21/11/2025 | Standing Committee
In order to give effect to Resolution 2394 (2021) on “Gender representation in the Parliamentary Assembly”, the PACE Standing Committee, meeting in Chisinau today, emphasised the need for PACE to amend its provisions relating to gender representation. Adopting a resolution based on a report by...
21/11/2025 | Standing Committee
Meeting today in Chisinau, the PACE Standing Committee addressed key issues related to Moldova’s electoral and political environment during a debate on the Assembly’s observation of the 28 September 2025 parliamentary elections in the Republic of Moldova. The head of PACE’s observer delegation...
20/11/2025 | Elections
PACE’s Committee on the New Democratic Pact heard at first hand from the Republic of Moldova’s top election official how the country had managed to resist foreign interference during recent elections, and held an exchange of views with Council of Europe Secretary General Alain Berset on the Pact...
19/11/2025 | Equality and Non-Discrimination
"The stigmatisation of transgender persons in political discourse, holding them responsible for many ills, is not only discriminatory but also contributes to an increase in transphobia and transphobic violence around the world. Honouring the memory of transgender victims of transphobic crimes is...
19/11/2025 | Monitoring
Following their visit to Georgia from 10 to 12 November 2025, the co-rapporteurs of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) for the monitoring of Georgia, Edite Estrela (Portugal, SOC) and Sabina Cudic (Bosnia and Herzegovina, ALDE), urged the authorities to fully implement the...
19/11/2025 | Transparency and Integrity
In the margins of its meeting on 13 November in Limassol, Cyprus, the PACE Committee on Rules, Ethics and Immunities held a round table on 14 November, together with the Standing Committee of the House of Representatives on Institutions, Merit and the Ombudsmen of Cyprus. The meeting opened with...
18/11/2025 | News
To mark the 75th anniversary of the European Convention on Human Rights, PACE and the Strasbourg Court jointly hosted a screening of Greek director Costa-Gavras’ acclaimed film “Z” on 17 November at the Cinéma Le Cosmos in Strasbourg. Opening the event, PACE President Theodoros Rousopoulos...
17/11/2025 | Social Affairs, Health and Sustainable Development
Marking End Child Sexual Abuse Day (18 November), the Chair of PACE’s Social Affairs Committee Saskia Kluit (Netherlands, SOC) and the Chairperson of the Lanzarote Committee Maria José Castello-Branco (Portugal) made the following joint statement: “One in five girls and one in seven boys globally...
12/11/2025 | President
PACE President Theodoros Rousopoulos has affirmed the Assembly’s commitment to advancing the “New Democratic Pact for Europe” – a Council of Europe initiative which aims to stop the unravelling of democracy and boost the resilience of democratic institutions against backsliding, disinformation...
10/11/2025 | Monitoring
Elvira Kovács (Serbia, EPP/CD) and Valentina Grippo (Italy, ALDE), co-rapporteurs of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) for the periodic review on Spain, will make a fact-finding visit to Madrid and Barcelona from 12 to 14 November, to assess the honouring of membership...
07/11/2025 | Secretary General of the Assembly
“The Pyrenean Freedom Routes* are a living tribute to the values of dignity, liberty and responsibility towards one another – exactly the values that the Council of Europe has strived to protect for 76 years,” said Despina Chatzivassiliou, Secretary General of the Parliamentary Assembly, speaking...
07/11/2025 | News
As part of the World Forum for Democracy 2025 in Strasbourg, leading figures in democracy and human rights gathered to reflect on the future of citizen participation in modern societies. Opening the third plenary session via video, Venezuelan political figure and human rights defender María...