08/12/2015 | Legal Affairs and Human Rights
Adopting a report on the protection and role of human rights defenders, the Legal Affairs Committee has expressed deep concern about increased reprisals against them in certain Council of Europe member states.
08/12/2015 | Legal Affairs and Human Rights
The situation of civil society has deteriorated dramatically in certain Council of Europe member states, according to a report by Yves Cruchten adopted today in Paris by the Legal Affairs Committee.
07/12/2015 | Elections
The relatively low turn-out, around 50% of the population, reflects the fact that the referendum was driven by political interests instead of the needs of the Armenian public, said PACE delegation.
07/12/2015 | President
The Democracy Workshop, an initiative of the Austrian Parliament helps children understand the role of Parliaments in an interactive way, said Anne Brasseur, during her recent visit to Vienna.
07/12/2015 | Political Affairs and Democracy
The first priority of the Kosovo* authorities should be to ensure respect for the rule of law and its effective enforcement, according to PACE Committee on Political Affairs and Democracy.
07/12/2015 | Political Affairs and Democracy
On the basis of a report by Josette Durrieu, the committee came out unanimously in favour of granting partner for democracy status to the Jordanian Parliament. The PACE is due to take a decision on the matter at its session in January 2016.
04/12/2015 | Migration, International Protection and Economic Co-operation
The Committee on Migration will hold a conference on the theme “A comprehensive humanitarian and political response to the migration and refugee crisis in Europe” in Paris on 16 December 2015.
04/12/2015 | Culture, Science, Education and Media
The Council of Europe Museum Prize for 2016 has been awarded to the European Solidarity Centre in Gdańsk (Poland). The museum was selected from a shortlist of three candidates by the committee at a meeting today in Paris.
04/12/2015 | President
Anne Brasseur will be making an official visit to Morocco on 8-9 December. She is due to meet, notably, the Speakers of the Chamber of Representatives and the Chamber of Councillors and the Head of Government.
04/12/2015 | President
"Football is a game that should be played with dirty boots not dirty money," said Parliamentary Assembly President Anne Brasseur commenting on the most recent wave of arrests of FIFA officials.
04/12/2015 | Culture, Science, Education and Media
As economic changes and technological innovation have considerable effect, the Committee on culture believes that the roles and responsibilities of libraries and museums need to be reviewed to respond to emerging needs.
03/12/2015 | News
“Terrorism has struck defenceless people, and human rights are first and foremost something that embody people’s actual lives before being the abstract principles of our system. People do not have rights, they are human rights in themselves, and any affront to or violence against a person...