23/06/2016 | Session
While welcoming the measures taken by the EU institutions to improve its transparency and avoid conflicts of interest, PACE called for additional measures to ensure fair access to these institutions by all extra-institutional actors.
22/06/2016 | Session
“Estonia remains committed to supporting the active role taken by the Council of Europe in developing a useful framework for the protection of human rights, either online or offline”, said the Prime Minister of Estonia, Taavi Rõivas.
22/06/2016 | Session
Alexis Tsipras issued a strong call for “a better Europe, and a new and inspiring vision for Europe’s citizens” today when addressing parliamentarians from the 47-nation Council of Europe.
22/06/2016 | Session
At the end of a debate on the functioning of democratic institutions in Turkey, the Assembly resolved to closely follow the situation in the country on the basis of information provided by its Monitoring Committee.
22/06/2016 | Session
PACE today called on member States to refrain from placing political opponents, human rights activists or journalists in administrative detention in order to punish them or obtain confessions.
21/06/2016 | Session
“The best results can only be achieved by working hand in hand with the Assembly”, today said Marina Kaljurand, Minister for Foreign Affairs of Estonia and Chairman of the Committee of Ministers.
21/06/2016 | Session
Considering that “Europe’s panicked response to the refugee crisis is crushing Greece between two brutal realities”, PACE concluded that “the first victims of the situation in Greece are the refugees and migrants”.
21/06/2016 | Session
The Assembly today elected Tim Eicke as judge to the European Court of Human Rights in respect of the United Kingdom. His term of office of nine years shall commence as from 7 September 2016.
21/06/2016 | Session
PACE today expressed its concern about the over-sexualisation of children and called on member states to draft effective legislation and frame policies to prevent the over-sexualisation of children.
21/06/2016 | Session
The Parliamentary Assembly has called on Europe’s governments to open all positions in the armed forces to women – and to show “zero tolerance” to gender-based violence in the military.
20/06/2016 | Session
The Assembly today launched a #NoHateNoFear initative to counter terrorism. Parliamentarians stood up to say NO to hate and fear and committed themselves to follow up on this initiative in their parliaments.
20/06/2016 | Session
"I firmly believe that our common interests in protecting human rights, democracy and the rule of law, are stronger than the issues that divide us," the PACE President Pedro Agramunt said today at the opening of the June session.