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Türkiye: information note by the co-rapporteurs following their fact-finding visit

31/01/2023 | Monitoring

In a declassified information note, the co-rapporteurs of the Monitoring Committee for Türkiye, John Howell (United Kingdom, EC/AD) and Boriss Cilevičs (Latvia, SOC), confirmed their readiness to continue a constructive dialogue with the Turkish authorities following their visit to the country...

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2023 Winter session: the legal and human rights aspects of Russia's aggression against Ukraine

29/01/2023 | Session

An urgent debate on the legal and human rights aspects of the Russian Federation's aggression against Ukraine, with the participation of Oleksandra Matviichuk, Head of the Center for Civil Liberties, 2022 Nobel Peace Prize laureate, was one the highlights of the Winter plenary session of the...

Mr Damien COTTIER, Switzerland, ALDE, Rapporteur, AS/Jur

PACE highlights need for international regulation of lethal autonomous weapons systems

27/01/2023 | Session

The development and use of lethal autonomous weapons systems (LAWS) – that can select and attack targets without human intervention – requires clear regulation to ensure respect for international humanitarian law and human rights, PACE has said. Approving a resolution based on a report by Damien...

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Support for the development of ‘Open Council of Europe Academic Networks’

27/01/2023 | Session

The Assembly has emphasised the essential role of universities and research institutes in upholding Council of Europe values and entrenching them in the social fabric. In the view of parliamentarians, universities have real potential to facilitate the implementation of Council of Europe...

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PACE co-rapporteurs make periodic review visit to France

27/01/2023 | Monitoring

Fiona O'Loughlin (Ireland, ALDE) and Yelizaveta Yasko (Ukraine, EPP/CD), co-rapporteurs of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) for the periodic review on France, carried out a fact-finding visit to Paris on 30-31 January 2023, to assess the honouring of membership...

Joint debate: Recent tensions between Pristina and Belgrade. - Presentation by Mr John HOWELL, United Kingdom, EC/AD, rapporteur, AS/Soc

The Council of Europe should take the lead on preventing environmental damage during armed conflict

26/01/2023 | Session

The Council of Europe should take the lead in creating new legal instruments to prevent environmental damage during armed conflicts and reduce its scale as much as possible, PACE has said. Approving a resolution and recommendation based on a report by John Howell (United Kingdom, EC/DA), the...

The Holocaust Remembrance Day, 27 January 2023

Holocaust Remembrance Day: statement by Petra Bayr

26/01/2023 | Equality and Non-Discrimination

On the occasion of Holocaust Remembrance Day, 27 January 2023, Petra Bayr (Austria, SOC) today made the following statement:“Holocaust Remembrance Day, commemorating the liberation of the Auschwitz concentration camp on 27 January 1945, is the day to honour the victims of the Nazi regime and...

Prime Minister of Iceland calls for justice for Ukraine war victims and a system of accountability for...

26/01/2023 | Session

The Prime Minister of Iceland, Katrin Jakobsdóttir, commended the response of the Council of Europe and its Parliamentary Assembly to the major crises in the past few years. “It was able to adapt its procedures to continuing its work through the pandemic and demonstrated its unity around the...

Oleksandra Matviichuk, Director of the Center for Civil Liberties, winner of the 2022 Nobel Peace Prize

PACE unanimously demands an international tribunal to prosecute Russian and Belarusian leaders for the...

26/01/2023 | Session

The Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) has unanimously demanded the setting up of a special international criminal tribunal in The Hague to prosecute Russian and Belarusian political and military leaders who “planned, prepared, initiated or executed” Russia’s war of aggression...

Oleksandra Matviichuk, 2022 Nobel Peace Prize Laureate and human rights lawyer, told the Committee on Migration, Refugees and Displaced Persons in an exchange of views held on 26 January 2023

Forcefully displaced Ukrainians: a blind spot addressed by the Migration Committee

26/01/2023 | Migration, Refugees and Displaced Persons

"As a human rights defender for 20 years, I would have never imagined myself working on war crimes in my country. No one chooses where he or she was born but we all have a choice whether we want to be active against human rights violations or remain indifferent to it. I chose not to be...

Lord Alexander Dundee (United Kingdom, EC/DA)

European solidarity in the context of asylum and international protection

26/01/2023 | Migration, Refugees and Displaced Persons

The Migration Committee today expressed concern at the Russian Federation's military attack against Ukraine, leading to the highest numbers of refugees and displaced persons since World War II. In this context, the Committee urged member States to show European solidarity, particularly with...

Mr Pierre-Alain FRIDEZ Switzerland SOC Rapporteur AS/Mig

Republic of Moldova: PACE welcomes reforms, while acknowledging the challenges

26/01/2023 | Session

PACE has welcomed the far-reaching reforms undertaken by the Republic of Moldova – notably in the judiciary and the fight against corruption – to consolidate democratic institutions, despite “the difficulties and challenges” including the humanitarian crisis resulting from the outbreak of the war...