11/04/2014 | Session
Approving a resolution based on a report by Roel Deseyn (Belgium, EPP/CD), the Assembly discussed a series of steps for ensuring “decent work for all” in Europe.
11/04/2014 | Monitoring
Kimmo Sasi and Terry Leyden will make a fact-finding visit to Montenegro discuss implementation of the Assembly’s latest resolution and to assess the latest political and legal developments in the country.
11/04/2014 | Session
A gap remains between the legal right of refugees to take up employment and their successful integration into host societies’ labour markets, according to PACE.
10/04/2014 | Political Affairs and Democracy
Two committees have expressed their deep concern over the death sentences that were handed down in Egypt against more than five hundred supporters of deposed president Mohamed Morsi.
10/04/2014 | Legal Affairs and Human Rights
Two committees have expressed their deep concern over the death sentences that were handed down in Egypt against more than five hundred supporters of deposed president Mohamed Morsi.
10/04/2014 | Session
PACE has decided to suspend the voting rights of the Russian delegation, as well as its right to be represented in the Assembly’s leading bodies, and its right to participate in election observation missions.
10/04/2014 | Political Affairs and Democracy
The Committee on Political Affairs and Democracy once again draws the attention of the international community to the situation of Iranian refugees in Camp Liberty (Iraq).
10/04/2014 | Legal Affairs and Human Rights
The committee is worried about the recent restrictions in Turkey of access to internet services by Google, Twitter and YouTube, during election time, which are patent violations of the right to freedom of expression and information.
10/04/2014 | Prizes
The 2014 Europe Prize – the highest level of the Prize which is awarded each year by the Parliamentary Assembly to the town most active in promoting the European ideal – has been awarded to the town of Słupsk in Poland.
10/04/2014 | Social Affairs, Health and Sustainable Development
The 2014 Europe Prize – the highest level of the Prize which is awarded each year by the Parliamentary Assembly to the town most active in promoting the European ideal – has been awarded to the town of Słupsk in Poland.
10/04/2014 | President
PACE President held talks with the Ukrainian Minister of Justice, thanking him for having taken the time to follow the urgent debate on the situation in Ukraine given that he holds a key office for carrying out reform in the country.
10/04/2014 | Session
PACE said that it was “particularly concerned about the protection of minors, in particular minors who belong to religious minorities, including sects”, while being committed to a policy of respect for freedom of religion.