22/06/2015 | Session
Assisting migrants should not be seen as burden-sharing but as opportunity-sharing, that will impact positively on our depleting workforce in Europe, said Ms Coleiro Preca addressing the Assembly.
22/06/2015 | Session
The parliamentary elections of 7 June 2015 in Turkey were marked by active citizen participation during the campaign and by a high turnout on polling day, according to the Parliamentary Assembly.
22/06/2015 | Session
Addressing the Assembly today, Igor Crnadak, Minister for Foreign Affairs of Bosnia and Herzegovina and current Chairman of the Committee of Ministers, presented the priorities of Bosnia and Herzegovina’s Chairmanship.
22/06/2015 | Session
The Europe Prize was created at a time when the priority was to build a more humane, stronger and more inclusive Europe. Today, more than ever, we must continue to promote European values,” said Anne Brasseur.
19/06/2015 | Session
Speeches by UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, the President of Malta Marie Louise Coleiro Preca, and the Chairman of the Presidency of Bosnia and Herzegovina Mladen Ivanic are among the highlights of the PACE 2015 Summer Session.
24/04/2015 | Session
Adopting a resolution, the Assembly said that "Council of Europe member States need to remove existing obstacles and ensure that their citizens have equal access to justice, irrespective of their wealth or status".
24/04/2015 | Session
PACE has congratulated the European Court of Human Rights on reducing its backlog of cases and becoming even more efficient, but urged states to match this progress by “reinforcing the principle of subsidiarity”.
23/04/2015 | Session
The Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe is asking for changes to a new legal treaty aimed at curbing so-called “foreign fighters” in order to strengthen human rights safeguards.
23/04/2015 | Session
The Assembly today called on the member States of the EU to adopt a comprehensive approach to deal with mixed migratory flows across the Mediterranean, with a view “to carrying out an urgent and concerted action”.
23/04/2015 | Session
Last year thousands of people died unnecessarily, in the Mediterranean Sea and in eastern Ukraine. This, in a Europe where the rule of law prevails, said Nils Muižnieks addressing PACE.
23/04/2015 | Session
Council of Europe member States should “scrupulously respect” the limits placed on targeted killings under international law when carrying out drone strikes, the Council of Europe Parliamentary Assembly said today.
23/04/2015 | Session
PACE has decided to end post-monitoring dialogue with Monaco in the light of recent progress made by the Principality to honour the commitments it entered into on joining the Council of Europe in 2004.