12/09/2025 | Legal Affairs and Human Rights
Christophe Lacroix (Belgium, SOC), PACE rapporteur on “Threats to life and safety of journalists and human rights defenders in Azerbaijan”, has issued the following statement: “I am deeply disappointed by the recent judgment of the Baku Court of Appeal upholding the convictions of seven...
12/09/2025 | Monitoring
The Monitoring Committee of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) has expressed serious concern at Hungary’s lack of progress on democracy, human rights and the rule of law, pointing to a “worsening situation in certain areas”. Hungary has been under the Assembly’s monitoring...
12/09/2025 | Equality and Non-Discrimination
The Committee on Equality and Non-Discrimination, meeting in Malta, has proposed a set of measures to prevent and combat gender discrimination and gender-based violence in healthcare, medical research and clinical trials. The committee notes that access to healthcare remains unequal and that...
11/09/2025 | Political Affairs and Democracy
“The Assembly remains committed to co-operation with Kazakhstan that is based on shared values and is determined to support the country to continue its democratic reforms,” said the Committee on Political Affairs and Democracy. Adopting a draft resolution based on a report by Zsolt Németh...
11/09/2025 | Equality and Non-Discrimination
“Sexual violence against men and boys is a hidden phenomenon which should be prevented and combated, giving priority to the needs of all victims/survivors,” said the Committee on Equality and Non-Discrimination. Adopting the draft resolution, based on the report by Edmunds Cepurītis (Latvia, SOC...
10/09/2025 | Culture, Science, Education and Media
Young people across Europe are “among the most active defenders and imaginative builders” of democracy, human rights the rule of law, according to PACE’s Culture Committee, and they should be treated “not with repression or indifference, but with recognition, protection and support”. Approving a...
10/09/2025 | Political Affairs and Democracy
Statement by the Committee on Political Affairs and Democracy of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE), issued today: “Joining concerns expressed by the President of the Assembly, the Committee on Political Affairs and Democracy of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of...
10/09/2025 | Monitoring
The Monitoring Committee, meeting on 9 September in Paris, proposed to close the post-monitoring dialogue with Bulgaria and to follow the developments in the country in the framework of its periodic reviews. It welcomed the fact that Bulgaria had overcome the political crisis and instability...
08/09/2025 | Culture, Science, Education and Media
“Young people must be able to participate in public life freely and without fear of reprisal,” said Yevheniia Kravchuk (Ukraine, ALDE), Rapporteur on Youth movements for democracy and Chairperson of the sub-committee on youth and the society of the future, welcoming today’s decision to release...
05/09/2025 | Social Affairs, Health and Sustainable Development
Against a backdrop of geopolitical tensions and budgetary constraints, and in the face of worsening inequalities in access to healthcare, the Committee on Social Affairs, Health and Sustainable Development today emphasised the importance of promoting universal health coverage (UHC), based on the...
05/09/2025 | Election observation
“The upcoming parliamentary elections will be decisive for Moldova’s future and for Europe as a whole. In a polarised society and a tense geopolitical climate, the process must remain inclusive and fair for all citizens, at home and abroad,” said Chris Said (Malta, EPP/CD), Head of the PACE pre...
05/09/2025 | Social Affairs, Health and Sustainable Development
The Committee on Social Affairs, Health and Sustainable Development notes with grave concern that Europe has entered an era in which climate-related disasters are becoming structural: persistent droughts, unprecedented wildfires, and heatwaves that strike the most vulnerable and already...