18/11/2014 | Standing Committee
The Standing Committee expresses concern about allegations from all sides of vote buying and selling and other election irregularities, which had a negative effect on voter confidence.
18/11/2014 | Standing Committee
There is an urgent need for governments to take the necessary steps to resolve the problems that exist in Europe's refugee collective centres, particularly with regard to the quality of housing, the PACE said.
18/11/2014 | Standing Committee
It is estimated that there are 691 000 refugees in need of resettlement in 2014. It is therefore time to increase and more efficiently process resettlement programmes in Europe, the Assembly said.
18/11/2014 | Standing Committee
The Standing Committee has called for “treatment programmes” for perpetrators of domestic violence and for sex offenders – provided they do not come at the expense of assistance for victims of violence.
10/11/2014 | Standing Committee
The PACE Standing Committee will meet in Brussels on Tuesday 18 November at the Federal Parliament, in the context of the Belgian Chairmanship of the Committee of Ministers (13 November 2014-May 2015).
23/05/2014 | Standing Committee
The PACE believes that the early parliamentary elections were conducted on a sound legal basis and offered voters a genuine choice. The report by Pedro Agramunt states that fundamental freedoms were upheld.
23/05/2014 | Standing Committee
In line with the proposals made by Valeriu Ghiletchi, PACE made two recommendations to the Committee of Ministers: prolong the ONE in FIVE Campaign for one year and institute a European Day to fight sexual violence against children.
23/05/2014 | Standing Committee
At today's meeting in Baku, the Standing Committee proposed that member States establish a transition category, between the ages of 18 and 25, for unaccompanied migrant children who reach the age of majority.
23/05/2014 | Standing Committee
PACE has given its green light to a new Council of Europe treaty which will result in new laws to crack down on “match-fixing”, illegal betting and other forms of corruption in sport, calling for it to enter into force swiftly.
23/05/2014 | Standing Committee
The Assembly called on national parliaments national human rights institutions to actively engage in concrete co-operation on equality and non-discrimination issues in order to improve human rights protection for all.
23/05/2014 | Standing Committee
The policies of several European countries, which require obligatory HIV testing, or testing without the consent of migrants, raise serious human rights concerns,” said PACE adopting a resolution.
23/05/2014 | Standing Committee
"Azerbaijan will put in efforts in order to successfully continue the work carried out to reinforce the fundamental principles of the Council of Europe", the Speaker of the Milli Majlis said in Baku addressing PACE’s Standing Committee.