11/11/2024 | President
The President met His Holiness Pope Francis on Friday 9 November 2024 in the Vatican. In their discussion, they emphasised the importance of safeguarding human dignity and promoting human rights. They addressed pressing issues including the fight against poverty, social exclusion and migration...
06/11/2024 | President
“Do not give up, do not compromise, do not surrender. These are the weapons with which democratic citizens must fight against all kinds of authoritarianism, against all kinds of populism,” today said PACE President Theodoros Rousopoulos at the opening of the 12th World Forum for Democracy, which...
04/11/2024 | President
PACE President Theodoros Rousopoulos, speaking at an Athens conference, has hailed what he called “the transformative power of sport”, and urged all sides to work together to make sport a positive force for society. The two-day conference (4-5 November 2024), jointly organised by PACE and the...
01/11/2024 | President
“As times change, we must recognize that our achievements are never guaranteed, and that we must therefore remain steadfast in upholding the values that guide us and continue to fight for them”, PACE President Theodoros Rousopoulos said in Athens at a ceremony marking 50 years since the re...
24/10/2024 | President
PACE President Theodoros Rousopoulos, in the third episode of his new series of vodcasts posted today, talks to the current President of the European Court of Human Rights Dr Marko Bošnjak about the work of the Court, how judges are elected and how they deal with the many cases coming before them...
24/10/2024 | President
Addressing the 3rd Parliamentary Summit of the International Crimea Platform in Riga today, PACE President Theodoros Rousopoulos highlighted the Assembly’s range of proposals since April 2022 calling for the establishment of “a comprehensive system of justice for the crimes committed by Russia in...
22/10/2024 | President
Speaking at a meeting on “The Council of Europe and Artificial Intelligence: A World in Transition”, organised in Kalamata (Greece) on 18 October by the Chamber of Messinia, in co-operation with the Region of Peloponnese and the Municipality of Kalamata, PACE President Theodoros Rousopoulos...
15/10/2024 | President
Addressing the Congress of Local and Regional Authorities at its 47th plenary Session today, PACE President Theodoros Rousopoulos highlighted the most pressing challenges the Assembly and the Congress both needed to face, including democratic backsliding, Russia’s aggression against Ukraine, the...
07/10/2024 | President
“It has been one year since the horrific acts of terror carried out by Hamas against Israel, killing over 1,250 men, women and children in a brutal attack, and taking over 250 people hostage,” PACE President Theodoros Rousopoulos said today. “I reiterate the Assembly’s unequivocal condemnation of...
03/10/2024 | President
In the second edition of “Round table with the President”, a brand-new video podcast in which PACE President Theodoros Rousopoulos hosts leading figures who act to uphold Council of Europe values, 2024 Havel Prize winner María Corina Machado dedicates the award to the millions of Venezuelans who...
30/09/2024 | Session
“Dear Vladimir, let me once again express my utmost relief to see you free, and all the more determined to continue with your fight for the free and democratic Russia which we all long for, and which poses no threat to its neighbours nor to its own citizens”, PACE President said today at the...
26/09/2024 | President
On the eve of an appearance before PACE in Strasbourg next week, recently released Russian opposition leader Vladimir Kara-Murza has described his experience of two-and-a-half years of detention in Russia during a 20-minute conversation with PACE President Theodoros Rousopoulos. In the first...