26/06/2019 | Session
The Assembly today urged Council of Europe member States to “immediately start to transition to the abolition of coercive practices in mental health settings”. The parliamentarians called for effective and accessible support services.
26/06/2019 | Session
“Portugal has owed the Council of Europe a permanent inspiration since 1976, on which our democratic consensus has largely been based, which requires a long-term commitment,” said Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa.
26/06/2019 | Session
PACE has voted to ratify the credentials of the Russian delegation after they were challenged on substantial grounds, declaring it remained “committed to dialogue as a means of reaching lasting solutions”.
26/06/2019 | Session
The Assembly today elected Marija Pejčinović Burić (Croatia) Secretary General of the Council of Europe for a five-year term beginning on 18 September 2019. She obtained 159 votes, an absolute majority.
26/06/2019 | Session
The Assembly today elected Peeter Roosma as judge to the European Court of Human Rights in respect of Estonia. He is elected judge for a term of office of nine years which shall commence as from 4 January 2020.
26/06/2019 | Session
In today's election of the judge to the European Court of Human Rights in respect of Germany, none of the candidates obtained an absolute majority of the votes cast. A second round of voting will be held on Thursday 27 June.
26/06/2019 | Session
PACE has listed a series of “serious concerns” over the investigation into the murder of Daphne Caruana Galizia, and demanded the setting up of an independent public inquiry into her death within three months.
25/06/2019 | Session
PACE has decided that its members’ “rights to vote, to speak and to be represented in the Assembly and its bodies shall not be suspended or withdrawn in the context of a challenge to or reconsideration of credentials”.
25/06/2019 | Session
In the context of the election of a Vice-President in respect of the Russian Federation, the Assembly decided to hold a vote by secret ballot on the election of the candidate proposed by the Russian delegation, Leonid Slutskiy.
25/06/2019 | Session
Despite the challenges of the budget for the next biennium, the Assembly will have to continue to be “the political driving force of the Council of Europe”, PACE said in a resolution adopted today.
25/06/2019 | Session
Despite uncertainty around the payment of the Russian Federation's contributions, PACE notes that the Programme and Budget shows “the willingness to promote an Organisation confident in its know-how”.
25/06/2019 | Session
The credentials of the new Russian delegation to the Parliamentary Assembly, presented this morning on the second day of the plenary session, have been challenged on both substantive and procedural grounds.