06/09/2017 | Transparency and Integrity
"We welcome all initiatives aimed at shedding light on alleged corruption within PACE," said Sir Roger Gale, speaking in response to the joint investigation by a series of news outlets in relation to so-called "caviar diplomacy".
06/09/2017 | Political Affairs and Democracy
According to the Committee on Political Affairs and Democracy, which met today in Paris, multilateralism is the only means of achieving results in the fight against international tax evasion and avoidance.
05/09/2017 | Bureau
At its meeting on 4 September, the PACE Bureau acknowledged the formation of the Free Democrats Group (FDG), in line with Rule 19 of the Assembly’s Rules of Procedure. There are now six political groups in the Assembly.
05/09/2017 | Legal Affairs and Human Rights
Since the Azerbaijani Chairmanship of the Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe and the adoption by the PACE of Resolution 2062 (2015), concerns persist regarding the human rights situation and the functioning of justice.
05/09/2017 | Legal Affairs and Human Rights
The committee calls on member and observer states, parliaments with partner for democracy status, to recognise that “Daesh has committed genocide, notably against the Yazidi people, Christian minorities and non-Sunni Muslim minorities”.
01/09/2017 | Migration, International Protection and Economic Co-operation
The Parliamentary Assembly is organising a conference to launch the Parliamentary network on diaspora policies on 7 and 8 September in Lisbon, at the invitation of the Portuguese Parliament.
01/09/2017 | Parliamentary support
The Parliamentary Assembly is organising a conference to launch the Parliamentary network on diaspora policies on 7 and 8 September in Lisbon, at the invitation of the Portuguese Parliament.
01/09/2017 | Monitoring
Tiny Kox, Parliamentary Assembly co-rapporteur for the monitoring of obligations and commitments by Bosnia and Herzegovina, will make a fact-finding visit to the country on 5-6 September.
29/08/2017 | Legal Affairs and Human Rights
Yves Cruchten, general rapporteur of the PACE on the abolition of the death penalty, expressed his outrage at the execution, last Thursday in Florida, of Mark James Asay, convicted of a double murder in 1988.
29/08/2017 | Prizes
The selection panel of the Václav Havel Prize 2017 today drew up the shortlist of candidatures in Prague. The shortlisted nominees are Murat Arslan (Turkey), the Hungarian Helsinki Committee and Father Georg Sporschill (Austria).
25/08/2017 | Culture, Science, Education and Media
Volodymyr Ariev, PACE General Rapporteur on Media Freedom and the Safety of Journalists, today expressed concern regarding the detention of the Director of the Turan agency (Azerbaijan), Mehman Aliyev.
24/08/2017 | Prizes
The Selection Panel of the Václav Havel Human Rights Prize will meet on 29 August in Prague to determine a shortlist of three nominees from among the candidatures received. The 2017 prizewinner will be announced on 9 October in Strasbourg.