24/04/2018 | Monitoring
The Monitoring Committee expresses its deepest concern at the announcement, on 18 April 2018, of the holding of early presidential and parliamentary elections in Turkey on 24 June 2018, one and a half years ahead of schedule.
24/04/2018 | Session
States may take preventive measures to protect the interests of society in time of war or other public emergency threatening the life of the nation that exceed what is normally permitted under the European Convention on Human Rights, in accordance with the rules on derogations set out in its...
24/04/2018 | Session
The Parliamentary Assembly today elected Ivana Jelić as judge to the European Court of Human Rights in respect of Montenegro. Ms Jelić is elected a judge for a term of office of nine years.
24/04/2018 | News
Council of Europe Secretary General Thorbjørn Jagland replied to questions from members of the Parliamentary Assembly in a question and answer session during the Assembly’s Spring part-session.
24/04/2018 | Culture, Science, Education and Media
The committee has spelled out a series of steps member States can take to stop the illegal trafficking or – worse – the deliberate destruction of cultural heritage objects, including in architecturally sensitive combat zones.
23/04/2018 | Transparency and Integrity
Adopting its final agenda this morning, the Assembly decided to hold an urgent debate on the follow-up to the report of the Independent Investigation Body on the allegations of corruption within the Parliamentary Assembly.
23/04/2018 | Session
“Our Assembly is not a battlefield to confront national agendas. On the contrary, it is a place where bridges between peoples and governments are built and where parliamentarians defend the common good".
23/04/2018 | Session
The debate on the progress report of the Bureau and the Standing Committee of the Parliamentary Assembly, presented by Liliane Maury Pasquier today, has covered the following themes:
23/04/2018 | Monitoring
“We welcome the courageous decision of Prime Minister Sargsyan to resign from his post in order to defuse the mounting tensions in the country", have reacted the monitoring corapporteurs of Armenia.
23/04/2018 | Legal Affairs and Human Rights
PACE is to prepare a report on the topic “Daphne Caruana Galizia’s assassination and the rule of law, in Malta and beyond: ensuring that the whole truth emerges”, following a motion for a resolution signed by 114 members.
23/04/2018 | Session
Some 23 members of the Parliamentary Assembly spoke today in the so-called “free debate”, which allows parliamentarians to speak on current issues not already included on the session agenda.
22/04/2018 | Transparency and Integrity
The Independent External Investigation Body looking into allegations of corruption in PACE today presented its report to the Bureau of the Assembly. At the end of the meeting, the Investigation Body published a press release.