06/03/2017 | Standing Committee
Discussions with Christian Ahlund, Chair of the ECRI and with representatives of the Russian Parliament on modalities of co-operation between the Parliamentary Assembly and the Russian Parliament in 2017 are among the items on the agenda.
06/03/2017 | Political Affairs and Democracy
The Political Affairs Committee today backed the proposal for a 4th Council of Europe Summit, stressing that such a Summit should aim at re-launching the CoE's core mission: a pan-European organisation, offering a common legal space.
04/03/2017 | News
Pedro Agramunt has expressed his dismay at the announcement today of the execution of fifteen Jordanians sentenced to death for terrorism and various crimes, at the prison of Souaga, in the south of Amman.
03/03/2017 | Monitoring
The co-rapporteurs for the monitoring of Georgia, Boriss Cilevics and Kerstin Lundgren, took note of the Supreme Court judgment and expressed their concern about the possible consequences on the pluralism of the media environment.
01/03/2017 | Monitoring
The visit of the PACE monitoring co-rapporteurs for Albania, Andrej Hunko and Joseph O'Reilly, took place against the background of the Democratic Party’s protests and boycott of the work of parliament.
24/02/2017 | Monitoring
Andrej Hunko and Joseph O'Reilly, co-rapporteurs for the monitoring of obligations and commitments by Albania, will make a fact-finding visit to that country from 27 February to 1 March 2017, as part of their regular monitoring visits.
23/02/2017 | Election observation
The delegation supports the opinion of the Venice Commission, which concluded that the electoral legislation allows for the organisation of free and democratic elections, if it is applied in good faith and if there is a political will.
21/02/2017 | Parliamentary support
A seminar on freedom of expression in the media was be held in Tirana on 24 February. It provided an opportunity for enhanced dialogue on the issue, between parliamentarians of Albania and other members of Parliaments of the '47'.
21/02/2017 | Election observation
A delegation headed by Liliane Maury-Pasquier, will make a pre-electoral visit to Armenia on 22-23 February to assess the electoral campaign and the political climate prior to the parliamentary elections on 2 April.
17/02/2017 | Legal Affairs and Human Rights
PACE rapporteur Marieluise Beck has urged Russia to drop the charges against Mykola Semena, a Crimean journalist whose trial for “separatism” and related offences is due to begin today.
14/02/2017 | Equality and Non-Discrimination
There is an increasing number of instances of online hate speech and conspiracy theories. What is the reason for this? Who are the victims? Does online hate speech give rise to real violence against particular groups?
02/02/2017 | News
Nearly three years since the Parliament of Kyrgyzstan was granted Partner for Democracy status under the terms of Assembly Resolution 1984 (2014), it has yet to make full use of all opportunities offered by the status.