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.
19/04/2015 | Session
"Hundreds of people are reported to have died while trying to cross the Mediterranean, south of the Italian island of Lampedusa. I am deeply shocked by this awful tragedy", PACE President Anne Brasseur said.
19/04/2015 | President
“Hundreds of people are reported to have died while trying to cross the Mediterranean, south of the Italian island of Lampedusa. I am deeply shocked by this awful tragedy", PACE President Anne Brasseur said.
17/04/2015 | Monitoring
Pedro Agramunt and Tadeusz Iwinski have expressed their concern at the sentence passed on Rasul Jafarov. "Such a long sentence against a human rights defender could be perceived as disproportionate,” they said.
17/04/2015 | Legal Affairs and Human Rights
PACE general rapporteur, Marietta Karamanli, has welcomed the very clear vote in the Nebraska Legislature in favour of replacing capital punishment with life imprisonment for first-degree murder.
16/04/2015 | Migration, International Protection and Economic Co-operation
<p>PACE will launch the Parliamentary Campaign to End Immigration Detention of Children during a ceremony on 20 April. This campaign aims to encourage states to adopt alternatives to detention.</p>
15/04/2015 | President
Speaking at the end of a visit to Armenia, Anne Brasseur has welcomed the steady advancement of this country on the path of implementing the commitments and obligations it undertook when joining the Council of Europe.
15/04/2015 | Prizes
The call for nominations for the Václav Havel Human Rights Prize 2015 will be closed on 30 April next. The Prize, consisting of a sum of €60,000, is awarded annually by the Assembly, the Václav Havel Library and the Charta 77 Foundation.
15/04/2015 | Migration, International Protection and Economic Co-operation
I am deeply saddened by another incident in the series of tragedies occurring in the Mediterranean Sea, involving the capsizing of a boat full of migrants, in which over 400 people are feared to have drowned, said Daphne Dumery.
14/04/2015 | Legal Affairs and Human Rights
The PACE rapporteur Michael McNamara has appealed for MEPs’ help in encouraging the European Union to work more closely with the Council of Europe to uphold human rights.
10/04/2015 | President
Turkey’s role in Europe is more than ever essential, said Anne Brasseur, speaking at the end of a visit to Ankara, Gazientep and Istanbul ; it is facing enormous challenges in view of its geographical position.
09/04/2015 | President
Anne Brasseur will make an official visit to Armenia from 13 to 15 April. She is due to meet notably the President of the Republic, the Prime Minister, the Speaker of the National Assembly and the Foreign Minister.