11/04/2019 | Session
The Assembly amended various provisions of its Rules to accommodate the changes in parliamentary practice, while drawing on the discussions in the Ad hoc Committee of the Bureau on the role and mission of the Assembly.
11/04/2019 | Social Affairs, Health and Sustainable Development
The 2019 Europe Prize, which is awarded each year by the PACE to the town most active in promoting the European ideal, has been awarded to Donostia/San Sebastián.
11/04/2019 | Session
PACE is deeply concerned by the extent of money laundering in member States, also known as the “Global”, the “Azerbaijani” and the “Troika" Laundromats, and has urged improved national mechanisms to combat it.
11/04/2019 | Session
The Parliamentary Assembly today expressed serious concern regarding the humanitarian situation of asylum seekers in the reception and identification centres on the Greek islands as well as on mainland Greece.
10/04/2019 | Culture, Science, Education and Media
The Culture committee has proposed that the Council of Europe and the European Commission reflect on the creation of a Europe-wide tool to recognise the competences developed by young people participating in arts activities.
10/04/2019 | Session
Georgian Prime Minister Mamuka Bakhtadze has hailed the progress Georgia has made since it joined the Council of Europe, citing a more independent judiciary and greater oversight of human rights.
10/04/2019 | Session
The Assembly expressed its concern at the upsurge in hate speech which incites xenophobia, racial hatred, antisemitism, islamophobia and intolerance, and which targets in particular minorities, immigrants, women and LGBTI persons.
10/04/2019 | Session
The Parliamentary Assembly has called for a series of measures to stop hate speech or acts of hate in sport – including requiring all players and athletes to formally commit to abstain from such acts.
10/04/2019 | Session
PACE has proposed a “joint reaction procedure” involving both of the Council of Europe’s statutory bodies, and the Secretary General, in cases where a member State violates its statutory obligations.
09/04/2019 | Legal Affairs and Human Rights
The hearing on “Daphne Caruana Galizia’s assassination and the rule of law, in Malta and beyond: ensuring that the whole truth emerges” took place at 9am in Room 1 of the Council of Europe.
09/04/2019 | Session
The Secretary General of the Council of Europe Thorbjørn Jagland answered the parliamentarians’ questions during a question and answer exercise as part of the Parliamentary Assembly’s spring session.
09/04/2019 | Session
The Parliamentary Assembly today elected Lorraine Schembri Orland as judge to the European Court of Human Rights in respect of Malta. Ms Lorraine Schembri Orland obtained an absolute majority of votes cast.