17/12/2014 | President
2014 has been another deadly year for migrants in the Mediterranean. According to UNHCR data, at least 207,000 people have embarked on risky journeys, while 3,400 have reputedly died trying to reach Europe,” said Anne Brasseur.
17/12/2014 | Social Affairs, Health and Sustainable Development
Stella Kyriakides calls upon governments not to let go unnoticed the terrible Taliban attacks on a Pakistan school as yet another extremist act, but to join other world leaders in expressing their grave concern.
17/12/2014 | Monitoring
Josette Durrieu (France, SOC), PACE Rapporteur on post-monitoring dialogue with Turkey, expressed her “profound concern” after the wave of arrests that took place last weekend, including arrests of journalists.
16/12/2014 | Legal Affairs and Human Rights
I strongly denounce the latest harassment of human rights defenders in Chechnya, particularly the Committee against Torture headed by Igor Kalyapin, 2011 PACE Human Rights Prize winner, James Clappison said.
15/12/2014 | President
PACE President Anne Brasseur has expressed grave concern at the arrests of a number of journalists and media representatives in Turkey. “Media freedom is one of the pillars of a democratic society,” she reminded.
15/12/2014 | Social Affairs, Health and Sustainable Development
Milica Marković will be visiting different towns of Azerbaijan from 15 to 18 December for the preparation of her report on “Inhabitants of frontier regions of Azerbaijan are deliberately deprived of water”.
12/12/2014 | Election observation
A delegation from the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe, led by Andreas Gross will travel to Tunisia from 19 to 22 December to observe the second round of the presidential election on 21 December.
12/12/2014 | Monitoring
Andreas Gross, one of the co-rapporteurs for the monitoring of Russia by the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe, will make a fact-finding visit to Moscow from 16 to 18 December 2014.
12/12/2014 | Rules, Ethics and Immunities
Changes in political affiliation by parliamentarians during their mandates are a common phenomenon in many member states. Yet this nomadism raises questions on political opportunism, the committee concluded.
11/12/2014 | President
"The Council of Europe's role is more important than ever, given the challenges Europe faces in the field of human rights, democracy and the rule of law," says Anne Brasseur, ending a three-day visit to France.
11/12/2014 | Migration, International Protection and Economic Co-operation
In Russia as in Ukraine, most of those fleeing the conflict want to go home, but conditions in the separatist-controlled areas of eastern Ukraine make this impossible,” said Jim Sheridan.
11/12/2014 | Monitoring
Meeting today in Paris, the committee proposed closing the monitoring procedure in respect of Montenegro and engaging in post-monitoring dialogue in the light of the progress made by the country since 2012.