27/04/2017 | Session
“In the globalised world of the 21st century, Europe must remain the standard-bearer for freedom and integration,” said His Majesty the King of Spain today, addressing the Parliamentary Assembly.
27/04/2017 | Session
PACE has called on Hungary to suspend the parliamentary debate on the draft law on the “Transparency of Organisations receiving Foreign Funding” and the implementation of the Act amending the National Higher Education Act.
27/04/2017 | Prizes
The 2017 Europe Prize – the highest level of the Prize which is awarded each year by the Parliamentary Assembly to the town most active in promoting the European ideal – has been awarded to Lublin in Poland.
27/04/2017 | Rules of Procedure, Immunities and Institutional Affairs
The Rules Committee today underlined that the lack of mechanisms to enable the Assembly to ensure compliance with the duty of accountability of its members holding elective offices undermines its proper functioning.
27/04/2017 | Session
It is the political and moral responsibility of all European countries to contribute financially to dealing with the current migration and refugee crisis, according to the means at their disposal, declared PACE today.
27/04/2017 | Session
PACE has called on the member States to protect the rights of parents and children belonging to religious minorities by taking steps to “promote reasonable accommodation of the deeply-held moral or religious beliefs of all individuals in cases of serious conflict”.
26/04/2017 | Session
In adopting a resolution based on the report prepared by Gisela Wurm, the PACE said that providing protection from gender-based violence to all women "should be a priority, irrespective of their status".
26/04/2017 | Session
“2016 will likely be remembered as a critical turning point for human rights in Europe” said the Council of Europe Commissioner for Human Rights, Nils Muižnieks today while presenting his annual activity report for 2016.
26/04/2017 | Social Affairs, Health and Sustainable Development
In a draft recommendation adopted unanimously, the Social Affairs Committee has called on all member states which have not yet ratified the Oviedo Convention to do so without further delay,
26/04/2017 | Session
Representative democracy is a system of governance that is the most effective in protecting human rights, said Prokopios Pavlopoulos, President of the Hellenic Republic, addressing the Assembly.
26/04/2017 | Rules of Procedure, Immunities and Institutional Affairs
The committee considers that the Council of Europe cannot address its challenges such as responding to the populist threat, protecting the rights of migrants and combating terrorism “without working towards a genuinely social Europe”.
26/04/2017 | Rules of Procedure, Immunities and Institutional Affairs
The PACE activities in the biennal 2018-2019 will be related to the priorities of the Secretary General of the Council of Europe, namely “tackling the rise in populism, dealing with the refugee crisis and combating terrorism”.