31/10/2014 | Monitoring
Co-rapporteurs for the monitoring of Georgia have expressed their deep concern at the treaty proposed by Russia for “alliance and integration” between the Russian Federation and the self-proclaimed “Republic of Abkhazia”.
30/10/2014 | Social Affairs, Health and Sustainable Development
Volgograd will receive the Plaque of Honour of the Council of Europe on 31 October. This distinction rewards the European activities of this city which has developed intense cooperation with its twenty twin cities.
30/10/2014 | Legal Affairs and Human Rights
“Witnesses who stand up for truth and justice are owed reliable and durable protection, including legal and psychological support and robust physical protection before, during and after the trial,” Legal Affairs Committee said.
29/10/2014 | President
Anne Brasseur congratulated the Ukrainian people on holding early parliamentary elections which to a large extent comply with Ukraine’s democratic commitments and aspirations.
27/10/2014 | Legal Affairs and Human Rights
Klaas de Vries has welcomed the ongoing efforts of Italian authorities to implement judgments of the ECHR, but expressed his concern that Italy has the highest number of pending non-implemented Court judgments.
27/10/2014 | Election observation
"I would like to congratulate the Tunisian people on the outstanding quality of the electoral process, marking a crucial stage in the post-revolution transition,” said Andreas Gross, head of the PACE delegation.
27/10/2014 | Election observation
“The sombre mood of the Ukrainian people in these elections reflects the gravity of the crisis facing the country. A new Verkhovna Rada will be very different in composition", said Christopher Chope,head of the PACE delegation.
24/10/2014 | President
Anne Brasseur will be making an official visit to Spain on 30 and 31 October 2014. She will meet Pío Garcia Escudero, President of the Senate, and Jesús Maria Posada Moreno, President of the Congress of Deputies.
23/10/2014 | President
Parliamentary Assembly President Anne Brasseur has congratulated Jean-Claude Juncker and the members of the new European Commission on their election by the European Parliament on 22 October.
21/10/2014 | Election observation
An eleven-member delegation from the Parliamentary Assembly, headed by Andreas Gross (Switzerland, SOC), will be in Tunisia from 23 to 27 October to observe the 26 October parliamentary elections.
21/10/2014 | Election observation
A 36-member delegation, led by Christopher Chope, will observe the conduct of the early parliamentary elections alongside observers from the OSCE-PA, European Parliament, NATO-PA and OSCE-ODIHR.
18/10/2014 | President
Speaking at the Conference on the European Social Charter “Europe restarts in Turin”, Anne Brasseur recalled that social rights must be considered as fundamental human rights, indivisible, interdependent and complementary.