12/04/2019 | Session
The Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe held this afternoon a free debate on current issues not included in the session agenda. Twelve parliamentarians took the floor.
12/04/2019 | Session
“Anonymity should be waived for all future gamete donations in Council of Europe member States,” PACE said today, after a debate in plenary session in Strasbourg, in adopting a recommendation based on the report by Petra De Sutter.
11/04/2019 | Session
The Assembly amended various provisions of its Rules to accommodate the changes in parliamentary practice, while drawing on the discussions in the Ad hoc Committee of the Bureau on the role and mission of the Assembly.
11/04/2019 | Session
“Armenia is today unequivocally a democratic country with absolute freedom of expression, and our government is continuing to enhance respect for human rights,” said Nikol Pashinyan, Prime Minister of Armenia.
11/04/2019 | Session
PACE is deeply concerned by the extent of money laundering in member States, also known as the “Global”, the “Azerbaijani” and the “Troika" Laundromats, and has urged improved national mechanisms to combat it.
11/04/2019 | Session
The Parliamentary Assembly today expressed serious concern regarding the humanitarian situation of asylum seekers in the reception and identification centres on the Greek islands as well as on mainland Greece.
10/04/2019 | Session
Georgian Prime Minister Mamuka Bakhtadze has hailed the progress Georgia has made since it joined the Council of Europe, citing a more independent judiciary and greater oversight of human rights.
10/04/2019 | Session
The Assembly expressed its concern at the upsurge in hate speech which incites xenophobia, racial hatred, antisemitism, islamophobia and intolerance, and which targets in particular minorities, immigrants, women and LGBTI persons.
10/04/2019 | Session
The Parliamentary Assembly has called for a series of measures to stop hate speech or acts of hate in sport – including requiring all players and athletes to formally commit to abstain from such acts.
10/04/2019 | Session
PACE has proposed a “joint reaction procedure” involving both of the Council of Europe’s statutory bodies, and the Secretary General, in cases where a member State violates its statutory obligations.
09/04/2019 | Session
PACE today called on national parliaments and local authorities to become actively involved in the implementation and monitoring of the UN's Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).
09/04/2019 | Session
PACE has decided to strengthen dialogue with the United Nations, focusing on the implementation of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and on the complementarity between the Council of Europe and the UN.