22/04/2013 | Session
The credentials of Ukrainian deputy Andriy Shevchenko, who was nominated to replace Sergiy Vlasenko on the Ukrainian parliamentary delegation, were challenged at the opening of PACE’s spring session today in Strasbourg.
22/04/2013 | Session
At the opening of the spring session of the PACE, the President, Jean-Claude Mignon, welcomed the unreserved support of the Czech Republic and of the Václav Havel Library and Charta 77 Foundation for the change in the name of the PACE Human Rights Prize to “Václav Havel Human Rights Prize”.
22/04/2013 | Session
The Council of Europe is "needed more than ever before", German President Joachim Gauck has told the Parliamentary Assembly. In spite of pressure to make savings in a time of austerity across Europe, "we should never seek to economise on human rights”, he said in an address.
22/04/2013 | Session
The Assembly decided today to grant the right to two representatives of the political forces elected to the Kosovo* Assembly, one representing the majority and one the opposition, to participate in PACE committee meetings (with the exception of the Monitoring Committee and the Committee on Rules of Procedure, Immunities and Institutional Affairs), regardless of the questions raised on the agenda.
22/04/2013 | Session
According to the Assembly, the presidential election held in Armenia on 18 February 2013 “was generally well-administered and was characterised by a respect for fundamental freedoms”, thus constituting an improvement over the previous presidential election in 2008.
22/04/2013 | Session
“Education, culture and youth correspond to the very essence of the Council’s role: democracy, rule of law and human rights are not established by decree”, highlighted Gilbert Saboya Sunyé, Chairman of the Committee of Ministers, while addressing PACE on Monday.
19/04/2013 | Session
For the first time, the live webstream of the Assembly's spring plenary session will be available in the Assembly's working languages of German, Italian and Russian, in addition to the official languages of English and French.
10/04/2013 | Session
German President Joachim Gauck, Georgian Prime Minister Bidzina Ivanishvili, Romanian Prime Minister Victor Ponta and Andorran Head of Government Antoni Martí are among a number of leading figures to address the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) during its Spring plenary session in Strasbourg (22-26 April).
26/03/2013 | Session
German President Joachim Gauck, Andorran Head of Government Antoni Martí, Georgian Prime Minister Bidzina Ivanishvili, Romanian Prime Minister Victor Ponta and Tunisian President Moncef Marzouki are among a number of leading figures to address PACE during its spring plenary session in Strasbourg (22-26 April).
25/01/2013 | Session
Although progress has been made along the path towards gender equality, reconciling private and working life today is a challenge for both women and men. Adopting a resolution based on a report prepared by Carmen Quintanilla (Spain, EPP/CD), the Assembly called on Governments to introduce a series of measures...
25/01/2013 | Session
PACE calls for a series of steps to combat trafficking for forced labour without penalising its victims – including laws to prosecute end-users and perpetrators, better regulation of the workplace and reviewing immigration and return policies.
24/01/2013 | Session
Given the mounting tensions over asylum and irregular migration into Greece, Turkey and other Mediterranean countries, the PACE has underlined the need to rethink responsibilities here and deal with what should be recognised as a European problem and not one confined to a single or a few European States.