20/09/2018 | President
In her opening speech to the Second Eurasian Women’s Forum in St Petersburg, PACE President Liliane Maury Pasquier has welcomed the Forum’s “strategic vision” and its “vision for the future”.
20/09/2018 | Elections
PACE delegation led by Andrej Hunko felt that the general environment was appropriate for democratic elections. However, following discussions, it considered it necessary to stress that there still was room for improvement.
20/09/2018 | Rules, Ethics and Immunities
The Committee on Rules of Procedure proposes to amend some of the Assembly's Rules on challenges to the credentials of national delegations, including as regards the majorities required.
19/09/2018 | Equality and Non-Discrimination
Declaring it “crucial and urgent” that European States overcome the discrimination experienced by both adults and children in rainbow families, a committee has called for the elimination of all unjustified differences in treatment.
19/09/2018 | Parliamentary support
A conference on preventing and combating violence against women, focusing on the role of parliaments in Southern Mediterranean countries in promoting legislative advances and international standards, will be held in Paris on 20 September.
19/09/2018 | Social Affairs, Health and Sustainable Development
A PACE committee has spelled out a series of steps governments should take to improve the safety of nuclear power stations in Europe – and minimise the risk of accidents or terror attacks.
18/09/2018 | Social Affairs, Health and Sustainable Development
“Palliative care should be available not just to patients at their end-of-life stage, but also to those who are seriously ill and chronically ill,” said the committee, which expressed concern about insufficient access to pain relief.
18/09/2018 | Social Affairs, Health and Sustainable Development
Recalling that human organs must not be bought or sold or give rise to financial gain, the Committee on Social Affairs expressed concern about the Global Kidney Exchange concept.
18/09/2018 | Elections
A delegation headed by Dame Cheryl Gillan is to make a pre-electoral visit to Bosnia and Herzegovina from 19 to 21 September to assess the election campaign and political climate ahead of the 7 October general elections.
18/09/2018 | Social Affairs, Health and Sustainable Development
“The principle of the anonymity of human gamete donors is put into question by changes in society and in certain European legal instruments and by the evolution of genetic technology,” said Petra De Sutter, at a hearing in Lisbon.
17/09/2018 | President
Liliane Maury Pasquier, President of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE), will address the opening of the Second Eurasian Women’s Forum in Saint Petersburg on 20-21 September.
17/09/2018 | Social Affairs, Health and Sustainable Development
The committee reaffirmed the key role of decentralisation in ensuring better responsiveness of public services to local needs, promoting the responsible exercise of power and strengthening confidence in public authorities.