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Co-rapporteurs to make monitoring visit to Georgia

13/09/2019 | Monitoring

Titus Corlatean and Claude Kern, PACE co-rapporteurs for the monitoring of obligations and commitments by Georgia, will make a fact-finding visit to the country from 17 to 18 September.

Azerbaijan: the President calls for open and frank dialogue and increased co-operation

13/09/2019 | President

Following her visit to Azerbaijan, PACE President Liliane Maury Pasquier called for open and frank dialogue and increased co-operation between the Council of Europe and Azerbaijan.

Member States should review their regulatory frameworks for digital platforms, committee says

13/09/2019 | Social Affairs, Health and Sustainable Development

The committee expressed its concern at the digital platforms phenomenon which has grown on the margins of the mainstream economy, and whose actors are accused of infringing workers' social rights and taxation.

Post-monitoring dialogue: North Macedonia commended on progress since 2013

12/09/2019 | Monitoring

The committee has commended the authorities of North Macedonia for the progress made since 2013 as part of the post-monitoring dialogue, and set out a list of five areas it will further assess in its next report.

Lawful profiling – how?

12/09/2019 | Equality and Non-Discrimination

At a hearing on « ethnic profiling in Europe », organised by the Equality Committee, the rapporteur Boriss Cilevics stressed the importance of a clear definition of the conditions under which profiling can be lawful.

Gynaecological and obstetrical violence: lifting the taboo

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.

Preventing discrimination caused by the use of artificial intelligence

12/09/2019 | Equality and Non-Discrimination

The emergence of artificial intelligence that is not subject to regulation under a sovereign and independent democratic process risks leading to increasing human rights violations, stressed Christophe Lacroix.

PACE President makes official visit to Azerbaijan

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.

In Riga, PACE President calls for the ‘anchoring’ of human rights in parliamentary work

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”.

Republic of Moldova: the steps taken to ‘de-oligarchise’ the country and fight against corruption should...

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.

Following prisoner exchange, Volodymyr Tsemakh ‘must remain available’ to MH17 investigators

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.

PACE co-rapporteurs to make fact-finding visit to Montenegro

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.