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.
09/04/2015 | Monitoring
Pedro Agramunt and Tadeusz Iwinski have expressed their concern at the refusal by the Azerbaijani authorities to allow researcher Giorgi Gogia to enter the country in order to perform his trial monitoring work.
08/04/2015 | Session
Debates on mass surveillance and the need to uphold human rights and international law in connection with the use of drones and targeted killings will be among the highlights of the Spring Session to be held in Strasbourg 20-24 April.
08/04/2015 | Social Affairs, Health and Sustainable Development
“The pursuit of the Millennium Development Goals by the international community since 2000 has transformed the lives of hundreds of million people across the globe, but our work is far from finished,” said Robert Walter.
07/04/2015 | Social Affairs, Health and Sustainable Development
On World Health Day (7 April), the head of PACE's Social Affairs Committee Valeriu Ghiletchi has issued a strong call to the European authorities and member States to promote food safety.
02/04/2015 | President
Anne Brasseur will make an official visit to Turkey from 7 to 10 April. In Ankara, she is due to meet the Speaker of the Grand National Assembly, the President and the Prime Minister.
02/04/2015 | President
At the end of a four-day visit to Rome and Sicily, Anne Brasseur, President of the Parliamentary Assembly, has praised Italy for its role as a committed European state and partner.
02/04/2015 | Political Affairs and Democracy
Bogdan Klich, who is preparing a report to evaluate the Moroccan Parliament’s “Partnership for democracy” with PACE, will make a second fact-finding visit to Morocco from 8 to 11 April.
02/04/2015 | President
PACE President Anne Brasseur has written to the Speaker of the Turkish Grand National Assembly to condemn this week’s brutal terrorist attack on a court-house in Istanbul and send a message of comfort.