29/09/2014 | Session
"Human rights must be above political agendas and national specificities," Parliamentary Assembly President Anne Brasseur said in her opening speech of the autumn session today in Strasbourg.
29/09/2014 | Session
The Assembly today elected, at the opening of its Autumn 2014 Session, Ksenija Korenjak Kramar as a new Assembly Vice-President in respect of Slovenia. Twenty Vice-Presidents are elected annually.
29/09/2014 | Session
According to the Parliamentary Assembly, the presidential election in Turkey was “organised in a professional and efficient manner and for the most part election procedures were followed”.
29/09/2014 | Session
The Assembly held this afternoon a free debate on current issues not included in the session agenda. Thirty-six parliamentarians spoke.
25/09/2014 | Session
To rally opposition to hate speech and neo-Nazism, the PACE and the Council’s Youth Department are staging a Living Library on 30 September and 1 October at the Council of Europe in Strasbourg.
17/09/2014 | Session
A current affairs debate on the crisis in Ukraine and a debate on countering neo-Nazism – with the participation of the Speaker of the Norwegian Parliament Olemic Thommessen – are among highlights of the autumn session.
08/09/2014 | Session
A current affairs debate on the crisis in Ukraine, a report on countering neo-Nazism, and the award of the second Vaclav Havel Human Rights Prize will be among highlights of PACE’s autumn session in Strasbourg.
27/06/2014 | Session
PACE has called on states to set the minimum age of criminal responsibility at 14 years at least, with no exceptions and for the creation of a range of suitable alternatives to formal prosecution for younger offenders.
26/06/2014 | Session
PACE has called for a radical change in political discourse and action so that new ways can be found to celebrate cultural diversity as a positive factor for innovation and development.
26/06/2014 | Session
The Ukrainian President reiterated that it is only through peaceful dialogue that conflicts in Ukraine can be resolved. He called for de-escalation of the conflict in the East of the country and for the restoration of peace.
26/06/2014 | Session
Ukraine’s President has taken some steps in the right direction, though one of his main tasks will be to rebuild trust among people in the East of the country, said Jordi Xuclà, opening a current affairs debate.
26/06/2014 | Session
The Assembly called on the Development Bank to strengthen its ties with the Council of Europe. It underlined the importance of direct contacts between the Bank and the parliamentary representatives.