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Ukraine: PACE to participate in the local elections observation mission

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.

Georgia: co-rapporteurs urge all political forces to find a compromise on election system before the next...

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.

PACE President presents eight-point blueprint to address migration crisis

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.

PACE President writes to Azerbaijan’s President Aliyev citing ‘deepest concerns’ over human rights situation

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.

Monaco’s working group on the European Social Charter welcomed

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.

Reforms needed to address substantial shortcomings in Belarus

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.

PACE President condemns bomb attack in Ankara

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.

PACE to observe the presidential election in Belarus

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.

Anne Brasseur: ‘GAME OVER for the FIFA system’

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.

Concerns about clashes between Palestinian protesters and Israeli settlers and army

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.

PACE monitors to visit Georgia

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.

Monaco: visit by former PACE rapporteur on post-monitoring dialogue

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).