12/09/2019 | Equality and Non-Discrimination
"Gynaecological and obstetrical violence are a form of violence that has has long remained taboo. It is however a widespread phenomenon and women are victims of it in many countries," Maryvonne Blondin said.
10/09/2019 | President
Liliane Maury Pasquier is to make an official visit to Azerbaijan from 11-12 September, during which she is due to meet, in particular, the President of the Republic, the Speaker of Parliament and the Minister of Foreign Affairs.
10/09/2019 | President
Speaking in Riga at the opening of a parliamentary conference, Liliane Maury Pasquier highlighted that “the only way to succeed in responding to today’s main challenges is to anchor human rights more firmly in our work”.
10/09/2019 | Monitoring
Given the polarized context in the Republic of Moldova and the unprecedented political and constitutional crisis of June 2019, the committee welcomed the resilience demonstrated by the Moldovan people and the peaceful transition of power.
09/09/2019 | Legal Affairs and Human Rights
Sunna Aevarsdottir, rapporteur on ‘reported cases of political prisoners in Azerbaijan’, has concluded her three-day fact-finding visit to the country by meeting four current detainees.
09/09/2019 | News
The Chair of PACE's Legal Affairs Committee has welcomed the prisoner exchange between Ukraine and Russia but says Volodymyr Tsemakh must "remain available" to the Dutch authorities investigating the downing of flight MH17.
09/09/2019 | Monitoring
Ionut-Marian Stroe and Anne Mulder will make a fact-finding visit to Montenegro, during which they will discuss the implementation of the Assembly's latest resolution on the honouring of obligations by the country.
07/09/2019 | President
“I would like to welcome the exchange of prisoners that is taking place today, following negotiations between Kyiv and Moscow,” said Liliane Maury Pasquier, President of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE).
06/09/2019 | Rules of Procedure, Immunities and Institutional Affairs
A new report has listed the follow-up given by PACE’s Rules Committee to the conclusions and recommendations of the Independent Investigation Body which looked into allegations of corruption within the Assembly.
06/09/2019 | Secretary General of the Assembly
Relations between PACE and the Moroccan Parliament, which enjoys the status of partner for democracy in the Assembly were at the center of a meeting today between PACE Secretary General Wojciech Sawicki and the Secretary General of the House Representatives of Morocco, Najib El Khadi.
06/09/2019 | Parliamentary support
The “5th Parliamentary Conference on implementing standards of the European Convention on Human Rights: key role of national parliaments” will be held on 9 September in Riga, at the invitation of the Latvian Parliament.
06/09/2019 | President
Liliane Maury Pasquier, President of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE), is to make a working visit to Latvia on 9 and 10 September 2019, during which she will address a parliamentary conference in Riga on the key role of national parliaments in implementing the standards...