17/02/2020 | Parliamentary support
In the framework of co-operation between the Assembly and the Parliament of Morocco, a seminar open to officials of the Parliament of Morocco and members of the Jordanian Parliament will take place in Strasbourg.
17/02/2020 | Monitoring
PACE Turkey monitors Thomas Hammarberg and John Howell have expressed their deep concern and expectations ahead of two trials of civil society activists to be held in Turkey this week.
14/02/2020 | Culture, Science, Education and Media
Stefan Schennach, rapporteur on media freedom and the safety of journalists, has expressed concern over the attack perpetrated against the investigative journalist Elena Milashina and lawyer Marina Dubrovina.
14/02/2020 | Legal Affairs and Human Rights
“I would like to thank the Maltese authorities for our frank, open and constructive discussions”, said Pieter Omtzigt, rapporteur on Daphne Caruana Galizia's assassination at the end of his two-day visit to Malta.
13/02/2020 | Legal Affairs and Human Rights
Pieter Omtzigt, PACE rapporteur on “Daphne Caruana Galizia's assassination and the rule of law in Malta and beyond: ensuring that the whole truth emerges”, will visit Malta from 13 to 14 February.
10/02/2020 | Elections
The restrictive legislation and political environment prevented genuine competition in Azerbaijan’s early parliamentary elections, international observers said in a preliminary statement published today.
06/02/2020 | Equality and Non-Discrimination
On the occasion of the International day of 'zero tolerance for female genital mutilation', Béatrice Fresko-Rolfo reaffirms that the Council of Europe firmly condemns all forms of violence against women.
06/02/2020 | Monitoring
The Parliament decided to hold an extraordinary session in order to discuss a series of amendments that would remove the requirement for the Constitutional Court to check the compliance of draft legislation with the Constitution
06/02/2020 | Monitoring
The co-rapporteurs on the functioning of democratic institutions in Poland, Azadeh Rojhan Gustafsson and Pieter Omtzigt, have expressed their deep regret at the signing into law by President Duda of the controversial amendments.
04/02/2020 | Political Affairs and Democracy
Democratic institutions are under threat today in many Council of Europe member States, including some founding ones, warns Marie-Christine Dalloz, rapporteur on "Fostering healthy democracies in Europe".
31/01/2020 | Session
PACE has set out a series of steps to combat organ transplant tourism – including better traceability for donors and recipients, enforcing international referral systems and more work to tackle trafficking in general.
31/01/2020 | News
“We are very concerned by the high level of tension between two State institutions in Armenia, the Prime Minister’s Office and the Presidency of the Constitutional Court,” say PACE monitors Andrej Šircelj and Kimmo Kiljunen.