01/03/2019 | Standing Committee
Not only does development co-operation reduce inequalities, but it could also help to prevent a sharp increase in migration flows in the future, declared the Standing Committee during its meeting in Paris.
01/03/2019 | Standing Committee
According to the Standing Committee, it is important to safeguard intangible cultural heritage, which includes traditions from the past, such as the performing arts, social practices or practices concerning nature.
01/03/2019 | Standing Committee
"The positive impact of implementation of the Istanbul Convention is already visible," said GREVIO President Feride Acar, speaking during an exchange of views in PACE's Standing Committee.
21/02/2019 | Standing Committee
The Standing Committee will meet in Paris on 1st March. After an address by Liliane Maury Pasquier, the parliamentarians will hold an exchange of views with the President of the experts on Action against Violence against Women.
23/11/2018 | Standing Committee
“Our Assembly must send a loud and clear message that sexism and sexual abuse in parliaments across Europe are simply unacceptable,” said PACE President Liliane Maury Pasquier in Helsinki, launching a hashtag campaign.
23/11/2018 | Standing Committee
PACE has called for the official recognition of sign languages so that deaf persons can “exercise their fundamental rights”. Such recognition would also “contribute to further promoting the richness of deaf culture”.
23/11/2018 | Standing Committee
In a turbulent Europe, PACE President Liliane Maury Pasquier has welcomed the “calm and steady hand” of Finland at the helm of the Council of Europe during the Finnish Presidency of the organisation.
23/11/2018 | Standing Committee
The Standing Committee proposed a series of measures to ensure access to palliative care, not just to the terminally ill but also to those who are chronically ill and to persons requiring high levels of individual care.
23/11/2018 | Standing Committee
PACE has further improved the way the Assembly elects judges to the European Court of Human Rights, including streamlining the procedure for rejecting lists of candidates which do not meet the required standards.
23/11/2018 | Standing Committee
PACE’s Standing Committee called on member States to promote student mobility to and from their countries, through a set of measures on tuition fees, accreditation of diplomas and compatibility between education systems.
15/11/2018 | Standing Committee
The PACE Standing Committee will meet at the Finnish Parliament in Helsinki on Friday 23 November, as Finland begins its six-month presidency of the Council of Europe’s ministerial body (November 2018-May 2019).
01/06/2018 | Standing Committee
Michele Nicoletti warmly welcomed the priorities Croatia has set for its Chairmanship of the Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe, saying that “these correspond fully to the priorities of the Parliamentary Assembly”.