23/04/2015 | Session
The Assembly today called on the member States of the EU to adopt a comprehensive approach to deal with mixed migratory flows across the Mediterranean, with a view “to carrying out an urgent and concerted action”.
23/04/2015 | Legal Affairs and Human Rights
The committee condemns in strongly the conviction of Intigam Aliyev, a famous Azerbaijani human rights lawyer, who was sentenced to seven years and six months of imprisonment by the Baku Grave Crimes Court.
23/04/2015 | Session
Last year thousands of people died unnecessarily, in the Mediterranean Sea and in eastern Ukraine. This, in a Europe where the rule of law prevails, said Nils Muižnieks addressing PACE.
23/04/2015 | Session
Council of Europe member States should “scrupulously respect” the limits placed on targeted killings under international law when carrying out drone strikes, the Council of Europe Parliamentary Assembly said today.
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 | Rules, Ethics and Immunities
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".