19/04/2016 | Session
The Assembly has spelled out a series of measures to prevent the radicalisation of children by fighting the root causes. Prevention is key to stopping young people being drawn to violent extremism, PACE said.
18/04/2016 | Session
The Assembly elected, at the opening of its Spring 2016 Session, Antonio Gutiérrez Limones as a new Vice-President of the Assembly in respect of Spain. Twenty Vice-Presidents are elected annually.
18/04/2016 | Session
Adopting its final agenda at the opening of the session, the Assembly decided to hold a current affairs debate on “The case of the 'Panama Papers' and the concern about fiscal, social justice and public trust in our democratic system”.
18/04/2016 | Session
"After a barbaric attack, the most immediate reaction is to step up security measures at the expense of individual freedom, but this can have dangerous consequences," said the PACE President.
18/04/2016 | Session
“2015 was a year of fear and insecurity in Europe. The conflict in eastern Ukraine and ongoing economic malaise were overshadowed by a sense of vulnerability to terrorist threats”, said Nils Muižnieks.
18/04/2016 | Session
“We should use the Panama papers to talk about the principle of tax evasion in general and the harm it does to prosperity in all our societies”, Stefan Shennach said today at the opening of a current affairs debate.
18/04/2016 | Session
Migration, the response to terror and conflicts in Europe were once again major themes during the debate on the progress report of the Bureau and the Standing Committee since the last session.
08/04/2016 | Session
The President of Austria, the President of the European Commission, and the Prime Ministers of Georgia and Turkey are among leading personalities due to address the Parliamentary Assembly during its spring session (18-22 April 2016).
29/01/2016 | Session
The nine committees of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) elected this week their new Chairpersons: Committee on Political Affairs and Democracy, Mogens Jensen.
29/01/2016 | Session
PACE called on member States today to improve their education systems and “ensure access to quality education and regular class attendance until the end of the study programme for all children”.
29/01/2016 | Session
Corruption among judges undermines the foundations of the rule of law, severely impedes the protection of human rights and, according to the Assembly, public trust in the integrity of the judiciary continues to be very low in some member States.
28/01/2016 | Session
PACE has called on Council of Europe member states to do more to protect human rights defenders and to ensure an enabling environment for NGOs, during a joint debate on reports by Mailis Reps and Yves Cruchten.