27/01/2015 | Session
PACE today expressed its deep concern about the worsening humanitarian situation of those affected by the conflict in some parts of the Donetsk and Luhansk regions of Ukraine.
27/01/2015 | Session
None of the candidates having obtained an absolute majority of the votes cast in the first round of voting today for a judge to the ECHR in respect of Serbia, a second round will be held tomorrow.
27/01/2015 | Session
Meeting today in Strasbourg, PACE decided to close the monitoring procedure in respect of Montenegro and to engage in post-monitoring dialogue in the light of the progress made by the country since 2012.
27/01/2015 | Session
The Assembly held this afternoon a free debate on current issues not included in the session agenda. 17 parliamentarians spoke.
26/01/2015 | Session
The credentials of the Russian delegation to the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) have been challenged on substantive grounds on the opening day of the winter plenary session in Strasbourg.
26/01/2015 | Session
Adopting its agenda, the Assembly has decided to hold an urgent debate on the terrorist attacks in Paris on Wednesday morning, and to debate a challenge to the credentials of the Russian delegation later that day.
26/01/2015 | Session
At the opening of its Winter Session, the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) today re-elected Anne Brasseur as its President. PACE also elected its Vice-Presidents.
26/01/2015 | Session
“Auschwitz-Birkenau is a name which evokes over a million personal tragedies, but it is also a symbol,” Anne Brasseur said at a commemoration ceremony organised by the Parliamentary Assembly.
26/01/2015 | Session
Anne Brasseur has been re-elected President of the PACE for a new mandate of one year. "2014 was not a good year for the fundamental principles which we defend in Europe," she said in her opening speech.
26/01/2015 | Migration, International Protection and Economic Co-operation
The Committee on Migration, Refugees and Displaced persons of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe has called on the Russian authorities to immediately release its member Nadiya Savchenko.
26/01/2015 | Legal Affairs and Human Rights
A committee has said that the mass surveillance practices disclosed by US whistleblower Edward Snowden “endanger fundamental human rights” and divert resources that might prevent terrorist attacks.
26/01/2015 | Session
“The Committee of Ministers has decided to step up its action to promote tolerance and to fight against radicalisation leading to terrorism”, highlighted Didier Reynders, Chairperson of the Committee of Ministers in his address before PACE.