15/07/2015 | Monitoring
"The agreement reached today by the country’s main political parties is an important step towards ending the political crisis, including the parliamentary boycott by the main opposition party," say Lise Christoffersen and Valeriu Ghiletchi.
14/07/2015 | News
Pieter Omtzigt, rapporteur on mass surveillance, joins the call by Amnesty International to David Cameron urging him to launch an independent inquiry into surveillance of human rights organisations by the UK secret services.
13/07/2015 | President
Anne Brasseur called on leaders at the UN summit on Financing for Development, meeting in Addis Ababa, to make effectively addressing persistent gender inequality a priority in the new Sustainable Development Goals.
13/07/2015 | President
Anne Brasseur condemned the Saturday attack on the Serbian Prime Minister at the Commemoration Ceremony of the 20th anniversary of the Srebrenica tragedy and called on the politicians of the region to pursue reconciliation efforts.
11/07/2015 | President
Anne Brasseur condemned today the attack in Cairo, in front of the Italian consulate which reportedly killed one and injured several people. "We must stay united in combatting terrorism and violent extremism," she said.
10/07/2015 | President
We must show the political commitment to establish the facts and condemn the heinous war crimes, Anne Brasseur said, on the eve of the 20th anniversary of the Srebrenica tragedy. Reconciliation starts with truth and justice.
09/07/2015 | President
Anne Brasseur has urged Russia to bring its NGO legislation into line with Council of Europe standards, so that the 'Committee against Torture', as well as other NGOs, can continue to work freely in Russia.
07/07/2015 | Secretary General of the Assembly
Relations between the Dutch Parliament and PACE, the European Conference of Presidents of Parliament in 2016, and relations with the Russian parliamentary delegation were among topics discussed during the meeting.
06/07/2015 | News
PACE Secretary General and Parlatino President stressed the similarities between the two parliamentary assemblies in terms of their structure, functioning and political priorities, at a meeting in Strasbourg.
03/07/2015 | President
Speaking at the end of an official visit to Portugal, Anne Brasseur stressed "the high degree of commitment of the authorities to advancing ambitious reforms, in particular those in relation to the judiciary".
02/07/2015 | Legal Affairs and Human Rights
Pre-trial detention should be used “only exceptionally, as a last resort”, according to PACE’s Legal Affairs and Human Rights Committee.
02/07/2015 | Monitoring
Jonathan Evans and Andrej Hunko have welcomed the political determination of the main political forces to continue their co-operation to fully implement the December 2014 agreement, which is of crucial importance for the political stability of the country.