14/03/2022 | Session
The consequences of the Russian Federation's aggression against Ukraine was the focus of an extraordinary plenary session of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE), held in hybrid mode on Monday 14 and Tuesday 15 March 2022. The Prime Minister of Ukraine, Denys Shmyhal...
14/03/2022 | Session
Tiny Kox, the President of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE), will give today a press conference at 2 p.m. today (Room 1, Palais de l'Europe) as part of the PACE plenary session which is discussing, today and tomorrow, the consequences of the Russian Federation’s...
14/03/2022 | President
Opening the first ever extraordinary session of PACE in Strasbourg, held “to allow the member states’ parliaments to thoroughly investigate the consequences of the Russian Federation’s aggression against Ukraine,” President Tiny Kox invited the Assembly to stand for a moment of silence “to show...
14/03/2022 | Session
Ukrainian Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal, addressing an extraordinary session of PACE by video-link, has demanded that the Russian Federation be immediately ousted from the Council of Europe. “The right to life is one of the key fundamental rights – and today, at the centre of Europe, this right is...
14/03/2022 | Session
Addressing the extraordinary session of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE), Secretary General Marija Pejčinović Burić spoke about the organisation’s response to the ongoingRussian aggression in Ukraine. “Since the decision to suspend Russia’s representation was taken on 25...
14/03/2022 | Session
“The Council of Europe, the depositary and guardian of the fundamental principles of coexistence, respect for human rights, the promotion of democracy and the rule of law, has been at the forefront to ensure a prompt, cohesive and strong reaction”, highlighted Italian Under-Secretary of Foreign...
10/03/2022 | Legal Affairs and Human Rights
PACE's General Rapporteur on the situation of human rights defenders, Sunna Ævarsdóttir (Iceland, SOC), has expressed deep concern over the ongoing crackdown on Russian civil society amid Russia’s ongoing aggression against Ukraine. “I strongly condemn the recent reprisals against two prominent...
08/03/2022 | Secretary General of the Assembly
One year into her term of office, the Secretary General of the Parliamentary Assembly (PACE), Despina Chatzivassiliou-Tsovilis, is proposing to offer the 245 or so women MPs represented in the Assembly the opportunity to raise their voices in an informal “Women@PACE” group. "Women play a major...
08/03/2022 | Equality and Non-Discrimination
Momodou Malcolm Jallow (Sweden, UEL), PACE rapporteur on raising awareness of and countering Islamophobia in Europe, began a two-day fact-finding visit to Paris today as part of the preparation of his report on this issue. This visit includes meetings with members of the Senate and the National...
08/03/2022 | President
PACE President Tiny Kox has expressed his solidarity with and support for the women of Ukraine in an open letter to mark International Women’s Day (8 March 2022). Writing to the head of Ukraine’s PACE delegation Mariia Mezentseva, the President said: “We see you, women of Ukraine, protecting your...
08/03/2022 | Equality and Non-Discrimination
“The Russian Federation’s attack on Ukraine is also an attack on the core values of the Council of Europe: human rights, the rule of law and democracy. As the international community multiplies its calls to Russia to unconditionally stop the aggression, it is also important to give visibility to...
08/03/2022 | President
The Italian Minister for Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation and Chair of the Council of Europe's Committee of Ministers, Luigi Di Maio, the President of the Council of Europe’s Parliamentary Assembly, Tiny Kox, and the Secretary General of the Council of Europe, Marija Pejčinović Burić...