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.
06/11/2018 | Social Affairs, Health and Sustainable Development
Believing that territorial solidarity was “a matter of democratic security”, Mr. Grin said that it was impossible to ensure the prosperity of certain regions to the detriment of others, addressing the Congress today.
29/10/2018 | Elections
The presidential election was competitive and professionally administered. Candidates were able to campaign freely and voters had a genuine choice, although there were instances of the misuse of state resources, observers say.
26/10/2018 | Equality and Non-Discrimination
“For far too long, discrimination against intersex people has played havoc with their lives and led to appalling violations of their rights,” said Piet De Bruyn, on the occasion of Intersex Awareness Day.
26/10/2018 | Political Affairs and Democracy
Following a visit to Amman, Theodora Bakoyannis, who is preparing a report on “The situation in Syria and its effects upon surrounding countries”, has underlined the importance of reaching a political solution to the Syrian crisis.
23/10/2018 | Elections
A 25-member PACE delegation, headed by Andrej Hunko, will travel to Georgia from 26 to 29 October to observe the conduct of the presidential election alongside observers from the OSCE-PA, European Parliament, NATO-PA and OSCE-ODIHR.
22/10/2018 | President
Liliane Maury Pasquier will participate on 16 October in Geneva in the launch of the IPU-PACE study on “Sexism, harassment and violence against women in parliaments”, alongside the President of the IPU.