22/11/2013 | Standing Committee
"Following the events after the presidential election in Belarus in 2010, the Nordic Council has suspended contact with the regime," said Marit Nybakk, President of the Nordic Council, addressing the Standing Committee in Vienna today.
22/11/2013 | Standing Committee
Europe urgently needs to draw up common standards for treating the estimated 300,000 irregular migrants and failed asylum seekers who are forced to return to their home countries every year.
22/11/2013 | Standing Committee
Georgia’s October Presidential election was “efficiently administered, transparent and took place in an amicable and constructive environment,” according to a report debated today by the Standing Committee.
22/11/2013 | Standing Committee
Although describing the electoral process observed around the presidential election day in Azerbaijan (9 October 2013) as “free, fair and transparent”, PACE observers consider that fundamental freedoms remain “a serious concern” in the country.
22/11/2013 | Standing Committee
In a resolution adopted by the Standing Committee, the Assembly called on Council of Europe members to engage in “more active and efficient international co-operation” in combating drug traffic from Afghanistan.
22/11/2013 | Standing Committee
The Standing Committee, examining a report by Rafael Huseynov, recalls that the majority of Council of Europe conventions are open to non-member States, but few of them have availed themselves of this opportunity.
22/11/2013 | Standing Committee
In order to strengthen “the constructive criticism the Assembly needs to send”, the Standing Committee adopted amendments to the opinion on the draft Council of Europe Convention against Trafficking in Human Organs.
22/11/2013 | Standing Committee
PACE Standing Committee welcomed the draft Council of Europe Convention against trafficking in human organs, but regretted that the text focuses on the criminal aspects rather than on prevention and co-operation.
22/11/2013 | Standing Committee
“2013 will prove to have been a turning point in combating violence against women,” said José Mendes Bota ahead of the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women.
22/11/2013 | Standing Committee
Unanimously adopting a resolution on "Good governance of large metropolises", the Standing Committee invited all member States of the Council of Europe to continue to promote good governance at all levels of government.
22/11/2013 | Standing Committee
The Standing Committee has laid down new guidelines for the conduct of members of the Assembly, who should now be asked to “conduct themselves in a courteous, polite and respectful manner” during debates.
18/11/2013 | Standing Committee
The meeting of the Standing Committee will be held in Vienna at the Austrian Parliament on Friday 22 November 2013 under the Austrian Chairmanship of the Committee of Ministers. The meeting is open to the press.