03/03/2023 | Standing Committee
The Standing Committee (*) of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE), which brings together around 60 of the Assembly’s members, met in the Peace Palace of The Hague on Thursday 2 and Friday 3 March 2023. The Standing Committee meeting was preceded by a special event entitled...
03/03/2023 | Standing Committee
The PACE Standing Committee, meeting in The Hague, called on member States to join the Enlarged Partial Agreement on Cultural Routes, which allows for the concrete implementation of Council of Europe policies on the value of heritage for promoting cohesive societies, intercultural dialogue and...
03/03/2023 | Standing Committee
Council of Europe member states should strengthen online education, and do more to support teachers and students in transitioning to new computer-based learning tools, PACE has said. Approving a report by Lord Alexander Dundee (United Kingdom, EC/DA), PACE’s Standing Committee said schools...
03/03/2023 | Standing Committee
The PACE Standing Committee, meeting in The Hague, emphasised that access to sexual and reproductive healthcare must be granted to all without discrimination, and encouraged legislators and policy makers to give high priority to sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR). In this respect...
03/03/2023 | Standing Committee
“The Council of Europe Summit is a critical opportunity for the Heads of State and Government of the 46 member States to come together – for Ukraine, for Europe and for the Council of Europe. Our wish for the Summit is to have concrete deliverables that will lead to a real and lasting positive...
03/03/2023 | Standing Committee
PACE has welcomed the high level of European solidarity shown in welcoming Ukrainians forced to flee Russia’s aggression – and has urged greater support for all refugees. Approving a resolution based on a report by Lord Alexander Dundee (United Kingdom, EC/DA), the Assembly’s Standing Committee...
03/03/2023 | Standing Committee
“Combatting violence against women should not be considered anymore as a feminist issue but as a human rights issue, and should be approached by the whole community, of whom men and boys should be a strong and vocal part,” said PACE President Tiny Kox, opening of a round table on “The role of men...
02/03/2023 | Legal Affairs and Human Rights
On Wednesday the Israeli Knesset gave its preliminary approval to a bill that would allow courts to impose the death penalty for terrorists found guilty of killing Israeli citizens. “This is a worrying development,” Aleksandar Nikoloski (North Macedonia, EPP/CD), PACE’s General Rapporteur on...
02/03/2023 | Standing Committee
"Seventy-five years ago, on the 9th of May 1948, the Congress of The Hague took place, the reason you are meeting here today. The Congress of The Hague is considered as the birthplace of the Council of Europe: the future and structure of the Council of Europe were discussed, and one year later...
02/03/2023 | Standing Committee
Seventy-five years ago, over 750 delegates from around Europe took part in the historic steps towards European unity at the Congress of Europe in The Hague. Against this background, a special event at the Peace Palace in The Hague today reflected upon the geopolitical balance in today’s...
02/03/2023 | Standing Committee
“I am proud and saddened to have been in Kyiv on 24 February this year to commemorate the start of the atrocities, to reiterate my group’s support – and I believe the support of this Assembly too – for Ukraine and our colleagues, and to remember the victims,” said Iulian Bulai (Romania, ALDE...
28/02/2023 | Parliamentary support
The PACE will organise a roundtable on 3 March in The Hague, during which parliamentarians will examine the role that men and boys can play in ending violence against women and girls. They will also review the Council of Europe and the Parliamentary Assembly work and standards and identify...