19/03/2019 | Monitoring
Sunna Aevarsdóttir, Sir Roger Gale and Stefan Schennach welcomed the release, following the Navruz presidential pardon, of more than 400 sentenced prisoners in Azerbaijan, including over 50 persons considered to be political prisoners.
19/03/2019 | Social Affairs, Health and Sustainable Development
The Social Committee has spelled out the essential steps Europe’s cities should take to build inclusive and sustainable urban communities which fully meet a key UN development goal.
19/03/2019 | Legal Affairs and Human Rights
Rapporteurs Frank Schwabe and Raphaël Comte today reacted to the sentencing by a court in the Chechen Republic of human rights activist Oyub Titiev to four years’ imprisonment in a penal colony.
19/03/2019 | Social Affairs, Health and Sustainable Development
The Committee on Social Affairs highlighted the decisive role of parliaments, local and regional authorities, citizens and civil society – in particular young people – in the implementation of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).
15/03/2019 | President
Liliane Maury Pasquier, ending a visit to New York where she took part in the UN Commission on the Status of Women, has joined UN Secretary General António Guterres in calling for a “pushback against the pushback” on gender equality.
14/03/2019 | Legal Affairs and Human Rights
Titus Corlăţean, PACE general rapporteur on the abolition of the death penalty, has welcomed the decision by Gavin Newsom, Governor of California, to sign a moratorium on the death penalty in the state.
14/03/2019 | Election observation
Co-rapporteurs for the monitoring of Georgia have called on all stakeholders in Georgia to fully implement the recommendations made by international observers following the Presidential election in 2018.
13/03/2019 | Political Affairs and Democracy
"The Council of Europe has extensive experience in supporting democratic transitions and political reforms in Europe as well as in neighbouring regions", the Parliamentary Assembly rapporteur underlines.
12/03/2019 | Legal Affairs and Human Rights
Frank Schwabe, rapporteur on "the continuing need to restore human rights and the rule of law in the North Caucasus region", reacted to the CPT public statement on torture in the North Caucasus region.
11/03/2019 | President
On European Remembrance Day for the Victims of Terrorism, PACE President Liliane Maury Pasquier has appealed for victims of terrorism to be recognised officially at international level.
11/03/2019 | Legal Affairs and Human Rights
A round table on whistleblowers will be organised by Sylvain Waserman on 14-15 March in the Council of Europe. This event, “The 48-hour whistle-blower challenge”, will include a live video contribution by Edward Snowden.
08/03/2019 | President
Liliane Maury Pasquier will meet António Guterres, Secretary-General of the United Nations on 11 March in New York, on the occasion of the UN 63rd session of the Commission on the Status of Women.