27/11/2015 | Standing Committee
PACE has given its backing to online dispute resolution (ODR), as well as other innovative uses of information technology, as a way of improving individuals’ access to justice.
27/11/2015 | Standing Committee
PACE Standing Committee, meeting in Sofia, today said that “nobody should die in detention” and recalled the right to equivalent medical care for detainees.
27/11/2015 | Standing Committee
The Assembly today welcomed the initiative of the Committee of Ministers in drawing up a Council of Europe Convention on an Integrated Safety, Security and Service Approach at Football Matches and Other Sports Events.
26/11/2015 | Social Affairs, Health and Sustainable Development
In a draft resolution PACE's Social Affairs Committee says the lack of regular maintenance work on the Sarsang reservoir, located in an area of Azerbaijan occupied by Armenia, “poses a danger to the whole border region”.
26/11/2015 | Legal Affairs and Human Rights
Pierre-Yves Le Borgn, rapporteur on implementation of judgments of the European Court of Human Rights, has responded to recent criticisms of the Court made by French former European Affairs Minister Pierre Lellouche.
25/11/2015 | President
“I condemn yesterday’s terrorist bombing in Tunis", said Anne Brasseur. "We stand with the Tunisian authorities in combating the terrorists. If we remain united in defending our values, they will not succeed.”
24/11/2015 | Social Affairs, Health and Sustainable Development
“We, as parliamentarians, must raise awareness of the counterfeiting of medical products and similar crimes, and their negative impact on public health,” warns Valeriu Ghiletchi, Chair of PACE's Social Affairs Committee.
24/11/2015 | Legal Affairs and Human Rights
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 | 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 | 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.