04/04/2018 | Election observation
A 33-member PACE delegation, led by Viorel Riceard Badea, will observe the early Presidential election in Azerbaijan on 11 April,alongside observers from the OSCE-PA and the OSCE-ODIHR.
29/03/2018 | Legal Affairs and Human Rights
Yves Cruchten, who is preparing a report for the Parliamentary Assembly on preventing inappropriate restrictions on NGO activities in Europe, is to make a fact-finding visit to Turkey on 5-6 April.
29/03/2018 | President
“We must spare no efforts to eradicate corruption from our political systems and develop a ‘morality of governance’ that merits the respect of our citizens,” said Michele Nicoletti.
29/03/2018 | Monitoring
Egidijus Vareikis and Maryvonne Blondin, co-rapporteurs for the monitoring of the Moldova, are to visit the country from 3 to 5 April to prepare their assessment of how far it is honouring its Council of Europe obligations and commitments.
28/03/2018 | Social Affairs, Health and Sustainable Development
“Mechanisms for decentralisation need to be further developed and translated into relevant legislation, by promoting a culture of dialogue between central authorities and local authorities,” said Luís Leite Ramos.
27/03/2018 | Monitoring
Co-rapporteurs Marianne Mikko and Nigel Evans will be making a fact-finding visit to Turkey from 28 to 30 March to assess the honouring of the country’s obligations and commitments to the Council of Europe.
27/03/2018 | President
“We must deploy all our efforts to fulfill our main responsibility, which is to preserve European unity,” said Michele Nicoletti, paying tribute the Congress’ initiatives aimed at bringing people together.
23/03/2018 | President
Michele Nicoletti condemned “in the strongest possible terms” this morning’s terrorist attacks in Trèbes. “I want to send a message of sympathy to families of the victims and to the French people and the French authorities".
23/03/2018 | Monitoring
Following his visit to Kyiv, Eerik-Niiles Kross welcomed the many reforms that have been implemented by the Ukrainian authorities, since the adoption of PACE Resolution on the functioning of democratic institutions in Ukraine.
22/03/2018 | Culture, Science, Education and Media
Several challenges to the editorial integrity and independence of the media are arising in the member States said the committee. The emergence of the Internet-based media has triggered a dramatic decline in revenues of traditional media.
21/03/2018 | Session
At its spring session (Strasbourg, 23-27 April), the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) will look at states of emergency and derogations from the European Convention on Human Rights.
21/03/2018 | Migration, International Protection and Economic Co-operation
Within Europe, more than four million persons are displaced inside their own country due to armed conflicts and violence. Their humanitarian needs and rights, PACE Migration Committee said, need greater attention to reduce their suffering.