31/01/2020 | Session
PACE expressed its concern about the spread of disinformation campaigns aimed at shaping public opinion, trends of manipulation and foreign electoral interference process, and hate amplification on the internet and social media.
31/01/2020 | Session
PACE has called for “a legally binding Council of Europe instrument against trafficking in human tissues and cells, possibly in the form of an additional protocol to the Convention against trafficking in Human Organs”.
30/01/2020 | Elections
A 25-member delegation of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe, led by Frank Schwabe, will travel to Azerbaijan from 7 to 10 February to observe the conduct of the early parliamentary elections.
30/01/2020 | Session
The Parliamentary Assembly expressed its concern about the situation of the children in Syria and Iraq whose parents, believed to be affiliated to ISIS/Daesh, are citizens of Council of Europe member States.
30/01/2020 | Session
“There can no longer be any doubt that Azerbaijan has a problem of political prisoners, and that this problem is due to structural and systemic causes,” the Parliamentary Assembly has declared.
30/01/2020 | Political Affairs and Democracy
"The Committee on Political Affairs believes that the Middle East peace process must be urgently re-activated to meet legitimate aspirations of both Palestinians and Israelis and bring about long-awaited peace and justice".
30/01/2020 | Session
“Letting the children of suspected ISIS fighters die in the camps of Northern Syria will not bring more security in Europe, or anywhere else. Repatriating these children is the only way forward,” the Commissioner said.
30/01/2020 | Session
The Council of Europe should “do more to combat human trafficking and to ensure that its legal standards are adequate and implemented by all member States”, the Assembly declared during a joint debate.
30/01/2020 | Session
The Assembly welcomed the positive developments and the progress made during this period or expressed concern about remaining shortcomings in a number of countries “that undermine their democratic consolidation”.
29/01/2020 | Session
The Assembly’s Rules Committee has concluded that the credentials of three national delegations, challenged on procedural grounds at the opening of the session, should be ratified.
29/01/2020 | President
The leaders of the 47-nation Council of Europe have issued the following statement to launch the 70th anniversary of the European Convention on Human Rights in 2020: The European Convention on Human Rights came into being against the dreadful background of the devastation of the Second World War...
29/01/2020 | Session
The Parliamentary Assembly today reaffirmed that Council of Europe member States “had an obligation to ensure non-discrimination in the workplace including on the grounds of religion or belief”.