29/09/2015 | Session
The Parliamentary Assembly has spelled out a series of measures to encourage the pharmaceutical industry to respond more effectively to public health needs, urging stricter drug approval policies.
29/09/2015 | Session
The refugee crisis requires comprehensive solutions. Only concerted comprehensive action with a range of measures geared to the countries of origin, transit and destination will be successful, said Pedro Agramunt.
29/09/2015 | Session
The Council of Europe Parliamentary Assembly (PACE) today elected Alena Poláčková as judge to the European Court of Human Rights in respect of the Slovak Republic for a term of office of nine years.
29/09/2015 | Session
The EU’s Dublin system, which determines which country is responsible for treating asylum applications, is ineffective and should be reformed to ensure “equitable burden sharing” among member States, according to PACE.
28/09/2015 | Session
The Assembly will award today the 2015 Václav Havel Human Rights Prize. PACE President met this morning the three candidates: from left to right, Manizha Naderi, Anne Brasseur, Ludmilla Alexeeva and Alma Masic.
28/09/2015 | Session
The Parliamentary Assembly today elected, at the opening of its Autumn 2015 Session, Michael Aastrup Jensen as a new Vice-President of the Assembly Vice-President in respect of Denmark.
28/09/2015 | Session
Adopting its agenda today, PACE has decided to hold a current affairs debate tomorrow afternoon, Tuesday 29 September on “A comprehensive humanitarian and political response to the migration and refugee crisis in Europe”.
28/09/2015 | Session
After nearly two years at the head of the PACE, President Anne Brasseur, paints a mixed picture of progress in terms of human rights in Europe in her opening speech at the Autumn plenary session.
28/09/2015 | Session
“Fair and respectful treatment for refugees is not only a moral, but a legal obligation of member States as well,” said Igor Crnadak, Foreign Minister of Bosnia and Herzegovina, addressing the Assembly today.
28/09/2015 | Session
Thorbjørn Jagland replied to the questions put to him by members of the Parliamentary Assembly during a questions and replies session held in the context of the autumn session of the Assembly.
28/09/2015 | Session
Migration was the primary concern of parliamentarians during the debate on the progress report, which covers the activities and decisions of the Assembly’s subsidiary bodies since the last session.
04/09/2015 | Session
Debates on the humanitarian and political response to the migration crisis in Europe, and on the challenges for countries of transit, will be among highlights of PACE’s Autumn Session, 28 September-2 October.