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.
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 | Session
The parliamentarians said that preventive work with young amateur and semi-professional athletes and the fight against trafficking “should be among the priorities of the anti-doping strategy”.
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
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.