26/01/2018 | Transparency and Integrity
The Investigation Body set up to look into allegations of corruption made against certain members and/or former members of the Assembly has met on 22-25 January to take oral evidence from several witnesses.
26/01/2018 | Session
PACE has called for a ban on trade in items used in executions or torture – urging all 47 Council of Europe member States to apply the approach of the EU, which bans some items and operates a case-by-case licensing system for others.
25/01/2018 | Migration, International Protection and Economic Co-operation
Noting that student mobility assists States’ education systems and economies, for the inclusion of students provides greater diversity and a broader range of skills, PACE Committee on migration urged to adopt measures to this end.
25/01/2018 | Session
“Europe should play a major role in the sponsorship and resumption of the Israeli-Palestinian peace process,” said PACE today, at the end of an urgent debate held on the basis of a report by Titus Corlăţean.
25/01/2018 | Session
Alexander Van der Bellen reiterated Austria’s attachment to the Council of Europe. “Without the principles this organisation stands for,” he said, “we cannot have the Europe that we all want.”
25/01/2018 | Session
“The Holocaust gives us the ugliest, most appalling and disgraceful example of what happens when human kind loses sight of the fundamental values of humanity,” Michele Nicoletti recalled at a ceremony.
25/01/2018 | Session
“In 2017 the human rights situation continued to deteriorate in many European countries. Old crises deepened, new crises emerged and commitment to human rights values and standards seemed to weaken”, said Nils Muižnieks.
25/01/2018 | Session
Children traumatised by armed conflict need specialised support to re-build trust and create “new positive life experiences”, the Council of Europe Parliamentary Assembly said today during a debate.
25/01/2018 | Session
PACE has adopted an annual report taking stock of its monitoring activities in 2017 and making a series of assessments of the progress of the countries subject to its monitoring procedure or engaged in post-monitoring dialogue.
25/01/2018 | Session
PACE has decided to ratify the credentials of the Andorran parliamentary delegation – challenged because of a lack of gender balance – noting that the delegation has undertaken to comply with the Rules.
25/01/2018 | Secretary General of the Assembly
PACE Secretary General Wojciech Sawicki met with his counterpart from the Interparliamentary Assembly of Member Nations of the CIS and from the Parliamentary Assembly of the Black Sea Economic Cooperation.
25/01/2018 | Political Affairs and Democracy
PACE’s Political Affairs Committee has urged European countries to co-operate and co-ordinate more closely to stop Daesh and other terrorist groups from accessing funding. Approving a draft resolution by Phil Wilson (United Kingdom, SOC), the committee said such groups were ready to use all...