27/06/2017 | Legal Affairs and Human Rights
On 27 June 2017 the committee held a parliamentary hearing on this subject with the participation of Professor Marc Bossuyt, Professor Krzysztof Drzewicki and Dr. Peter Schneiderhan.
26/06/2017 | Session
Europe and migration will take centre-stage at the Summer part-session of the Assembly. The parliamentarians will also hold a current affairs debate on “Europe’s common fight against terrorism: Successes and failures”.
26/06/2017 | Session
The Parliamentary Assembly today elected, at the opening of its Summer 2017 Session, two new Vice-Presidents: Arpine Hovhannisyan (Armenia, EPP/CD) and Valeriu Ghiletchi (Republic of Moldova, EPP/CD).
26/06/2017 | Transparency and Integrity
PACE today ratified the decision to appoint Sir Nicolas Bratza, Jean-Louis Bruguière and Elisabeth Fura as members of the independent external investigation body looking into alleged corruption at the Assembly. It will now start work.
26/06/2017 | Election observation
The 25 June parliamentary elections in Albania took place following a political agreement between the leaders of the Socialist Party (SP) and Democratic Party (DP) that secured the participation of the opposition.
26/06/2017 | Session
Council of Europe Secretary General Thorbjørn Jagland, in reply to questions, has told Parliamentary Assembly members that he is concerned by the current situation regarding fundamental rights in Turkey.
26/06/2017 | Session
Moldovan Prime Minister Pavel Filip has hailed the transformations his country is undergoing on the path of European integration, with the help of the Council of Europe – and urged Europe to stay true to its values.
26/06/2017 | Session
Members of the PACE took part in a “free debate” this afternoon, in which they could speak on any current topic not already included in the session agenda. The second part of this debate will take place on Friday 30 June.
23/06/2017 | Political Affairs and Democracy
Three personalities who have suffered in different ways from recent terror attacks in the United Kingdom, yet work to counter extremism, are to address a special hearing of Political Affairs Committee in Strasbourg, on Wednesday 28 June.
21/06/2017 | Monitoring
The co-rapporteurs for the monitoring of Azerbaijan by PACE, Stefan Schennach and Cezar Florin Preda, visited Baku from 12 to 14 June. They discussed respect for human rights in Azerbaijan.
20/06/2017 | Election observation
A PACE delegation, led by Paolo Corsini, will travel to Albania from 23 to 26 June to observe the conduct of the parliamentary elections, alongside observers from other international organisations.
20/06/2017 | Culture, Science, Education and Media
Volodymyr Ariev, PACE General Rapporteur on Media Freedom and the Safety of Journalists, has expressed concern at the fate of journalist Afqan Mukhtarli, who was reported missing in Tbilisi on 29 May.