04/12/2025 | Legal Affairs and Human Rights
The General Rapporteur for political prisoners of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE), Azadeh Rojhan (Sweden, SOC), made the following statement regarding the arrest of Ali Karimli, the Chairman of the Azerbaijan Popular Front Party, on charges of actions aimed at seizing...
04/12/2025 | Legal Affairs and Human Rights
The Deputy Prime Minister and Justice Secretary of the United Kingdom David Lammy has underscored the British Government’s commitment to the European Convention on Human Rights during an exchange of views on 1 December with the Legal Affairs Committee of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council...
03/12/2025 | Equality and Non-Discrimination
“Throughout Europe, persons with disabilities continue to face persistent barriers and higher risks of poverty. They encounter discrimination and limitations to their participation in all areas of life. The inclusion of persons with disabilities is both a condition for social progress and a human...
03/12/2025 | Culture, Science, Education and Media
The Parliamentary Assembly’s Committee on Culture, Science, Education and Media has reaffirmed that the effective participation of young people is “vital for the renewal, resilience and legitimacy of democratic institutions” and stressed that Europe’s future depends on societies “in which young...
03/12/2025 | Equality and Non-Discrimination
The Committee on Equality and Non-Discrimination, meeting today in Paris, expressed concern that conversion practices persist across Council of Europe member states, often covertly.The report by Kate Osborne (United Kingdom, SOC), adopted unanimously by the committee, emphasises that these...
02/12/2025 | Prizes
The 2026 Council of Europe Museum Prize has been awarded to the Young V&A in the United Kingdom. The museum was selected by the Culture Committee of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE), meeting today in Paris. The Young V&A is a branch of the Victoria and Albert Museum, the...
01/12/2025 | Elections
Kyrgyzstan’s early parliamentary elections were efficiently run but the restrictive campaign environment stifled candidate and voter engagement, and while the fundamental freedoms are protected by the constitution, they are increasingly limited in practice and recent changes to the legal...
01/12/2025 | Prizes
The President of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe, Theodoros Rousopoulos, presented the fourth 2025 ‘Human Rights in Motion’ Award at the Porto/Post/Doc Film and Media Festival in Portugal on Sunday 30 November. The international jury selected Rule of Stone (A Lei da Pedra), a...
01/12/2025 | Legal Affairs and Human Rights
“I am concerned by the legislative proposals that are currently being considered under an expedited procedure in the Slovak parliament, which would affect the protection of whistle-blowers,” said Anna-Kristiina Mikkonen (Finland, SOC), rapporteur of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of...
01/12/2025 | Culture, Science, Education and Media
The Parliamentary Alliance for Good Governance and Integrity in Sport of the PACE, chaired by Kim Valentin (Denmark, ALDE), held a hearing on 1 December in Paris, addressing urgent challenges at the intersection of sport, public health, integrity, and human rights. The first session, dedicated to...
28/11/2025 | Migration, International Protection and Economic Co-operation
PACE and the Grand National Assembly of Türkiye co-organised a parliamentary roundtable on “The role of public policy to prevent and address disappearances of migrants”. The event, bringing together more than 80 participants, launched the recently published toolkit for parliamentarians on this...
28/11/2025 | Monitoring
“The respect of judicial decisions is a key principle in any democracy. Political polarisation should not stand in the way of respect for the rule of law, the separation of powers and a culture of constructive institutional dialogue,” said Elvira Kovács (Serbia, EPP/CD) and Valentina Grippo...