04/12/2018 | Social Affairs, Health and Sustainable Development
The committee called on Council of Europe member States to carry out an in-depth evaluation of existing domestic legal and policy measures for workplace stress prevention, management and reduction.
03/12/2018 | Equality and Non-Discrimination
“The 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development pledges to “leave no one behind” and mentions equality and inclusion as fundamental principles. We should fully support this approach, stated Adão Silva.
30/11/2018 | Parliamentary support
The latest in a series of seminars aimed at helping national parliaments to implement the standards of the European Convention on Human Rights took place in Budapest this week.
30/11/2018 | Migration, International Protection and Economic Co-operation
"The Day for the Abolition of Slavery must be a stark reminder for us all that, that governments of the world have committed themselves to end modern slavery and human trafficking by the year 2030", said Vernon Coaker.
29/11/2018 | Legal Affairs and Human Rights
The General Rapporteur on the abolition of the death penalty and the Chairperson of the Political Affairs Committee, have strongly condemned the execution of Syamyon Berazhny and Ihar Hershankou.
29/11/2018 | Election observation
The second round of Georgia’s presidential election was competitive and candidates were able to campaign freely, however one side enjoyed an undue advantage, which confirmed concerns expressed by the PACE delegation.
28/11/2018 | Monitoring
Still on the topic of Ukraine’s efforts to combat corruption, the co-rapporteurs expressed their concern at the fact that tensions between the main bodies had not subsided or been resolved.
26/11/2018 | Election observation
Andrej Hunko and Reina de Bruijn-Wezeman will travel to Georgia from 27 to 29 November to observe the conduct of the second round of the presidential election, alongside observers from the OSCE-PA, EP and OSCE-ODIHR.
26/11/2018 | President
“I am greatly concerned by the events on Sunday in which force was used and people were injured in the seizure of Ukrainian vessels in the Azov Sea,” Parliamentary Assembly President Liliane Maury Pasquier said.
26/11/2018 | Monitoring
PACE co-rapporteurs for the monitoring of Georgia, Kerstin Lundgren and Titus Corlăţean, have condemned the ongoing “borderisation” of the administrative boundary line with South Ossetia by the Russian Federation.
23/11/2018 | Standing Committee
“Our Assembly must send a loud and clear message that sexism and sexual abuse in parliaments across Europe are simply unacceptable,” said PACE President Liliane Maury Pasquier in Helsinki, launching a hashtag campaign.
23/11/2018 | Standing Committee
PACE has called for the official recognition of sign languages so that deaf persons can “exercise their fundamental rights”. Such recognition would also “contribute to further promoting the richness of deaf culture”.