28/06/2018 | Session
Forced marriage involves a series of violent acts against, primarily, women and girls – but also men and boys – and violates their rights to physical integrity, physical and mental health, freedom and autonomy, said PACE.
27/06/2018 | Session
The Council of Europe is not an ‘à la carte menu’. We should not merely enjoy the benefits of the membership; we should also honour and respect its obligations, Peter Pellegrini, Prime Minister of the Slovak Republic, said today.
27/06/2018 | Session
PACE expressed its concern over new restrictions imposed on NGOs activities in several member States. The space for civil society has been shrinking, especially in the area of human rights, it said.
27/06/2018 | Session
Council of Europe member States should put the protection of human life above all other considerations during sea rescues, PACE has said after a series of debates on the migration and refugee crisis.
27/06/2018 | Session
PACE has urged the Russian Federation to conduct an impartial and effective investigation into the persecution of LGBTI people in the Chechen Republic, following the information published in 2017 by the Russian newspaper Novaya Gazeta.
26/06/2018 | Session
PACE has said that greater financial support from the international community for refugees in the countries neighbouring Syria is “indispensable”, while calling on these countries to maintain an “open-door” policy.
26/06/2018 | Session
Croatian Prime Minister Andrej Plenković, addressing PACE in the framework of Croatia’s Chairmanship, underlined that all member States must unequivocally implement the Council’s shared standards.
26/06/2018 | Session
The Assembly today elected Gilberto Felici as judge to the European Court of Human Rights in respect of San Marino. Mr Felici is elected judge of the Court for a term of office of nine years.
26/06/2018 | Session
The Assembly called on member States to respect the human rights and fundamental freedoms of human rights defenders, including their rights to a fair trial and their freedoms of expression and assembly and association.
26/06/2018 | Session
Some 35 members of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe spoke today in the so-called “free debate”, which allows parliamentarians to speak on current issues not already included on the session agenda.
26/06/2018 | Session
Council of Europe Secretary General Thorbjørn Jagland replied to questions from members of the Parliamentary Assembly in a question and answer session during the Parliamentary Assembly’s Summer part-session.
25/06/2018 | Session
The Assembly will hold debates on “Threats to the health and life of Ukrainian prisoners in the Russian Federation and occupied Crimea” and on “International obligations of Council of Europe member States: to protect life at sea”.