21/04/2015 | Session
The Parliamentary Assembly today elected Carlo Ranzoni as judge to the European Court of Human Rights in respect of Liechtenstein for a term of office of nine years which shall commence as from 1 September 2015.
21/04/2015 | Session
In a tense political and economic context, marked by the rise of extremism, racism and terrorism, the Council of Europe “should have more means of fulfilling its role”, said PACE in an opinion adopted today.
21/04/2015 | Session
PACE welcomed the Turkish authorities’ decision to “reinforce the Council of Europe by proposing to become a ‘major contributor’” in 2016. In its resolution, the Assembly called on member states to accept this proposal.
21/04/2015 | Rules of Procedure, Immunities and Institutional Affairs
Adopting the report prepared by Andreas Gross (Switzerland, SOC), the Committee on Rules of Procedure stated its belief that “the representation of the Turkish parliament in the Assembly is clearly too low”.
21/04/2015 | Session
The Secretary General of the Council of Europe, Thorbjørn Jagland, took questions from parliamentarians during a new question-and-answer session that took place during the spring session.
21/04/2015 | Political Affairs and Democracy
Belarus has shown signs of opening-up, which I hope will be followed by concrete steps that could lead to improve the human rights situation and the normalisation of relations with the Council of Europe, said M. Rigoni.
21/04/2015 | Session
In the face of the unprecedented humanitarian crisis caused by the actions of the terrorist group known as “Islamic State”, the Assembly has reiterated its appeal to States to show solidarity.
20/04/2015 | Session
Adopting its final agenda at the opening of the 2015 Spring session, the Assembly decided to hold an urgent debate on “The human tragedy in the Mediterranean: Immediate Action Needed”, on Thursday 23 April.
20/04/2015 | Session
The Parliamentary Assembly today elected, at the opening of its Spring 2015 Session, two new Vice-Presidents: Dimitris Vitsas (Greece, UEL) and Mladen Bosić (Bosnia and Herzegovina, NR).
20/04/2015 | President
Human rights are universal. Refugees must be able to live in dignity and in decent conditions! Our Assembly is duty bound to launch a discussion on the migration issue from a human rights perspective.
20/04/2015 | Migration, International Protection and Economic Co-operation
We need to put an end to the detention of migrant children, which is a terrible situation, as I witnessed during a visit last year to a place of detention, said Anne Brasseur, at a ceremony to launch a Parliamentary Campaign.
20/04/2015 | Session
The Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) held on Monday afternoon a free debate on current issues not included in the session agenda. Twenty eight parliamentarians took the floor.