14/09/2016 | News
The views of Russian MPs, as well as those of the MPs from the other Council of Europe member states, are very important when we discuss global challenges, Pedro Agramunt said today, during Valentina Matvienko‘s visit to Strasbourg.
29/04/2016 | News
PACE Secretary General Wojciech Sawicki welcomed the Secretary General of the OSCE PA, Roberto Montella, and his counterpart from NATO PA, David Hobbs, for the latest in regular consultations.
03/12/2015 | News
“Terrorism has struck defenceless people, and human rights are first and foremost something that embody people’s actual lives before being the abstract principles of our system. People do not have rights, they are human rights in themselves, and any affront to or violence against a person...
30/11/2015 | News
The Italian delegation to PACE is organising a conference “The Conscience of Europe” to mark the 65th anniversary of the signature of the European Convention on Human Rights in Rome on 1 December. In the presence of the President of the Republic, the Chairperson of the Italian delegation to...
14/07/2015 | News
Pieter Omtzigt, rapporteur on mass surveillance, joins the call by Amnesty International to David Cameron urging him to launch an independent inquiry into surveillance of human rights organisations by the UK secret services.
06/07/2015 | News
PACE Secretary General and Parlatino President stressed the similarities between the two parliamentary assemblies in terms of their structure, functioning and political priorities, at a meeting in Strasbourg.
30/04/2015 | News
“We are all one of these stars”… Members of the Council of Europe Parliamentary Assembly pay tribute to the European flag on the occasion of its 60th anniversary in a short video compilation.
16/01/2015 | News
“Ukraine needs Europe and Europe needs to support Ukraine,” said Anne Brasseur, speaking at the end of a two-day working visit to Kyiv (15-16 January) together with leaders of the Assembly’s political groups.
14/01/2015 | News
Today’s talks in Berlin between Anne Brasseur and Norbert Lammert focused on the commitments all Council of Europe member states have made to uphold and promote human rights, the rule of law and democracy.
04/11/2014 | News
PACE’s rapporteur on counteracting neo-Nazism, Marietta de Pourbaix-Lundin, has hailed the power of “parody and humour” to undermine neo-Nazi ideas, chairing a panel during the World Forum for Democracy.
02/12/2013 | News
“Does the ‘crowd in the cloud’ speak for the majority, or is this a new version of mob rule?” asks PACE Vice-President Robert Walter, addressing the impact of social media at the World Forum for Democracy.
15/04/2013 | News
Culture is a “priceless treasure” which could be the key to unlocking a revival of the economy and even help to give a fresh start to Europe, Jean-Claude Mignon today told a gathering of European Culture Ministers in Moscow. Chairing the first working hearing of the conference this morning, the PACE President said he was an optimist, noting that the right of access to culture, and the right of each person to take part in cultural activities, were core human rights...