22/04/2016 | Session
PACE urges ‘rapid response’ health squads to handle international health emergencies PACE has called for the creation of ‘rapid response’ forces to handle international health emergencies such as the Zika virus, Ebola or H1N1.
22/04/2016 | Session
PACE has called for the withdrawal of a draft Council of Europe legal text on the involuntary placement and treatment of people with mental health problems on the ground that its basic premise is “discriminatory”.
21/04/2016 | Session
PACE has called on the Council of Europe member and observer States as well as partners for democracy to introduce the principle of parity into their Constitution to increase women’s political representation.
21/04/2016 | Session
In a speech to Council of Europe parliamentarians today, Georgian Prime Minister Giorgi Kvirikashvili outlined the ways in which his country had embraced European values.“We have made our choice,” he told the Assembly.
21/04/2016 | Session
“Over the past two years, Italy has made a number of reforms with a view to enhancing women’s political participation and ensuring a better gender balance in the institutions,” today said Maria Elena Boschi.
21/04/2016 | Session
PACE calls on member states to adopt sanctions against individuals involved in the kidnapping, unlawful detention, unfair trial and conviction of Nadyia Savchenko, unless she is released without further delay.
20/04/2016 | Session
The Assembly expressed its concern at the attacks against members of the Jewish community in Europe, and called on member states to consider the fight against antisemitism as a priority.
20/04/2016 | Session
Recalling the importance of respecting the values embodied by the Council of Europe, the Austrian President Heinz Fischer stressed that these fundamental values may not be sacrificed in the fight against terrorism.
20/04/2016 | Session
The Parliamentary Assembly has encouraged the members of its Palestinian partner for democracy delegation to “step up efforts” to speed up reform and to address human rights and rule of law concerns.
20/04/2016 | Session
"Spain is and will remain a reliable and predictable member of the Council of Europe", Spanish Foreign Minister José Manuel Garcia-Margallo said today, addressing the Parliamentary Assembly.
20/04/2016 | Session
“Governments and political leaders should refrain from using xenophobic rhetoric linking migrants to security risks, thereby making the integration of the few migrants staying in the country even more problematic,” said Mr Mitov.
20/04/2016 | Session
Expressing concern about the de facto erosion of intellectual property rights in the digital era, the Parliamentary Assembly today recalled that intellectual property rights are protected human rights.