern at a draft law currently being discussed in the Kyrgyz Parliament which criminalises ‘propaganda of non-traditional sexual relations’.
06/03/2015 | Political Affairs and Democracy
Parliamentary Assembly rapporteur Robert Walter will make a fact-finding visit to Baku on 12-13 March 2015, in the context of the preparation of his report on the issue of the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict.
27/02/2015 | Political Affairs and Democracy
“This is the first visit by a Rapporteur in more than five years and it is time for Belarus and our Assembly to start looking in the same direction,” said Andrea Rigoni at the end of a two-day working visit to Minsk.
20/02/2015 | Political Affairs and Democracy
Andrea Rigoni, rapporteur of the Political Affairs Committee, will make a fact-finding visit to Minsk on 25-26 February, in the context of the preparation of his report on the situation in Belarus.
16/02/2015 | Political Affairs and Democracy
Kristýna Zelienková, currently on a fact-finding visit to Ukraine to discuss prospects for peace and stability, calls for the urgent creation of a green corridor in order to evacuate 5 000 civilians from Debaltsevo