07/11/2019 | Monitoring
Following a visit to Tirana, Andrej Hunko and Joseph O’Reilly, have called on all political forces in Albania to show the political will to resolve the systemic political crisis that has plagued the country.
06/11/2019 | President
New technologies can be abused, generating hatred and sexist or other stereotypes leading to discrimination, but they can also make the democratic process more reactive to citizens’ expectations, Liliane Maury Pasquier said.
05/11/2019 | Legal Affairs and Human Rights
Titus Corlăţean, rapporteur on the abolition of the death penalty, has denounced a judgment of the Brest Regional Court (Belarus) sentencing to death Viktar Serhil in a trial concerning the murder of an eight-month-old girl.
31/10/2019 | Culture, Science, Education and Media
George Foulkes, rapporteur on media freedom and the safety of journalists, has recalled the fundamental importance of press freedom and the duty in a democratic society to ensure journalists stay safe.
29/10/2019 | President
"The Organization needs our continued commitment and the Assembly and the Congress, as well as our national parliaments and local and regional authorities, have a fundamental role to play", PACE President said today.
25/10/2019 | News
“Ensuring human rights, the rule of law and democracy is a never-ending task. We must defend them again and again, promote them and continue to develop them", the PACE President said closing the European Conference.
25/10/2019 | News
Sexual violence and harassment in parliaments is not a woman’s issue alone, Storting President Tona Wilhelmsen Trøen has said, but constitutes “a threat to democracy” which must be taken seriously by both women and men.
24/10/2019 | European Conference of Presidents of Parliament
The Presidents of Parliament from the 47 Council of Europe member states and many partner, observer and neighbouring countries, along with the Presidents of other international assemblies, met in Strasbourg on 24 and 25 October 2019 for a European parliamentary summit.Some 60 Presidents, together...
24/10/2019 | Monitoring
Azadeh Rojhan Gustafsson and Pieter Omtzigt have said they will closely follow the challenges to the election results for the Polish Senate, and stressed the need for transparency and impartiality in the handling of the appeals.
24/10/2019 | News
“In order to continue to have real added value, the Council of Europe must continue to adapt to new challenges posed in the human rights field to respond to the real concerns of citizens,” said Richard Ferrand.
24/10/2019 | News
“We must not take for granted everything that has been done to defend the Europe of peace, human rights and democracy, but commit ourselves every day to safeguard and protect these gains,” said Marina Carobbio.
24/10/2019 | News
The United Nations 2030 Agenda “is probably the most ambitious challenge facing humanity”, today said Gabriela Cuevas Barron, President of the Inter-Parliamentary Union, introducing Theme 2 of the Conference.