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...
19/11/2025 | Transparency and Integrity
In the margins of its meeting on 13 November in Limassol, Cyprus, the PACE Committee on Rules, Ethics and Immunities held a round table on 14 November, together with the Standing Committee of the House of Representatives on Institutions, Merit and the Ombudsmen of Cyprus. The meeting opened with...
05/11/2025 | Rules of Procedure, Immunities and Institutional Affairs
In order to give effect to Resolution 2394 (2021) on the “Gender representation in the Parliamentary Assembly”, the Committee on Rules, Ethics, and Immunities emphasised the need for PACE to amend its provisions on gender composition.On 30 October, by adopting a draft resolution based on the...
23/10/2025 | Rules of Procedure, Immunities and Institutional Affairs
At its meeting on 1 October, the Committee on Rules, Ethics, and Immunities proposed amending 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...
20/10/2025 | Rules of Procedure, Immunities and Institutional Affairs
As part of a project funded by Germany to strengthen integrity and ethical standards in parliaments across Council of Europe member states, the Committee on Rules, Ethics and Immunities, in co-operation with the OSCE-ODIHR, organised a study visit for a delegation from the National Assembly of...
30/09/2025 | Rules of Procedure, Immunities and Institutional Affairs
At its meeting on Tuesday 30 September in Strasbourg, the Committee on Rules, Ethics, and Immunities 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...
15/09/2025 | Transparency and Integrity
As part of a project, funded by Germany, to strengthen ethical and integrity standards in parliaments across Council of Europe member states, the Committee on Rules, Ethics and Immunities, in co-operation with the OSCE-ODIHR, co-organised a study visit to the Houses of Parliament in London on 9...
15/09/2025 | Rules of Procedure, Immunities and Institutional Affairs
The Committee on Rules, Ethics and Immunities has proposed amending Rule 73 of the Assembly's Rules of Procedure (on the waiver of the immunity of representatives and substitutes) and the Guidelines on the scope of parliamentary immunities enjoyed by Assembly members, to better reflect the...
09/04/2025 | Session
PACE has called for more action to develop “an ethical culture” within the Council of Europe – and has reinforced its own rules on ethics and anti-corruption. Adopting a resolution based on a report by Frank Schwabe (Germany, SOC), the Assembly recalled the corruption scandal linked to Azerbaijan...
08/04/2025 | Session
Adopting a resolution today, based on a report by Yevheniia Kravchuk (Ukraine, ALDE), PACE has decided to amend its Rules of Procedure, in particular to strengthen the youth perspective in the Assembly's work and enable the establishment of youth rapporteurs; and to improve transparency and...
01/04/2025 | Rules of Procedure, Immunities and Institutional Affairs
As part of a project to enhance ethical standards within the Parliamentary Assembly and across the parliaments of member states, funded by Germany, the Committee on Rules of Procedure organised a round table at the House of Commons in London on 31 March, bringing together members of the committee...
02/10/2024 | Session
Following a request addressed to the President of the Council of Europe Parliamentary Assembly (PACE) by the Public Prosecutor General and Minister of Justice of the Republic of Poland, the Assembly today decided to waive the immunity of PACE member Marcin Romanowski (Poland, EC/DA) “to allow...