26/02/2018 | Monitoring
Georgia monitoring co-rapporteurs Kerstin Lundgren and Titus Corlăţean have expressed their deep concern at, and condemned, the death of a Georgian citizen while being detained by the de facto authorities in Tskhinvali.
26/02/2018 | President
PACE President Michele Nicoletti has condemned the murders of Slovak investigative journalist Ján Kuciak and his partner, Martina Kušnírová, whose bodies were found at their home near Bratislava with gunshot wounds.
23/02/2018 | Equality and Non-Discrimination
The Danish Chairmanship of the Committee of Ministers, the Danish Parliament and PACE will hold a conference on private and family life for LGBTI people. The keynote speech will be delivered by Ireland’s Minister for Children.
22/02/2018 | Political Affairs and Democracy
Two PACE rapporteurs, Sevinj Fataliyeva and Dora Bakoyannis, have reacted strongly to the humanitarian tragedy unfolding in Syria’s Eastern Goutha, on the day the UN Security Council meets to discuss the situation.
22/02/2018 | Parliamentary support
The creation of a politically neutral and professional civil service for Ukraine’s parliament was the main topic at a public discussion in Kyiv on 22 February focusing on reform of the parliament’s administration.
15/02/2018 | Migration, International Protection and Economic Co-operation
PACE’s new “Parliamentary Network on Diaspora Policies”, holding its first meeting in Rabat on 8 February, looked at how to integrate migrants in ways that were most likely to stop young people from being attracted to terror.
15/02/2018 | Political Affairs and Democracy
“After meeting different game-players of the political reform process in Morocco, my impression is that reforms are on track and developing at various speeds,” said Bodgan Klich at the end of a fact-finding mission to Rabat.
14/02/2018 | Standing Committee
The Standing Committee will meet in Paris on 16 March. After an opening address by President Nicoletti, the parliamentarians will hold an exchange of views with the President of the European Court of Human Rights, Guido Raimondi.
08/02/2018 | President
“Closer and stronger co-operation between PACE and the OECD is essential to strengthen the democratic resilience of our society,” said Michele Nicoletti, at the end of a bilateral meeting with Angel Gurría.
07/02/2018 | President
Michele Nicoletti will participate in the 6th Parliamentary Days of the OECD in Paris on 8 February. He will attend, in particular, the discussion on “Multilateralism – Bridging the divides”.
02/02/2018 | Monitoring
Marianne Mikko and Nigel Evans, co-rapporteurs for the monitoring of Turkey, and Egidijus Vareikis, rapporteur on protecting human rights defenders in Council of Europe member States, call for the release of Taner Kılıç.
31/01/2018 | Monitoring
Ahead of the third hearing of Taner Kilic on 31 January, co-rapporteurs for the monitoring of Turkey reiterated their call for the immediate and unconditional release of the Chair of Amnesty International Turkey.