27/05/2026 | Standing Committee
Parliamentarians, youth representatives and experts met in Monaco for a round table organised by the PACE Parliamentary and Electoral Co-operation Division together with the Monaco delegation to PACE to discuss the impact of new technologies on young people, education and democratic life...
22/05/2026 | Standing Committee
The Standing Committee of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE), which acts in the name of the Assembly between sessions and brings together around 60 parliamentarians from the Council of Europe’s 46 member states, met in Monaco on Friday 22 May 2026. On 15 May, Monaco began...
22/05/2026 | Standing Committee
A meeting of PACE’s Standing Committee opened in Monaco today, with a series of opening speeches which focused on the urgent need to uphold the founding ideals of the Council of Europe in ever more worrying times – and on the concrete steps which the organisation is taking, including bringing...
22/05/2026 | Standing Committee
The PACE Standing Committee, meeting today in Monaco, welcomed the Venice Commission’s proactive stance in updating the Rule of Law Checklist to reflect the challenges to the rule of law and lessons drawn from developments in its 61 member states. The committee contributed to the update...
22/05/2026 | Standing Committee
By adopting unanimously a resolution today, based on the proposals by Constantinos Efstathiou (Cyprus, SOC), the PACE Standing Committee, meeting in Monaco, decided to restructure and streamline the Assembly’s Rules of Procedure, as well as its complementary texts, with the aim of making the...
22/05/2026 | Standing Committee
PACE has adopted a resolution stressing that “equality and non-discrimination are cornerstones of democratic societies and essential elements of the rule of law”, while warning that “regressions in women’s rights may serve as an early warning sign of broader democratic backsliding”. The adopted...
22/05/2026 | Standing Committee
The PACE Standing Committee, meeting today in Monaco, strongly condemned “the deliberate targeting and killing of local journalists in Gaza by the Israel Defense Forces” and Israel’s prohibition on international journalists and media outlets accessing the Gaza Strip. It also deplores the...
21/11/2025 | Standing Committee
The Standing Committee of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE), which brings together around 60 parliamentarians from the Council of Europe’s 46 member states, met in the Moldovan capital Chisinau on Friday 21 November 2025. On 14 November 2025 the Republic of Moldova began...
21/11/2025 | Standing Committee
The PACE Standing Committee, meeting in Chisinau today, decided to amend the code of conduct for PACE members (contained in Appendix II to the Rules of Procedure) in order to have transparent and clear processes for identifying and managing conflicts of interest. The establishment of an “adequate...
21/11/2025 | Standing Committee
In order to give effect to Resolution 2394 (2021) on “Gender representation in the Parliamentary Assembly”, the PACE Standing Committee, meeting in Chisinau today, emphasised the need for PACE to amend its provisions relating to gender representation. Adopting a resolution based on a report by...
21/11/2025 | Standing Committee
At its meeting in Chisinau today, the PACE Standing Committee emphasised the importance of the Assembly’s members' active commitment at a time when multilateralism and democracy are under strain. Participation lends legitimacy to the Assembly's decisions; it is not merely a procedural formality...
21/11/2025 | Standing Committee
The PACE Standing Committee, meeting in Chisinau today, has proposed a set of measures to prevent and combat gender discrimination and gender-based violence in healthcare, medical research and clinical trials. According to PACE, access to healthcare remains unequal and gender discrimination in...