07/04/2020 | President
“On this World Health Day, I call on all our countries to do everything in their power to ensure that the protection of the health, safety and psychological well-being of healthcare workers be made a top priority in the current response to COVID-19,” Rik Daems said.
24/03/2020 | President
Rik Daems, the President of the PACE, has urged European governments to abide strictly by the European Convention on Human Rights when adopting emergency measures to deal with the COVID-19 crisis.
06/03/2020 | President
PACE President Rik Daems has called for the Parliamentary Assembly to achieve gender parity, launching the hash-tag #IWant5050 in a video clip to mark International Women's Rights Day (8 March 2020).
27/02/2020 | President
Speaking at a conference, the PACE President made a plea to upgrade current legal instruments with the ultimate aim of drafting an additional Protocol to the European Convention on Human Rights.
29/01/2020 | President
The leaders of the 47-nation Council of Europe have issued the following statement to launch the 70th anniversary of the European Convention on Human Rights in 2020: The European Convention on Human Rights came into being against the dreadful background of the devastation of the Second World War...
27/01/2020 | President
Rik Daems has been elected President of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe. Succeeding Liliane Maury Pasquier, he becomes PACE’s 33rd President and the third Belgian representative since 1949.
31/12/2019 | President
"As 2019 comes to a close, I would like to wish every child and every adult a happy New Year. The year 2019 brought us many surprises, crises and discoveries. So, what lessons do we take with us into the new year ahead?"
18/12/2019 | President
"I am convinced that it is more important than ever to go back to our basics," said Liliane Maury Pasquier, addressing students of the Moscow Institute of International Relations at the end of her working visit to Russia.
12/12/2019 | President
Liliane Maury Pasquier is to address participants at the 3rd International Conference on “Human rights protection in Eurasia: exchange of best practice among Ombudspersons” taking place in Moscow on 17 December.
09/12/2019 | President
To mark Human Rights Day (10 December), the Secretary General of the Council of Europe, Marija Pejčinović Burić, and the President of the Organisation’s Parliamentary Assembly, Liliane Maury Pasquier, have issued a joint statement looking forward to the 70th anniversary of the European Convention...
02/12/2019 | President
We regret to learn of the renewed opposition of the Slovak Parliament to ratify the the Istanbul Convention, said President Liliane Maury Pasquier and Béatrice Fresko-Rolfo, the Assembly’s General Rapporteur on violence against women.
28/11/2019 | President
“Thanks to the support of members and many ambassadors, we have been able to make progress in raising awareness of the fight against sexism, harassment and violence against women,” Liliane Maury Pasquier said.