08/12/2014 | Culture, Science, Education and Media
The Council of Europe Museum Prize for 2015 has been awarded to the Museum of European and Mediterranean Civilisations (MUCEM) in Marseille. The museum was selected from a shortlist of three candidates by the committee.
08/12/2014 | Political Affairs and Democracy
The committee calls on all parties to act speedily and constructively to conclude negotiations and complete the ratification process to enable the EU's rapid accession to the European Convention on Human Rights.
05/12/2014 | Legal Affairs and Human Rights
Marietta Karamanli, general rapporteur on abolition of the death penalty, welcomed the decision of a United States federal court of appeal to stay the execution of Scott Panetti, due to take place in Texas.
05/12/2014 | Migration, International Protection and Economic Co-operation
Jim Sheridan, rapporteur on “the humanitarian situation of Ukrainian refugees and displaced persons” will visit Moscow and Rostov-on-Don on 8-9 December, in the context of the preparation of his report.
05/12/2014 | Migration, International Protection and Economic Co-operation
The suspension of the UN Food Programme to Syrian refugees is a genuine disaster, as it will seriously threaten their health and safety and could even cause fresh tensions in the host countries,” said Jean-Marie Bockel.
05/12/2014 | President
“Khadija Ismayilova is one the long-standing partners of the Council of Europe. I was shocked by the information she provided to me regarding pressure exercised against her", PACE President declared.
05/12/2014 | Culture, Science, Education and Media
Council of Europe member States should increase the availability of student funding with a view to increasing student mobility, the committee concluded, adopting a report by Christian Barilaro.
04/12/2014 | President
PACE President Anne Brasseur will make an official visit to Paris on 9 and 10 December 2014, during which, she is due to meet Claude Bartolone, Speaker of the National Assembly, and Gerard Larcher, Speaker of the Senate.
04/12/2014 | Culture, Science, Education and Media
Opening a Conference on media freedom and the security of journalists in Paris today, Anne Brasseur has called for the end to crimes against journalists who pay with their lives their safety to guarantee us access to information.
04/12/2014 | Equality and Non-Discrimination
Budgetary cuts should not be human rights and equality blind, the committee said, adopting a report prepared by Nikolaj Villumsen. Human rights and equality impact assessments are essential in order to take informed decisions.
04/12/2014 | Equality and Non-Discrimination
Numerous acts of hostility and violence have been recorded in the recent years against Christians and their places of worship. However, these acts are overlooked by national authorities, the committee has warned.
03/12/2014 | Equality and Non-Discrimination
“People with disabilities must no longer be invisible to the rest of society or treated like second-class citizens. That has to change,” said Carmen Quintanilla, as her report was adopted today.