09/04/2014 | Session
The Parliamentary Assembly has called on European governments to guarantee an individual “right to internet access”, in both law and practice, and to lay down basic standards of service.
09/04/2014 | Social Affairs, Health and Sustainable Development
Measures of income and wealth alone, such as GDP, are far from giving an accurate picture of individual and collective well-being. Additional indicators are necessary to better assess and foster the well-being of citizens, said the committee.
09/04/2014 | Session
Just one day before PACE is to consider a report on the powers of its Russian delegation, Austrian President Heinz Fischer told assembled members that “dialogue is the only way” to deal with the conflict.
09/04/2014 | Session
“The so-called referendum” in Crimea was unconstitutional. Its outcome and “the illegal annexation of Crimea by the Russian Federation therefore have no legal effect and are not recognised by the Council of Europe”, the PACE said.
09/04/2014 | Session
PACE has expressed its concern at the high number of stateless persons in a number of countries, and asked member states to sign and apply the European Convention on Nationality and UN conventions against statelessness.
08/04/2014 | Elections
A 13-member PACE delegation, led by Stefan Schennach, will travel to “the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia” to observe the conduct of the presidential election, alongside observers from the OSCE’s ODIHR.
08/04/2014 | Rules, Ethics and Immunities
“For once, we should be intolerant: intolerant of any attempt at corruption, intolerant of any form of wrongdoing” said the President of the PACE at the launching of the new PACE anti-corruption platform.
08/04/2014 | Session
"The International Roma Day is a good opportunity to think about the most excluded European minority. In some countries, they are subject to policies to undermine their right to leave the country," said Nils Muizniecks.
08/04/2014 | Legal Affairs and Human Rights
Marietta Karamanli called on the Texan authorities today not to execute Ramiro Hernandez Llanas, a Mexican national sentenced to death in February 2000, whose execution is scheduled for 9 April in Texas.
08/04/2014 | Session
The protection of the rights of national minorities must continue to be a political priority, PACE said, approving a report by Ferenc Kalmár. The Assembly called for “unity through diversity” within and between countries.
08/04/2014 | Culture, Science, Education and Media
The PACE President and the Turkish Minister of European Union Affairs and Chief Negotiator, former PACE President took part in the ceremony award of the 2014 Museum Prize to the Baksi Museum (Turkey).
08/04/2014 | Rules, Ethics and Immunities
A conference-debate on “investigative journalism and the role of national parliaments in combating corruption” marked the official launch of the PACE anti-corruption platform.