08/04/2014 | Session
With 84% of trafficking victims in Europe, PACE has pinpointed legislation and policies on prostitution as indispensable anti-trafficking tools, given the obvious close link between trafficking in human beings and prostitution.
08/04/2014 | Session
On opening the PACE session, Anne Brasseur marked International Roma Day by calling on the member states to take practical measures to break the vicious circle of discrimination affecting many Roma.
08/04/2014 | Legal Affairs and Human Rights
US whistleblower Edward Snowden, testifying by video-link to a PACE hearing on “mass surveillance”, has told parliamentarians: “Dragnet mass surveillance is ineffective at preventing terrorism”.
08/04/2014 | Session
PACE decided to grant the Kyrgyz Parliament Partner for democracy status. For the Assembly, obtaining this status is “an important incentive to further develop democracy, the rule of law and protection of human rights in Kyrgyzstan”.
07/04/2014 | Session
The Assembly will hold an urgent debate on threats to the functioning of democratic institutions in Ukraine and will debate a request to reconsider the already ratified credentials of the Russian delegation.
07/04/2014 | Session
The Parliamentary Assembly today elected, at the opening of its Spring 2014 plenary Session, two new Vice-Presidents: Predrag Sekulić (Montenegro, SOC) and Michele Nicoletti (Italy, SOC).
07/04/2014 | President
“Our Organisation and Europe as a whole are facing a serious crisis, which represents a huge challenge to the values and principles that we defend, and also to peace and international co-operation”, PACE President said.
07/04/2014 | Legal Affairs and Human Rights
US whistleblower Edward Snowden is to testify from Moscow by live video-link at a parliamentary hearing on “mass surveillance” taking place at 2 p.m. today, Tuesday 8 April,in Strasbourg.
07/04/2014 | Session
The Assembly approved the report presented today by Nataša Vučković reviewing the activities of the Assembly's Bureau and Standing Committee since the last part-session in 2014 (27-31 January).
07/04/2014 | Session
"Russia has consistently used the allegation of minorities not being properly treated as a pretext for actions taken," Austrian Foreign Minister Sebastian Kurz said adressing the Parliamentary Assembly.
04/04/2014 | Migration, International Protection and Economic Co-operation
“On the occasion of World Health Day, we call for adequate access to healthcare for all migrants in Europe, including refugees, asylum seekers and undocumented migrants. The right to health is a fundamental human right...”
04/04/2014 | Social Affairs, Health and Sustainable Development
“On the occasion of World Health Day, we call for adequate access to healthcare for all migrants in Europe, including refugees, asylum seekers and undocumented migrants. The right to health is a fundamental human right...”