27/11/2015 | Standing Committee
PACE Standing Committee, meeting in Sofia, today said that “nobody should die in detention” and recalled the right to equivalent medical care for detainees.
27/11/2015 | Standing Committee
PACE proposed a set of measures, in order to maximise the benefits of migration between China and Europe. It called on member States to sign bilateral agreements with China on social security, education and other integration-related issues.
27/11/2015 | Standing Committee
The Assembly today welcomed the initiative of the Committee of Ministers in drawing up a Council of Europe Convention on an Integrated Safety, Security and Service Approach at Football Matches and Other Sports Events.
27/11/2015 | Standing Committee
Adopting unanimously a report prepared by Sahiba Gafarova, the Standing Committee stressed that all violence against women is a form of discrimination and a gross violation of human rights.
19/11/2015 | Standing Committee
The Standing Committee of the Parliamentary Assembly will meet in Sofia on Friday 27 November, in the context of the Bulgarian Chairmanship of the Committee of Ministers (November 2015-May 2016).
22/05/2015 | Standing Committee
Anne Brasseur has congratulated Bosnia and Herzegovina on taking up the Chairmanship of the Council of Europe's Committee of Ministers, describing the Chairmanship as "an opportunity, a challenge and a responsibility".
22/05/2015 | Standing Committee
PACE has voted to increase the number of seats allocated to Turkey from 12 to 18 to reflect its increased population, given that the country now has the third-largest population in Europe.
22/05/2015 | Standing Committee
The Standing Committee has urged the member States to update their constitutional and legislative frameworks for protecting children's rights and include those rights in their national constitutions.
22/05/2015 | Standing Committee
PACE has condemned increasingly restrictive migration policies, increased social exclusion and limited access to human and social rights for migrants on the European continent.
22/05/2015 | Standing Committee
PACE has called on Council of Europe member States to consolidate the notion that systematic, deliberate and targeted destruction and looting of cultural property be considered a crime against humanity.
15/05/2015 | Standing Committee
The Standing Committee of the Parliamentary Assembly is to meet in Sarajevo on 22 May, ahead of Bosnia and Herzegovina's six-month chairmanship of the Council of Europe Committee of Ministers.
06/03/2015 | Standing Committee
Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder affects 3.3 million children and adolescents in the EU alone. According to the Assembly, meeting today in Paris at Standing Committee level, ensuring an accurate diagnosis and appropriate treatment of ADHD is essential.