22/06/2023 | Session
At the end of an urgent debate on ‘Ensuring free and safe access through the Lachin Corridor’, the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) today expressed its extreme concern by events which have unfolded since the signature of the Trilateral Statement on 9 November 2020, and which...
21/06/2023 | Session
Advocating the Council of Europe’s role as the legal bedrock of Europe, promoting the human right to clean and healthy environment, working with the young people, continuing support to Ukraine in fighting against Russia’s aggression and thinking about post-war reconstruction, as well as...
21/06/2023 | Session
In an unprecedented context of political, legal and international transformations in Europe, marked by the war of aggression waged by the Russian Federation against Ukraine, the Assembly called on member States “to invest sufficient additional resources into the Organisation to allow it to...
21/06/2023 | Session
According to a resolution on PACE's priorities and expenditure needs for 2024-2025, adopted today on the basis of a report by Ingjerd Schou (Norway, EPP/CD), the Assembly will focus over this period on implementing the 4th Summit agenda. At the same time, the Assembly will continue the...
21/06/2023 | Session
The Assembly has called on member States to adopt legislation prohibiting discrimination in sports and provide equal opportunities for “most vulnerable people, including migrants, refugees and internally displaced persons, to have proper access to sporting facilities and activities” considering...
21/06/2023 | Session
PACE is urging the United Kingdom government and parliament to carefully consider the content of provisions of the Illegal Migration Bill and Bill of Rights Bill that – were they to enter into force – “could risk placing the UK in breach of its international obligations”. In a resolution on human...
21/06/2023 | Session
The Parliamentary Assembly has expressed deep concern over the populist discourse “inducing fear and resentment towards people arriving from other countries”. In the adopted resolution, addressing the issue, based on a report by Domagoj Hajduković (Croatia, SOC), the Assembly emphasised the...
21/06/2023 | Session
According to the Assembly, Europe is home to around 4-5 million undocumented persons, including many ‘invisible workers’. They participate in the labour market without legal recognition but remain “fragile socio-economically – with poor or no access to socio-economic rights and at high risk of...
20/06/2023 | Session
“The Council of Europe Summit in Reykjavik was an important milestone for the organisation at a critical time and resulted in strong European unity in responding to Russia’s aggression against Ukraine,” said Edgars Rinkēvičs, Minister for Foreign Affairs of Latvia and Chair of the Committee of...
20/06/2023 | Session
In the framework of the debate on “Addressing the specific challenges faced by Belarusians in exile”, the Volny Chor today performed before the Parliamentary Assembly. Volny Chor emerged from the rallies arranged by the musicians of the Belarusian State Philharmonic in August 2020. Almost...
20/06/2023 | Session
The Parliamentary Assembly, during its summer plenary session, held a current affairs debate on “The recent political developments in Poland”. Peter Omtzigt (Netherlands, EPP/CD) and Azadeh Rojhan (Sweden, SOC), co-rapporteurs for the monitoring of Poland by PACE, opened the debate. 17 speakers...
20/06/2023 | Session
PACE has hailed the “resilience, courage and determination” of Belarusians who have been forced into exile by the repression of the Lukashenka regime – and urged states hosting them to take legal and practical steps to welcome them. In a resolution, based on a report by Paul Galles (Luxembourg...