15/02/2015 | President
I am shocked at yet another criminal terrorist attack targeting our basic values and freedoms, said Anne Brasseur,following deadly shootings during the debate on freedom of expression and at a synagogue in Copenhagen.
13/02/2015 | President
PACE President Anne Brasseur will make an official visit to Croatia from 18 to 20 February 2015. She is due to meet, in particular, the President of the Republic, the Prime Minister and the Speaker of the Parliament.
13/02/2015 | Political Affairs and Democracy
Kristýna Zelienková, rapporteur on the political consequences of the crisis in Ukraine, will visit Ukraine from 16-18 February to discuss mainly security challenges and prospects for peace and stability.
12/02/2015 | President
I warmly but cautiously welcome today’s announcement of a ceasefire in eastern Ukraine, said Anne Brasseur. This is an encouraging sign of a possible resolution to the crisis in the country, even though major hurdles remain.
11/02/2015 | President
I am appalled by the news of over 300 migrants feared dead in the Mediterranean. These deaths put into question the decision to end the full-scale search-and-rescue mission Mare Nostrum in 2014, said Anne Brasseur
11/02/2015 | Monitoring
Mailis Reps and Jean-Claude Mignon deeply deplore the escalating violence and resulting civil casualties in Eastern Ukraine and therefore fully support the German-French efforts to re-establish a cease fire.
04/02/2015 | Social Affairs, Health and Sustainable Development
Liliane Maury Pasquier, Chair of the PACE Sub-Committee on Public Health, has issued a strong call for a number of practical steps to ensure the adequate prevention, cure and care of cancer.
04/02/2015 | President
"Václav Havel was a dissident, a statesman and a man with dreams. When he addressed PACE in 1990, he said: ‘Without dreaming of a better Europe we shall never build a better Europe’,” PACE President stressed.
30/01/2015 | Legal Affairs and Human Rights
Whistleblowers from the US and the EU recounted the problems they faced in trying to expose what they believed to be wrongdoing in the organisations they worked for, testifying at a hearing of PACE’s Legal Affairs Committee.
30/01/2015 | Session
“Equality and inclusion for people with disabilities are rarely seen as priorities and these people are often invisible to the rest of the population,” the Assembly stated in a debate.
30/01/2015 | Legal Affairs and Human Rights
“I am gravely disturbed at the execution this week, in Georgia and Texas respectively, of Warren Hill and Robert Ladd – both of whom seem to have a well-documented intellectual disability,” said Marietta Karamanli.
30/01/2015 | Session
“Witnesses who stand up for truth and justice must be guaranteed reliable and durable protection, including legal and psychological support and robust physical protection before, during and after the trial,” PACE said today.