07/01/2015 | President
“I am deeply shocked at today’s terrorist attack at the Paris offices of the satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo,” says PACE President Anne Brasseur.
22/12/2014 | Elections
“With the free and democratic election of their President, which was of superlative quality, the men and women of Tunisia were able to offer themselves the finest New Year gift that a democrat can imagine,” said Andreas Gross.
19/12/2014 | President
“We have to intensify our efforts and recognise culture as a major catalyst for promoting the respect of human rights” said Anne Brasseur on the occasion of the 60th anniversary of the European Cultural Convention.
18/12/2014 | President
“I note the view of the Court of Justice of the EU, made public in its opinion today, that the proposed arrangements for the EU’s accession to the European Convention on Human Rights are not – as they stand at the moment – compatible with EU law,” the President of the Council of Europe...
17/12/2014 | President
2014 has been another deadly year for migrants in the Mediterranean. According to UNHCR data, at least 207,000 people have embarked on risky journeys, while 3,400 have reputedly died trying to reach Europe,” said Anne Brasseur.
17/12/2014 | Social Affairs, Health and Sustainable Development
Stella Kyriakides calls upon governments not to let go unnoticed the terrible Taliban attacks on a Pakistan school as yet another extremist act, but to join other world leaders in expressing their grave concern.
17/12/2014 | Monitoring
Josette Durrieu (France, SOC), PACE Rapporteur on post-monitoring dialogue with Turkey, expressed her “profound concern” after the wave of arrests that took place last weekend, including arrests of journalists.
16/12/2014 | Legal Affairs and Human Rights
I strongly denounce the latest harassment of human rights defenders in Chechnya, particularly the Committee against Torture headed by Igor Kalyapin, 2011 PACE Human Rights Prize winner, James Clappison said.
15/12/2014 | President
PACE President Anne Brasseur has expressed grave concern at the arrests of a number of journalists and media representatives in Turkey. “Media freedom is one of the pillars of a democratic society,” she reminded.
15/12/2014 | Social Affairs, Health and Sustainable Development
Milica Marković will be visiting different towns of Azerbaijan from 15 to 18 December for the preparation of her report on “Inhabitants of frontier regions of Azerbaijan are deliberately deprived of water”.
12/12/2014 | Monitoring
Andreas Gross, one of the co-rapporteurs for the monitoring of Russia by the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe, will make a fact-finding visit to Moscow from 16 to 18 December 2014.
12/12/2014 | Rules, Ethics and Immunities
Changes in political affiliation by parliamentarians during their mandates are a common phenomenon in many member states. Yet this nomadism raises questions on political opportunism, the committee concluded.