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PACE Standing Committee met in Reykjavik

25/11/2022 | 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 Reykjavik on Friday 25 November 2022. After the opening of the meeting by PACE President Tiny Kox, Alþingi Speaker Birgir Ármannsson gave a...

[email protected]: ‘Women as political leaders: breaking down the challenges’

25/11/2022 | [email protected]

In the framework of the Standing Committee meeting in Reykjavik, the ‘[email protected]’ group organised a working breakfast together with all women members of the Icelandic Parliament. After opening remarks by [email protected] Bureau member Petra Stienen, the Prime Minister of Iceland and Minister for...

The Sub-Committee on External Relations visits the UN on the occasion of the 77th Session of the General...

25/11/2022 | Political Affairs and Democracy

The Sub-Committee on External Relations will visit the United Nations from 28 to 30 November on the occasion of the 77th Session of the General Assembly. Meetings are scheduled notably with Csaba Kőrösi, President of the General Assembly, Achim Steiner, Under-Secretary-General, Administrator of...

‘Stop violence against women, now!’ says PACE General Rapporteur Zita Gurmai

24/11/2022 | Equality and Non-Discrimination

“Parliamentarians must join with international and civil society organisations to reject the backlash and backsliding that are stopping progress in ending gender-based violence, which affects women and girls around the world the most,” said PACE’s General Rapporteur on Violence against Women and...

Moroccan parliamentary officials visit Italy to study opening the Parliament to citizens

23/11/2022 | Parliamentary Support

Staff from both chambers of the Parliament of Morocco are to take part in a study visit to the Italian Parliament on 28 and 29 November 2022 on the theme of opening Parliament to citizens. The visit, organised jointly by the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) and the Italian...

General rapporteur stresses importance of Assembly's work to defend media freedom

22/11/2022 | Culture, Science, Education and Media

Speaking at a conference in Vilnius on the role of public service media in upholding democracy, Mogens Jensen (Denmark, SOC) recalled that media freedom and freedom of information were under increasing threat and pressure, especially in countries with hardening political regimes, and in the...

Trans Day of Remembrance: “We must condemn transphobic violence and hate speech without reserve,” says...

18/11/2022 | Equality and Non-Discrimination

“In the past year, hatred, violence and suicide have tragically cut short the lives of hundreds of trans people across the globe,” said the Assembly’s General rapporteur on the rights of LGBTI people, Christophe Lacroix (Belgium, SOC), on the occasion of the Trans Day of Remembrance, 20 November...

"The Stadium" – a new short film from PACE to raise awareness of the sexual abuse ​of children​ in sport

17/11/2022 | Social Affairs, Health and Sustainable Development

The Stadium, a powerful new short film which aims to raise awareness of sexual violence against children in sport, has been launched by PACE to coincide with the start of the 2022 World Cup in Qatar. Launched on the eve of the European Day on the Protection of Children against Sexual Exploitation...

Downing of flight MH17: 'Finally justice has been done, no room for impunity', says PACE President

17/11/2022 | President

PACE President Tiny Kox today made the following statement: "The Hague District Court in the Netherlands has just ruled on the State responsibility of the Russian Federation under the European Convention on Human Rights and other international conventions concerning the downing over eastern...

Committee highlights need for international regulation of lethal autonomous weapons systems

15/11/2022 | Legal Affairs and Human Rights

The emergence of lethal autonomous weapons systems (LAWS) – that can select and attack targets without human intervention – requires clear regulation of their development and use, to ensure respect for international humanitarian law and human rights, said the Legal Affairs Committee, by adopting...

PACE President expresses hope for democracy ‘to genuinely come back on European soil’

07/11/2022 | President

“As this Forum intends to get to the heart of what has gone wrong, but also to assess the impact of the most promising initiatives presented over the last decade, let me express the hope for democracy to genuinely come back on European soil and elsewhere,” said PACE President Tiny Kox addressing...

4th Summit of Heads of State and Government of the Council of Europe: statement by PACE President Tiny Kox

07/11/2022 | President

Following the Council of Europe Committee of Ministers’ decision to hold a Summit of the Heads of State and Government of the Council of Europe on 16-17 May 2023 in Reykjavik, PACE President Tiny Kox made the following statement: “Our Assembly is convinced of the need for a new, 4th Summit of...