17/05/2016 | Rules of Procedure, Immunities and Institutional Affairs
The PACE rapporteur on parliamentary immunity has expressed concern that 14 out of the 47 member states do not have any system of inviolability to protect parliamentarians against politically-motivated pressure.
12/05/2016 | Rules of Procedure, Immunities and Institutional Affairs
The Committees on Legal Affairs and Rules of Procedure of the Parliamentary Assembly will meet on 17 and 18 May 2016 at the Palazzo Montecitorio in Rome, at the invitation of the Italian delegation to PACE.
14/01/2016 | Rules of Procedure, Immunities and Institutional Affairs
The illegal annexation of Crimea by the Russian Federation and its intervention resulting in a military conflict in eastern Ukraine have generated a climate of distrust against a background of a “war of sanctions”, the committee said.
10/12/2015 | Rules of Procedure, Immunities and Institutional Affairs
Following the challenge of credentials of the new United Kingdom delegation to the Assembly on procedural grounds, the Rules Committee, concluded that the credentials should be ratified.
19/11/2015 | Rules of Procedure, Immunities and Institutional Affairs
A seminar, organised in co-operation with the PACE Parliamentary Project Support Division, will take place on 10-11 December 2015 on the theme: “Funding of political parties and electoral campaigns: legislation and control mechanisms”.
22/04/2015 | Rules of Procedure, Immunities and Institutional Affairs
What is the link between corruption and democracy? How can corruption undermine the pillars of the rule of law? These were the questions posed by Michele Nicoletti as he opened a hearing on "Corrupt elites as a threat to democracy".
21/04/2015 | Rules of Procedure, Immunities and Institutional Affairs
Adopting the report prepared by Andreas Gross (Switzerland, SOC), the Committee on Rules of Procedure stated its belief that “the representation of the Turkish parliament in the Assembly is clearly too low”.
01/04/2015 | Rules of Procedure, Immunities and Institutional Affairs
Parliamentarians met in Istanbul together with experts to discuss codes of conduct and how they might operate in the parliamentary context, as well as the issue of financing political parties and election campaigns.
01/04/2015 | Rules of Procedure, Immunities and Institutional Affairs
The Council of Europe needs greater resources to fulfil its role, especially with extremism, racism, intolerance and terrorism on the rise, according to the committee on Rules of Procedure.
01/04/2015 | Rules of Procedure, Immunities and Institutional Affairs
The committee has welcomed the decision of the Turkish authorities to “reinforce the Council of Europe” by proposing to become a major contributor to the Council of Europe budget in 2016.
25/03/2015 | Rules of Procedure, Immunities and Institutional Affairs
A regional seminar, organised in co-operation with the Parliamentary Project Support Division, will take place on 26-27 March in Istanbul, on the theme: "Elected bodies: transparency of functioning and accountability".
09/03/2015 | Rules of Procedure, Immunities and Institutional Affairs
Parliamentarians from Andorra, Norway and Switzerland voted most often in plenary debates of the Council of Europe Parliamentary Assembly during 2014, according to statistics made public today.