24/06/2014 | Session
Any incitement to violence through the media must be prohibited, in accordance with international human rights standards, and the production, public display, sale and possession of media with gratuitous violence must be punishable by law.
24/06/2014 | Political Affairs and Democracy
The committee, following a proposal by its Chairperson Theodora Bakoyannis held a Conference on "Freedom of religion or belief in the Middle East and the Southern Mediterranean" in Athens on 7 May.
24/06/2014 | Session
As part of a package of changes designed to improve its working procedures, PACE has decided to create a special committee to deal with the election of judges to the European Court of Human Rights.
23/06/2014 | Session
At the opening of its 2014 Summer session, the Assembly decided to hold a current affairs debate on “The political and humanitarian consequences of the crisis in Ukraine”, which will be followed by the address of the Ukrainian President.
23/06/2014 | Session
The PACE President has welcomed the recent proposals from the President of Ukraine, Petro Poroshenko, to establish a cease-fire, declare an amnesty and initiate constitutional reform, which all “give genuine cause for hope”.
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 | 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.