08/10/2018 | Session
Adopting its agenda, the Assembly decided to hold a current affairs debate on “The future of the Council of Europe”. The strengthening of PACE decision-making process concerning credentials and voting will also be discussed.
08/10/2018 | Session
“The debate on possible changes to our Rules of Procedure will dominate the Session. The question is whether our rules enable our Assembly to perform its functions effectively or if they need to be adapted,” the President said.
08/10/2018 | Prizes
The sixth Václav Havel Human Rights Prize – which honours outstanding civil society action in defence of human rights – has been awarded to the head of the Grozny office of the Memorial Human Rights Center in Chechyna, Oyub Titiev.
08/10/2018 | Elections
“Yesterday’s voting was calm, and electors made their choice freely among a large number of parties and candidates," said Dame Cheryl Gillan, Head of the delegation from the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe.
08/10/2018 | Monitoring
Frank Schwabe and Zsolt Nemeth, co-rapporteurs of the Parliamentary Assembly for post-monitoring dialogue with Bulgaria, are appalled by the brutal murder and rape of Bulgarian journalist Viktoria Marinova.
08/10/2018 | Session
The debate on the progress report of the Bureau and the Standing Committee of the Parliamentary Assembly, presented by Rósa Björk Brynjólfsdóttir today, has covered the following themes:
08/10/2018 | Legal Affairs and Human Rights
The Parliamentary Assembly's Legal Affairs Committee today held a hearing on “Daphne Caruana Galizia’s assassination and the rule of law, in Malta and beyond: ensuring that the whole truth emerges”.
03/10/2018 | Monitoring
The co-rapporteur for the monitoring of Armenia by the PACE, Yuliya Lovochkina, has called on all political forces and players in Armenia to fully respect democratic principles and the rule of law, both in word and deed.
01/10/2018 | Session
At its autumn session in Strasbourg (8-12 October 2018), the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) is due to discuss the strengthening of its decision-making process concerning credentials and voting.
01/10/2018 | Elections
Although the legal framework did not sufficiently cover all aspects of the process, the referendum in “the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia” was administered impartially and fundamental freedoms were respected, concluded the observers.
01/10/2018 | Monitoring
Frank Schwabe and Zsolt Németh, co-rapporteurs of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe for post-monitoring dialogue with Bulgaria, will make a fact-finding visit to Sofia from 3 to 5 October.
01/10/2018 | Elections
A PACE delegation will observe the conduct of the 7 October general elections in Bosnia and Herzegovina, alongside observers from the OSCE-PA and NATO-PA, the European Parliament and the OSCE’s ODIHR.