24/05/2015 | President
I am deeply concerned by Russia's new law on 'undesirable' non-governmental organisations, which has just been signed into law by President Putin," said PACE President Anne Brasseur.
22/05/2015 | Legal Affairs and Human Rights
PACE rapporteur Andreas Gross will travel successively to Romania and to Montenegro for a fact-finding visit, in the context of the preparation of his report on “The fate of critically ill detainees in Europe”.
22/05/2015 | Standing Committee
Anne Brasseur has congratulated Bosnia and Herzegovina on taking up the Chairmanship of the Council of Europe's Committee of Ministers, describing the Chairmanship as "an opportunity, a challenge and a responsibility".
22/05/2015 | Standing Committee
PACE has voted to increase the number of seats allocated to Turkey from 12 to 18 to reflect its increased population, given that the country now has the third-largest population in Europe.
22/05/2015 | Standing Committee
The Standing Committee has urged the member States to update their constitutional and legislative frameworks for protecting children's rights and include those rights in their national constitutions.
22/05/2015 | Standing Committee
PACE has condemned increasingly restrictive migration policies, increased social exclusion and limited access to human and social rights for migrants on the European continent.
22/05/2015 | Standing Committee
PACE has called on Council of Europe member States to consolidate the notion that systematic, deliberate and targeted destruction and looting of cultural property be considered a crime against humanity.
21/05/2015 | Social Affairs, Health and Sustainable Development
The committee called for appropriate measures to address the continuous downgrading of employment and working conditions, and the reduction of the quality of public services.
21/05/2015 | Social Affairs, Health and Sustainable Development
For child protection mechanisms to be effective, they need to respond to topical events and address abuse in different contexts (institutions, family), said members of One in Five network.
19/05/2015 | Social Affairs, Health and Sustainable Development
The first regional seminar on social rights in Eastern Partnership countries focusing on the European Social Charter took place in Chisinau on 18 May. Members of the committees dealing with social rights shared experiences.
19/05/2015 | President
Addressing the Session of the Committee of Ministers in Brussels, PACE's President commented on the worrying increase of intolerance and hate speech. "Hate and intolerance are undermining our democracies,” she said.
19/05/2015 | Monitoring
On their return from a fact-finding visit to Chisinau and Comrat, Lise Christoffersen and Piotr Wach expressed their expectations and hopes relating to the honouring of obligations and commitments by the Republic of Moldova.