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Current affairs debate on recent challenges to security in Europe

27/01/2022 | Session

“The risk of a new military confrontation in the heart of Europe is not a remote one,” said Zsolt Nemeth (Hungary, EC/DA), opening a current affairs debate on the topic of recent challenges to security in Europe. Outlining a series of new threats around Europe and the world, Mr Nemeth said the...

PACE welcomes Armenia’s successful emergence from crisis, sets out next steps for reform

27/01/2022 | Session

PACE has welcomed the fact that Armenia has “successfully emerged from the serious political crisis triggered by the outcome in the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict” as well as its pursuit of reforms and the launch of new projects since the change of political leadership in 2018. Approving a resolution...

PACE sets out wide-ranging recommendations for placing human rights at the heart of football

26/01/2022 | Session

Football’s main stakeholders must put human rights values at the heart of the sport, the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) said today in a wide-ranging resolution on football governance. The adopted text, based on the report prepared by Lord George Foulkes (United Kingdom...

Sports policies in times of crisis

26/01/2022 | Session

The Covid-19 pandemic has completely disrupted the world of sport and decisive action is now needed to preserve sport and physical activity as factors for human development and personal and collective well-being, as well as for social development and economic growth, the Assembly said. Adopting a...

PACE ratifies the credentials of the Russian delegation

26/01/2022 | Session

PACE has ratified the credentials of the Russian parliamentary delegation by 97 votes to 41 after they were challenged on substantive grounds on the opening day of the session. At the same time, it expressed its “utmost concern” over the deteriorating situation as regards pluralism, human rights...

PACE calls on Russia to launch an ‘independent and effective’ investigation into the poisoning of Alexei...

26/01/2022 | Session

In a debate held today at its plenary session in Strasbourg, the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) noted “the ample medical evidence” showing that Alexei Navalny was poisoned with an organophosphorus cholinesterase inhibitor whilst in Russia. It underlined that five different...

Rights of LGBTI people: advances achieved are under threat, PACE says

25/01/2022 | Session

The Parliamentary Assembly expressed concern at the increase in hate speech, violence and hate crimes against LGBTI people in Council of Europe member States. “The scapegoating and violations of LGBTI people’s civil rights come to a large extent from political figures, including government...

Southern Caucasus: measures to combat alleged violations of the rights of LGBTI people

25/01/2022 | Session

The Assembly expressed concern about the situation of LGBTI people in Armenia, Azerbaijan and Georgia, noting that “many infringements of these people’s human rights have been alleged or confirmed”. Those countries should adopt effective legislation and “policies to strengthen action against...

Željko Komšić: Bosnia and Herzegovina must change its political system if it wants to be part of modern...

25/01/2022 | Session

Addressing PACE today, Željko Komšić, Chairperson of the Presidency of Bosnia and Herzegovina, presented the socio-political situation in his country, after recalling the significant historical events since the independence of Bosnia and Herzegovina in 1992, including the period of war that “led...

Supporting the role of the media in times of crisis

25/01/2022 | Session

European countries should support the media in times of crisis “so that the latter can perform their various roles to the full”, PACE said today. Approving a resolution on the basis of a report by Annicka Engblom (Sweden, EPP/CD), the Assembly said media in a crisis could be a source of objective...

Vice-President in respect of the Russian Federation: the seat remains vacant

25/01/2022 | Session

In the context of the election of a Vice-President of the Assembly in respect of the Russian Federation, the Assembly decided at the opening of the Session to hold, on 25 January, a vote by secret ballot on the election of the candidate proposed by the Russian delegation, Piotr Tolstoi. In the...

Secretary General tells PACE : “Our shared values far outweigh the single issues that divide us”

25/01/2022 | Session

Secretary General Marija Pejčinović Burić has told members of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) that the relative peace of recent decades has been underpinned by the organisation’s commitment to human rights, democracy and the rule of law. She emphasised that even as the...