01/06/2015 | Monitoring
The committee has made a series of recommendations to the authorities of Azerbaijan as part of its ongoing monitoring of the country – including steps to reinforce democratic checks and balances in the system.
01/06/2015 | Monitoring
Frano Matušić, PACE’s rapporteur for post-monitoring dialogue with Bulgaria, is in Sofia on 2-5 June for high-level meetings with members of the government, opposition and judiciary.
29/05/2015 | Monitoring
“We express our concerns regarding the new legislation on ‘undesirable’ foreign organisations in Russia which endangers the right of free expression of the political opposition, the media and civil society,” said the co-rapporteurs.
28/05/2015 | President
“Following the arrests of leading FIFA officials, football’s global body is once again shaken by a scandal. It is imperative that FIFA continue to reform the governance of this organisation,” said Anne Brasseur.
28/05/2015 | Legal Affairs and Human Rights
Marietta Karamanli, PACE General rapporteur on the abolition of the death penalty, welcomed the decision taken yesterday by the US state of Nebraska to abolish the death penalty.
24/05/2015 | President
I am deeply concerned by Russia's new law on 'undesirable' non-governmental organisations, which has just been signed into law by President Putin," said PACE President Anne Brasseur.
22/05/2015 | Legal Affairs and Human Rights
PACE rapporteur Andreas Gross will travel successively to Romania and to Montenegro for a fact-finding visit, in the context of the preparation of his report on “The fate of critically ill detainees in Europe”.
22/05/2015 | Standing Committee
Anne Brasseur has congratulated Bosnia and Herzegovina on taking up the Chairmanship of the Council of Europe's Committee of Ministers, describing the Chairmanship as "an opportunity, a challenge and a responsibility".
22/05/2015 | Standing Committee
PACE has voted to increase the number of seats allocated to Turkey from 12 to 18 to reflect its increased population, given that the country now has the third-largest population in Europe.
22/05/2015 | Standing Committee
The Standing Committee has urged the member States to update their constitutional and legislative frameworks for protecting children's rights and include those rights in their national constitutions.
22/05/2015 | Standing Committee
PACE has condemned increasingly restrictive migration policies, increased social exclusion and limited access to human and social rights for migrants on the European continent.
22/05/2015 | Standing Committee
PACE has called on Council of Europe member States to consolidate the notion that systematic, deliberate and targeted destruction and looting of cultural property be considered a crime against humanity.