18/01/2022 | Did you know?
The European Anthem marks this week its 50th birthday. Lauding shared values between nations, the prelude to Beethoven's "Ode to Joy" was originally proposed by the Parliamentary Assembly and adopted by the Council of Europe in 1972. At the European Council of June 1985, the Heads of State or...
11/01/2022 | President
“I was deeply saddened to learn about the passing away of European Parliament President David Sassoli. A most dedicated defender of human rights and a tireless champion of democracy, Mr Sassoli, whom I had the privilege to work with, was a true and committed European whose work and legacy we will...
31/12/2021 | President
In an annual end-of-year message, Rik Daems, the President of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe, has recalled some of the successes and challenges of 2021. “It is with both setbacks and achievements that we summarise the year 2021. The Covid-19 pandemic still has Europe and the...
20/12/2021 | Legal Affairs and Human Rights
Pieter Omtzigt (Netherlands, EPP/CD), the Parliamentary Assembly’s General Rapporteur on the protection of whistleblowers, has strongly criticised the reform of the Maltese law on whistleblower protection. “Last Friday’s deadline for the transposition of the EU Directive on improving...
17/12/2021 | Migration, International Protection and Economic Co-operation
“On the occasion of International Migrants Day, 18 December 2021, we can celebrate the creation of the International Organisation for Migration 70 years ago, as well as the 31st anniversary of the International Convention on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of Their...
17/12/2021 | Parliamentary support
The Parliament of Morocco and the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) organised a round table on the theme “Opening the Parliament to citizens: why and how?” in the premises of the Moroccan Parliament in Rabat on 14 December. This meeting allowed the officials of the two...
17/12/2021 | Monitoring
Following their visit to the country from 8 to 10 December 2021, the PACE rapporteurs for the monitoring of Georgia, Titus Corlatean (Romania, SOC) and Claude Kern (France, ALDE), expressed their serious concern at the extremely polarised political climate in the country which is foreclosing any...
15/12/2021 | Monitoring
The PACE Monitoring Committee has welcomed the fact that Armenia has “successfully emerged from the serious political crisis triggered by the outcome in the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict” as well as its pursuit of reforms and the launch of new projects since the change of political leadership in 2018...
15/12/2021 | Monitoring
The Monitoring Committee today adopted its annual report taking stock of its monitoring activities in 2021 and making a series of assessments of the countries under monitoring procedure or engaged in post-monitoring dialogue, as well as of countries that are currently subject to the procedure for...
10/12/2021 | Monitoring
The rapporteurs of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) for the monitoring of Azerbaijan, Stefan Schennach (Austria, SOC) and Richard Bacon (United Kingdom, EC/DA) have expressed their serious concern about the state of health of Saleh Rustamov, activist of the Azerbaijani...
09/12/2021 | President
“On this year’s Human Rights Day, as we celebrate the progress made, let us not forget that fundamental rights and freedoms must be respected and advanced also in times of emergency. In responding to our common challenges – such as the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic, violence against women, migratory...
09/12/2021 | President
Rik Daems, the President of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE), paid an official visit to Luxembourg on 7 December 2021, where he discussed how to further strengthen bilateral relations and to maintain the role of Luxembourg as a pioneer in the development of policies...