13/05/2019 | Social Affairs, Health and Sustainable Development
Committee on Social Affairs, Health and Sustainable Development has urged Council of Europe member States to “immediately start transition to the abolition of coercive practices in mental health settings”.
13/05/2019 | Social Affairs, Health and Sustainable Development
The committee encouraged governments and parliaments to step up their involvement in the implementation and monitoring of target 16.2 of the Sustainable Development Goals, to end all forms of violence against children.
10/05/2019 | President
Liliane Maury Pasquier will address the annual meeting of the Committee of Ministers in Helsinki on 17 May, during which the Foreign Ministers will be invited to take key decisions for the future of the Organisation.
06/05/2019 | Elections
“The voting was well organised and voters were able to make their choice freely. But an election is not limited to voting day and some recurrent problems remain unaddressed", said Marie-Christine Dalloz.
05/05/2019 | President
Joint statement by Secretary General Thorbjørn Jagland, President of the Parliamentary Assembly Liliane Maury Pasquier and Chairman of the Committee of Ministers Timo Soini:
03/05/2019 | Culture, Science, Education and Media
On World Press Freedom Day, Lord George Foulkes, rapporteur on media freedom and the safety of journalists, has recalled the fundamental role of journalists and the media in democratic societies.
02/05/2019 | Elections
A PACE delegation, led by Marie-Christine Dalloz, will travel to North Macedonia to observe the 2nd round of the presidential election, alongside observers from the OSCE-PA and the OSCE-ODIHR.
30/04/2019 | President
Speaking at the ceremony to mark Georgia’s 20 years as a member of the Council of Europe, Liliane Maury Pasquier congratulated the country for having progressed far along the path of democracy, human rights and the rule of law.
30/04/2019 | President
Liliane Maury Pasquier expressed deep concern at the decree of the Russian Federation offering citizenship and passports under simplified procedures to residents in the areas of the Donbass.
29/04/2019 | Social Affairs, Health and Sustainable Development
Declaring clean air as “a basic human right”, PACE's Social Affairs Committee has urged states to reverse policies which favour or tolerate diesel vehicles, declaring them “a disaster from a public health perspective”.
28/04/2019 | President
My thoughts are with the victims of the gun shooting yesterday at a synagogue in Poway, San Diego in Calinfornia in the USA, an observer State of the Council of Europe, declared Liliane Maury Pasquier.
25/04/2019 | President
Liliane Maury Pasquier will visit Georgia for a working visit, during which she will meet the President of the Republic, the Prime Minister, the Speaker of the Parliament and the Minister of Foreign Affairs.