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PACE President makes official visit to Ukraine

12/05/2016 | President

PACE President, Pedro Agramunt, today begins a two-day official visit to Ukraine (12-13 May), following the formation of a new government.He is due to meet, notably, President Petro Poroshenko.

Two PACE committees to meet in Rome

12/05/2016 | Legal Affairs and Human Rights

The Committees on Legal Affairs and Rules of Procedure of the Parliamentary Assembly will meet on 17 and 18 May 2016 at the Palazzo Montecitorio in Rome, at the invitation of the Italian delegation to PACE.

Belarus: 1st Parliamentary meeting on electoral standards and the electoral process improvement

11/05/2016 | Parliamentary support

With a view to the forthcoming parliamentary elections (September 2016), a round table on electoral standards and the electoral process improvement in Belarus will take place in Minsk on 18 May 2016.

Georgia: co-rapporteurs welcome willingness to seek Venice Commission’s opinion on Constitutional Court...

10/05/2016 | Monitoring

Boriss Cilevics and Kerstin Lundgren welcome the intention of the Chairperson of the Human Rights Committee of the Georgian Parliament to send the proposed amendments to the laws to the Venice Commission for opinion.

PACE monitors to visit Armenia

09/05/2016 | Monitoring

Alan Meale and Giuseppe Galati, monitoring co-rapporteurs for Armenia, will make a fact-finding visit to the country on 11 and 12 May, focusing on the follow-up to constitutional changes, electoral reform and the fight against corruption.

Belarus: rapporteurs strongly condemn another execution

09/05/2016 | Legal Affairs and Human Rights

Meritxell Mateu, general rapporteur on the abolition of the death penalty, and Andrea Rigoni, rapporteur on the situation in Belarus, strongly condemn another execution carried out in Belarus.

Belarus: rapporteurs strongly condemn another execution

09/05/2016 | Political Affairs and Democracy

Meritxell Mateu, general rapporteur on the abolition of the death penalty, and Andrea Rigoni, rapporteur on the situation in Belarus, strongly condemn another execution carried out in Belarus.

The functioning of democratic institutions in Turkey: visit by co-rapporteurs

06/05/2016 | Monitoring

Ingebjørg Godskesen and Nataša Vuckovic, co-rapporteurs for post-monitoring dialogue with Turkey, are to pay a fact-finding visit to the country from 9 to 12 May, to look at the functioning of democratic institutions.

Cyprus pilot project to combat child sex abuse hailed as ‘a great example’ for Europe

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.

Call on Russian lawmakers to align NGO law with international legal standards

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?'

PACE monitors to visit Georgia

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.

OSCE, NATO and Council of Europe PA Secretaries General discuss co-operation in Strasbourg

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.