18/05/2018 | Monitoring
The co-rapporteurs for the monitoring of Ukraine, Eerik-Niiles Kross and Dzhema Grozdanova, have expressed their deep concern at the opening of a bridge over the Kerch Strait between Russia and illegally-annexed Crimea.
18/05/2018 | President
Michele Nicoletti, addressing a gathering of Council of Europe ministers in Denmark, has called on the organisation to “concentrate on our core mission, which is defending human rights, democracy and the rule of law”.
17/05/2018 | Secretary General of the Assembly
PACE Secretary General Wojciech Sawicki met with the Secretary General of the OSCE PA Roberto Montella and his counterpart from the NATO PA, David Hobbs, for the latest in regular consultations.
16/05/2018 | Transparency and Integrity
The PACE Committee on Rules of Procedure has found that four individual members named in the report of the Independent Investigation Body looking into allegations of corruption within the Assembly have “seriously breached” its Code of Conduct, and ruled that all four should be temporarily...
16/05/2018 | Political Affairs and Democracy
“I strongly condemn the disproportionate use of force by the Israeli Army. I join my voice to those asking for an international investigation,” said Mrs Oomen-Ruijten reacting to the escalation of violence in Gaza.
16/05/2018 | Equality and Non-Discrimination
“Over the last year we have seen regrettable setbacks in the situation of the daily lives of many LGBTI people in Europe,” said Piet De Bruyn, on the occasion of the Day against Homophobia and Transphobia.
09/05/2018 | Transparency and Integrity
At a meeting in Paris, the PACE Committee on Rules of Procedure, Immunities and Institutional Affairs will hold a hearing (in camera) of some of the PACE members mentioned in the report of the Independent Investigation Body on the allegations of corruption within the Assembly. The agenda will...
07/05/2018 | Equality and Non-Discrimination
Expressing concern about the situation of detainees with disabilities, the committee has denounced States’ failure to ensure accessibility and reasonable accommodation for their specific needs.
02/05/2018 | Culture, Science, Education and Media
Marking World Press Freedom Day (3 May), Lord George Foulkes, General Rapporteur on media freedom and the safety of journalists, has highlighted the fundamental role of journalists and the media in democratic societies.
02/05/2018 | Migration, International Protection and Economic Co-operation
The network on diaspora policies, in co-operation with the IOM, will organise on 18 May in Geneva its first annual Forum dedicated to "Diasporas as partners for development in the globalised world".
27/04/2018 | Social Affairs, Health and Sustainable Development
The Committee on Social Affairs re-affirmed that the best interest of the child “should be a primary consideration in all actions concerning children”, in accordance with the United Nations Convention.
27/04/2018 | Session
The Council of Europe Parliamentary Assembly today has warned of the new threat of “hybrid war,” in which adversaries combine traditional military action with other hostile acts in the information sphere.