24/11/2015 | Political Affairs and Democracy
Two rapporteurs of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe have expressed their dismay at a death sentence handed down in Belarus last week, and urged the authorities not to carry it out.
24/11/2015 | Equality and Non-Discrimination
The global refugee crisis is not only a major challenge for governments, it also aggravates another phenomenon: violence against refugee women, said Sahiba Gafarova, denouncing the “double violence” they too often suffer.
23/11/2015 | Social Affairs, Health and Sustainable Development
The committee has decided to postpone discussion of a draft report by Petra de Sutter on human rights and the ethical issues related to surrogacy, which was on the committee’s agenda at a meeting today.
23/11/2015 | Migration, International Protection and Economic Co-operation
Nellija Kleinberga will conduct a fact-finding visit to Kyiv and Severodonetsk from 24 to 26 November, in view to prepare her report on “The humanitarian concerns with regard to captured people during the conflict in Ukraine”.
23/11/2015 | Social Affairs, Health and Sustainable Development
The committee supports a change in approach to drug policy and calls on member states to adopt and promote a public-health oriented drug policy based on prevention, treatment and harm reduction.
23/11/2015 | Legal Affairs and Human Rights
Marieluise Beck, rapporteur on legal remedies to human rights violations on the Ukrainian territories outside the control of the authorities, has sounded the alarm on the humanitarian situation in the separatist-held regions of Ukraine.
20/11/2015 | Social Affairs, Health and Sustainable Development
In Paris on 24 November the committee is organising a parliamentary conference on the MEDICRIME Convention, the treaty on the counterfeiting of medical products and similar crimes.
20/11/2015 | Social Affairs, Health and Sustainable Development
The town of Cervia (Italy) will receive the Plaque of Honour of the Parliamentary Assembly on Thursday, 26 November 2015. Laura Puppato, Member of the Parliamentary Assembly will present this distinction.
20/11/2015 | President
Anne Brasseur, speaking during the World Forum for Democracy, has condemned, in the strongest possible terms, the wave of terrorist attacks by IS against France, Lebanon and Russia, as well as other states earlier this year.
20/11/2015 | Monitoring
At the end of a fact-finding visit to Podgorica, Terry Leyden and Ionut Marian Stroe, co-rapporteurs for post-monitoring dialogue with Montenegro, have welcomed the continuing positive role played by the country in stabilising the region.
19/11/2015 | Standing Committee
The Standing Committee of the Parliamentary Assembly will meet in Sofia on Friday 27 November, in the context of the Bulgarian Chairmanship of the Committee of Ministers (November 2015-May 2016).
19/11/2015 | Rules of Procedure, Immunities and Institutional Affairs
A seminar, organised in co-operation with the PACE Parliamentary Project Support Division, will take place on 10-11 December 2015 on the theme: “Funding of political parties and electoral campaigns: legislation and control mechanisms”.