28/05/2014 | Monitoring
Jonathan Evans and Grigore Petrenco, co-rapporteurs for the PACE monitoring of obligations and commitments by Albania, will make a fact-finding visit to that country on 2 and 3 June 2014.
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.
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".
26/05/2014 | Elections
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.
26/05/2014 | Elections
“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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
23/05/2014 | President
By chairing the Committee of Ministers, member states should translate their commitment to values into action and champion the cause of human rights and democracy, Anne Brasseur said, addressing the Standing Committee.
23/05/2014 | Standing Committee
The policies of several European countries, which require obligatory HIV testing, or testing without the consent of migrants, raise serious human rights concerns,” said PACE adopting a resolution.
23/05/2014 | President
We must keep up our efforts to denounce the actions of the Nigerian group Boko Haram, which denies the basic principle of respect for human dignity. The threat to enslave more than 200 girls is 'unacceptable'.