23/11/2018 | Standing Committee
In a turbulent Europe, PACE President Liliane Maury Pasquier has welcomed the “calm and steady hand” of Finland at the helm of the Council of Europe during the Finnish Presidency of the organisation.
23/11/2018 | Standing Committee
The Standing Committee proposed a series of measures to ensure access to palliative care, not just to the terminally ill but also to those who are chronically ill and to persons requiring high levels of individual care.
23/11/2018 | Political Affairs and Democracy
Mogens Jensen, rapporteur on the evaluation of the partnership for democracy with the Parliament of Jordan, will travel to Amman on 27-28 November for a fact-finding visit.
23/11/2018 | Standing Committee
PACE has further improved the way the Assembly elects judges to the European Court of Human Rights, including streamlining the procedure for rejecting lists of candidates which do not meet the required standards.
23/11/2018 | Standing Committee
PACE’s Standing Committee called on member States to promote student mobility to and from their countries, through a set of measures on tuition fees, accreditation of diplomas and compatibility between education systems.
22/11/2018 | President
Recalling the Court's findings that the extensions of Mr Demirtaş’ detention 'had pursued the predominant purpose of limiting freedom of political debate,' PACE President hoped for the speedy implementation of the judgment.
20/11/2018 | President
Speaking at the World Forum for Democracy, PACE President Liliane Maury Pasquier has urged a “cultural shift” over sexist violence in society, including by addressing sexist stereotypes and clichés.
19/11/2018 | Social Affairs, Health and Sustainable Development
“One in five children are victims of sexual abuse or violence, and in the field of sport, children are particularly vulnerable,” Liliane Maury Pasquier said today, at an event organised by PACE's Social Affairs Committee.
15/11/2018 | Standing Committee
The PACE Standing Committee will meet at the Finnish Parliament in Helsinki on Friday 23 November, as Finland begins its six-month presidency of the Council of Europe’s ministerial body (November 2018-May 2019).
15/11/2018 | Monitoring
Dzhema Grozdanova and Alfred Heer, Assembly co-rapporteurs for the monitoring of obligations and commitments by Ukraine, will make a fact-finding visit to Kyiv from 19 to 21 November 2018.
12/11/2018 | Political Affairs and Democracy
Leading figures from Croatia and the Council of Europe have pledged new ways to help build “democratic security” in the Mediterranean and North Africa at a parliamentary conference in Dubrovnik which focused on shared values.
06/11/2018 | President
At the opening of a conference aimed at promoting democratic security in the Mediterranean, Liliane Maury Pasquier appealed to the shared universal values which have historically linked the countries around the Mediterranean.