18/11/2016 | Political Affairs and Democracy
An ad hoc Sub-Committee of the Political Affairs Committee, chaired by Mogens Jensen and composed of five other members, will examine the recent developments in Turkey during a visit to Ankara from 21 to 23 November.
09/11/2016 | Political Affairs and Democracy
Aleppo will not be the last battle in the war in Syria, even though many are hoping that it will at least pave the way for a resumption of peace talks, said experts invited to a hearing on the situation in Aleppo.
07/11/2016 | Political Affairs and Democracy
In a draft resolution adopted unanimously, the committee calls for the immediate implementation of the ceasefire agreement of September and an immediate end by Syrian and Russian forces to all aerial bombardments of Aleppo.
11/10/2016 | Political Affairs and Democracy
In a debate on the initiative against terrorism #NoHateNoFear, Antoine Leiris, who lost his wife at the Bataclan, called for a European way of honouring the memory of the victims and a mechanism for recognising victims.
27/09/2016 | Political Affairs and Democracy
A survivor of the terror attack on Utøya island has told PACE parliamentarians at a #NoHateNoFear event in Iceland of his experience – and how it inspired him to work to counter extremism.
27/09/2016 | Political Affairs and Democracy
Icelandic leaders welcomed the Political Affairs Committee to Reykjavik, speaking out strongly in favour of the Council of Europe’s core principles as the most effective way to counter hate-speech, extremism and terrorism.
23/09/2016 | Political Affairs and Democracy
Pedro Agramunt will make an official visit to Iceland on 26 and 27 September. In Reykjavik, he is due to meet the President of Iceland and the Speaker of Parliament, as well as the Foreign and Finance Ministers.
21/06/2016 | Political Affairs and Democracy
The committee regrets that “against a deteriorated security situation, there has been no progress in the implementation of the political aspects of Package of Measures for the Implementation of the Minsk Agreements”.
31/05/2016 | Political Affairs and Democracy
Two rapporteurs have strongly condemned the three executions carried out in the Gaza Strip by Hamas.“These executions are a clear violation of the Palestinian National Council’s ‘Partnership for democracy’ with the Assembly", they said.
30/05/2016 | Political Affairs and Democracy
Libya's future between the threats of terrorism and a democratic prospect was the focus of a hearing organised by the committee, in Paris on 24 May, in the framework of the preparation of a report on the subject by Attila Korodi.
09/05/2016 | Political Affairs and Democracy
Meritxell Mateu, general rapporteur on the abolition of the death penalty, and Andrea Rigoni, rapporteur on the situation in Belarus, strongly condemn another execution carried out in Belarus.
19/04/2016 | Political Affairs and Democracy
Participants at a joint Parliamentary Assembly hearing on “The conflict in Eastern Ukraine: political and human rights concerns” agreed that it was important to keep the situation in Ukraine high on the agenda.