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 | Session
The Council of Europe Parliamentary Assembly (PACE) today elected Armen Harutyunyan as judge to the European Court of Human Rights in respect of Armenia.
23/06/2015 | Session
The Council of Europe Parliamentary Assembly (PACE) today elected Mârtiŋŝ Mits as judge to the European Court of Human Rights in respect of Latvia.
23/06/2015 | Session
PACE highlighted the instrumental role of the partnership for democracy with the Parliament of Morocco in launching and developing crucial reforms and establishing multi-faceted co-operation with the Council of Europe.
23/06/2015 | Session
The Council of Europe Parliamentary Assembly (PACE) today elected Georges Ravarani as judge to the European Court of Human Rights in respect of Luxembourg.
23/06/2015 | Session
The Council of Europe Parliamentary Assembly (PACE) today elected Stéphanie Mourou-Vikström as judge to the European Court of Human Rights in respect of Monaco.
23/06/2015 | Session
Council of Europe's Secretary General Thorbjørn Jagland today answered the parliamentarians’ questions during a question and answer exercise as part of the Parliamentary Assembly’s Summer session.
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.