15/12/2025 | Artificial Intelligence
Parliamentarians, policymakers, experts, AI professionals, academics and NGO representatives gathered in London for a major conference on artificial intelligence have urged a stronger role for parliaments in shaping the development, application and regulation of AI to ensure that it complies with...
15/12/2025 | Ad Hoc Committee New Democratic Pact
What initiatives are partner organisations of the Council of Europe, such as the European Union and the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), undertaking to protect democracy? This was the focus of the fourth meeting of the PACE ad hoc Committee on the New Democratic Pact...
12/12/2025 | Monitoring
The Monitoring Committee today underlined its concern over “recent developments in Bosnia and Herzegovina, marked by attacks against the State, the rule of law and the institutions established following the General Framework Agreement of Peace”, while noting “cause for hope” after decisions...
12/12/2025 | Monitoring
The Monitoring Committee has adopted its annual report taking stock of its monitoring activities in 2025 and summarising its assessments concerning the countries under a full monitoring procedure or engaged in post-monitoring dialogue, as well as those subject this year to the periodic review of...
11/12/2025 | Artificial Intelligence
The Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) and the UK Parliament will hold a parliamentary conference on artificial intelligence on 15 and 16 December at the House of Commons (Palace of Westminster) in London. This event, which will bring together parliamentarians from Council of...
11/12/2025 | Political Affairs and Democracy
Ukraine's security is now an “indivisible part” of Europe's security, a PACE committee has said, urging support for Ukraine’s accession to the EU which it said would constitute a security guarantee for the country – while also offering a strong incentive to Ukraine to pursue necessary reforms...
10/12/2025 | European Convention on Human Rights
PACE President Theodoros Rousopoulos, addressing an informal meeting of Council of Europe ministers in Strasbourg, has welcomed the beginning of a discussion about the European Convention on Human Rights and migration – but called for it to be rooted “not in fear, but in our commitment to the...
10/12/2025 | Monitoring
The Monitoring Committee, meeting in Paris on 9 December, has proposed “to close the post-monitoring dialogue with North Macedonia”. Adopting a report by Sibel Arslan (Switzerland, SOC) and Joseph O'Reilly (Ireland, EPP/CD), the committee welcomed the measures taken by the authorities to reform...
09/12/2025 | Social Affairs, Health and Sustainable Development
The parliamentary conference on the cost-of-living crisis and the role of the European Social Charter took place on Friday, 5 December 2025 at the Assemblée Nationale in Paris. The event was organised by the PACE Committee on Social Affairs, Health and Sustainable Development in cooperation with...
08/12/2025 | Culture, Science, Education and Media
The General Rapporteur on media freedom and safety of journalists of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE), Valentina Grippo (Italy, ALDE), made the following statement today: “I am deeply concerned by the seven-year prison sentence handed down to French journalist Christophe...
08/12/2025 | Social Affairs, Health and Sustainable Development
A PACE committee has unanimously said it is against a new draft protocol on the involuntary placement and involuntary treatment of persons in mental healthcare services, pointing out it would “make it more difficult to abolish coercive practices” in such settings. The Assembly must give its...
05/12/2025 | Culture, Science, Education and Media
According to the Committee on Culture, Science, Education and Media, which met in Paris on 1 December, “learning and practising democracy must be a core political priority in the education system” in order to help young people gain trust in democracy and engage in democratic citizenship. By...