26/10/2015 | Election observation
Ukraine's local elections "generally respected the democratic process, but additional efforts are needed to enhance public confidence," concluded international observers, including members of PACE.
26/10/2015 | President
In her address to the “Play the Game Conference”, Anne Brasseur called on the support from the sport sector for the “No Hate Parliamentary Alliance” to adopt firm and proactive public positions against racism, hatred and intolerance.
23/10/2015 | Equality and Non-Discrimination
“We must stop treating transgender people as if they are diseased,” said the General Rapporteur on the rights of LGBT people Jonas Gunnarsson (Sweden, SOC), on the eve of the Day of Action for Trans Depathologisation.
22/10/2015 | President
Anne Brasseur will be paying a working visit to Denmark (25-26 October) and Iceland (27-28 October). In Aarhus, the PACE President will deliver a speech at the opening of the “Play the Game” conference.
22/10/2015 | Migration, International Protection and Economic Co-operation
A five-member delegation headed by Doris Fiala, is to visit reception facilities for refugees and migrants on the Greek island of Kos from 24 to 25 October. It will speak with recently arrived refugees and migrants.
22/10/2015 | President
PACE President extended sincere condolences to the family of Louis Jung, former French senator and President of the Assembly, and paid tribute to a fervent champion of the European project and Council of Europe values.
21/10/2015 | President
Speaking before the Congress of Local and Regional Authorities Anne Brasseur made a plea for solidarity of regions and municipalities to tackle “Europe’s number 1 challenge: the refugee and migratory crisis.”
21/10/2015 | Equality and Non-Discrimination
Maryvonne Blondin will be paying a working visiting to Norway on 22 and 23 October in the framework of the preparation of her report on "Guaranteeing equal rights and protecting women against violence in the armed forces".
20/10/2015 | Election observation
A 13-member PACE delegation will participate, from 22 to 26 October 2015, in the observation mission of the local elections in Ukraine, scheduled for 25 October. It will consist of 57 observers from 25 countries.
19/10/2015 | Monitoring
At the end of their fact-finding visit to Tbilisi, the co-rapporteurs for Georgia, Boriss Cilevics and Kerstin Lundgren, urged the ruling majority and opposition to find a mutually acceptable compromise on the electoral system.
18/10/2015 | President
Anne Brasseur, speaking in a debate on “The moral and economic imperative for fairer, smarter and more humane migration”, presented a blueprint to address the migration crisis at a pan-European level.
16/10/2015 | President
Anne Brasseur has written to President Ilham Aliyev expressing her “deepest concerns” over the deterioration of the situation in Azerbaijan as regards democracy, human rights and the rule of law.