29/01/2015 | Session
Declaring that “democracy and the protection of human rights depend on media freedom”, PACE has called for a series of steps to keep journalists safe and enable them to work freely.
29/01/2015 | Session
PACE expressed its concern following “numerous acts of hostility, violence and vandalism recorded in recent years against Christians and their places of worship,” these acts being often overlooked by the national authorities in Europe.
29/01/2015 | Equality and Non-Discrimination
On 29 January 2015, the No Hate Parliamentary Alliance was officially launched in the presence of Anne Brasseur and Gabriella Battaini-Dragoni who expressed their wholehearted support for the initiative.
28/01/2015 | Session
Following the terrorist attacks which targeted journalists and cartoonists from Charlie Hebdo, policemen and Jewish people, Europe must continue to show that it is not afraid and “keep using humour and satire”, PACE said.
28/01/2015 | Session
PACE has called for negotiations on EU accession to the European Convention on Human Rights to resume “without delay” following the recent opinion by the EU Court of Justice. “The obstacles identified by the EU’s Court of Justice … must be overcome as soon as possible, in line with political...
28/01/2015 | Session
The Council of Europe Parliamentary Assembly (PACE) today elected Branko Lubarda as judge to the European Court of Human Rights in respect of Serbia.
28/01/2015 | Session
In adopting a resolution on the basis of the report by Andrej Hunko, PACE asked member States to take measures 'to protect and strengthen the rights to organise, bargain collectively and strike'.
28/01/2015 | Session
The economic crisis has hit a majority of Council of Europe member States, with the negative consequences reaching far beyond the economic sphere, also affecting the enjoyment of human rights and equalty.
28/01/2015 | Session
PACE has decided to ratify the credentials of the Russian delegation, citing the need to “foster dialogue”, but at the same time has decided to suspend its voting rights and its right to be represented in the Assembly’s leading bodies.
28/01/2015 | Session
The committees of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) today elected their Chairpersons:
27/01/2015 | Session
Irish President Michael D. Higgins has made a strong plea for parliaments to “reassert their relevance” – in part by returning ethics to the centre of economic debate.
27/01/2015 | Session
The Council of Europe Parliamentary Assembly (PACE) today elected Yonko Grozev as judge to the European Court of Human Rights in respect of Bulgaria.