22/03/2023 | Legal Affairs and Human Rights
The Committee on Legal Affairs and Human Rights today expressed great concern by the humanitarian crisis unfolding due to the ongoing obstruction of the Lachin Corridor. It adopted the following statement: Statement by the Committee on Legal Affairs on the obstruction of the Lachin Corridor
22/03/2023 | Legal Affairs and Human Rights
There has been an increase in the number of European Court of Human Rights judgments pending before the Committee of Ministers, from 5,231 at the end of 2019 to 6,256 on 1 March 2023, the PACE Legal Affairs Committee warned today. Having seen previous progress on reducing the backlog, it...
22/03/2023 | Legal Affairs and Human Rights
There is not any hierarchy between the European Convention of Human Rights, EU law and national constitutions, in the sense of a traditional approach to the hierarchy of norms within a constitutional framework. Indeed, in the context of such multi-level constitutionalism “any attempt to impose...
21/03/2023 | Equality and Non-Discrimination
Statement by Petra Bayr (Austria, SOC), PACE General Rapporteur on combating racism and intolerance, on the occasion of the International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination: “Each year, the International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination is a chance to take stock of...
21/03/2023 | President
“If we want the European ideal to survive and thrive, we have no other choice than to rise to the challenges that are facing us, putting our creativity and wisdom together,” PACE President Tiny Kox said today in his address to the Council of Europe Congress. The President stressed the importance...
21/03/2023 | Monitoring
In a declassified information note, the co-rapporteurs for the monitoring of Armenia, Kimmo Kiljunen (Finland, SOC) and Boriana Åberg (Sweden, EPP/CD), today shared their findings with the PACE Monitoring Committee following their visit to Armenia on 17-19 February. The purpose of their visit was...
20/03/2023 | Election observation
Montenegro’s presidential election was competitive, with candidates able to campaign freely and fundamental freedoms for all citizens respected, but the candidate registration was not inclusive and longstanding shortcomings in the legal framework and campaign finance regulations remained...
20/03/2023 | Political Affairs and Democracy
“The parliamentary dimension of the 4th Council of Europe Summit, taking place in Reykjavik on 16 and 17 May next, will be assured as there will be an extraordinary meeting of the Standing Committee of our Assembly,” PACE President Tiny Kox said today, addressing a meeting of the Assembly’s...
20/03/2023 | President
The leadership of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) held an exchange of views with representatives of Russian democratic forces today in Paris, to step up dialogue and to explore ways of co-operating with the Assembly in future. The meeting was a practical follow-up to...
17/03/2023 | President
Tiny Kox, President of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE), will make a working visit to France on 22 March. In Paris, he will meet the Speaker of the National Assembly, the Speaker of the Senate, the Secretary of State to the Minister for Europe and Foreign Affairs...
17/03/2023 | Social Affairs, Health and Sustainable Development
New trade and investment agreements should contain comprehensive provisions on sustainable development and the protection of fundamental rights, with strong enforcement which is commensurate with protecting investors, PACE’s Social Affairs Committee has said. Approving a report by Geraint Davies...
17/03/2023 | Monitoring
Ending a three-day visit to Warsaw, one of the two co-rapporteurs of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) for the monitoring of Poland, Pieter Omtzigt (Netherlands, EPP/CD), has called on all political parties to set aside narrow party political interest in order to overcome...