28/04/2017 | Session
Adopting a recommendation, the Parliamentary Assembly today said the Council of Europe should consider how intelligent artefacts and/or connected devices “challenge different dimensions of human rights”.
28/04/2017 | Monitoring
"We are shocked by the storming of the Parliament yesterday in Skopje. We firmly condemn these violent and unacceptable attacks against parliamentarians", said Lise Christoffersen and Valeriu Ghiletchi.
28/04/2017 | Prizes
The deadline for the submission of nominations for the Václav Havel Human Rights Prize 2017, has been extended by two months. The new deadline has been fixed on 30 June 2017, instead of the original deadline of 30 April.
28/04/2017 | Session
In an opinion adopted today on the basis of a report by Stefan Schennach, PACE welcomed the Committee of Ministers’ initiative in drawing up a Convention on Offences relating to Cultural Property and proposed a few amendments.
28/04/2017 | Political Affairs and Democracy
The committee has deeply regretted that a positive trend of greater international openness and dialogue between Belarus and the Assembly has been undermined by the recent escalation of violence against peaceful protesters.
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, Ethics and Immunities
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”.
27/04/2017 | Migration, International Protection and Economic Co-operation
During its next plenary session, PACE will dedicate a full day of debates to “Migration and Refugees”. The report by Andrea Rigoni will allow members to discuss a series of concrete measures aimed at facilitating mutually beneficial migration to Europe.