23/06/2014 | Election observation
The presidential election and the early parliamentary elections in “the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia” were conducted efficiently and in accordance with national legislation, but irregularities were observed.
23/06/2014 | Session
PACE stated that Ukraine’s presidential election was “in line with international commitments and respected fundamental freedoms in the vast majority of the country” despite continued violence in the east of Ukraine.
23/06/2014 | Session
The President of the Kyrgyz Parliament, Asilbek Jeenbekov, and PACE President Anne Brasseur today signed the Partner for democracy status, granted by the Parliamentary Assembly in April 2014.
23/06/2014 | Social Affairs, Health and Sustainable Development
The 19th meeting of the PACE Network of Contact Parliamentarians to stop sexual violence against children will address the theme “Youth participation: a means of preventing sexual exploitation”.
23/06/2014 | Session
Elnar Mammadyarov, Minister for Foreign Affairs of Azerbaijan and Chairman of Committee of Ministers, today presented to the Parliamentary Assembly the communication on the activities of the Committee of Ministers.
21/06/2014 | President
Today, Ales Bialiatski, a prominent Belarusian human rights defender who became the first laureate of the Vaclav Havel Human Rights Prize in 2013, was released from prison after spending almost three years behind bars.
20/06/2014 | Social Affairs, Health and Sustainable Development
The Council of Europe Flag of honour will be awarded to the Polish municipality of Bielsko-Biała on Saturday 21 June during its twin-town festival by the former Italian Senator and honorary Member of the PACE, Renzo Gubert.
20/06/2014 | Session
The Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko will address the Parliamentary Assembly on Thursday 26 June 2014 in Strasbourg, in the context of PACE Summer Session taking place from 23 to 27 June.
20/06/2014 | Legal Affairs and Human Rights
“The situation of human rights defenders in Azerbaijan has dramatically deteriorated since my last visit to this country in November 2013”, said PACE rapporteur Mailis Reps (Estonia, ALDE).
20/06/2014 | President
Speaking to the General Secretaries of the Bishops’ Conferences of Europe, Anne Brasseur called for a society in which harmonious co-existence prevailed and renewed the invitation to Pope Francis to address the Assembly.
20/06/2014 | Legal Affairs and Human Rights
Marietta Karamanli, rapporteur on the abolition of the death penalty, expressed dismay about the executions in the United States and deplores that Florida, Georgia and Missouri have executed three death row inmates, within 24 hours.
19/06/2014 | President
World Refugee Day (20 June), is an occasion to reflect and act. Conflicts continue to rage across the globe, bringing flows of asylums seekers, refugees and displaced persons said Anne Brasseur.