31/03/2026 | President
“I am deeply disappointed by last night’s vote in the Knesset, which seriously jeopardises Israel’s observer status with the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe,” said PACE President Petra Bayr, reacting to the Israeli parliament’s approval of a new law expanding the death penalty in...
27/03/2026 | Monitoring
Ionuț-Marian Stroe (Romania, EPP/CD) and Paweł Jabłoński (Poland, ECPA), co-rapporteurs of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE), will make a fact-finding visit to Albania from 30 March to 1 April, in the context of the post-monitoring dialogue with this country. During their...
27/03/2026 | Monitoring
Following a visit to Belgrade on 23 and 24 March, Victoria Тiblom (Sweden, ECPA) and Yunus Emre (Türkiye, SOC), co-rapporteurs of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) for the monitoring of Serbia’s obligations and commitments to the Council of Europe, made the following...
27/03/2026 | Legal Affairs and Human Rights
Gala Veldhoen (Netherlands, SOC), General Rapporteur of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) on the abolition of the death penalty, made the following statement today: “I am deeply concerned about the bill currently under discussion in Israel which would introduce death...
26/03/2026 | Elections
A six-member delegation of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE), led by Pablo Hispan (Spain, EPP/CD), will make a pre-electoral visit to Hungary on 30-31 March to assess the election campaign and political climate prior to the parliamentary elections on 12 April. In Budapest...
23/03/2026 | Equality and Non-Discrimination
“The issue of consent in sexual relations, considered for too long a taboo, has made the headlines of mainstream media and debates,” a committee of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) has stressed, warning that consent “can no longer be sidelined or undermined.” Adopting...
23/03/2026 | Equality and Non-Discrimination
Expressing concern at the growing manifestations of exclusion and intolerance on grounds of religion across Europe, the Committee on Equality and Non-Discrimination, meeting on 20 March in Paris, emphasised that freedom of religion or belief – which includes the right not to hold a religious...
23/03/2026 | Equality and Non-Discrimination
PACE’s Committee on Equality and Non-Discrimination has welcomed the Assembly’s landmark achievement of gender parity – for the first time since its creation in 1949 – while issuing a strong call to action on the multiple threats facing women and girls worldwide. In a statement adopted following...
23/03/2026 | Equality and Non-Discrimination
Twelve years after the Istanbul Convention entered into force, the report prepared by Zita Gurmai (Hungary, SOC) outlines where implementation is falling short. While the convention has had a “positive impact on the ground,” the draft resolution adopted by the committee, calls for “renewed...
23/03/2026 | President
PACE President Petra Bayr, accompanied by the members of the PACE Presidential Committee - comprising the Chairpersons of the five PACE political groups and PACE Secretary General Despina Chatzivassiliou - today held an exchange of views with Nikos Christodoulides, the President of Cyprus, on...
20/03/2026 | Monitoring
Victoria Тiblom (Sweden, ECPA) and Yunus Emre (Türkiye, SOC), co-rapporteurs of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) for the monitoring of obligations and commitments by Serbia, will make a fact-finding visit to the country on 23-24 March. In Belgrade, the co-rapporteurs are...
20/03/2026 | Equality and Non-Discrimination
On the eve of the International Day for the Eradication of Racial Discrimination (21 March), Francesco Verducci (Italy, SOC), General Rapporteur on combating racism and intolerance, made the following statement: The Sharpeville Massacre of 21 March 1960, in apartheid South Africa, saw peaceful...