10/03/2015 | Political Affairs and Democracy
PACE rapporteur Tinatin Khidasheli has expressed deep concern at a draft law currently being discussed in the Kyrgyz Parliament which criminalises ‘propaganda of non-traditional sexual relations’.
06/03/2015 | Political Affairs and Democracy
Parliamentary Assembly rapporteur Robert Walter will make a fact-finding visit to Baku on 12-13 March 2015, in the context of the preparation of his report on the issue of the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict.
27/02/2015 | Political Affairs and Democracy
“This is the first visit by a Rapporteur in more than five years and it is time for Belarus and our Assembly to start looking in the same direction,” said Andrea Rigoni at the end of a two-day working visit to Minsk.
20/02/2015 | Political Affairs and Democracy
Andrea Rigoni, rapporteur of the Political Affairs Committee, will make a fact-finding visit to Minsk on 25-26 February, in the context of the preparation of his report on the situation in Belarus.
16/02/2015 | Political Affairs and Democracy
Kristýna Zelienková, currently on a fact-finding visit to Ukraine to discuss prospects for peace and stability, calls for the urgent creation of a green corridor in order to evacuate 5 000 civilians from Debaltsevo
13/02/2015 | Political Affairs and Democracy
Kristýna Zelienková, rapporteur on the political consequences of the crisis in Ukraine, will visit Ukraine from 16-18 February to discuss mainly security challenges and prospects for peace and stability.
26/01/2015 | Political Affairs and Democracy
“On 7 January we lost some of our most brilliant cartoonists - those who mocked politicians, religions, and all sorts of symbols, denouncing those who use them wrongly or to oppress others” said Caroline Fourest.
23/01/2015 | Political Affairs and Democracy
Following the attacks on the offices of Charlie Hebdo and the kosher supermarket and in Montrouge, what conclusions can we draw? Two committees will look into these issues at a parliamentary hearing on Monday 26 January.
10/12/2014 | Political Affairs and Democracy
Agustín Conde, rapporteur on the situation in Kosovo, has encouraged the Kosovo authorities to actively implement PACE resolutions and to follow up on the recommendations made by Council of Europe monitoring bodies.
08/12/2014 | Political Affairs and Democracy
The committee calls on all parties to act speedily and constructively to conclude negotiations and complete the ratification process to enable the EU's rapid accession to the European Convention on Human Rights.
26/11/2014 | Political Affairs and Democracy
The Sub-Committee on the Middle East of the Parliamentary Assembly will make a visit to the Palestinian Territories on 28-29 November, and then to Israel on 29-30 November.
09/09/2014 | Political Affairs and Democracy
Discussing the report by Cheryl Gillan on the activities of the EBRD in 2013-2014, the committee observed that this period had been marked by the beginning of recovery from the financial crisis.