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.
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.