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OECD official: some European states 'lagging behind' on fighting corruption

09/03/2016 | Political Affairs and Democracy

“Strengthening democracy in Europe should be coupled with resolute efforts to fight corruption, including at the highest levels”, said Drago Kos, Chairperson of the OECD Working Group on Bribery.

Monitoring Committee expresses serious concern at recent developments in Turkey

09/03/2016 | Monitoring

The committee expresses its concern at recent developments in Turkey with respect notably to restrictions on media freedom and access to pluralistic information, and challenges to the decisions of the Constitutional Court.

Palestinian National Council asked to ‘accelerate reforms’ as part of its PACE partnership

08/03/2016 | Political Affairs and Democracy

The committee has asked the Palestinian National Council (PNC) to speed up the reform process in accordance with the political commitments it made when it was granted “Partner for democracy” status by PACE.

PACE committee concerned about recent degradation of the right to freedom of assembly

08/03/2016 | Legal Affairs and Human Rights

In its report on “the urgent need to prevent human rights violations during peaceful protests”, the committee expressed concern about recent restrictions in certain member states.

Committee discusses the state of democracy and the rule of law in Poland

08/03/2016 | Political Affairs and Democracy

The committee held an exchange of views on Tuesday 8 March in Paris on “The state of democracy and the rule of law in Poland”, with the participation of parliamentarians, NGOs and journalists.

International Women’s Day: ‘women are only half-way to equality with men’

07/03/2016 | Equality and Non-Discrimination

Challenging patriarchal values, sexist stereotypes and the perception of gender roles is at the core of the action undertaken by women’s rights activists, declared Elena Centemero on the eve of the International Women’s Day.

Concern about the Istanbul Court's decision undermining media freedom

05/03/2016 | President

PACE President has expressed his serious concern at the decision taken by an Istanbul Court to entrust to state-appointed trustees the control of the media group to which Zaman and Today’s Zaman belong.

Detention of Ilgar Mammadov: 'Solutions can be and need to be found', says PACE President

04/03/2016 | Standing Committee

Following his recent visit to Azerbaijan, PACE President Pedro Agramunt, adressing PACE's Standing Committee in Paris today, referred to the detention of Ilgar Mammadov, whom he met during his visit.

The draft revised Convention on Cinematographic Co-production should provide for a monitoring body

04/03/2016 | Standing Committee

In its opinion on the draft Council of Europe Convention on Cinematographic Co-production, PACE proposed to set up a monitoring body with the functions to achieve better co-ordination of the implementation of the convention.

Data collection: an essential tool to combat violence against women

04/03/2016 | Standing Committee

In unanimously adopting a resolution on “Systematic collection of data on violence against women”, the Standing Committee stressed that violence against women cannot be combatted effectively without reliable data.

PACE names four states whose laws risk leaving children stateless

04/03/2016 | Standing Committee

Laws on nationality in Cyprus, Norway, Romania and Switzerland “contain insufficient or no safeguards against childhood statelessness, in breach of regional and international obligations,” according to the Standing Committee.

A new role for libraries and museums as ‘digital hubs’

04/03/2016 | Standing Committee

The Parliamentary Assembly is urging Europe’s governments to increase support for libraries and museums as “digital hubs” for local communities, and fresh “strategic thinking” on how to renew their role.