27/01/2016 | Migration, International Protection and Economic Co-operation
"The continuing detention by the Russian Federation of Nadiia Savchenko, Ukrainian parliamentarian and member of the Migration, Committee, constitutes a flagrant violation of human rights and a serious case of political persecution”.
27/01/2016 | President
“Today is a date to remember not only the victims of former horrors, those that were abandoned, but also the victims of today and tomorrow”, PACE President said addressing a ceremony in memory of the victims of the Holocaust.
27/01/2016 | Session
“The threat of terrorism is ever present in our countries. It would be a grave mistake to try to play the fight against terrorism off against human rights protection,” said the French State Secretary for European Affairs.
27/01/2016 | Session
The member States need sufficient legal instruments to combat terrorism efficiently but there is a risk that "counterterrorism measures may introduce disproportionate restrictions or sap democratic control".
27/01/2016 | Session
In the face of the growing threat to security, parliamentarians believe that it is “essential to deepen the understanding of its root causes and devise appropriate policy responses to address them”.
27/01/2016 | Migration, International Protection and Economic Co-operation
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 a draft report.
26/01/2016 | Session
According to the Assembly, the lack of regular maintenance work for over 20 years on the Sarsang reservoir, located in one of the areas of Azerbaijan occupied by Armenia, “poses a danger to the whole border region”.
26/01/2016 | Session
PACE today narrowly voted not to adopt a resolution on “Escalation of violence in Nagorno-Karabakh and the other occupied territories of Azerbaijan”, based on a report by British former PACE member Robert Walter.
26/01/2016 | Session
“Bulgaria has become a pillar of stability and an important factor in the Balkans, working to deepen regional cooperation,” today said Rosen Plevneliev, President of Bulgaria, addressing the Assembly.
26/01/2016 | Session
The Council of Europe’s Secretary General has asked parliamentarians to go home and be louder than ever in defending Europe’s human rights architecture. Speaking about the many challenges facing Europe, Thorbjørn Jagland said the European Convention on Human Rights is a shared vocabulary, the set...
26/01/2016 | Session
The Council of Europe Parliamentary Assembly (PACE) today elected Georgios A. Serghides as judge to the European Court of Human Rights in respect of Cyprus. Mr Serghides has obtained an absolute majority of votes cast.
26/01/2016 | Session
PACE granted the Jordanian Parliament Partner for Democracy Status, the fourth time that this status has been granted since being introduced in 2009. This status provides an appropriate framework for the continuation of the reform process.