06/05/2016 | Social Affairs, Health and Sustainable Development
A three-year Council of Europe pilot project in Cyprus to strengthen policies against sexual abuse of children has been hailed as “a great example” for the rest of Europe. Stella Kyriakides presented the results in Strasbourg.
04/05/2016 | Legal Affairs and Human Rights
"I am concerned about the Duma’s proposal to further amend the Federal Law on Non-Commercial Organisations", said Yves Cruchten, rapporteur on 'How can inappropriate restrictions on NGO activities in Europe be prevented?'
02/05/2016 | Monitoring
Boriss Cilevičs and Kerstin Lundgren, co-rapporteurs of the Parliamentary Assembly for the monitoring of obligations and commitments by Georgia, will make a fact-finding visit to the country on 3-5 May 2016.
29/04/2016 | Monitoring
The co-rapporteurs for monitoring of the Republic of Moldova, Valentina Leskaj and Ögmundur Jónasson, have called on the Moldovan authorities to adopt and implement the reforms announced.
29/04/2016 | News
PACE Secretary General Wojciech Sawicki welcomed the Secretary General of the OSCE PA, Roberto Montella, and his counterpart from NATO PA, David Hobbs, for the latest in regular consultations.
28/04/2016 | Election observation
A delegation of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) was in Skopje on 26 and 27 April 2016 to assess the pre-electoral climate of the early parliamentary elections scheduled for 5 June 2016.
27/04/2016 | President
"I am seriously concerned about the decision to ban the Mejlis of Crimean-Tatar people as an extremist organisation," declared Parliamentary Assembly President Pedro Agramunt in a statement.
27/04/2016 | Prizes
The deadline for the submission of nominations for the Vaclav Havel Human Rights Prize 2016, has been extended by two months. The new deadline has been fixed on 30 June 2016, instead of the original deadline of 30 April.
25/04/2016 | Election observation
A PACE delegation, headed by Stefan Schennach, will carry out a pre-electoral visit to Skopje on 26-27 April, to assess the election campaign and political climate ahead of the early parliamentary elections on 5 June.
25/04/2016 | Election observation
The 24 April early parliamentary elections in Serbia offered voters a variety of choices and fundamental freedoms were respected. However, international observers expressed a certain number of concerns.
22/04/2016 | Session
All member States must urgently draw conclusions from the tragic events in Brussels and other member States, which are “also due to failures and shortcomings” at national, EU and international levels.
22/04/2016 | Session
PACE today called on member states to devise protection policies and norms for persons displaced as a result of natural, chemical or nuclear disasters and for the victims of the consequences of climate change.