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Rapporteurs call for investigation of attack on former Georgian Ambassador to the Council of Europe

28/05/2014 | Monitoring

Michael Aastrup Jensen and Boriss Cilevičs, co-rapporteurs for the monitoring of Georgia, called on the Georgian authorities to conduct a full and transparent investigation into the attacks on leading United National Movement.

Call for additional measures to strengthen the independence of the Strasbourg Court

27/05/2014 | Legal Affairs and Human Rights

Notwithstanding the various measures taken over the years to strengthen the independence of the Court, there still is room for improvement, PACE’s Committee on Legal Affairs and Human Rights said.

Committee condemns abusive use of Convention on transfer of sentenced persons by Azerbaijan in the Safarov...

27/05/2014 | Legal Affairs and Human Rights

The Committee condemned the use of Article 12 of the Convention on the Transfer of Sentenced Persons in the Safarov case "as a violation of the principles of good faith in international relations".

PACE to observe the early presidential election in Ukraine

26/05/2014 | Election observation

A PACE delegation led by Andreas Gross will travel to Ukraine to observe the conduct of the early presidential election, alongside observers from the OSCE-PA, the European Parliament, the NATO-PA and the OSCE-ODIHR.

Ukraine: despite violence in east, high turnout and resolve to guarantee fundamental freedoms

26/05/2014 | Election observation

“The extraordinary quality of yesterday’s election provides the new president of Ukraine with the legitimacy to establish immediately an inclusive dialogue with all citizens in the eastern regions...”, said Andreas Gross.

Shooting in Belgium: President shocked by a despicable and heinous act

25/05/2014 | President

"The fact that this despicable act happened at a Jewish site makes me fear an anti-semitic act. We cannot allow anti-semitism to rise further in Europe," declared Anne Brasseur following the shooting at a Jewish museum in Belgium.

Elections in Serbia: the Law on the Financing of Political Activities must be improved

23/05/2014 | Standing Committee

The PACE believes that the early parliamentary elections were conducted on a sound legal basis and offered voters a genuine choice. The report by Pedro Agramunt states that fundamental freedoms were upheld.

PACE calls for prolongation of the ONE in FIVE Campaign

23/05/2014 | Standing Committee

In line with the proposals made by Valeriu Ghiletchi, PACE made two recommendations to the Committee of Ministers: prolong the ONE in FIVE Campaign for one year and institute a European Day to fight sexual violence against children.

Establishing a transition category for young migrants reaching the age of majority

23/05/2014 | Standing Committee

At today's meeting in Baku, the Standing Committee proposed that member States establish a transition category, between the ages of 18 and 25, for unaccompanied migrant children who reach the age of majority.

Green light for new treaty to stamp out ‘match-fixing’

23/05/2014 | Standing Committee

PACE has given its green light to a new Council of Europe treaty which will result in new laws to crack down on “match-fixing”, illegal betting and other forms of corruption in sport, calling for it to enter into force swiftly.

Equality: improving co-operation between Human Rights Institutions and parliaments

23/05/2014 | Standing Committee

The Assembly called on national parliaments national human rights institutions to actively engage in concrete co-operation on equality and non-discrimination issues in order to improve human rights protection for all.

PACE post-monitoring rapporteur visits Turkey

23/05/2014 | Monitoring

Josette Durrieu, rapporteur for “post-monitoring dialogue” with Turkey, is to visit the country from 26-29 May to assess Turkey’s progress in implementing the outstanding matters listed in the last post-monitoring resolution.