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Summer Session: report on PACE decision-making process concerning credentials and voting

24/06/2019 | Session

A debate on the decision-making process of the Assembly concerning credentials and voting will be a highlight of the PACE Summer session, which takes place in Strasbourg from 24 to 28 June.

'We must shoulder our responsibilities to defend the common interests of all Europeans'

24/06/2019 | Session

“The session starting today is taking place in extraordinary circumstances. Our Organisation is going through a crisis which has serious implications for the European human rights protection system,” the President stressed.

Credentials of the Spanish delegation to PACE challenged on grounds of political balance

24/06/2019 | Session

The credentials of the Spanish delegation to the Council of Europe Parliamentary Assembly were challenged on procedural grounds at the opening of the PACE’s Summer session today in Strasbourg.

Amélie de Montchalin: ‘We must preserve the pan-European dimension of the Council of Europe’

24/06/2019 | Session

“As we celebrate the 70th anniversary of the Council of Europe, we can measure the progress made since 1949 and the fact that this organisation is more essential than ever,” said Amélie de Montchalin.

Summer Session: report on PACE decision-making process concerning credentials and voting

21/06/2019 | Session

A debate on the decision-making process of the Assembly concerning credentials and voting will be a highlight of the PACE Summer session, which takes place in Strasbourg from 24 to 28 June.

Liliane Maury Pasquier: ‘Promoting culture to build a more just and inclusive world’

21/06/2019 | President

“By promoting a cultural environment rich in diversity, education and creation, you are helping to build a world of greater dignity, justice and solidarity,” said PACE President in Bern.

Doris Fiala urges parliaments to lead the debate on humane refugee policy

20/06/2019 | Migration, International Protection and Economic Co-operation

The Chair of the Migration Committee has urged parliaments to lead the political debate on devising humane refugee policies, recalling: “it is a legal and moral obligation to treat with humanity everyone seeking refuge in Europe”.

Final conference of the Parliamentary Campaign to end detention of migrant children

18/06/2019 | Migration, International Protection and Economic Co-operation

The Parliamentary Campaign to End Immigration Detention of Children will host its final conference in the Council of Europe, on 26 June 2019.This event will sum up the work done by the Committee on Migration.

PACE rapporteur condemns execution in Belarus

17/06/2019 | Legal Affairs and Human Rights

Titus Corlăţean, General Rapporteur on the abolition of the death penalty, has strongly condemned the execution of Aliaksandr Zhylnikau. “I deeply regret this execution, despite the appeals of many,” he said.

President proposes new ways that parliamentarians can work with GRECO to fight corruption

17/06/2019 | President

Liliane Maury Pasquier has hailed the work of GRECO – the Council of Europe’s anti-corruption body – and suggested fresh ways that the Assembly and GRECO could work together in the future.

President pays tribute to Austria’s contribution to the work of the Council of Europe

13/06/2019 | President

Addressing a plenary session of the Austrian National Council, Liliane Maury Pasquier paid tribute to Austria’s commitment to the work of the Council of Europe and recalled the major fruits of this successful co-operation.

The Platform of Women of the Congolese Diaspora of Belgium take home the European Diaspora Prize

13/06/2019 | Migration, International Protection and Economic Co-operation

The Platform of Women of the Congolese Diaspora of Belgium is the first winner of the European Diaspora Prize awarded at the Annual Diaspora Forum of the Parliamentary Network on Diaspora Policies of the PACE.