05/03/2014 | President
Anne Brasseur has called for a peaceful solution of the crisis situation between Russia and Ukraine after speaking to the Speaker of the Ukrainian Parliament and Acting President and the Speaker of the Russian State Duma.
05/03/2014 | Equality and Non-Discrimination
Meeting in Vienna on 4 March 2014, the Committee and the Parliamentary Network “Women Free from Violence” held an exchange of views with Gabriele Heinisch-Hosek, Austrian Federal Minister for Education and Women.
05/03/2014 | Equality and Non-Discrimination
The protection of the rights traditional national minorities should remain a political priority. It plays an essential role for peace and stability in Europe and is an efficient means of conflict prevention, the Committee said.
03/03/2014 | Equality and Non-Discrimination
“In spite of the efforts to tackle it, sexual exploitation of children is on the rise”, Stella Kyriakides and José Mendes Bota declared today on the occasion of the World Day against Sexual Exploitation.
03/03/2014 | Standing Committee
A current affairs debate on the political crisis in Ukraine has been proposed to be held at the meeting of PACE’s Standing Committee scheduled on 7 March. The Standing Committee acts on PACE's behalf between plenary sessions.
03/03/2014 | Legal Affairs and Human Rights
The committee expressed its concern over the excesses of sects affecting minors and proposed establishing more measures and policies at national and European level to protect minors from such abuses.
03/03/2014 | Legal Affairs and Human Rights
At an exchange of views with Jean-Claude Trichet and Morten Kjaerum, the committee recalled the importance of respect for the fundamental values of the Council of Europe on the part of the EU.
03/03/2014 | Social Affairs, Health and Sustainable Development
Alarmed by the living conditions at the Korydallos prison hospital in Greece, Liliane Maury Pasquier, rapporteur on equal access to health care, has called on the Greek authorities to improve the situation.
03/03/2014 | Legal Affairs and Human Rights
The committee condemned without reservation the violation of the territorial integrity and sovereignty of Ukraine by armed forces of the Russian Federation over the weekend of 1st and 2nd March 2014.
03/03/2014 | Culture, Science, Education and Media
Citing Ukraine's crisis, the Chairperson of PACE's Culture Committee has decided to cancel a forthcoming meeting in Moscow. In a separate decision, the Committee on Legal Affairs has called for a PACE fact-finding mission to Crimea.
28/02/2014 | Legal Affairs and Human Rights
The committee is to hold a hearing on “European institutions and human rights in Europe”, with the participation of Jean-Claude Trichet and of Morten Kjaerum, Director of the EU Agency for Fundamental Rights.
28/02/2014 | Equality and Non-Discrimination
A hearing on this subject will be a highlights of the meeting of Committee on Equality and Non-Discrimination which will be held in Vienna on 4-5 March in the context of the preparation of a report by Valeriu Ghiletchi.