07/11/2025 | Artificial Intelligence
At the 2025 World Forum for Democracy in Strasbourg, participants discussed how artificial intelligence affects elections and democratic participation. The session, titled “AI at the ballot box: threat or opportunity for democratic elections?”, was co-organised by PACE and the Council of Europe...
07/11/2025 | Culture, Science, Education and Media
At the World Forum for Democracy 2025 in Strasbourg, a session co-organised by PACE and the Observatory on History Teaching in Europe explored how history education shapes democratic citizenship and resilience. Moderated by Matjaž Gruden, Director for Democracy at the Council of Europe, the...
06/11/2025 | President
The President of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE), Theodoros Rousopoulos, made the following statement today: “The Latvian parliament has finally listened to the people it represents, allowing the country to continue applying the Istanbul Convention, at least until a new...
06/11/2025 | Culture, Science, Education and Media
At the World Forum for Democracy 2025 in Strasbourg, a discussion explored how young people are reshaping democratic participation beyond traditional voting. The session, “Beyond the ballot: youth-led innovations boosting Democracy” was moderated by Valentina Grippo (Italy, ALDE), PACE General...
05/11/2025 | Rules, Ethics and Immunities
In order to give effect to Resolution 2394 (2021) on the “Gender representation in the Parliamentary Assembly”, the Committee on Rules, Ethics, and Immunities emphasised the need for PACE to amend its provisions on gender composition.On 30 October, by adopting a draft resolution based on the...
05/11/2025 | President
Opening the World Forum for Democracy in Strasbourg, PACE President Theodoros Rousopoulos compared democracy to a mine that depends on its pillars of trust, solidarity and accountability to remain stable. “Miners once used a small bird, a canary, because it was the first to sense the poison in...
04/11/2025 | European Convention on Human Rights
PACE has launched a dedicated web page to mark the 75th anniversary of the European Convention on Human Rights. The new page highlights the Assembly’s contribution to the drafting and adoption of the Convention, its role in strengthening the Convention system, and its continued efforts to ensure...
04/11/2025 | Equality and Non-Discrimination
On the eve of International Romani Language Day (5 November), Georgios Stamatis (Greece, EPP/CD), PACE General Rapporteur on Roma and Travellers, made the following statement: “On 5 November, we mark International Romani Language Day as an opportunity to honour the Romani language and culture, to...
04/11/2025 | President
PACE President Theodoros Rousopoulos has hailed the remarkable progress made by North Macedonia in an address to its parliament in Skopje. “Your country, dear friends, has always stood where histories meet — where languages coexist, and faiths intertwine. You know that coexistence is not theory...
04/11/2025 | President
In an address at a solemn ceremony to mark the 75th anniversary of the signature of the European Convention on Human Rights, PACE President Theodoros Rousopoulos hailed the Convention as “the most powerful act of imagination in our continent’s history”. Speaking at the European Court of Human...
31/10/2025 | Women free from violence
“I am deeply alarmed by the decision of the Latvian Parliament to withdraw from the Istanbul Convention, just over a year after it entered into force in the country. This is an unprecedented and deeply worrying step backwards for women’s rights and human rights in Europe. By abandoning the first...
31/10/2025 | Monitoring
Zsolt Németh (Hungary, ECPA) and Pablo Hispán (Spain, EPP/CD), co-rapporteurs of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) for the monitoring of obligations and commitments by Bosnia and Herzegovina, will make a fact-finding visit to Sarajevo from 3 to 5 November. They are due to...