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Ensuring unlimited access of human rights monitoring bodies to member States

10/09/2018 | Legal Affairs and Human Rights

“Member States should fully co-operate with the Council of Europe and United Nations human rights monitoring mechanisms and ensure their unimpeded access to their territory,” said the committee meeting in Paris.

Call for respect of confidentiality of journalists’ sources

07/09/2018 | Culture, Science, Education and Media

Lord George Foulkes expressed his concern regarding a Kyiv court’s decision to grant the Prosecutor's General's Office access to text messages, calls and locations from the phone of journalist Natalie Sedletska.

Rapporteur’s visit to Denmark focuses on ‘the inclusion of persons with disabilities on the labour market’

06/09/2018 | Equality and Non-Discrimination

Parliamentary Assembly rapporteur Adão Silva will conduct a fact-finding visit to Denmark on 10-11 September, in the context of the preparation of his report entitled “For a disability-inclusive workforce”.

PACE committee to weigh proposals related to Assembly rules on ‘participation rights’ of national delegations

03/09/2018 | Rules, Ethics and Immunities

The Rules Committee has appointed Petra De Sutter to prepare a report covering “proposals relating to the challenge or reconsideration of credentials and to representation and participation rights of national delegations”.

Albania: monitoring visit by PACE rapporteurs

31/08/2018 | Monitoring

Andrej Hunko and Joseph O’Reilly, co-rapporteurs of the Parliamentary Assembly for the monitoring of obligations and commitments by Albania, will make a fact-finding visit to Tirana from 5 to 7 September 2018.

Three candidates shortlisted for the 2018 Václav Havel Prize

28/08/2018 | Prizes

The selection panel of the Václav Havel Human Rights Prize, comprising independent figures from the world of human rights and chaired by the PACE President, has drawn up the shortlist for the Prize in Prague today.

PACE President makes official visit to the Czech Republic

24/08/2018 | President

Liliane Maury Pasquier will make an official visit to the Czech Republic on 27-28 August, during which she is due to meet the Speaker of the Chamber of Deputies, the President of the Senate and the Prime Minister.

Václav Havel Human Rights Prize 2018: three nominees to be shortlisted in Prague

20/08/2018 | Prizes

The Selection Panel of the PACE Václav Havel Human Rights Prize will meet on Tuesday 28 August in Prague to determine a shortlist of three nominees from among the candidatures received.

Rapporteurs welcome the release of AI Turkey Chair Taner Kılıç, ask for all charges to be dropped

16/08/2018 | Monitoring

"We welcome the release of Taner Kılıç, Honorary Chair of Amnesty International Turkey and also reiterate our call to drop all the terror-related charges still pending against him," said Marianne Mikko and Nigel Evans.

President relieved at the release of Mr Mammadov, calls to free all other persons detained because of their...

14/08/2018 | President

Liliane Maury Pasquier expressed her relief at the release of Ilgar Mammadov, leader of the opposition civic movement ReAl in Azerbaijan, who had served more than five years in prison.

PACE President welcomes the end of the Turkish derogation in time of emergency under Article 15 of the ECHR

10/08/2018 | President

"The formal notification by the Turkish authorities to the Secretary General of the Council of Europe on 8 August, is to be welcomed," PACE President Liliane Maury Pasquier said today.

European Diaspora Prize: two weeks left to submit nominations

03/08/2018 | Migration, International Protection and Economic Co-operation

The call for nominations for the 2018 European Diaspora Prize will be closed on 15 August next. The European Diaspora Prize rewards every year the action of a outstanding diaspora association.