19/09/2017 | Monitoring
Stefan Schennach and Cezar Florin Preda, co-rapporteurs of PACE for the monitoring of Azerbaijan, made the following statement at the end of their fact-finding visit to the country.
19/09/2017 | Social Affairs, Health and Sustainable Development
The PACE Social Affairs Committee today called on European governments to make the enforcement of parental responsibility decisions abroad “simpler, speedier and less costly”.
19/09/2017 | Legal Affairs and Human Rights
Vusal Huseynov, rapporteur on strengthening international regulations against trade in goods used for torture and the death penalty, welcomed the launch at the United Nations of the ‘Alliance for Torture-Free Trade’.
19/09/2017 | Social Affairs, Health and Sustainable Development
“Drug-resistant tuberculosis is one of the gravest risks requiring attention. Its rates in Europe are growing faster than in any other world region,” said Serhii Kiral, rapporteur on 'Inquiry into growing antimicrobial resistance'.
18/09/2017 | Equality and Non-Discrimination
A committee has called for a ban on any medically unnecessary "sex-normalising" surgery, as well as sterilisation and other treatments on intersex children without their informed consent.
18/09/2017 | Equality and Non-Discrimination
“Empowering women in the economy of a country is a means of both reducing intolerable discrimination and strengthening the economy itself,” said Brigitte Longuet, addressing the committee today.
15/09/2017 | Political Affairs and Democracy
Political Affairs Committee chair Mogens Jensen has joined a host of leaders from around the world to sign a global petition in support of stronger democracies – and urged other members of the Assembly to do the same.
15/09/2017 | News
“Our thoughts are with all those injured or affected by today’s terror incident on the London Underground,” said Sir Roger Gale, the most senior Vice-President of the Parliamentary Assembly.
13/09/2017 | Monitoring
Stefan Schennach and Cezar Florin Preda, PACE co-rapporteurs for the monitoring of Azerbaijan, ahead of their visit to Baku, have welcomed the recent release of Mehman Aliyev, director of the independent media outlet Turan.
11/09/2017 | Monitoring
Stefan Schennach and Cezar Florin Preda, co-rapporteurs of the Parliamentary Assembly for the monitoring of Azerbaijan, will make a fact-finding visit to the country from 14 to 16 September.
11/09/2017 | Culture, Science, Education and Media
Volodymyr Ariev, General Rapporteur on Media Freedom and the Safety of Journalists, welcomed the release from custody and transfer to house arrest of the Director of Turan agency (Azerbaijan) Mehman Aliyev.
08/09/2017 | Migration, International Protection and Economic Co-operation
PACE today in Lisbon launched the Parliamentary Network on Diaspora Policies, whose aim is to promote policy and legislative reforms regarding the role of diasporas in countries of origin and host societies.