25/06/2015 | President
Anne Brasseur expressed her concern over draft amendments to the Constitution of the Kyrgyz Republic, which would endanger key democratic principles as had been revealed by the Venice Commission and OSCE/ODIHR in their recent joint opinion.
24/06/2015 | Session
PACE has condemned what it called “the crackdown on human rights in Azerbaijan” and called for an end to the “systemic repression” of human rights defenders, the media and those critical of the government.
24/06/2015 | Session
Joining the European Union “is the only hope for our country”, said Mladen Ivanic, Chairman of the Presidency of Bosnia and Herzegovina, speaking today in an address to the Parliamentary Assembly.
24/06/2015 | Session
PACE – while keeping in place all sanctions against the Russian delegation – has decided not to annul the delegation’s credentials at this time, “as a signal of its commitment to an open and constructive dialogue”.
24/06/2015 | Session
Two years after it raised in a resolution concerns about recent laws in Hungary, the Assembly today resolved to end its “special examination” of the country while urging continued dialogue with the Council of Europe.
24/06/2015 | Session
The Assembly has asked the member States to review their legislation to ensure transparency of media ownership, so that the public has access to information, notably about the ownership and management structures of media.
24/06/2015 | Session
In a rapidly changing media environment, the Assembly has urged the media to establish corporate codes of ethics and ombudspersons for complaints or other reactions by their readers and listeners regarding compliance with those codes.
23/06/2015 | Session
In his address to PACE, United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon assured Europe of UN support in combating violent extremism and the rise of antisemitism, anti-muslim attacks and related forms of discrimination.
23/06/2015 | Session
The United States should allow whistle-blower Edward Snowden to return home and defend his actions on the grounds of "public interest", according to PACE. The law he has been accused under does not permit this.
23/06/2015 | Session
The Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe today re-elected Gabriella Battaini-Dragoni (Italy) as Deputy Secretary General of the Council of Europe. It is her second mandate in this post.
23/06/2015 | Culture, Science, Education and Media
The committee expressed its concern over the tensions and xenophobic attitudes aroused in Europe by the development of many churches and religious organisations and by certain religious practices.
23/06/2015 | Equality and Non-Discrimination
There have been waves of young people from countries of Western Europe becoming fighters in various conflicts in the last decades, Professor Tahir Abbas of the Fatih University of Istanbul explained at a meeting.