29/04/2015 | Monitoring
Josette Durrieu will make a fact-finding visit to Istanbul, Şanliurfa and Ankara in the context of post-monitoring dialogue with Turkey, so as to evaluate the country's progress with regard to outstanding questions.
28/04/2015 | Social Affairs, Health and Sustainable Development
Governments must make no concessions on occupational safety requirements and ensure that these are thoroughly respected by all employers, the committee said, on the occasion of the 2015 World Day for Safety and Health at Work.
28/04/2015 | Monitoring
A delegation of the PACE Monitoring Committee, composed of Stefan Schennach, Robert Walter and Andreas Gross, will conduct a fact-finding to “the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia”, to discuss the current political crisis.
28/04/2015 | President
Latvia has made considerable efforts to fulfill its Council of Europe commitments and obligations. It remains a solid partner and a strong defender of democratic values on the continent, Anne Brasseur said at the end of an official visit.
28/04/2015 | Prizes
The call for nominations for the Václav Havel Human Rights Prize 2015 will be closed on 30 April. The Prize, consisting of a sum of €60,000, is awarded annually by the Assembly, the Václav Havel Library and the Charta 77 Foundation.
27/04/2015 | Migration, International Protection and Economic Co-operation
“The increase in the Chinese population in Europe raises human rights concerns with regard notbly to trafficking and smuggling rings and the lack of legal protection,” notes the committee.
26/04/2015 | President
“All democratic forces need to join hands in combating hatred and intolerance,” said Anne Brasseur at the end of a panel discussion on “Thinking the unthinkable: what is next in store for us?” during the 2015 Lennart Meri Conference.
24/04/2015 | Session
Adopting a resolution, the Assembly said that "Council of Europe member States need to remove existing obstacles and ensure that their citizens have equal access to justice, irrespective of their wealth or status".
24/04/2015 | President
"In view of Romanian former President Iliescu’s admission of a 'CIA facility' in his country, it is now up to the Romanian authorities to conduct a serious investigation into the facts," said PACE President Anne Brasseur.
24/04/2015 | Monitoring
Pedro Agramunt and Tadeusz Iwinski have expressed their deep disappointment at the sentence of seven-and-a-half years in prison handed to the lawyer and human rights defender Intigam Aliyev.
24/04/2015 | Session
PACE has congratulated the European Court of Human Rights on reducing its backlog of cases and becoming even more efficient, but urged states to match this progress by “reinforcing the principle of subsidiarity”.
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.