23/04/2015 | Session
PACE has decided to end post-monitoring dialogue with Monaco in the light of recent progress made by the Principality to honour the commitments it entered into on joining the Council of Europe in 2004.
23/04/2015 | President
On the occasion of the North-South Centre’s 25th anniversary, PACE President Anne Brasseur urged all member States which are not already part to the Council of Europe North-South Centre to consider joining it.
23/04/2015 | Session
The decision to assign the 2022 World Cup to Qatar was so “radically flawed” by illegal payments that FIFA should hold a new vote under cleaned-up procedures, according to PACE.
22/04/2015 | Political Affairs and Democracy
What is the link between corruption and democracy? How can corruption undermine the pillars of the rule of law? These were the questions posed by Michele Nicoletti as he opened a hearing on "Corrupt elites as a threat to democracy".
22/04/2015 | Migration, International Protection and Economic Co-operation
PACE rapporteur Tineke Strik called on European states and organisations to make Libya a priority as they develop new policy and operational responses to the growing migration crisis in the Mediterranean.
22/04/2015 | Prizes
Marseille’s Museum of European and Mediterranean Civilizations (MuCEM) was yesterday awarded the Council of Europe’s prestigious Museum Prize at a ceremony in Strasbourg.
22/04/2015 | Social Affairs, Health and Sustainable Development
Including children’s rights in national constitutions could strengthen national laws and policies to protect children in the view of PACE’s Committee on Social Affairs.
22/04/2015 | Session
"There was the Maidan, and because of the Maidan we must now take the rights decisions", today said Jordi Xuclà introducing the current affairs debate on "The political and security situation in Ukraine and its implications".
22/04/2015 | President
Anne Brasseur will make an official visit to Latvia from 26 to 28 April. Meetings are scheduled in Riga with the Speaker of the Parliament and with the Foreign Affairs, Interior and Culture Ministers.
22/04/2015 | President
Anne Brasseur will travel to Estonia from 25 to 26 April. In Tallinn, she will participate in a round table on the occasion of the Lennart Meri Conference 2015. She is also due to meet the Speaker of the Parliament.
22/04/2015 | Legal Affairs and Human Rights
“I am worried by the decision of Indonesia’s Supreme Court to refuse the final appeal of Serge Atlaoui, condemned to death for drug trafficking in 2005, who has consistently declared his innocence,” said Ms Karamanli.
22/04/2015 | Rules of Procedure, Immunities and Institutional Affairs
What is the link between corruption and democracy? How can corruption undermine the pillars of the rule of law? These were the questions posed by Michele Nicoletti as he opened a hearing on "Corrupt elites as a threat to democracy".