10/12/2019 | Legal Affairs and Human Rights
The Committee on Legal Affairs has found that, on the basis of factual findings of the European Court of Human Rights, a number of individuals are “political prisoners” according to PACE's definition.
10/12/2019 | Legal Affairs and Human Rights
On the occasion of Human Rights Day 2019, the Committee on Legal Affairs and Human Rights of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe recalled the achievements of the European Convention on Human Rights on the eve of its 70th anniversary year, and looked forward to its future role in...
09/12/2019 | Political Affairs and Democracy
Adopting a draft resolution on “Democracy hacked? How to respond?”, a PACE committee today expressed its concern at the scale of information pollution in a digitally connected and increasingly polarised world.
09/12/2019 | Political Affairs and Democracy
A PACE committee has invited the Venice Commission to reflect on the setting of “minimum standards with which electoral systems should comply in order to guarantee free elections and fair results thereof”.
09/12/2019 | President
To mark Human Rights Day (10 December), the Secretary General of the Council of Europe, Marija Pejčinović Burić, and the President of the Organisation’s Parliamentary Assembly, Liliane Maury Pasquier, have issued a joint statement looking forward to the 70th anniversary of the European Convention...
09/12/2019 | Political Affairs and Democracy
The committee approved the basic principles involved in a “complementary joint procedure” between the Council of Europe’s two statutory bodies in response to a serious violation by a member State of its obligations.
06/12/2019 | Legal Affairs and Human Rights
After another week of revelations, Pieter Omtzigt reiterates his call for Prime Minister Muscat to resign immediately, pointing to shocking new testimony which “directly implicates the Office of the Prime Minister in the murder plot”.
06/12/2019 | Culture, Science, Education and Media
The 2020 Council of Europe Museum Prize has been awarded to The National Museum of Secret Surveillance “House of Leaves” (Tirana, Albania,) at a meeting in Paris today.
06/12/2019 | News
A new short film which revisits the high points in the 70-year history of the PACE, with a special focus on the women who contributed to the Assembly’s success, has just premièred in Strasbourg.
06/12/2019 | Culture, Science, Education and Media
Threats to media freedom and the safety of journalists have become so numerous that they are jeopardising not only citizens’ right to be properly informed but also the stability of our democratic societies.
06/12/2019 | Culture, Science, Education and Media
In order to avoid freedom of expression being limited in a discriminatory manner while at the same time making efforts to take down illegal content on the internet, the committee has proposed establishing an Ombudsman institution.
04/12/2019 | Equality and Non-Discrimination
All types of modern contraception “should be accessible and affordable for everyone”, irrespective of their sex, social or national origin and any other status, says the Equality Committee.