05/03/2015 | Monitoring
Pedro Agramunt (Spain, EPP/CD) and Tadeusz Iwinski (Poland, SOC), PACE for the monitoring of Azerbaijan, have ended a fact finding visit to the country (2-3 March 2015).
04/03/2015 | Parliamentary support
A first Seminar in the framework of the Eastern Partnership 2015-2017 will be held in Strasbourg on 19-20 March 2015, with the participation of 20 staff members from five countries: Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia, Republic of Moldova and Ukraine.
04/03/2015 | Parliamentary support
A regional seminar, organised in co-operation with the PACE Committee on Rules of Procedure, will take place on 26-27 March 2015 in Istanbul, on the theme: "Elected bodies: transparency of functioning and accountability".
04/03/2015 | Equality and Non-Discrimination
Following a two-day visit to Germany, Ms Santerini has called for greater vigilance against movements such as Pegida and Legida, which spread the belief that people of different cultures and religions cannot live together in our countries.
03/03/2015 | President
“Time is running out to spare the life of Nadiia Savchenko,” PACE President said appealing to the Russian authorities to show compassion for the Ukrainian pilot turned parliamentarian who is on hunger strike in a Moscow prison.
03/03/2015 | President
I am shocked to see the reports of detention conditions in Yarl’s Wood, and the attitude by the guards at this British immigration detention centre for women,” PACE President Anne Brasseur said today.
02/03/2015 | President
PACE President Anne Brasseur will make a visit to a detention centre for irregular migrants and asylum seekers on 3rd March in Luxembourg. She will be accompanied by the Chairperson and members of the Luxembourg delegation to PACE.
02/03/2015 | President
“The absolute prohibition of torture, enshrined in Article 3 of the European Convention on Human Rights, is undoubtedly the cornerstone of the system of protection of human rights in Europe," said Anne Brasseur.
01/03/2015 | President
PACE President Anne Brasseur reminds Russian authorities that arrested PACE member Oleksii Honcharenko benefits from parliamentary immunity, and calls for his immediate release.
28/02/2015 | President
"I am deeply shocked by the shooting in Moscow of Boris Nemtsov, a long-time interlocutor of the Council of Europe and a strong and clear voice in Russia’s opposition,” PACE President Anne Brasseur has said.
28/02/2015 | Monitoring
The two co-rapporteurs for the monitoring of Russia by PACE, Theodora Bakoyannis and Liliane Maury Pasquier, have condemned in the strongest possible terms the killing of leading Russian opposition politician Boris Nemtsov.
27/02/2015 | Standing Committee
The Standing Committee meets today in Paris. Debates notably include threats to the rule of law in Council of Europe member States and democratic participation for migrant diaspora.