24/06/2016 | Session
PACE has voiced its concern over road safety in a resolution approved today. Parliamentarians considered this issue as a public health priority and have urged national governments to do more to prevent deaths and injures.
23/06/2016 | Session
“Our doors are open!” said Axel Fischer opening a current affairs debate on the Assembly’s role as a pan-European forum for inter-parliamentary dialogue and co-operation.
23/06/2016 | Session
Firmly believing that participation in cultural life is a fundamental human right and contributes to the democratic process, PACE called on member States to facilitate access to culture by women, youth and minorities.
23/06/2016 | Session
PACE has called on member States to do more to involve diaspora associations in the framing of policies in the integration process. The parliamentarians believe that educational networks play a key role in the “living together”.
23/06/2016 | Monitoring
PACE co-rapporteurs for the monitoring of Georgia, Boriss Cilevics and Kerstin Ludgren, have expressed deep concern at reports of violence against political activists in Georgia.
23/06/2016 | Social Affairs, Health and Sustainable Development
At a ceremony today at the Council of Europe in Strasbourg, Stella Kyriakides and Jean-Claude Frécon awarded the European Diploma 2016 to the mayors of the 12 winning municipalities.
23/06/2016 | Session
The Assembly expressed its deep concern at the infringements of the independence and freedom of expression of some of its members, who have been the target of disguised sanctions on the part of their parliament.
23/06/2016 | Session
While welcoming the measures taken by the EU institutions to improve its transparency and avoid conflicts of interest, PACE called for additional measures to ensure fair access to these institutions by all extra-institutional actors.
22/06/2016 | Session
“Estonia remains committed to supporting the active role taken by the Council of Europe in developing a useful framework for the protection of human rights, either online or offline”, said the Prime Minister of Estonia, Taavi Rõivas.
22/06/2016 | Session
Alexis Tsipras issued a strong call for “a better Europe, and a new and inspiring vision for Europe’s citizens” today when addressing parliamentarians from the 47-nation Council of Europe.
22/06/2016 | Session
At the end of a debate on the functioning of democratic institutions in Turkey, the Assembly resolved to closely follow the situation in the country on the basis of information provided by its Monitoring Committee.
22/06/2016 | Session
PACE today called on member States to refrain from placing political opponents, human rights activists or journalists in administrative detention in order to punish them or obtain confessions.