23/06/2022 | Session
The Parliamentary Assembly, during its summer plenary session, held a current affairs debate on "United Kingdom agreement on asylum seekers and the critical government reaction regarding the European Court of Human Rights decision".Franck Schwabe (Germany, SOC) opened the debate. No report was...
23/06/2022 | Session
The Parliamentary Assembly, during its summer plenary session, held a current affairs debate on "Consequences of the blockade of the Black Sea".Oleksii Goncharenko (Ukraine, EC/AD) opened the debate. No report was prepared for a current affairs debate and no text was adopted.
23/06/2022 | Session
PACE today expressed its concern that a handful of internet intermediaries de facto control online information flows, giving them huge economic and technological power, as well as the possibility to influence people's private and social lives, and shape their opinions and choices. Internet...
22/06/2022 | Session
Deeply concerned by the rise in hatred and violence against Jewish people in Europe, and particularly by online antisemitism, the Assembly has called on Council of Europe member States to adopt strategies or national action plans to prevent and combat antisemitism, and to allocate sufficient...
22/06/2022 | Session
In an address to the Parliamentary Assembly, Greek President Katerina Sakellaropoulou called for a stronger Council of Europe and greater multilateralism to tackle the many challenges facing Europe today – ranging from the war in Ukraine to climate change and economic and social upheaval...
22/06/2022 | Session
The Russian Federation’s aggression against Ukraine, as well as the increase in arrivals of asylum seekers and migrants across the Mediterranean Sea, have caused rapidly growing numbers of unaccompanied and separated migrant and refugee children in Europe. Confronted with this worrying situation...
22/06/2022 | Session
PACE today expressed its deep concern about the humanitarian consequences caused by the Russian war of aggression against Ukraine, causing the largest population movement since the Second World War. It commended the solidarity of member States in opening their borders on 24 February and the...
22/06/2022 | Session
PACE has set out ways women can be better protected in conflict situations, more involved in peace negotiations, and better represented in rebuilding and healing in post-conflict situations. Approving a resolution based on a report by Yevheniia Kravchuk (Ukraine, ALDE), the Assembly said women...
21/06/2022 | Session
Opening a high-level panel on “Upholding democratic security in Europe”, PACE President Tiny Kox underlined that Russia’s aggression against Ukraine is not only a direct and real threat to peace and stability on the continent but has also severely damaged the mechanisms of multilateral co...
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...