28/01/2020 | Session
Threats to media freedom have become so numerous that they are jeopardising not only citizens’ right to be properly informed but also “the stability and smooth functioning of our democratic societies”, the Assembly said today.
27/01/2020 | Session
The Assembly will hold an urgent debate on the international obligations concerning the repatriation of children from war zones, and a current affairs debate on recent developments in Libya and in the Middle East.
27/01/2020 | President
Rik Daems has been elected President of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe. Succeeding Liliane Maury Pasquier, he becomes PACE’s 33rd President and the third Belgian representative since 1949.
27/01/2020 | Session
At the opening of its plenary Session, the Assembly elected its Vice-Presidents. Twenty Vice-Presidents are elected annually at the beginning of an ordinary session and remain in office until the opening of the next session.
27/01/2020 | Session
The progress report which covers the activities and decisions of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe’s subsidiary bodies since the last session was presented today in plenary.
27/01/2020 | Session
The credentials of nine national delegations to the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe were challenged – on different grounds – on the opening day of the winter plenary session in Strasbourg.
27/01/2020 | Session
In his address to the Assembly today, the Georgian Minister for Foreign Affairs and President of the Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe, David Zalkaliani, highlighted the fundamental role of the European Convention on Human Rights, which enabled the setting-up of a unique human...
24/01/2020 | Elections
A delegation was in Baku to assess the pre-electoral climate of the early parliamentary elections. It stressed that there was a lot of room for improvement and that the period of time left until election day should allow some improvements.
17/01/2020 | Session
At its winter session from 27 to 31 January, the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe will elect its new President and hear addresses by the Presidents of Georgia and the Republic of Moldova.
16/01/2020 | Election of Judges
A Parliamentary Assembly delegation is to make a pre-electoral visit to Azerbaijan on 22-23 January to assess the election campaign and political climate ahead of the 9 February early parliamentary elections.
15/01/2020 | Prizes
The Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe, in partnership with the Vaclav Havel Library and the Charta 77 Foundation, has today issued a call for nominations for the 2020 Václav Havel Human Rights Prize.
15/01/2020 | Monitoring
The monitoring co-rapporteurs for Albania welcomed the agreement reached between the main opposition parties, the parliamentary opposition and the ruling majority on the framework of co-operation on electoral reform.