31/01/2020 | Session
PACE has called for “a legally binding Council of Europe instrument against trafficking in human tissues and cells, possibly in the form of an additional protocol to the Convention against trafficking in Human Organs”.
30/01/2020 | Session
The Parliamentary Assembly expressed its concern about the situation of the children in Syria and Iraq whose parents, believed to be affiliated to ISIS/Daesh, are citizens of Council of Europe member States.
30/01/2020 | Session
“There can no longer be any doubt that Azerbaijan has a problem of political prisoners, and that this problem is due to structural and systemic causes,” the Parliamentary Assembly has declared.
30/01/2020 | Session
“Letting the children of suspected ISIS fighters die in the camps of Northern Syria will not bring more security in Europe, or anywhere else. Repatriating these children is the only way forward,” the Commissioner said.
30/01/2020 | Session
The Council of Europe should “do more to combat human trafficking and to ensure that its legal standards are adequate and implemented by all member States”, the Assembly declared during a joint debate.
30/01/2020 | Session
The Assembly welcomed the positive developments and the progress made during this period or expressed concern about remaining shortcomings in a number of countries “that undermine their democratic consolidation”.
29/01/2020 | Session
The Assembly’s Rules Committee has concluded that the credentials of three national delegations, challenged on procedural grounds at the opening of the session, should be ratified.
29/01/2020 | Session
The Parliamentary Assembly today reaffirmed that Council of Europe member States “had an obligation to ensure non-discrimination in the workplace including on the grounds of religion or belief”.
29/01/2020 | Session
“Despite the uncertainties, the European project of the Common Home remains a project that inspires and mobilises,” said Igor Dodon, President of the Republic of Moldova, addressing the Assembly today.
29/01/2020 | Session
The Council of Europe must take a leading role in overcoming new challenges to human rights, democracy and the rule of law, Secretary General Marija Pejčinović Burić has told the Parliamentary Assembly.
29/01/2020 | Session
The Assembly welcomed the contacts with the Committee of Ministers with a view to setting up a joint procedure between the two organs in response to a serious violation by a member State of its statutory obligations.
29/01/2020 | Session
PACE has ratified the credentials of the Russian parliamentary delegation – by 96 votes to 44, with 7 abstentions – after they were challenged on substantive grounds on the opening day of the session.