26/06/2015 | President
“I condemn in the strongest possible terms this morning’s terrorist attack near Lyon,” said Anne Brasseur, addressing the Assembly on the closing day of its summer plenary session.
26/06/2015 | President
“I am deeply shocked at today’s wave of terrorist attacks in France, Tunisia and Kuwait which I condemn, on behalf of the Parliamentary Assembly, in the strongest possible terms,” said Anne Brasseur.
26/06/2015 | Session
PACE has called on states to do more to deter large-scale cyber attacks, urging tighter security for critical services and stronger penalties for those who try to disrupt them.
26/06/2015 | Legal Affairs and Human Rights
Legal Affairs Committee has expressed “deep concern” at the high number of judgments of the European Court of Human Rights that have still not been implemented by the States concerned – a figure that it says is stable at nearly 11,000 cases.
26/06/2015 | Monitoring
Jonathan Evans and Andrej Hunko, PACE co-rapporteurs for the monitoring of obligations and commitments by Albania, will make a fact-finding visit to that country on 29-30 June 2015.
25/06/2015 | Session
"According to UN officials, the war in Syria has unleashed the worst humanitarian crisis of our time. Turkey, a neighbouring country, hosts two millions Syrians,” said Reha Denemeç opening the current affairs debate.
25/06/2015 | Monitoring
The co-rapporteurs for the monitoring of Armenia, Axel Fischer and Sir Alan Meale, have appealed to police as well as protesters to show maximum restraint to ensure unhindered peaceful protests.
25/06/2015 | Session
The Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe held this morning a free debate on current issues not included in the session agenda. Sixteen parliamentarians took the floor during the debate.
25/06/2015 | Session
Anne Brasseur today announced that the Assembly‘s film “The Lake”, which encourages young people to speak up about sexual abuse as part of the ONE-in-FIVE campaign, is the winner of the EACA Care Award for 2015.
25/06/2015 | Social Affairs, Health and Sustainable Development
Anne Brasseur today announced that the Assembly‘s film “The Lake”, which encourages young people to speak up about sexual abuse as part of the ONE-in-FIVE campaign, is the winner of the EACA Care Award for 2015.
25/06/2015 | Session
The problem of persons reported missing during the conflict in Ukraine can only be solved through the “joint efforts of all sides”, the Parliamentary Assembly said in conclusion to a plenary session debate.
25/06/2015 | Session
The Assembly called on European governments for new socio-economic, educational and fiscal policies, "combined with a targeted budget allocation", to safeguard the benefits of the European Social Model to future generations.