25/04/2023 | Session
While Council of Europe member states must implement the final judgments of the European Court of Human Rights, and comply with any interim measures it issues, national courts and the Strasbourg Court should show “mutual respect” and engage in judicial dialogue to uphold human rights, according...
25/04/2023 | Culture, Science, Education and Media
A PACE parliamentary hearing on excluding Russian and Belarusian athletes from taking part in the 2024 Paris Olympics and Paralympics brought together key players from all sides of the debate, and heard a range of strong views on the topic. The event, which took place during the Assembly’s...
24/04/2023 | Session
An urgent debate on "The situation of Ukrainian civilians, including children, forcibly displaced or transferred to the Russian Federation or Ukrainian territories under the de facto control of the Russian Federation", with the online intervention of Ukraine’s First Lady Olena Zelenska, was one...
24/04/2023 | Migration, Refugees and Displaced Persons
Paul Gavan (Ireland, UEL), rapporteur on “Addressing the humanitarian consequences of the blockade of the Lachin corridor” made the following statement: "On 23 April 2023, I was informed that a border checkpoint was established by the Republic of Azerbaijan at the starting point of the Lachin...
24/04/2023 | Session
PACE today elected, at the opening of its Spring 2023 Session, Elisabetta Gardini as a new Vice-President of the Assembly in respect of Italy. Nineteen Vice-Presidents are elected annually at the beginning of an ordinary session and remain in office until the opening of the next session (but a...
24/04/2023 | Migration, Refugees and Displaced Persons
The Committee on Migration, Refugees and Displaced Persons of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE), meeting on the margins of the Assembly’s plenary session in Strasbourg, has adopted the following declaration, proposed at the initiative of Lord Leslie Griffiths (United...
24/04/2023 | President
PACE leaders have declared their strong solidarity with Russian and Belarusian political prisoners at a special event at the opening of the Assembly’s spring plenary session in Strasbourg. PACE President Tiny Kox, joined by the leaders of the Assembly’s political groups, paid tribute to Russian...
24/04/2023 | Session
"Although the 4th Summit will be by and large an intergovernmental event, a parliamentary dimension will also be ensured. Our Standing Committee will hold an extraordinary meeting on 15 May in Reykjavik and an Assembly delegation will attend the Summit itself", PACE President Tiny Kox today said...
24/04/2023 | Session
“The protection of human rights in Europe has suffered serious setbacks in 2022,” said the Council of Europe Commissioner for Human Rights, Dunja Mijatović, presenting her Annual Report today before the Parliamentary Assembly. The report largely focuses on the atrocities committed by the Russian...
24/04/2023 | Session
The PACE contribution to a fourth Council of Europe Summit; the 2023 Václav Havel Human Rights Prize; the activities of the Standing Committee in The Hague (3 March 2023); as well as the observation of the presidential elections in Montenegro and the parliamentary elections in Bulgaria were among...
24/04/2023 | Migration, Refugees and Displaced Persons
The Committee on Migration, Refugees and Demography of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE), meeting on the margin of the Assembly’s plenary session in Strasbourg, has adopted the following declaration: “On 6 February 2023, massive earthquakes hit Türkiye and Syria, killing...
24/04/2023 | Session
Council of Europe Secretary General Marija Pejčinović Burić has answered parliamentarians’ questions at the PACE Spring session’s Question Time. During a lively Q & A session, Marija Pejčinović Burić underlined the importance of the Fourth Summit of the Heads of State and Government in Reykjavik...