28/04/2017 | Session
In an opinion adopted today on the basis of a report by Stefan Schennach, PACE welcomed the Committee of Ministers’ initiative in drawing up a Convention on Offences relating to Cultural Property and proposed a few amendments.
27/04/2017 | Session
“In the globalised world of the 21st century, Europe must remain the standard-bearer for freedom and integration,” said His Majesty the King of Spain today, addressing the Parliamentary Assembly.
27/04/2017 | Session
PACE has called on Hungary to suspend the parliamentary debate on the draft law on the “Transparency of Organisations receiving Foreign Funding” and the implementation of the Act amending the National Higher Education Act.
27/04/2017 | Session
It is the political and moral responsibility of all European countries to contribute financially to dealing with the current migration and refugee crisis, according to the means at their disposal, declared PACE today.
27/04/2017 | Session
PACE has called on the member States to protect the rights of parents and children belonging to religious minorities by taking steps to “promote reasonable accommodation of the deeply-held moral or religious beliefs of all individuals in cases of serious conflict”.
26/04/2017 | Session
In adopting a resolution based on the report prepared by Gisela Wurm, the PACE said that providing protection from gender-based violence to all women "should be a priority, irrespective of their status".
26/04/2017 | Session
“2016 will likely be remembered as a critical turning point for human rights in Europe” said the Council of Europe Commissioner for Human Rights, Nils Muižnieks today while presenting his annual activity report for 2016.
26/04/2017 | Session
Representative democracy is a system of governance that is the most effective in protecting human rights, said Prokopios Pavlopoulos, President of the Hellenic Republic, addressing the Assembly.
26/04/2017 | Session
The Council of Europe Parliamentary Assembly today held a current affairs debate on the theme "European values under threat: addressing rising xenophobia, antisemitism and Islamophobia in Europe".
26/04/2017 | Session
PACE congratulated the European Committee for the Prevention of Torture (CPT) for its “outstanding work” over the past 25 years, which has led to significant improvements in the States Parties.
26/04/2017 | Session
PACE has called on Interpol to conduct better checks on the people named in “red notices” – a form of international arrest warrant – to stop states abusing the system in order to persecute political opponents beyond their borders.
25/04/2017 | Session
The Parliamentary Assembly decided today to reopen the monitoring procedure in respect of Turkey until “serious concerns” about respect for human rights, democracy and the rule of law “are addressed in a satisfactory manner”.