28/01/2015 | Session
In adopting a resolution on the basis of the report by Andrej Hunko, PACE asked member States to take measures 'to protect and strengthen the rights to organise, bargain collectively and strike'.
28/01/2015 | Session
The economic crisis has hit a majority of Council of Europe member States, with the negative consequences reaching far beyond the economic sphere, also affecting the enjoyment of human rights and equalty.
28/01/2015 | Session
PACE has decided to ratify the credentials of the Russian delegation, citing the need to “foster dialogue”, but at the same time has decided to suspend its voting rights and its right to be represented in the Assembly’s leading bodies.
27/01/2015 | Session
Irish President Michael D. Higgins has made a strong plea for parliaments to “reassert their relevance” – in part by returning ethics to the centre of economic debate.
27/01/2015 | Session
The Council of Europe Parliamentary Assembly (PACE) today elected Yonko Grozev as judge to the European Court of Human Rights in respect of Bulgaria.
27/01/2015 | Session
PACE today expressed its deep concern about the worsening humanitarian situation of those affected by the conflict in some parts of the Donetsk and Luhansk regions of Ukraine.
27/01/2015 | Session
None of the candidates having obtained an absolute majority of the votes cast in the first round of voting today for a judge to the ECHR in respect of Serbia, a second round will be held tomorrow.
27/01/2015 | Session
Meeting today in Strasbourg, PACE decided to close the monitoring procedure in respect of Montenegro and to engage in post-monitoring dialogue in the light of the progress made by the country since 2012.
27/01/2015 | Session
The Assembly held this afternoon a free debate on current issues not included in the session agenda. 17 parliamentarians spoke.
26/01/2015 | Session
The credentials of the Russian delegation to the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) have been challenged on substantive grounds on the opening day of the winter plenary session in Strasbourg.
26/01/2015 | Session
Adopting its agenda, the Assembly has decided to hold an urgent debate on the terrorist attacks in Paris on Wednesday morning, and to debate a challenge to the credentials of the Russian delegation later that day.
26/01/2015 | Session
At the opening of its Winter Session, the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) today re-elected Anne Brasseur as its President. PACE also elected its Vice-Presidents.