14/10/2015 | Monitoring
"I welcome the decision of the Monegasque authorities to set up a technical working group about the revised European Social Charter,“ said Jordi Xuclà speaking on his return from a visit to the Principality.
12/10/2015 | Election observation
Belarus needs to reform its legal framework to ensure a thoroughly competitive political environment. This is a key condition for the long-term democratic stability of the country, said Reha Denemeç, Head of the PACE Delegation.
10/10/2015 | President
Anne Brasseur strongly condemned the terrorist attack near the main railway station in Ankara, before a rally of the Turkish opposition, which left some eighty people dead and many wounded.
09/10/2015 | Election observation
A 10-member delegation led by Reha Denemeç begins a four-day visit to Belarus to observe the conduct of the presidential election, alongside observers from the OSCE-PA and the OSCE-ODIHR.
09/10/2015 | President
“After a plethora of scandals, and following the latest corruption allegations, FIFA’s Ethics Committee has at last reacted with the suspensions of Sepp Blatter, Michel Platini and Jérôme Valcke,” said Anne Brasseur.
09/10/2015 | Political Affairs and Democracy
During his visit to the Palestinian Territories from 6 to 7 October, the rapporteur Jordi Xuclà expressed concern about clashes between Palestinian protesters and Israeli settlers.
09/10/2015 | Monitoring
Boriss Cilevics and Kerstin Lundgren, co-rapporteurs for the monitoring of Georgia by the PACE, are to make a three-day fact-finding visit to Tbilisi from 12 to 14 October 2015.
09/10/2015 | Monitoring
Jordi Xuclà, former rapporteur on post-monitoring dialogue with Monaco, will travel to the Principality, on behalf of the Monitoring Committee, for a fact-finding visit on the follow-up of the implementation of PACE Resolution 2052 (2015).
09/10/2015 | Legal Affairs and Human Rights
Death penalty does not reduce crime, and merely lowers our society to the level of criminals. There has been some progress towards the universal abolition of this punishment. There is still room for further improvement.
07/10/2015 | Election observation
A seven-member cross-party delegation was in Ankara on 5 and 6 October, at the invitation of the Turkish delegation, for a pre-electoral visit ahead of the early parliamentary elections on 1 November;
06/10/2015 | Political Affairs and Democracy
Jordi Xuclà, rapporteur on the “Evaluation of the Partnership for Democracy with the Palestinian National Council”, has started a fact-finding visit to the Palestinian Territories today, which will continue tomorrow.
05/10/2015 | Election observation
“Yesterday, voting was transparent, and voters made their choice freely among a large number of contestants,” said Meritxell Mateu Pi, Head of the PACE Delegation, regarding the parliamentary elections in Kyrgyzstan.