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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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).