22/01/2018 | Session
PACE ratified, as part of its Progress Report, the terms of reference, composition and timetable of the ad hoc Committee on ‘The role and mission of the Parliamentary Assembly’ as approved by its PACE Bureau in December 2017.
22/01/2018 | Session
Liliane Maury Pasquier has been unanimously elected President of the Socialist Group of the PACE, succeeding Michele Nicoletti, who was elected President of the Assembly.
12/01/2018 | Session
The Presidents of Armenia and Austria, as well as the Prime Minister and the Crown Princess of Denmark, are among VIPs to address the PACE winter session, taking place from 22 to 26 January in Strasbourg.
13/10/2017 | Session
“Young people have an important role to play in the fight against corruption by bringing a new culture of integrity”, PACE has stated, calling on national authorities to involve youth organisations in implementing anti-corruption policies.
13/10/2017 | Session
The Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe held this morning in Strasbourg a free debate on current issues not included in the session agenda. Fifteen parliamentarians took the floor.
12/10/2017 | Session
PACE has pointed to “serious problems” with the rule of law in many Council of Europe member states – singling out five countries where it says some recent developments have “put at risk” respect for the rule of law.
12/10/2017 | Session
The Parliamentary Assembly has reiterated its conviction that Daesh has committed genocide in Syria and Iraq – and called on the UN to consider setting up a “special judicial mechanism” to try its crimes.
12/10/2017 | Session
The Assembly expressed its concern about the articles relating to education in minority languages of the new Education Act in Ukraine and deplored that "there was no real consultation" with representatives of national minorities.
12/10/2017 | Session
The Parliamentary Assembly today held a current affairs debate on “The need for a political solution to the crisis in Catalonia”, opened by Andrej Hunko (Germany, UEL). Twenty-four members took the floor in the debate.
12/10/2017 | Session
PACE has asked the Committee of Ministers to urge the member States to put in place a ban on establishing a pregnancy using germline cells or human embryos which have undergone intentional genome editing.
12/10/2017 | Session
PACE has called for a ban on medically unnecessary “sex-normalising” surgery, sterilisation and other treatments practised on intersex children without their informed consent.
11/10/2017 | Session
During a debate today in Strasbourg, the Assembly raised a number of concerns, particularly with regard to checks and balances, the functioning of the justice system, and freedom of expression.