24/01/2018 | Session
The Assembly voted in favour of drafting a European convention on the profession of lawyer, following the proposals of the rapporteur Sabien Lahaye-Battheu (Belgium, ALDE). The parliamentarians believe that greater protection should be offered to lawyers who, in many Council of Europe member...
23/01/2018 | Session
The Parliamentary Assembly has urged Council of Europe member States to do more to protect minority languages – and called for the creation of an annual prize for countries which actively promote their use.
23/01/2018 | Migration, International Protection and Economic Co-operation
Following the launching of the Parliamentary Network on Diaspora Policy in Lisbon in September 2017, the first regional seminar of the Network will take place, at the invitation of the Moroccan Parliament, on 8 February in Rabat.
23/01/2018 | Session
The protection of human rights cannot be taken for granted, Crown Princess Mary of Denmark told the Assembly today, stressing the need for the principles and values underlying them to be passed on to new generations.
23/01/2018 | Session
“The Danish Chairmanship intends to work closely with both the Assembly and the Secretary General at a time when our Organisation is facing several major challenges,” said Anders Samuelsen.
23/01/2018 | Session
The Parliamentary Assembly today elected María Elósegui Ichaso as judge to the European Court of Human Rights in respect of Spain. Ms Elósegui Ichaso has obtained an absolute majority of votes cast.
23/01/2018 | Session
None of the candidates having obtained an absolute majority of the votes cast, a second round of voting will be held on Wednesday 24 January from 10 am to 1 pm and from 3.30 to 5 pm, where a relative majority will be required.
23/01/2018 | Session
The Parliamnetary Assembly considers that introducing a citizenship, or basic income, defined as “universal, individual, unconditional and sufficient to ensure living in dignity", would relieve poverty.
23/01/2018 | Session
The Assembly is alarmed by the humanitarian situation which is a consequence of the ongoing Russian war against Ukraine, which is taking place in certain areas of the Donetsk and Luhansk regions.
23/01/2018 | Political Affairs and Democracy
Yves Cruchten, General Rapporteur on the abolition of the death penalty and Andrea Rigoni, rapporteur on the situation in Belarus, have denounced two death sentences handed down by the Minsk City Court.
23/01/2018 | Legal Affairs and Human Rights
Yves Cruchten, General Rapporteur on the abolition of the death penalty and Andrea Rigoni, rapporteur on the situation in Belarus, have denounced two death sentences handed down by the Minsk City Court.
23/01/2018 | Legal Affairs and Human Rights
Council of Europe member states are being urged to exercise “utmost caution” before derogating from – or setting aside – parts of the European Convention on Human Rights. Such derogations are possible under the Convention “in time of war or other public emergency threatening the life of the...