05/07/2017 | Monitoring
Georgia has made “considerable and consistent” progress over the last decade in honouring its promises to the Council of Europe, but a number of items remain to be addressed, PACE monitors have said.
05/07/2017 | Political Affairs and Democracy
The EU's Foreign Affairs chief Federica Mogherini has met with PACE's rapporteur on a Fourth Council of Europe summit, Michele Nicoletti, to discuss the prospects for such a summit in the context of EU-CoE relations.
03/07/2017 | Legal Affairs and Human Rights
PACE's Legal Committee welcomes the Venice Commission’s "Rule of Law Checklist" - which introduces a new, uniform benchmark for measuring compliance with one of the founding principles of the Council of Europe.
30/06/2017 | News
A motion for dismissal of the President of the Parliamentary Assembly, Pedro Agramunt, has just been tabled by 158 component members of the Assembly belonging to 5 political groups and 36 national delegations.
30/06/2017 | Session
The Parliamentary Assembly has called today on member States to support, through their governments and parliaments, debates and co-operation launched under the “Turin process.
30/06/2017 | Equality and Non-Discrimination
“I would like to pay tribute to Simone Veil, who dedicated her life to women’s rights and European ideals,” said Elena Centemero, extending her sincere condolences on behalf of the PACE to the family of Simone Veil.
29/06/2017 | Session
PACE has called on European countries to show “political courage” in integrating refugees, pointing out that certain states, such as Germany or Sweden, have valuable experience which they could share.
29/06/2017 | Session
The Assembly today expressed its concern at the magnitude of the phenomenon of sexual violence and harassment of women in the public space. The parliamentarians called for “an end to impunity”.
29/06/2017 | Session
The Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE)today held a current affairs debate on “Europe’s common fight against terrorism: successes and failures”, opened by Talip Küçükcan.
29/06/2017 | Session
PACE expressed deep concern about the number of Court judgments pending before the Committee of Ministers, despite some progress, and even though all these judgments are not at the same stage of implementation.
29/06/2017 | Social Affairs, Health and Sustainable Development
The mayors of seven municipalities were today presented with the 2017 European Diploma, honouring their work to promote the European ideal, at a ceremony at the Council of Europe headquarters in Strasbourg.
29/06/2017 | Session
PACE has denounced a series of methods used to exert political influence over journalists – ranging from physical threats and detention through to intimidation and harassment of editors and journalists.