05/10/2023 | Culture, Science, Education and Media
Mogens Jensen (Denmark, SOC), PACE's General Rapporteur on media freedom and safety of journalists, today expressed concern at the “progressive degradation of the media ecosystem”, speaking at the opening of a conference in Riga, during which the Council of Europe will launch its new Campaign for...
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 | President
In an address at the Council of Europe Ministers of Justice informal conference ‘On the Path to Justice for Ukraine’ in Riga, Latvia, today, PACE President Tiny Kox emphasised the urgent need for justice and accountability in Ukraine. “It is our obligation to restore the territorial integrity and...
24/07/2023 | Social Affairs, Health and Sustainable Development
A PACE delegation attending the UN High-Level Political Forum on Sustainable Development in New York held a side-event on "Decent work: building a sustainable future" to look at progress towards achieving decent work for all as part of the international community’s efforts under the 2030 Agenda...
27/06/2023 | President
PACE President Tiny Kox has hailed the creation of an international Register of Damage for Ukraine as “a first practical step” towards obtaining reparation for the damage caused to the Ukrainian people by Russia’s war of aggression – and urged that it record also loss or damage caused by private...
22/06/2023 | Session
PACE considers that one of the main political consequences of the Russian Federation's war of aggression against Ukraine is “that it has forged a renewed bond amongst democracies in support of Ukraine”. According to the parliamentarians, the Reykjavik Summit is the expression of this unity around...
21/06/2023 | Session
In an unprecedented context of political, legal and international transformations in Europe, marked by the war of aggression waged by the Russian Federation against Ukraine, the Assembly called on member States “to invest sufficient additional resources into the Organisation to allow it to...
20/06/2023 | Session
PACE has hailed the “resilience, courage and determination” of Belarusians who have been forced into exile by the repression of the Lukashenka regime – and urged states hosting them to take legal and practical steps to welcome them. In a resolution, based on a report by Paul Galles (Luxembourg...
20/06/2023 | Women@PACE
The ‘Women@PACE’ group today held an exchange of views with Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya, leader of the Belarus democratic opposition, on women’s political participation. Addressing the participants, she shared her journey and shed light on the challenges faced by women in her country's political...
26/05/2023 | Standing Committee
“With the Reykjavik declaration, the heads of State and Government have provided a new direction for the Council of Europe for the years to come, acknowledging its impact in fostering greater unity between its members States, and its central role in the evolving European multicultural...
17/05/2023 | President
“Restoring, strengthening and perhaps re-inventing European democratic security and rules-based multilateralism against aggressive unilateralism has become an existential challenge and a main reason to meet here today," said Tiny Kox, President of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of...
15/05/2023 | Standing Committee
The Parliamentary Assembly has put all its political weight in support of the Summit, pushing for it to be held and providing a substantive input to it though a host of texts, including its Recommendation 2245 (2023) on ‘The Reykjavík Summit of the Council of Europe - United around values in the...