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Milan Štěch: faced with the many current challenges, our values are the pillars of democracy

30/05/2017 | Standing Committee

"We live in a world where we face many challenges, especially the fight against international terrorism," said Milan Štěch, President of the Czech Senate, in his address to the members of the Standing Committee.

PACE fully endorses priority themes of the Council of Europe Secretary General for 2018-2019

30/05/2017 | Standing Committee

The activities implemented by the PACE in the biennium 2018-2019 will be directly related to the three priority areas of action of the Secretary General of the Council of Europe, said the Standing Committee in Prague.

Europe must do its utmost to preserve stability in Tunisia

30/05/2017 | Standing Committee

The Parliamentary Assembly's Standing Committee, meeting in Prague, today called on member States and the EU to help Tunisia deal with the economic and security challenges currently facing it.

PACE supports changes to the Convention on the Transfer of Sentenced Persons

30/05/2017 | Standing Committee

PACE, meeting in Prague at Standing Committee level, today fully supported the draft protocol amending the Additional Protocol to the Convention on the Transfer of Sentenced Persons.

Guaranteeing the employment rights of domestic workers

30/05/2017 | Standing Committee

The Standing Committee has called on member States to guarantee the social protection and labour rights of domestic workers, in particular normal hours of work, daily and weekly rest and annual leave.

Steps to ensure dignity for older people

30/05/2017 | Standing Committee

PACE has spelled out a series of steps to end “age discrimination” and counter the social isolation or exclusion of older people – and called on Europe’s governments to consider a legally-binding treaty to enforce them.

Post-monitoring rapporteurs to visit Skopje

29/05/2017 | Monitoring

Lise Christoffersen and Valeriu Ghiletchi, PACE co-rapporteurs for post-monitoring dialogue with “the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia”, will make a fact-finding visit to Skopje from 30 May to 1 June.

Parliamentarians met in Sarajevo to discuss independence and impartiality of the media

24/05/2017 | Parliamentary support

A seminar on the independence and impartiality of the media, organised by the PACE in co-operation with the Parliament of Bosnia and Herzegovina, took place in Sarajevo on Monday 29 May.

Delegation on pre-electoral visit to Albania

24/05/2017 | Election observation

A PACE delegation, headed by Paolo Corsini, will make a pre-electoral visit to Albania on 1-2 June to assess the election campaign and the political climate prior to the parliamentary elections on 25 June.

Joint statement on the availability of domestic remedies for allegations of human rights violations in Turkey

24/05/2017 | Legal Affairs and Human Rights

Bernd Fabritius and Raphael Comte today expressed their concern at the apparent lack of an effective domestic remedy for persons who have been dismissed from their jobs, arrested or detained by the Turkish authorities.

Head of Political Affairs Committee reacts to the Manchester attack

23/05/2017 | Political Affairs and Democracy

“It is with great sadness and shock that we learn of last night’s terrible attack in Manchester,” said Mogens Jensen, Chair of the Parliamentary Assembly Political Affairs Committee.

After drugs and weapons, trafficking in art is the most lucrative source of funding for illegal activities

23/05/2017 | Culture, Science, Education and Media

Illegal trafficking has been closely linked with terrorism and organised crime. After drugs and weapons, cultural property is the third most lucrative source of funding for illegal activities, John Bold, UK heritage expert said.