10/11/2017 | Monitoring
Stefan Schennach and Cezar Florin Preda, co-rapporteurs for the monitoring of Azerbaijan, have expressed their concern at the adoption of the amendments to the law 'on advocates and advocacy'.
09/11/2017 | Transparency and Integrity
The Investigation Body set up by the PACE to look into allegations of corruption made against certain members and/or former members of the Assembly has met in Strasbourg on 6-8 November to take oral evidence from several witnesses.
06/11/2017 | President
“My first working visit abroad as President of the Assembly, reflects my determination to continue to make child protection and well-being one of the Assembly’s priorities,” said Stella Kyriakides.
02/11/2017 | Monitoring
PACE co-rapporteurs for the monitoring of obligations by Armenia, will make a fact-finding visit to Yerevan on 6-7 November. Discussions will mainly focus on recent political developments and on-going reforms.
02/11/2017 | News
“The Council of Europe and the Nordic Council share similar values and goals”, said Maria Guzenina, Chairperson of the Finnish delegation to the PACE, addressing the Nordic Council Plenary Session in Helsinki on behalf of PACE.
31/10/2017 | Legal Affairs and Human Rights
Raphaël Comte (Switzerland, ALDE), who is preparing a report for the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) on “State of emergency: proportionality issues concerning derogations under Article 15 of the European Convention on Human Rights”, is to make a fact-finding visit to Turkey...
30/10/2017 | Social Affairs, Health and Sustainable Development
In co-operation with the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe, the UK Parliament will hold a seminar in London on 6-7 November on “Children's mental health and child-friendly justice”.
27/10/2017 | Monitoring
“While we welcome the release of 8 human rights activists, we are dismayed by yesterday’s court decision to continue Amnesty International Turkey Chair Taner Kilic’s pre-trial detention,” said Marianne Mikko and Nigel Evans.
26/10/2017 | President
Following the release of Crimean Tatar leaders Akhtem Chiygoz and Ilmi Umerov, the President of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe, Stella Kyriakides, today made the following statement.
26/10/2017 | President
On the occasion of the 10th anniversary of the Lanzarote Convention, PACE President praised the Convention as an important milestone towards better protection of children in the modern world.
25/10/2017 | Equality and Non-Discrimination
Every day, children are born with sex characteristics that are not exclusively either male or female. Yet there is little awareness of their situation and this lack of knowledge is linked to violations of their rights, said Piet De Bruyn.
20/10/2017 | Legal Affairs and Human Rights
Bernd Fabritius has expressed his deep concern about new reports on arrests of journalists and persons who have received political asylum on the basis of Red Notices issued by Interpol.