08/10/2018 | Legal Affairs and Human Rights
The Parliamentary Assembly's Legal Affairs Committee today held a hearing on “Daphne Caruana Galizia’s assassination and the rule of law, in Malta and beyond: ensuring that the whole truth emerges”.
03/10/2018 | Monitoring
The co-rapporteur for the monitoring of Armenia by the PACE, Yuliya Lovochkina, has called on all political forces and players in Armenia to fully respect democratic principles and the rule of law, both in word and deed.
01/10/2018 | Session
At its autumn session in Strasbourg (8-12 October 2018), the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) is due to discuss the strengthening of its decision-making process concerning credentials and voting.
01/10/2018 | Election observation
Although the legal framework did not sufficiently cover all aspects of the process, the referendum in “the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia” was administered impartially and fundamental freedoms were respected, concluded the observers.
01/10/2018 | Migration, International Protection and Economic Co-operation
During the second regional meeting held in Kyiv on 24 September 2018, Duarte Marques (Portugal, EPP/CD) was appointed Coordinator of the Parliamentary Network on Diaspora Policies.
01/10/2018 | Monitoring
Frank Schwabe and Zsolt Németh, co-rapporteurs of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe for post-monitoring dialogue with Bulgaria, will make a fact-finding visit to Sofia from 3 to 5 October.
01/10/2018 | Election observation
A PACE delegation will observe the conduct of the 7 October general elections in Bosnia and Herzegovina, alongside observers from the OSCE-PA and NATO-PA, the European Parliament and the OSCE’s ODIHR.
27/09/2018 | Election of Judges
A committee has proposed further improvements to the procedure the Assembly uses to elect judges to the European Court of Human Rights, including streamlining the procedure for rejecting lists of candidates.
26/09/2018 | Prizes
The 2018 Europe Prize will be awarded to the Ukrainian city of Ivano-Frankivsk at a ceremony in the town on 28 September. Jaak Madison, member of the Social Affairs Committee will present the Prize to the city Mayor.
25/09/2018 | Election observation
PACE will send a delegation to “the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia” to observe the conduct of the referendum organised following the agreement signed by Greece and “the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia” on 17 June.
25/09/2018 | Culture, Science, Education and Media
“Media freedom is an essential condition for democratic elections; the media must be free to inform the public without political or economic pressure,” said the Culture Committee, meeting in Tbilisi.
22/09/2018 | Election observation
A pre-electoral delegation from the Parliamentary Assembly visited Sarajevo and Banja Luka to assess the election campaign and the preparation of the General elections to be held in Bosnia and Herzegovina on 7 October 2018.