05/06/2026 | Social Affairs, Health and Sustainable Development
The Committee on Social Affairs, Health and Sustainable Development, meeting in Athens on 4 June, expressed concern that overlapping crises are severely undermining food security, food systems and nutrition worldwide. It strongly condemned “the use of famine as a method of warfare”, the unlawful...
04/06/2026 | President
“Momentum is growing internationally and across Europe towards recognition of the right to a clean, healthy and sustainable environment,” said PACE President Petra Bayr in a statement to mark World Environment Day (5 June 2026), urging Council of Europe states to move towards formal recognition...
04/06/2026 | Session
Reports on silencing critical voices in Azerbaijan, and on the functioning of democratic institutions in Georgia and in Serbia, are among highlights of the summer plenary session of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE), which takes place in Strasbourg on 22-26 June 2026. The...
03/06/2026 | Culture, Science, Education and Media
The Committee on Culture, Science, Education and Media, meeting on 2 June in Istanbul, highlighted structural, political and societal challenges affecting media freedom in sport, including restrictions on journalistic access, contractual limitations, growing control of content by rights holders...
03/06/2026 | Children of Ukraine
Olena Khomenko (Ukraine, ECPA), Chair of PACE’s Parliamentary Network on the Situation of the Children of Ukraine, made the following statement today: “Just one day after International Children’s Day, Ukrainian children have once again become victims of Russia’s aggression. During the latest...
02/06/2026 | Migration, International Protection and Economic Co-operation
Lord Michael German (United Kingdom, ALDE), PACE General Rapporteur on Migration and Asylum, and Maria Syrengela (Greece, EPP/CD), Rapporteur on The deterioration of women’s rights in Afghanistan: the need for a global response, have expressed alarm at the European Commission’s upcoming talks...
01/06/2026 | Equality and Non-Discrimination
The role of memory, history and culture in combating anti-gypsyism and promoting Roma and Traveller inclusion across Europe was the main focus of an Athens conference today, which brought together historians, cultural figures, Roma representatives, parliamentarians, experts and diplomats. The...
01/06/2026 | President
During an official visit to Greece, PACE President Petra Bayr held a series of high-level meetings with Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis, the Vice-President of the Hellenic Parliament Athanasios Bouras and Foreign Minister Georgios Gerapetritis, as well as with representatives of...
01/06/2026 | Election observation
A seven-member delegation of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE), headed by Iulian Bulai (Romania, ALDE), will travel to Kosovo from 5 to 8 June to observe the early elections to the Kosovo Assembly on 7 June. The delegation is due to meet representatives from the Office of...
01/06/2026 | Election observation
A 22-member delegation of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE), headed by Damien Cottier (Switzerland, ALDE), will travel to Armenia from 5 to 8 June to observe the parliamentary elections alongside observers from the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly, the European Parliament and...
29/05/2026 | Legal Affairs and Human Rights
The Committee on Legal Affairs and Human Rights, meeting in Tallinn on 27 May, has expressed its deep concern regarding the systemic pattern of “silencing critical voices in Azerbaijan”, including through restrictive legislative measures – notably the Law on the Media, the Law on Political...
29/05/2026 | Equality and Non-Discrimination
A PACE committee has proposed that the production, dissemination, hosting and possession of violent pornography should be banned across Europe and demanded rapid and effective procedures for removing such content, as well as sanctions against online platforms and service providers which fail to...