02/10/2015 | Session
The parliamentarians said that preventive work with young amateur and semi-professional athletes and the fight against trafficking “should be among the priorities of the anti-doping strategy”.
02/10/2015 | Session
PACE is urging Europe’s governments to ensure that fathers can play an equal part in the upbringing of their children, pointing out that the role of dads, "needs to be be better recognised and properly valued”.
01/10/2015 | Session
Religious communities should be able to exercise the right to freedom of religion “without impediment and without discrimination” and to practise their faith publicly and freely in accordance with their own rites, said PACE.
01/10/2015 | Session
Pretrial detention should be used only “exceptionally, as a last resort,” said the Parliamentary Assembly at the end of a debate which was held in Strasbourg today during the plenary session.
01/10/2015 | Session
“Serbia has become one of the pillars of stability in the Balkans. We have contributed a lot to what is at least a peaceful environment - although the region is still fragile,” the Prime Minister of Serbia said, addressing the Assembly.
01/10/2015 | Session
The Parliamentary Assembly held a free debate on current issues not included in the session agenda. The first speaker, Ertuğrul Kürkçü (Turkey, UEL), referred to the situation in Turkey.
01/10/2015 | Session
The Assembly has begun a series of “periodic reviews” which will assess how far Council of Europe member States are fulfilling their obligation to uphold the Organisation’s human rights and democratic standards.
30/09/2015 | Session
EU countries should avoid “a narrow emphasis on border control and security” and instead embrace a “holistic, rights-based and effective” approach involving countries of transit and origin, PACE has urged.
30/09/2015 | Session
The Parliamentary Assembly called on the OECD and its member states to halt rising inequality and promote inclusive growth and a more equal distribution of income, wealth and well-being.
30/09/2015 | Session
We have set a number of priorities regarding our continuation on the path towards European integration, economic development and the rule of law, said the Chairman of the Council of Ministers of Bosnia and Herzegovina.
30/09/2015 | Session
PACE has deplored “the lack of political will” of certain States to fully and rapidly implement judgments of the Court, and has urged the 47’s ministerial body to “take firmer measures” with States that do not comply.
29/09/2015 | Session
His Royal Highness the Grand Duke of Luxembourg has called on governments, given the scale of the refugee and migrant crisis, to “find common solutions to tackle the root causes of the problems.”