02/10/2015 | Social Affairs, Health and Sustainable Development
The town of Longueau will receive the PACE Flag of Honour on Sunday 4 October. Edeltraud Gatterer, PACE Honorary Member will present this distinction to reward the European efforts of this city.
02/10/2015 | Social Affairs, Health and Sustainable Development
Negotiators at the forthcoming Paris climate change talks are being urged to make use of an existing 11-point plan drawn up last year by PACE, as a “last chance to close in on a deal”.
02/10/2015 | Session
PACE is urging Europe’s governments to ensure that fathers can play an equal part in the upbringing of their children, pointing out that the role of dads, "needs to be be better recognised and properly valued”.
02/10/2015 | Election observation
A delegation led by Andreas Gross will carry out a pre-electoral mission to Turkey on 5-6 October, to assess the election campaign and political climate prior to the early parliamentary elections on 1 November.
02/10/2015 | Political Affairs and Democracy
Agustín Conde will make a fact-finding visit to Pristina on 5-6 October, in the context of the preparation of his report on the situation in Kosovo and the role of the Council of Europe.
02/10/2015 | Culture, Science, Education and Media
The committee unanimously adopted a report on “Promoting city-to-city co-operation in the field of culture”, prepared by Alexander [Earl of] Dundee, saying that it was necessary to re-energise democracy at grassroots level.
01/10/2015 | Session
Religious communities should be able to exercise the right to freedom of religion “without impediment and without discrimination” and to practise their faith publicly and freely in accordance with their own rites, said PACE.
01/10/2015 | Election observation
A 16-member PACE delegation led by Meritxell Mateu Pi will be in the Kyrgyz Republic from 2 to 5 October to observe the conduct of the parliamentary elections, alongside observers from OSCE-PA, OSCE-ODIHR and EP.
01/10/2015 | Equality and Non-Discrimination
Are refugees welcome? Tim Finch, former director of communication of the Refugee Council and IPPR, told the members of the Alliance that the attitude of authorities, media and people have been inconsistent.
01/10/2015 | Session
Pretrial detention should be used only “exceptionally, as a last resort,” said the Parliamentary Assembly at the end of a debate which was held in Strasbourg today during the plenary session.
01/10/2015 | Session
“Serbia has become one of the pillars of stability in the Balkans. We have contributed a lot to what is at least a peaceful environment - although the region is still fragile,” the Prime Minister of Serbia said, addressing the Assembly.
01/10/2015 | Session
The Parliamentary Assembly held a free debate on current issues not included in the session agenda. The first speaker, Ertuğrul Kürkçü (Turkey, UEL), referred to the situation in Turkey.