06/06/2014 | Legal Affairs and Human Rights
Michael McNamara will make a fact-finding visit to Brussels on 12-13 June, in the context of the preparation of his report on “European institutions and human rights in Europe”.
06/06/2014 | Legal Affairs and Human Rights
Pedro Agramunt will make a fact-finding visit to Ankara on 11-12 June, in the context of the preparation of his report on the “Abuse of pre-trial detention in States Parties to the European Convention on Human Rights”.
06/06/2014 | Monitoring
The co-rapporteurs for the monitoring of Georgia, Michael Aastrup Jensen and Boriss Cilevics, expressed their concern about the pattern and number of opposition candidates in the local elections.
05/06/2014 | President
PACE President Anne Brasseur will make an official visit to Ireland on 11-12 June. She is due to meet notably the President of the Republic, the Speaker of the Dáil and the Speaker of the Seanad.
05/06/2014 | Session
The election of the Secretary General of the Council of Europe, an address by the President of Azerbaijan and a joint debate on 'left-to-die boat' and on migratory flows on Italian shores are among the highlights of the session.
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.