25/04/2017 | Session
The Parliamentary Assembly decided today to reopen the monitoring procedure in respect of Turkey until “serious concerns” about respect for human rights, democracy and the rule of law “are addressed in a satisfactory manner”.
25/04/2017 | Transparency and Integrity
The Assembly ratified the terms of reference of an independent external investigation body to carry out a detailed independent inquiry into the allegations of “corruption and fostering of interests”.
25/04/2017 | Session
Council of Europe Secretary General Thorbjørn Jagland today replied to questions from Parliamentary Assembly members in a question and answer session during the Assembly’s Spring part-session.
25/04/2017 | Session
The Parliamentary Assembly has said that the human rights situation in the North Caucasus remains “one of the most serious in the entire geographical area covered by the Council of Europe”.
24/04/2017 | Session
The Council of Europe Parliamentary Assembly (PACE) today elected, at the opening of its Spring 2017 Session, Titus Corlăţean as a new Vice-President of the Assembly in respect of Romania.
24/04/2017 | President
PACE President Pedro Agramunt, in view of the request of a significant number of members, agreed to participate in a hearing on his recent visit to Syria. The hearing will be held on 25 April at 1 p.m. in the hemicycle.
24/04/2017 | Session
"It is important that the Committee of Ministers and the Parliamentary Assembly, as well as the Secretary General, continue to concert their efforts to face up to the challenges confronting Europe," said Ioannis Kasoulides.
24/04/2017 | Session
PACE members took part in a “free debate” this afternoon, in which they could speak on any current topic not already included in the session agenda. Some 50 parliamentarians put their names down to speak.
21/04/2017 | Prizes
The deadline for submission of nominations for the 2017 Václav Havel Prize - which aims to reward outstanding civil society action in defending human rights in Europe and beyond - is 30 April.
21/04/2017 | Monitoring
The co-rapporteurs of the PACE Monitoring Committee for the Russian Federation have expressed their serious concern regarding recent developments in relation to the respect for human rights in the Russian Federation.
19/04/2017 | Legal Affairs and Human Rights
"President Erdogan should be under no illusion: reintroducing the death penalty would be simply incompatible with Turkey’s continued membership", said Yves Cruchten, General Rapporteur on abolition of the death penalty.
17/04/2017 | Election observation
The 16 April constitutional referendum in Turkey was contested on an unlevel playing field, and the two sides in the campaign did not have equal opportunities, the international observers concluded in a statement released today.