10/10/2017 | Legal Affairs and Human Rights
On the occasion of the 15th World Day against the Death Penalty (10 October 2017), the Committee reaffirmed its commitment to the right to life and reiterated that capital punishment is cruel, inhuman and degrading.
10/10/2017 | Session
PACE today welcomed the efforts of the Jordanian parliament to comply with the political commitments of a partner for democracy despite the difficulties related to the instability in the region.
09/10/2017 | Session
Adopting its agenda at the opening of the Autumn Session, the Assembly decided to hold an urgent debate on the new Ukrainian law on education and a current affairs debate on the need for a political solution to the crisis in Catalonia.
09/10/2017 | Session
The Assembly today elected two new Vice-Presidents: Nicole Trisse (France, NR) and Marija Obradović (Serbia, EPP/CD). Twenty Vice-Presidents are elected annually at the beginning of an ordinary session.
09/10/2017 | Session
“The Committee of Ministers and the Parliamentary Assembly bear a shared responsibility for preserving the Organisation’s unity, viability and capacity to deliver the results expected,” Acting President Sir Roger Gale said today.
09/10/2017 | Election observation
A PACE delegation led by Doris Fiala will travel to the country from 13 to 16 October, to observe the conduct of the presidential election alongside observers from the OSCE-PA, the European Parliament and the OSCE’s ODIHR.
09/10/2017 | Session
None of the candidates for the post of PACE President having obtained an absolute majority of the representatives of the Assembly, a second round of voting will be held this afternoon from 3.00 pm to 5.00 pm.
09/10/2017 | Prizes
The fifth Václav Havel Human Rights Prize – which honours outstanding civil society action in defence of human rights – has been awarded to Turkish supporter of the independence of the judiciary Murat Arslan.
09/10/2017 | Session
The Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe (ALDE) has elected Hendrik Daems new Chairperson of the Group. Mr Daems is a former Minister of Telecommunications and has been a member of the PACE since 2007.
09/10/2017 | Session
The Committee of Ministers shares the Assembly’s ambition to raise the Council of Europe’s profile and step up its activities to help member States meet the challenges they currently face, said Lubomír Zaorálek.
09/10/2017 | Session
None of the candidates for the post of PACE President having obtained an absolute majority of the representatives of the Assembly, a third round of voting will be held on Tuesday 10 October, where a simple majority will be required.
07/10/2017 | News
Stella Kyriakides (Cyprus, EPP/CD) and Emanuelis Zingeris (Lithuania, EPP/CD) have been proposed as candidates for the election as PACE President following the resignation of Pedro Agramunt.