27/06/2018 | Session
The Council of Europe is not an ‘à la carte menu’. We should not merely enjoy the benefits of the membership; we should also honour and respect its obligations, Peter Pellegrini, Prime Minister of the Slovak Republic, said today.
26/06/2018 | Legal Affairs and Human Rights
Pieter Omtzigt, rapporteur on the investigation into the assassination of Daphne Caruana Galizia in Malta, has been authorised to receive information from anonymous sources and to protect their identity.
26/06/2018 | Session
PACE has said that greater financial support from the international community for refugees in the countries neighbouring Syria is “indispensable”, while calling on these countries to maintain an “open-door” policy.
26/06/2018 | Session
Croatian Prime Minister Andrej Plenković, addressing PACE in the framework of Croatia’s Chairmanship, underlined that all member States must unequivocally implement the Council’s shared standards.
26/06/2018 | Session
The Assembly today elected Gilberto Felici as judge to the European Court of Human Rights in respect of San Marino. Mr Felici is elected judge of the Court for a term of office of nine years.
26/06/2018 | Session
The Assembly called on member States to respect the human rights and fundamental freedoms of human rights defenders, including their rights to a fair trial and their freedoms of expression and assembly and association.
26/06/2018 | Session
Some 35 members of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe spoke today in the so-called “free debate”, which allows parliamentarians to speak on current issues not already included on the session agenda.
26/06/2018 | Session
Council of Europe Secretary General Thorbjørn Jagland replied to questions from members of the Parliamentary Assembly in a question and answer session during the Parliamentary Assembly’s Summer part-session.
25/06/2018 | Session
The Assembly will hold debates on “Threats to the health and life of Ukrainian prisoners in the Russian Federation and occupied Crimea” and on “International obligations of Council of Europe member States: to protect life at sea”.
25/06/2018 | Session
Liliane Maury Pasquier (Switzerland, SOC) has been elected President of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe. Succeeding Michele Nicoletti, she becomes PACE’s 32nd President.
25/06/2018 | Legal Affairs and Human Rights
The PACE Committee on Legal Affairs and Human Rights considers that the Russian Federation should “hand over the wreckage of the Polish Air Force Tu-154 to the competent Polish authorities without further delay”.
25/06/2018 | Session
Minister of Foreign and European Affairs Marija Pejčinović Burić spelled out the priorities of Croatia for its six-month spell chairing the Council of Europe’s Committee of Ministers in a speech today.