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.
27/02/2015 | Political Affairs and Democracy
“This is the first visit by a Rapporteur in more than five years and it is time for Belarus and our Assembly to start looking in the same direction,” said Andrea Rigoni at the end of a two-day working visit to Minsk.
27/02/2015 | Equality and Non-Discrimination
Milena Santerini, who is currently preparing a report on “Recognising and preventing neo-racism” for the PACE, will make a fact-finding visit to Berlin, Leipzig and Dresden on 2 and 3 March.
27/02/2015 | Monitoring
Pedro Agramunt and Tadeusz Iwiński, PACE co-rapporteurs for the monitoring of Azerbaijan, will visit the country on 2-3 March to further assess the honouring of its obligations and commitments to the Council of Europe.
23/02/2015 | Social Affairs, Health and Sustainable Development
The town of Aspach will receive the Flag of Honour of the Council of Europe on Friday 27 February. Klaus Bühler, former member of the Bundestag and Honorary Member of the PACE will present this distinction.
20/02/2015 | Political Affairs and Democracy
Andrea Rigoni, rapporteur of the Political Affairs Committee, will make a fact-finding visit to Minsk on 25-26 February, in the context of the preparation of his report on the situation in Belarus.
20/02/2015 | President
At the end of a visit to Croatia, Anne Brasseur has praised the excellent co-operation between Croatia and the Council of Europe. As a member of the Council of Europe, Croatia has fully benefited from the high standards that the Organisation offers.
20/02/2015 | Legal Affairs and Human Rights
"Georgia has made a good deal of progress in reducing pre-trial detention, but I was surprised to learn that such a large number of senior members of the previous government have been kept in detention," said Pedro Agramunt.
20/02/2015 | Migration, International Protection and Economic Co-operation
Two rapporteurs dealing with migration have welcomed the announcement by the European Commission of additional measures to address the critical situation of mass arrivals of migrants crossing the Mediterranean Sea to Italy.
19/02/2015 | Social Affairs, Health and Sustainable Development
Liliane Maury Pasquier will make a fact-finding visit to London on 26-27 February in the context of the preparation of her report on “Protecting patients and public health against undue influence of the pharmaceutical industry”.