21/06/2022 | Session
In a new security context fraught with risks, where Russian aggression against Ukraine has done “grievous harm” to the international order, Council of Europe member States should “renew their commitment to the values of democracy, human rights and the rule of law”, PACE has said. Approving a...
21/06/2022 | Session
The Assembly has deplored the "dismal human rights situation” in the North Caucasus, where widespread fear and impunity of agents of the regional and federal authorities for serious human rights violations continue to prevail. None of the recommendations contained in the Assembly's latest...
21/06/2022 | Session
PACE today expressed its deep concern about the large and growing number of political prisoners in the Russian Federation and the systematic repression by the current authorities against all opponents, condemning the introduction of several restrictive laws. The resolution, unanimously adopted on...
20/06/2022 | Session
Addresses by the President of the Hellenic Republic, Katerina Sakellaropoulou, and by King Willem-Alexander of the Netherlands are among highlights of the summer session of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE), which takes place in Strasbourg from 20-24 June 2022. There will...
20/06/2022 | Session
The Assembly today elected, at the opening of its Summer 2022 Session, two new Vice-Presidents: Naomi Cachia (Malta, SOC) and Edite Estrela (Portugal, SOC). Twenty Vice-Presidents are elected annually at the beginning of an ordinary session and remain in office until the opening of the next...
20/06/2022 | President
In his opening speech of the PACE summer session, President Tiny Kox invited members to hold a minute of silence for all the victims of the war in Ukraine, urging them to help end the suffering of the Ukrainian people and to continue showing solidarity. “This horrible war should never become a...
20/06/2022 | Session
The activities of the Standing Committee in Dublin; the list of candidates for the post of judge at the European Court of Human Rights submitted by Iceland; the lists of candidates to the European Committee for the Prevention of Torture (CPT) in respect of several countries; the Assembly...
20/06/2022 | Session
At a time when racism and intolerance are rife in Europe, political parties are best placed to combat racism, intolerance and hate speech, the Assembly said today. The parliamentarians consider that the Charter of European Political Parties for a Non-Racist Society, opened for signature in 1998...
28/04/2022 | Session
“The exclusion of the Russian Federation from the Council of Europe was made inevitable by the atrocity of the crimes committed in Ukraine,” said Luigi Di Maio, Italian Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, and Chair of the Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe...
28/04/2022 | Session
“Appalled by the ongoing war of aggression waged by the Russian Federation against Ukraine”, and “horrified by reports of atrocities against civilians allegedly committed by Russian troops”, the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) has called on all member and observer States of...
28/04/2022 | Session
PACE today expressed its concern about a clear democratic backsliding across the world – including in Europe – which has resulted in a weakening in checks and balances and the role of the opposition, obstacles to freedom of expression, assembly and association, and an erosion of the rule of law...
28/04/2022 | Session
PACE has welcomed the “continuous and marked progress” made by Georgia in honouring its Council of Europe membership obligations and commitments since 2014, but added that a number of shortcomings and concerns remain. Approving a resolution today, based on a report by Titus Corlatean (Romania...