27/06/2018 | Session
The Council of Europe is not an ‘à la carte menu’. We should not merely enjoy the benefits of the membership; we should also honour and respect its obligations, Peter Pellegrini, Prime Minister of the Slovak Republic, said today.
27/06/2018 | Session
PACE expressed its concern over new restrictions imposed on NGOs activities in several member States. The space for civil society has been shrinking, especially in the area of human rights, it said.
27/06/2018 | Monitoring
The impressive turnout in the elections held on 24 June in Turkey (88 per cent) and the diversity of parties in parliament are clear signs of the Turkish people’s attachment to pluralistic democracy.
27/06/2018 | Session
Council of Europe member States should put the protection of human life above all other considerations during sea rescues, PACE has said after a series of debates on the migration and refugee crisis.
27/06/2018 | Transparency and Integrity
The PACE Committee on Rules of Procedure has found that fourteen former members of the Assembly named in the report of the Independent Investigation Body looking into allegations of corruption within the Assembly have breached its Code of Conduct, and ruled that they should be deprived of the...
27/06/2018 | Session
PACE has urged the Russian Federation to conduct an impartial and effective investigation into the persecution of LGBTI people in the Chechen Republic, following the information published in 2017 by the Russian newspaper Novaya Gazeta.
27/06/2018 | Equality and Non-Discrimination
Council of Europe member States should ensure gender sensitivity in the design and implementation of all integration policies for migrants and refugees, the PACE Equality Committee said.
26/06/2018 | Legal Affairs and Human Rights
Pieter Omtzigt, rapporteur on the investigation into the assassination of Daphne Caruana Galizia in Malta, has been authorised to receive information from anonymous sources and to protect their identity.
26/06/2018 | Session
PACE has said that greater financial support from the international community for refugees in the countries neighbouring Syria is “indispensable”, while calling on these countries to maintain an “open-door” policy.
26/06/2018 | Session
Croatian Prime Minister Andrej Plenković, addressing PACE in the framework of Croatia’s Chairmanship, underlined that all member States must unequivocally implement the Council’s shared standards.
26/06/2018 | Session
The Assembly today elected Gilberto Felici as judge to the European Court of Human Rights in respect of San Marino. Mr Felici is elected judge of the Court for a term of office of nine years.
26/06/2018 | Session
The Assembly called on member States to respect the human rights and fundamental freedoms of human rights defenders, including their rights to a fair trial and their freedoms of expression and assembly and association.