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Budget and priorities of the Council of Europe 2020-2021

11/06/2019 | Rules of Procedure, Immunities and Institutional Affairs

In adopting a draft opinion, the committee pointed out that, despite a context of uncertainty, budget for 2020-2021 shows a willingness to promote an Organisation that is confident in its know-how and expertise.

Rules Committee adopts report on the decision-making process concerning credentials and voting

03/06/2019 | Rules of Procedure, Immunities and Institutional Affairs

The Rules Committee welcomes the Committee of Ministers' support for the Assembly's proposal to set up a joint reaction procedure in situations where a member State violates its statutory obligations.

Andorra delegation comes top for voting at PACE

12/04/2019 | Rules of Procedure, Immunities and Institutional Affairs

Parliamentarians from Andorra, Liechtenstein, Sweden and Norway voted most often in plenary debates of the Council of Europe Parliamentary Assembly (PACE) during 2018, according to statistics.

As EU mulls a ‘democracy-monitoring’ mechanism, Council of Europe should step up political co-ordination...

21/03/2019 | Rules of Procedure, Immunities and Institutional Affairs

The Council of Europe should step up political co-ordination with the EU while retaining its “primacy” in assessing both EU and non-EU states’ respect for common fundamental values, PACE’s Rules Committee said.

Committee proposes to amend provisions of the Assembly's Rules of Procedure

21/03/2019 | Rules of Procedure, Immunities and Institutional Affairs

The Rules Committe proposed that PACE amend various provisions of its Rules, to accommodate the changes in parliamentary practice, drawing on discussions in the Ad hoc Committee of the Bureau on the role and mission of PACE.

Rules Committee clarifies the list of possible 'sanctions' in the event of a challenge to credentials

10/12/2018 | Rules of Procedure, Immunities and Institutional Affairs

In the event of a challenge to the credentials of a national delegation, the Parliamentary Assembly may not question the right of Assembly members to take part in the election of senior Council of Europe officials.

Rules Committee proposes to strengthen PACE's decision-making process on credentials and voting

20/09/2018 | Rules of Procedure, Immunities and Institutional Affairs

The Committee on Rules of Procedure proposes to amend some of the Assembly's Rules on challenges to the credentials of national delegations, including as regards the majorities required.

PACE committee to weigh proposals related to Assembly rules on ‘participation rights’ of national delegations

03/09/2018 | Rules of Procedure, Immunities and Institutional Affairs

The Rules Committee has appointed Petra De Sutter to prepare a report covering “proposals relating to the challenge or reconsideration of credentials and to representation and participation rights of national delegations”.

Committee deprives fourteen former members of the right to access Council of Europe premises

27/06/2018 | Transparency and Integrity

The PACE Committee on Rules of Procedure has found that fourteen former members of the Assembly named in the report of the Independent Investigation Body looking into allegations of corruption within the Assembly have breached its Code of Conduct, and ruled that they should be deprived of the...

Allegations of corruption within the Assembly: committee deprives four members of certain rights

16/05/2018 | Transparency and Integrity

The PACE Committee on Rules of Procedure has found that four individual members named in the report of the Independent Investigation Body looking into allegations of corruption within the Assembly have “seriously breached” its Code of Conduct, and ruled that all four should be temporarily...

Allegations of corruption within the Assembly: hearing of some members

09/05/2018 | Transparency and Integrity

At a meeting in Paris, the PACE Committee on Rules of Procedure, Immunities and Institutional Affairs will hold a hearing (in camera) of some of the PACE members mentioned in the report of the Independent Investigation Body on the allegations of corruption within the Assembly. The agenda will...

Zero tolerance for corruption within PACE

26/04/2018 | Transparency and Integrity

Strasbourg, 26.04.2018 - The Assembly intends to draw all the necessary consequences, on all levels, from the conclusions of the investigation body on corruption allegations within PACE, “which are now indisputable”. This applies to recommendations aimed at improving its general operating...