06/10/2023 | Legal Affairs and Human Rights
Representatives of Russian democratic opposition forces who share Council of Europe values will continue their ongoing dialogue with leaders and members of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) during a live-streamed hearing of three of its committees, taking place on Tuesday...
13/09/2023 | Political Affairs and Democracy
Ahead of the International Day of Democracy (15 September), PACE Committee on Political Affairs and Democracy adopted the following statement: “Democracy is a universal value, the cornerstone of free and prosperous societies and a precondition for peace. The Russian Federation’s war of aggression...
11/09/2023 | Political Affairs and Democracy
Far-right violence, driven by xenophobia, racism, and other forms of intolerance, has increased sharply in recent years and a number of Council of Europe member States consider forms of far-right terrorism “the fastest growing or most prominent domestic security threat they face”, PACE's...
11/09/2023 | Political Affairs and Democracy
Taking on board the views, expectations and concerns of young people "is an essential pre-condition to ensure the good functioning of democracy”, PACE Political Affairs stressed today - but regrettably, they said, “young people are under-represented in parliaments and do not engage sufficiently...
08/08/2023 | Political Affairs and Democracy
“The 3rd anniversary of the fraudulent presidential elections of 2020 in Belarus is a moment to mark our solidarity with all those Belarusians who have chosen freedom, human rights, democracy, and the rule of law,” said Kimmo Kiljunen (Finland, SOC), rapporteur on “Call for a national political...
21/06/2023 | Monitoring
Award-winning French economist and author Julia Cagé joined by experts from the Venice Commission and GRECO, the Council of Europe’s bodies on constitutional law and on combating corruption, for a parliamentary hearing on the financing of political parties, took place on Wednesday 21 June 2023 in...
12/05/2023 | Political Affairs and Democracy
PACE’s Political Affairs Committee emphasised the importance of preventing conflicts and promoting democratic security in light of the rising number of armed conflicts globally and in Europe, particularly the Russian aggression against Ukraine. The committee underlined the Council's role as “a...
20/03/2023 | Political Affairs and Democracy
“The parliamentary dimension of the 4th Council of Europe Summit, taking place in Reykjavik on 16 and 17 May next, will be assured as there will be an extraordinary meeting of the Standing Committee of our Assembly,” PACE President Tiny Kox said today, addressing a meeting of the Assembly’s...
24/01/2023 | Session
The Partnership for Democracy introduced in 2010 has reached its primary goal of establishing structured and value-based co-operation with the parliaments of neighbouring countries willing to perform a rapprochement with the Assembly on the basis of shared values, according to PACE’s Committee on...
13/12/2022 | Political Affairs and Democracy
At a defining moment in European history, Council of Europe member states, at the highest political level, should “reaffirm their unity around common values and their unfaltering commitment to multilateralism based on international law”, PACE’s Political Affairs Committee has said. Approving a...
06/12/2022 | Political Affairs and Democracy
The PACE Sub-Committee on External Relations met in New York on 28-30 November 2022 on the occasion of the 77th Session of the United Nations General Assembly, with Antonio Gutiérrez Limones (Spain, SOC) in the Chair and with the participation of PACE Secretary General Despina Chatzivassiliou...
25/11/2022 | Political Affairs and Democracy
The Sub-Committee on External Relations will visit the United Nations from 28 to 30 November on the occasion of the 77th Session of the General Assembly. Meetings are scheduled notably with Csaba Kőrösi, President of the General Assembly, Achim Steiner, Under-Secretary-General, Administrator of...