05/06/2014 | President
In a telephone conversation today, PACE President Anne Brasseur and State Duma Speaker Sergey Naryshkin discussed the issue of participation of the Russian delegation in the work of the Assembly.
04/06/2014 | Monitoring
Jordi Xuclà, rapporteur for post-monitoring dialogue with Monaco, will be on fact-finding visit to the Principality on 5-6 June. Meetings are notably scheduled with the Head of State HSH Prince Albert II.
04/06/2014 | Migration, International Protection and Economic Co-operation
In a report on the large-scale arrival of mixed migratory flows on Italian shores, the committee commends improved efforts by the Italian authorities to respond to emergencies, in particular through the Mare Nostrum operation.
03/06/2014 | Legal Affairs and Human Rights
Recent events in Russia concerning human rights defenders and civil society are disappointing and prove that the state-orchestrated campaign aimed at silencing independent civil society continues, stated Mailis Reps.
03/06/2014 | Migration, International Protection and Economic Co-operation
Important efforts by member states, Italy in particular, have been engaged towards saving more lives at sea. However, a number of concerns still remain..., emphasises Tineke Strik in her second report on the 'left-to-die boat'.
03/06/2014 | Migration, International Protection and Economic Co-operation
The committee voiced its concern about the situation of legal immigrants and of their offspring, whose overall levels of integration it believes remain unsatisfactory. The report by Marietta Karamanli examines five areas of integration.
02/06/2014 | Equality and Non-Discrimination
Nikolaj Villumsen is to make a fact-finding visit to Reykjavík on 4-5 June, as part of the preparation of his report on equality and the crisis. He is due to meet, in particular, the Speaker of the Icelandic Parliament.
02/06/2014 | Equality and Non-Discrimination
Hate speech against persons on the basis of race, religion, gender, disability, political views or sexual orientation, is proliferating quickly,the committee warned and decided to launch a 'No Hate Parliamentary Alliance'.
02/06/2014 | Equality and Non-Discrimination
Discrimination on the grounds of gender identity is widespread in Council of Europe member states and transgender people face many forms of discrimination, similar to those experienced by LGB people.
30/05/2014 | Monitoring
According to Josette Durrieu, rapporteur for post-monitoring dialogue with Turkey, with three months to go before the presidential elections, the situation in Turkey is once again prompting questions.
30/05/2014 | Monitoring
Josette Durrieu, rapporteur on “post-monitoring dialogue with Turkey”, has welcomed the Constitutional Court decision requiring the ban on YouTube to be lifted, a demand that had also been made by PACE.
28/05/2014 | Monitoring
Jonathan Evans and Grigore Petrenco, co-rapporteurs for the PACE monitoring of obligations and commitments by Albania, will make a fact-finding visit to that country on 2 and 3 June 2014.