20/06/2017 | Migration, International Protection and Economic Co-operation
“European countries should make more of an effort to receive and host people in need of international protection in a dignified way," said Sahiba Gafarova, speaking on World Refugee Day.
19/06/2017 | Political Affairs and Democracy
“Last night, Europe witnessed yet another attack against innocent people, a group of Muslim worshippers who were hurt by a van as they left a London mosque,” said Mogens Jensen, Chair of the Political Affairs Committee.
17/06/2017 | Political Affairs and Democracy
“I am deeply saddened to learn of the death of former German Chancellor Helmut Kohl,” declared Mogens Jensen, Chair of PACE's Political Affairs Committee, speaking on Friday.
15/06/2017 | Political Affairs and Democracy
"A strong democracy is the best anti-corruption tool. Unacceptable behaviour fosters populism," said Michele Nicoletti, presenting his report on 'Promoting integrity in governance to tackle political corruption'.
13/06/2017 | Parliamentary support
The ability of Ukraine’s parliament to pass laws that are in line with Council of Europe standards has been given a major boost with three “capacity-building” events focusing on the standards of the European Convention of Human Rights.
08/06/2017 | Session
Europe and migration will be one of the central themes of the Council of Europe Parliamentary Assembly's summer plenary session, to be held in Strasbourg from 26 to 30 June.
08/06/2017 | Parliamentary support
Within the framework of the Partnership for Good Governance (PGG)*, the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) will organise a second regional seminar for the six partnership countries on the role of national parliaments in implementing the standards of the European Convention on...
08/06/2017 | Monitoring
Stefan Schennach and Cezar Florin Preda, co-rapporteurs of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe for the monitoring of Azerbaijan, will make a fact-finding visit to the country from 12 to 14 June 2017.
08/06/2017 | Rules, Ethics and Immunities
The Committee on Rules of Procedure today made public a draft resolution on the “Recognition and implementation of the principle of accountability in the Parliamentary Assembly”, adopted at its meeting in Paris on 2 June.
08/06/2017 | Legal Affairs and Human Rights
"I am deeply concerned at the arrest of Taner Kiliç, a lawyer and head of Amnesty International in Turkey, suspected of belonging to the Gülen movement," said rapporteur Yves Pozzo Di Borgo (France, EPP/CD).
06/06/2017 | Monitoring
Boriss Cilevics and Kerstin Lundgren expressed their concerns regarding the alleged abduction and unlawful transfer to Azerbaijan of Azerbaijani journalist Afqan Muxtarli, and urged the Georgian authorities to investigate these allegations.
04/06/2017 | Political Affairs and Democracy
“I strongly condemn the terrorist attack yesterday night in the British capital, killing seven people and injuring forty-eight," said Mogens Jensen, Chairperson of the Assembly's Committee on Political Affairs.