04/06/2019 | President
“As members of the Parliamentary Assembly, we must act in our national parliaments as vigilant guardians of the Oviedo Convention’s standards,” said PACE President Liliane Maury Pasquier.
03/06/2019 | Migration, International Protection and Economic Co-operation
The Committee on Migration expressed concern by the serious threats that migrant children face on their way to Europe, and important gaps in the policies and procedures, “which limit the legal opportunities for migration in Europe”.
03/06/2019 | Rules of Procedure, Immunities and Institutional Affairs
The Rules Committee welcomes the Committee of Ministers' support for the Assembly's proposal to set up a joint reaction procedure in situations where a member State violates its statutory obligations.
31/05/2019 | Migration, International Protection and Economic Co-operation
The PACE Migration Committee, meeting in Zürich on 29 May, expressed concern at the persistent practices and policy of pushbacks, which are in violation of the rights of asylum-seekers and refugees.
30/05/2019 | President
On behalf of the Parliamentary Assembly, Liliane Maury Pasquier expresses her sincere condolences to the victims of the tragic boat accident on the Danube in Budapest yesterday evening.
29/05/2019 | Legal Affairs and Human Rights
The rule of law in Malta is seriously undermined by the extreme weakness of its system of checks and balances, the Legal Affairs Committee has concluded, approving a report by Pieter Omtzigt.
28/05/2019 | President
“I am relieved that hundreds of prisoners and other people, including Leyla Guven and three other MPs, have stopped their hunger strike," declared Liliane Maury Pasquier.
28/05/2019 | Legal Affairs and Human Rights
The Legal Affairs Committee has called on the Russian authorities to “re-open and continue” their investigation into the murder of Boris Nemtsov, listing a number of “serious concerns” over its independence and effectiveness.
27/05/2019 | Parliamentary support
Staff from Ukraine’s Verkhovna Rada took part in a capacity-building seminar on the parliamentary oversight of public policies, organised in Budapest on 20-21 May by the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe.
27/05/2019 | Monitoring
Lise Christoffersen and Valeriu Ghiletchi, co-rapporteurs of the PACE for post-monitoring dialogue with the Republic of North Macedonia, are to make a fact-finding visit to Skopje from 29 to 31 May.
24/05/2019 | Migration, International Protection and Economic Co-operation
The PACE Parliamentary Network on Diaspora Policies will hold its Annual Diaspora Forum in Istanbul, Turkey, on 10 June 2019. It will focus on democratic participation of diaspora, with a focus on integration, voting rights and citizenship.
24/05/2019 | Standing Committee
Liliane Maury Pasquier gave her full support to the priorities of the French Chairmanship and recalled the “very special symbolic political significance” of this presidency which comes as the organisation marks its 70th anniversary.