24/11/2017 | President
Addressing the PACE Standing Committee today in Copenhagen, at the invitation of the Folketing, Stella Kyriakides said the Danish Chairmanship was beginning at a "crucial moment" for the Council of Europe.
24/11/2017 | Standing Committee
'The Convention system has done a remarkable job in promoting human rights, democracy and the rule of law across Europe. Yet, at the same time, the system is not perfect,' said Ulla Tørnæs, Denmark's Minister for Development Co-operation, representing the Danish Chairmanship of the Committee of...
24/11/2017 | Standing Committee
“The Council of Europe must enhance co-operation with Kazakhstan to assist it on the path of transformation towards democratic governance,” said the PACE Standing Committee, meeting today in Copenhagen.
24/11/2017 | Bureau
The Bureau of the PACE has decided to extend the terms of reference of the Independent External Investigation Body to look into allegations of corruption made against certain members and/or former members of the Assembly.
24/11/2017 | Transparency and Integrity
The Bureau of the PACE has decided to extend the terms of reference of the Independent External Investigation Body to look into allegations of corruption made against certain members and/or former members of the Assembly.
24/11/2017 | Standing Committee
Following the proposal of Emanuelis Zingeris on behalf of the Group of the European People's Party, the PACE Standing Committee today held a current affairs debate on "Democracy hacked: how to respond?".
24/11/2017 | President
“I’m appalled by the loss of life of so many innocent people following the bomb attack targeting a mosque in Egypt's North Sinai province. We must stand firm against the threat of terrorism,” said PACE President Stella Kyriakides.
24/11/2017 | Standing Committee
In order to address developments in information technologies, there is an urgent need to modernise the Convention for the Protection of Individuals with regard to Automatic Processing of Personal Data, the Assembly said.
24/11/2017 | Standing Committee
The Assembly today called on European governments to make the enforcement of parental responsibility decisions abroad “simpler, speedier and less costly”.
24/11/2017 | Standing Committee
The parliamentarians said that the development of a child-sensitive, holistic model of age assessment would enable European states to meet the needs of unaccompanied and separated children.
23/11/2017 | Equality and Non-Discrimination
A seminar on the Albanian legislation with regard to the fight against intolerance, discrimination and hatred, organised by PACE, the Parliament of Albania and the No Hate Alliance, took place in Tirana on 24 November.
22/11/2017 | President
"Sexual harassment, rape and domestic abuse of women are the relics of a society based on unequal power relations between women and men. It is high time for shame and fear to switch sides,” Stella Kyriakides said today.