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.
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.
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.
04/03/2016 | Standing Committee
PACE has given its green light to a plan to open up the ground-breaking European Landscape Convention to countries worldwide, approving today an opinion based on a report by Stefan Schennach.
04/03/2016 | Political Affairs and Democracy
In lifting the sanctions against Belarus, the European Union has taken an important step, which acknowledges the improved situation and shows the EU’s commitment to dialogue.
01/03/2016 | President
“I believe Azerbaijan is at a turning point which will allow it to improve its relations with Europe and the Council of Europe,” said Pedro Agramunt,ending a two-day state visit to Azerbaijan.
29/02/2016 | Standing Committee
The Standing Committee will meet in Paris on Friday 4 March to discuss in particular the need to eradicate statelessness of children, forced migration as a new challenge and libraries and museums of Europe.
26/02/2016 | President
Pedro Agramunt will make an official visit to Azerbaijan on 29 February-1st March, during which he is due to meet the President of the Republic, the Speaker of the Milli Mejlis and the Minister for Foreign Affairs.
26/02/2016 | President
Pedro Agramunt has welcomed a final round of responses from the governments of Council of Europe member States to questions on their possible involvement in illegal CIA detentions in Europe or “rendition flights”.
26/02/2016 | Monitoring
Valentina Leskaj and Ögmundur Jónasson expect the authorities to implement credible reforms and welcomed the decision to change former PACE member Grigore Petrenco’s pre-trial detention into house arrest.
25/02/2016 | Elections
“We welcome the agreement reached yesterday by the Macedonian Parliament to re-schedule the early elections to 5 June 2016,” said Lise Christoffersen and Valeriu Ghiletchi,co-rapporteurs for post-monitoring dialogue.
19/02/2016 | Monitoring
Valentina Leskaj and Ögmundur Jonásson, co-rapporteurs for the monitoring of obligations and commitments by the Republic of Moldova, will make a fact-finding visit to the country on 22-23 February.