15/02/2019 | Elections
A PACE delegation will travel to the Republic of Moldova from 22 to 25 February to observe the conduct of the parliamentary elections, alongside observers from the OSCE-PA, the EP and the OSCE-ODIHR.
12/02/2019 | Political Affairs and Democracy
The committee has queried whether the work since 1991 of the EBRD to develop market economies in transition countries has helped to promote democracy, which is also one of the stated aims of the bank.
07/02/2019 | Monitoring
Telmo Correia and Angela Smith have expressed concern at the conviction and sentencing to six years imprisonment of Dennis Christensen for “organising the activity of an extremist organisation” on the grounds that he is a Jehovah’s Witness.
05/02/2019 | Monitoring
Ongoing developments in combating corruption, as well as the political situation in the country ahead of Presidential and parliamentary elections, were the main focus of a recent visit by PACE monitors.
04/02/2019 | Migration, International Protection and Economic Co-operation
“My thoughts are with the more than 30 000 inhabitants of the city of Rann in Nigeria, who became victims of forced displacement through the brutal attacks of Boko Haram terrorists,” said Fabien Gouttefarde.
04/02/2019 | Migration, International Protection and Economic Co-operation
PACE’s Migration Committee has urged Council of Europe member States to extend development co-operation with Africa to provide hope of “a viable future at home for people who would otherwise migrate to Europe”.
31/01/2019 | Elections
The PACE pre-electoral delegation calls on the relevant authorities to take the necessary steps to ensure the right of citizens to free elections according to the international commitments of the Republic of Moldova.
31/01/2019 | Migration, International Protection and Economic Co-operation
The Committee stated that the Greek authorities should rapidly improve the housing, sanitary and security situations inside the overcrowded Reception and Identification Centres of Lesbos, Samos and Chios.
30/01/2019 | Social Affairs, Health and Sustainable Development
“Anonymity should be waived for all future human gamete donations in Europe”, the Committee on Social Affairs, said, adopting a draft recommendation with a view to a debate in the Assembly’s next session.
29/01/2019 | Migration, International Protection and Economic Co-operation
“I welcome the decision of the European Court of Human Rights to grant an interim measure regarding the Dutch vessel SeaWatch 3 anchored outside the Sicilian harbour of Syracuse,” said Petra De Sutter.
28/01/2019 | Monitoring
PACE’s co-rapporteurs for the monitoring of Turkey, Marianne Mikko and Nigel Evans have welcomed the decision of the High Penal Court of Diyarbakir to release Leyla Güven from prison.
25/01/2019 | Elections
A delegation, headed by Claude Kern, is to make a pre-electoral visit to the Republic of Moldova on 29-30 January to assess the election campaign and political climate ahead of the 24 February parliamentary elections.