20/06/2022 | Equality and Non-Discrimination
“Today the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine voted by an overwhelming majority to deposit the instrument of ratification of the Council of Europe Convention on Preventing and Combating Violence against women and domestic violence, the Istanbul Convention,” said PACE President Tiny Kox. “This is a...
17/06/2022 | Migration, International Protection and Economic Co-operation
Theodoros Rousopoulos (Greece, EPP/CD), Chair of the PACE Committee on Migration, Refugees and Displaced Persons, has made the following statement to mark World Refugee Day (20 June 2022): “2022 has seen the largest displacement of persons in Europe since the Second World War. Several million...
17/06/2022 | Equality and Non-Discrimination
Petra Bayr (Austria, SOC), PACE General Rapporteur on combating racism and intolerance, made the following statement to mark the International Day for countering hate speech (18 June 2022): “Today we mark the first ever International day for countering hate speech. I warmly welcome this UN...
17/06/2022 | Monitoring
Ending a fact-finding visit to Budapest on 14-15 June 2022 to assess the honouring of membership obligations to the Council of Europe by Hungary, George Papandreou (Greece, SOC) and Eerik-Niiles Kross (Estonia, ALDE), co-rapporteurs of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE...
13/06/2022 | Monitoring
“Since our last visit in October 2021, the situation in the Republic of Moldova has changed dramatically. The ongoing Russian aggression against neighbouring Ukraine has forced the country to face considerable challenges, including in the field of its national security. This is in addition to the...
03/06/2022 | Political Affairs and Democracy
Piero Fassino (Italy, SOC) will visit Cyprus on behalf of the Committee on Political Affairs and Democracy of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) from 6 to 8 June 2022, to gather information for his report on a “Call for Famagusta’s return to its lawful inhabitants”. During...
03/06/2022 | President
In a statement on the 100th day of Russia’s war of aggression against Ukraine, PACE President Tiny Kox has again called on the Russian authorities to immediately bring the war to an end, and issued a strong appeal for the restoration of peace with justice. “By this blatant violation of...
03/06/2022 | Monitoring
Inese Lībiņa-Egnere (Latvia, EPP/CD) and Pierre-Alain Fridez (Switzerland, SOC), co-rapporteurs of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) for the monitoring of obligations and commitments by the Republic of Moldova, will make a fact-finding visit to the country from 6 to 9...
03/06/2022 | Migration, International Protection and Economic Co-operation
The Migration Committee today expressed its concern at the humanitarian consequences of the Russian Federation's aggression against Ukraine, leading to the largest population movement since the Second World War. It commended the solidarity of member States, which by mid-May 2022 had taken in more...
03/06/2022 | Migration, International Protection and Economic Co-operation
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...
01/06/2022 | Prizes
The deadline for the submission of nominations for the 2022 Václav Havel Human Rights Prize has been extended. The new deadline is 30 June 2022, instead of the original deadline of 30 April. The Václav Havel Human Rights Prize is awarded annually by the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of...
31/05/2022 | Standing Committee
The Standing Committee (*) of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE), which brings together around 60 of the Assembly’s leading members, met in Dublin on Tuesday 31st May 2022. There were welcome addresses by the Speakers of both houses of the Oireachtas, the Irish Parliament...