27/09/2016 | Political Affairs and Democracy
Icelandic leaders welcomed the Political Affairs Committee to Reykjavik, speaking out strongly in favour of the Council of Europe’s core principles as the most effective way to counter hate-speech, extremism and terrorism.
27/09/2016 | Election observation
The Bureau of the PACE, upon the invitation of the Azerbaijani authorities, decided to send an ad hoc committee to conduct an assessment mission of the 26 September Constitutional referendum in Azerbaijan.
23/09/2016 | Political Affairs and Democracy
Pedro Agramunt will make an official visit to Iceland on 26 and 27 September. In Reykjavik, he is due to meet the President of Iceland and the Speaker of Parliament, as well as the Foreign and Finance Ministers.
23/09/2016 | Parliamentary support
A seminar for staff of national parliaments, aimed at improving their knowledge of the European Convention on Human Rights and in particular regarding the execution of judgments of the Court, will be held in Strasbourg on 26-27 September.
22/09/2016 | Election observation
A delegation, led by Elisabeth Schneider-Schneiter, will carry out a mission to Chisinau on 27-28 September, to assess the election campaign and political climate prior to the presidential election on 30 October.
22/09/2016 | Migration, International Protection and Economic Co-operation
Migration Committee called on European governments to improve the protection of unaccompanied migrant minors and to avoid them going missing. Accelerated asylum application procedures should be implemented.
22/09/2016 | Migration, International Protection and Economic Co-operation
With the world’s lowest fertility and most ageing population, the countries of the Council of Europe need to develop “migration policies oriented towards the future, that attract qualified migrants”, the committee said.
21/09/2016 | Monitoring
The Monitoring Committee of the Parliamentary Assembly, will organise a joint hearing with the Albanian Parliament on Friday 23 September (morning), on “Interreligious Dialogue and Tolerance”.
21/09/2016 | Social Affairs, Health and Sustainable Development
PACE committee recommends that the Council of Europe's ministerial body considers the desirability and feasibility of “drawing up European guidelines to safeguard children’s rights in relation to surrogacy arrangements”.
21/09/2016 | Election observation
Following the invitation of Jordan’s Independent Electoral Commission, PACE observed, for the first time, the early elections to the Jordanian House of Representatives which took place on 20 September.
21/09/2016 | Social Affairs, Health and Sustainable Development
The committee is concerned by the scope of tax avoidance and evasion, as illustrated by the “Panama Papers” scandal, which exposed how shadow companies and secret accounts are used to hide taxable income and assets in tax havens”.
20/09/2016 | Election observation
PACE is to send a seven-member “assessment mission”, headed by Aleksandar Nikoloski, to the 26 September referendum on amendments to the Constitution of Azerbaijan, following an invitation from the authorities.