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Adjusting policies by taking account of well-being indicators

18/11/2014 | Standing Committee

The Standing Committee urged governments to adjust their policies through well-being indicators. The resolution specifies that these indicators concern notably access to decent work, housing and public services.

Elections in Bulgaria: voter confidence undermined by allegations of corruption

18/11/2014 | Standing Committee

The Standing Committee expresses concern about allegations from all sides of vote buying and selling and other election irregularities, which had a negative effect on voter confidence.

Alternatives to Europe's refugee collective centres

18/11/2014 | Standing Committee

There is an urgent need for governments to take the necessary steps to resolve the problems that exist in Europe's refugee collective centres, particularly with regard to the quality of housing, the PACE said.

Resettlement of refugees: promoting greater solidarity

18/11/2014 | Standing Committee

It is estimated that there are 691 000 refugees in need of resettlement in 2014. It is therefore time to increase and more efficiently process resettlement programmes in Europe, the Assembly said.

PACE calls for ‘treatment programmes’ for sex offenders

18/11/2014 | Standing Committee

The Standing Committee has called for “treatment programmes” for perpetrators of domestic violence and for sex offenders – provided they do not come at the expense of assistance for victims of violence.

PACE rapporteur on the humanitarian situation in Ukraine to visit Kyiv and Kharkiv

14/11/2014 | Migration, International Protection and Economic Co-operation

Jim Sheridan's visit to Kyiv and Kharkiv on 17-18 November will focus on the situation of persons displaced internally within Ukraine by the conflict in the eastern part of the country and the annexation of Crimea.

PACE monitoring co-rapporteurs to make fact-finding visit to Montenegro

14/11/2014 | Monitoring

Kimmo Sasi and Terry Leyden will make a fact-finding visit to discuss the implementation of the Assembly’s latest resolution. They will pay a visit to the Konik camps to assess the situation of refugees.

PACE rapporteur: 'FIFA Ethics Committee’s conclusions are an attempted whitewash'

14/11/2014 | Culture, Science, Education and Media

"The FIFA conclusions, as presented in Mr Eckert’s statement, are clearly an attempted whitewash aimed at putting an end to the embarrassing debate about the need to rerun the World Cup bid process", Michael Connarty said.

Cyprus ratifies Lanzarote Convention

14/11/2014 | Social Affairs, Health and Sustainable Development

The ratification of the Lanzarote Convention by the Republic of Cyprus is a continuation of our country’s commitment for the defense of children's rights, said General Rapporteur on Children, Stella Kyriakides.

PACE President meets in Moscow with the Speaker of the Russian State Duma

13/11/2014 | President

"It is only through dialogue that solutions can be found and parliamentarians in particular have a responsibility to find solutions to problems together," Anne Brasseur said after meeting with Sergey Naryshkin.

PACE rapporteur to pursue dialogue with Monaco

12/11/2014 | Monitoring

The ratification of the Istanbul and Lanzarote Conventions confirms that the Principality is firmly anchored in the Organisation, devoted to its ideals and a contributor to its activities, said Jordi Xuclà.

Standing Committee meets in Brussels as Belgium takes over CoE Chairmanship

10/11/2014 | Standing Committee

The PACE Standing Committee will meet in Brussels on Tuesday 18 November at the Federal Parliament, in the context of the Belgian Chairmanship of the Committee of Ministers (13 November 2014-May 2015).