21/01/2017 | Legal Affairs and Human Rights
PACE rapporteurs have expressed their deep concern at a decision by Russia's Constitutional Court that a European Court of Human Rights ruling on the payment of compensation to YUKOS shareholders should not be enforced.
19/01/2017 | Monitoring
“It is essential to give a renewed impetus to the reform processes and pursue dialogue with the authorities", declared Stefan Schennach and Cezar Florin Preda, after their fact-finding visit to Baku from 12 to 14 January.
16/01/2017 | Prizes
The Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe, in partnership with the Vaclav Havel Library and the Charta 77 Foundation, has today issued a call for nominations for the 2017 Václav Havel Human Rights Prize.
16/01/2017 | Session
Debates on attacks against journalists and media freedom in Europe, the challenges and accountability of online media and journalism, and the need to end cyberdiscrimination and online hate speech will be at the heart of the session.
13/01/2017 | President
Ending his visit, Mr Agramunt spoke in favour of the continuation of contact between parliamentarians of all Council of Europe member States. "The voice of MPs from all Europe's 47 countries must be heard in the Assembly", he said.
13/01/2017 | Monitoring
“Turkey is going through a crucial moment in its political history, reshaping its constitution while coping with the consequences of the on-going state of emergency,” said Ingebjørg Godskesen and Marianne Mikko.
10/01/2017 | Monitoring
Stefan Schennach and Cezar Florin Preda, co-rapporteurs for the monitoring of Azerbaijan by the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe, are to make a fact-finding visit to the country from 12 to 14 January.
10/01/2017 | President
Pedro Agramunt will make a working visit to Moscow on 12-13 January, during which he will hold bilateral meetings, in particular with the Speaker of the Russian State Duma, Vyacheslav Volodin.
09/01/2017 | President
Pedro Agramunt has condemned the terrorist attack on young Israeli cadets at the weekend and expressed his condolences to the Speaker of the Knesset, which holds observer status with the Assembly.
06/01/2017 | Monitoring
Ingebjørg Godskesen and Marianne Mikko, co-rapporteurs of the PACE, will be making a fact-finding visit to Turkey from 9 to 13 January, in the context of the post-monitoring dialogue with this country.
04/01/2017 | Legal Affairs and Human Rights
Yves Cruchten, general rapporteur on the abolition of the death penalty, and Andrea Rigoni, rapporteur on the situation in Belarus, have deplored the death sentence handed down on Kiryl Kazachok by a Belarusian court.
04/01/2017 | Political Affairs and Democracy
Yves Cruchten, general rapporteur on the abolition of the death penalty, and Andrea Rigoni, rapporteur on the situation in Belarus, have deplored the death sentence handed down on Kiryl Kazachok by a Belarusian court.