22/04/2019 | Prizes
The deadline for submission of nominations for the 2019 Václav Havel Prize is 30 April. The Prize aims to reward "outstanding civil society action in defending human rights in Europe and beyond".
22/04/2019 | Elections
“The Ukrainian people demonstrated very clearly their commitment to securing change through the democratic process,” said Angela Smith, head of the delegation from the PACE.
22/04/2019 | Elections
“Yesterday’s election was well organised and voters who participated in the election were able to make their choice freely,” said Marie-Christine Dalloz, head of the delegation from the Council of Europe Parliamentary Assembly.
18/04/2019 | President
“International and interparliamentary cooperation is more necessary than ever to counter international terrorism, violent extremism and radicalisation,” PACE President Liliane Maury Pasquier said in her address.
16/04/2019 | Elections
A 16-member PACE delegation, led by Angela Smith, will travel to Ukraine to observe the 2nd round of the presidential election, alongside observers from the OSCE-PA, the EP, and the OSCE-ODIHR.
16/04/2019 | Elections
An 8-member delegation of the Council of Europe Parliamentary Assembly (PACE), led by Marie-Christine Dalloz (France, EPP/CD), will travel to North Macedonia to observe the conduct of the presidential election, alongside observers from the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly and the OSCE Office for...
12/04/2019 | Session
Approving a resolution based on a report by José Cepeda, the Assembly called for better fact-checking and content-moderation, identifying and warning users and blocking such material in the most serious cases.
12/04/2019 | Session
The Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe held this afternoon a free debate on current issues not included in the session agenda. Twelve parliamentarians took the floor.
12/04/2019 | Session
“Anonymity should be waived for all future gamete donations in Council of Europe member States,” PACE said today, after a debate in plenary session in Strasbourg, in adopting a recommendation based on the report by Petra De Sutter.
12/04/2019 | Rules, Ethics and Immunities
Parliamentarians from Andorra, Liechtenstein, Sweden and Norway voted most often in plenary debates of the Council of Europe Parliamentary Assembly (PACE) during 2018, according to statistics.
12/04/2019 | President
A PACE Ad hoc Committee will participate on 18 April in a conference in Saint Petersburg on “Countering international terrorism”, as well as PACE President Liliane Maury Pasquier, who will make a speech at the conference's plenary session.
11/04/2019 | Session
“Armenia is today unequivocally a democratic country with absolute freedom of expression, and our government is continuing to enhance respect for human rights,” said Nikol Pashinyan, Prime Minister of Armenia.