26/01/2017 | Monitoring
The Monitoring Committee adopted a statement on the proposed constitutional reform in Turkey: “The committee has followed with great attention the adoption of 18 constitutional amendments in the Turkish Parliament..."
26/01/2017 | Session
Sir Roger Gale (United Kingdom, EC) opened a current affairs debate on the situation in Syria, and its effects upon surrounding countries, with an emotional appeal for action to relieve the suffering in the country.
26/01/2017 | Equality and Non-Discrimination
"I am deeply concerned at the adoption by the lower house of the Russian Parliament of a bill decriminalising violence against family members for cases when it is a first offence", said Ms Centemero.
26/01/2017 | Session
“The refugee crisis is becoming unsustainable for Lebanon. Greater solidarity is needed,” PACE said today. It added that the international community should step up its contribution to support and assist the refugees.
26/01/2017 | Session
PACE has adopted the annual report on its monitoring procedure, which takes stock of the activities of its Monitoring Committee from September 2015 to December 2016 and assesses the progress of the countries concerned.
25/01/2017 | Session
PACE has called on all sides to take urgent steps to alleviate the humanitarian plight of the population of the Gaza Strip, which it described as having “worsened significantly” since the 2014 Israeli military operation there.
25/01/2017 | Session
PACE recommended today that member States initiate discussions on norms and mechanisms required for “preventing the risk of information distortion and manipulation of public opinion”.
25/01/2017 | Session
“Europhobia is not just against the values of the European Union. It is also very much against the fundamental values, principles and norms of the Council of Europe,” said Klaus Werner Iohannis, President of Romania.
25/01/2017 | Session
Based on the report by Marit Maij, PACE has proposed, in a resolution, a set of measures to prevent and combat online hate, and calls on member States to strengthen their national legislation.
25/01/2017 | Session
The Parliamentary Assembly today expressed its concern with regard to the “lower significance and changing role of trade unions” which “could further increase social and economic inequalities”.
25/01/2017 | Session
The Parliamentary Assembly has welcomed Ukraine’s ambitious reform programme, stressing that “much progress has been achieved” – but warned that progress on combating corruption was still “too slow”.
25/01/2017 | Equality and Non-Discrimination
“I do not know if I would still be alive if I had stayed in Iraq. But my story is just one among thousands" said Farida Abbas, survivor of ISIS violence, to the members of the Committee on Equality at a hearing in Strasbourg.