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Steps to protect and rehabilitate children affected by armed conflict

25/01/2018 | Session

Children traumatised by armed conflict need specialised support to re-build trust and create “new positive life experiences”, the Council of Europe Parliamentary Assembly said today during a debate.

PACE reviews progress of states under monitoring in 2017

25/01/2018 | Session

PACE has adopted an annual report taking stock of its monitoring activities in 2017 and making a series of assessments of the progress of the countries subject to its monitoring procedure or engaged in post-monitoring dialogue.

PACE approves Andorran delegation, noting its undertaking to comply with gender balance rules soon

25/01/2018 | Session

PACE has decided to ratify the credentials of the Andorran parliamentary delegation – challenged because of a lack of gender balance – noting that the delegation has undertaken to comply with the Rules.

Call for a major overhaul of sports governance structures and practices

24/01/2018 | Session

The crisis of confidence in major sports governing bodies "seems far from over”. The failures are systemic and call for “a major overhaul of sports governance structures and practices”, PACE said today.

PACE calls for an independent outside body to assess football governance

24/01/2018 | Session

The Parliamentary Assembly has called on the European Union to consider setting up an independent “observatory” to assess governance in football, following a series of scandals in the sport.

Serzh Sargsyan: ‘A fourth Summit for a stronger and more inclusive Europe’

24/01/2018 | Session

“Democracy constantly requires attention, review, and advancement. Along the lines of this logic, we undertook a constitutional reform process in Armenia,” said Serzh Sargsyan, addressing the Assembly today.

Dunja Mijatović elected Council of Europe Commissioner for Human Rights

24/01/2018 | Session

Dunja Mijatović (Bosnia and Herzegovina) was today elected as the Council of Europe Commissioner for Human Rights by the Assembly. Ms Mijatović was elected for a non-renewable term of six years starting on 1 April 2018.

Danish Prime Minister urges further reform of the European Convention

24/01/2018 | Session

Danish Prime Minister Lars Løkke Rasmussen has called for further reform of the European Convention on Human Rights – and urged member States to apply it more effectively at national level.

PACE will pursue its monitoring of the honouring of obligations and commitments by Bosnia and Herzegovina

24/01/2018 | Session

While welcoming progress made in a number of areas in Bosnia and Herzegovina, PACE remains concerned about the lack of progress in the field of constitutional reform and reform of the Election Law.

A European convention to offer greater protection for the profession of lawyer

24/01/2018 | Session

The Parliamentary Assembly voted in favour of drafting a European convention on the profession of lawyer, following the proposals of the rapporteur Sabien Lahaye-Battheu (Belgium, ALDE).

Current affairs debate: 'The Turkish military intervention in Syria'

24/01/2018 | Session

The Parliamentary Assembly today held a current affairs debate on “The Turkish military intervention in Syria”, opened by Tiny Kox (Netherlands, UEL). 11 speakers took the floor in the debate.

PACE urges states to do more to protect minority languages

23/01/2018 | Session

The Parliamentary Assembly has urged Council of Europe member States to do more to protect minority languages – and called for the creation of an annual prize for countries which actively promote their use.