04/07/2014 | Monitoring
Marietta de Pourbaix-Lundin, PACE co-rapporteur for the monitoring of Ukraine, will hold a series of high-level meetings during a visit to Kyiv and Odessa from 8 to 11 July 2014.
04/07/2014 | Political Affairs and Democracy
Bogdan Klich, who is preparing a report to evaluate the Moroccan Parliament’s “Partnership for democracy” with the PACE, will make a fact-finding visit to Morocco from 6 to 10 July.
02/07/2014 | President
Today PACE President Anne Brasseur met in Strasbourg with Ales Bialiatski, President of the Belarusian human rights centre Viasna and Vice-President of the International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH).
27/06/2014 | Legal Affairs and Human Rights
Notwithstanding the various measures taken over the years to strengthen the independence of the Court, there is still room for improvement, the Parliamentary Assembly said today.
27/06/2014 | Bureau
The Bureau is deeply worried by the major humanitarian crisis developing in Iraq, where the rebels of the terrorist organisation ISIS have seized portions of the territory in the North and West of the country.
27/06/2014 | Rules, Ethics and Immunities
The committee, in collaboration with the Italian delegation to PACE, will hold a parliamentary seminar on 1 July in Rome on codes of conduct for parliamentarians and the prevention of corruption.
27/06/2014 | Session
PACE has called on states to set the minimum age of criminal responsibility at 14 years at least, with no exceptions and for the creation of a range of suitable alternatives to formal prosecution for younger offenders.
26/06/2014 | Session
The Ukrainian President reiterated that it is only through peaceful dialogue that conflicts in Ukraine can be resolved. He called for de-escalation of the conflict in the East of the country and for the restoration of peace.
26/06/2014 | Social Affairs, Health and Sustainable Development
As PACE General Rapporteur for Children, I would like to express my grave concern over the imminent danger children are in, due to the existing situation in Eastern Ukraine, said today Stella Kyriakides.
26/06/2014 | Social Affairs, Health and Sustainable Development
Axel E. Fischer, Chairperson of the Sub-Committee on the Europe Prize and Sir Alan Meale, former Chairperson, presented the 2014 European Diploma to the mayors of 15 prize-winning municipalities.
26/06/2014 | Session
The Assembly called on the Development Bank to strengthen its ties with the Council of Europe. It underlined the importance of direct contacts between the Bank and the parliamentary representatives.
26/06/2014 | Session
A high-quality civil service is a vital precondition for strong democracy, and any future administrative reform must take account of the interests of citizens and Europe’s common values, said PACE.