23/06/2022 | Session
“Brute force and misuse of power can never be allowed to have the last word. That conviction is what inspired the Kingdom of the Netherlands to join with nine other countries in 1949 to establish the Council of Europe,” said His Majesty King Willem-Alexander in an address to PACE. The King quoted...
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 | Equality and Non-Discrimination
“Rights are never to be taken for granted", said Christophe Lacroix (Belgium, SOC), the Assembly’s General Rapporteur on the rights of LGBTI people, during the meeting which officially launched the PACE Parliamentary Platform for the rights of LGBTI people in Europe. "The objective of this...
21/06/2022 | Migration, International Protection and Economic Co-operation
In a declaration adopted today, the PACE Migration Committee has expressed serious concern about the new Nationality and Borders Bill put forward by the United Kingdom Government – and passed by Parliament on 27 April 2022 – which would, in effect, “contravene the United Kingdom’s obligations...
21/06/2022 | Social Affairs, Health and Sustainable Development
The Committee on Social Affairs, Health and Sustainable Development has expressed concern about the shortages of medical supplies that increased dramatically during the Covid-19 pandemic, due to stockpiling, restrictions on exports, closed borders, and lockdowns. This phenomenon has tended to...