12/09/2018 | Legal Affairs and Human Rights
The rapporteur on new challenges in the fight against organised crime and money laundering, welcomed the news that the European Commission proposes to ensure that EU anti-money laundering regulations are properly enforced.
11/09/2018 | Political Affairs and Democracy
After seven years of implementation of the partnership for democracy between the Parliament of Morocco and PACE, the he Political Affairs Committee has made a “positive assessment” of its results.
11/09/2018 | Political Affairs and Democracy
Political Affairs Committee has urged Council of Europe states to “put an end” to any foreign funding of Islam which is used for the purpose of “national political expansion into other States under the guise of Islam”.
11/09/2018 | Monitoring
Following a visit to Tirana, the co-rapporteurs Andrej Hunko and Joseph O’Reilly have expressed their satisfaction with the on-going vetting process of judges and prosecutors in the country.
10/09/2018 | Legal Affairs and Human Rights
With the adoption of a report by Donald Anderson, the committee wants to reaffirm its commitment to the fight against impunity for perpetrators of serious human rights violations and against corruption.
10/09/2018 | Legal Affairs and Human Rights
In many European States, regular criminal trials have gradually been replaced by different forms of trial waiver systems. These trial waiver systems have clear potential advantages, but also serious drawbacks.
10/09/2018 | Legal Affairs and Human Rights
“Member States should fully co-operate with the Council of Europe and United Nations human rights monitoring mechanisms and ensure their unimpeded access to their territory,” said the committee meeting in Paris.
07/09/2018 | Culture, Science, Education and Media
Lord George Foulkes expressed his concern regarding a Kyiv court’s decision to grant the Prosecutor's General's Office access to text messages, calls and locations from the phone of journalist Natalie Sedletska.
06/09/2018 | Equality and Non-Discrimination
Parliamentary Assembly rapporteur Adão Silva will conduct a fact-finding visit to Denmark on 10-11 September, in the context of the preparation of his report entitled “For a disability-inclusive workforce”.
03/09/2018 | Rules of Procedure, Immunities and Institutional Affairs
The Rules Committee has appointed Petra De Sutter to prepare a report covering “proposals relating to the challenge or reconsideration of credentials and to representation and participation rights of national delegations”.
31/08/2018 | Monitoring
Andrej Hunko and Joseph O’Reilly, co-rapporteurs of the Parliamentary Assembly for the monitoring of obligations and commitments by Albania, will make a fact-finding visit to Tirana from 5 to 7 September 2018.
28/08/2018 | Prizes
The selection panel of the Václav Havel Human Rights Prize, comprising independent figures from the world of human rights and chaired by the PACE President, has drawn up the shortlist for the Prize in Prague today.