04/12/2023 | President
PACE President Tiny Kox has urged Council of Europe member states to respect the rulings of the Strasbourg Court, boost the Council of Europe’s “early warning capacity” and develop a more flexible, credible and coherent “toolkit” of measures for putting pressure on states that do not respect...
17/11/2023 | President
Statement by PACE President Tiny Kox to mark the European Day on the Protection of Children against Sexual Exploitation and Sexual Abuse (18 November): “Today I am calling on policy-makers everywhere to listen to, and learn from, the victims and survivors of childhood sexual violence when...
15/11/2023 | President
Joint Statement by Mr Tiny Kox, President of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe; Ms Ana Lilia Rivera, Speaker of the Mexican Senate; and Ms Marcela Guerra Castillo, Speaker of the Mexican Chamber of Deputies: 15 November 2023 On the occasion of the official visit to Mexico by Mr...
14/11/2023 | President
PACE President Tiny Kox, in an address to the Mexican Senate, has hailed Mexico as part of “Europe’s political neighbourhood” despite its geographical distance, and underlined its commitment to democratic values as the only Council of Europe observer state in Latin America for the last quarter of...
06/11/2023 | President
PACE President Tiny Kox has reminded Council of Europe leaders of the pledges they made at the Reykjavik Summit a few months ago to uphold the principles of democracy – and expressed his conviction that these principles, if properly applied, can help to prevent war. Speaking at the opening...
27/10/2023 | President
Tiny Kox, President of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE), made the following statement to mark the Day of Political Prisoners (30 October): “30 October marks the Day of Political Prisoners. On this day in 1974, political prisoners in the USSR held a general hunger strike...
24/10/2023 | President
PACE President Tiny Kox has again urged the international community to remain united and focused on bringing a just peace to Ukraine, fully restoring its territorial integrity, ensuring justice for victims, and holding Russia to account. Speaking at the second parliamentary summit of the...
20/10/2023 | Parliamentary Support
“An increasing number of people in the Western Balkans, especially amongst the youth, are pessimistic about the prospects of EU accession. The European vision is losing its shine. In its place, ethno-nationalism has resurfaced. This is a reason to worry – and an obligation to act better,” PACE...
09/10/2023 | President
“While we are gathering here representing people of our member States and associate States, the peoples in our area are confronted with the harsh reality of natural and man-made disasters, earthquakes, floods, fires and tensions, confrontations and open violence. This includes the suffering of...
19/09/2023 | President
The President of the Council of Europe Parliamentary Assembly (PACE), Tiny Kox, today made the following statement: "I am deeply shocked by the decision of the government of Azerbaijan to launch a new and aggressive military operation in Nagorno-Karabakh earlier today. In the space of hours this...
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...
24/08/2023 | President
PACE President Tiny Kox, in a message to mark the 32nd anniversary of the independence of Ukraine, has again pledged the Council of Europe’s unwavering support to Ukraine to regain its national sovereignty and territorial integrity. He condemned Russia’s war of aggression “as a blatant violation...