18/02/2014 | Legal Affairs and Human Rights
Marietta Karamanli, General Rapporteur on the abolition of the death penalty, welcomed the decision by a judge in Arkansas who blocked all executions in that state, until the 2013 law on execution procedures had been clarified.
18/02/2014 | Monitoring
PACE co-rapporteurs for the monitoring of Ukraine, who have just arrived in Kyiv at the start of a four-day visit, have strongly condemned the outbreak of violence in the city, in which several deaths have been reported.
14/02/2014 | Election observation
A PACE five-member delegation, led by Pedro Agramunt, will make a pre-electoral visit to Belgrade on 19-20 February, ahead of Serbia's 16 March early parliamentary elections, to assess the electoral framework and campaign.
14/02/2014 | Monitoring
PACE's monitoring co-rapporteurs for Ukraine return to Kyiv from 18 to 21 February to meet leading personalities on all sides of the current crisis and to explore possibilities for a peaceful resolution.
14/02/2014 | Political Affairs and Democracy
Andreas Gross will make a fact-finding visit to Bishkek on 24-25 February, in the framework of the request for partner for democracy status with the PACE submitted by the Parliament of the Kyrgyz Republic.
13/02/2014 | Legal Affairs and Human Rights
Marietta Karamanli has welcomed the announcement by the Governor of Washington that he will suspend executions in his state. “I congratulate Governor Inslee on his far-sighted and humane declaration", she stated.
11/02/2014 | Monitoring
Frano Matušić (Croatia, EPP/CD), rapporteur of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) on post-monitoring dialogue with Bulgaria, will make a fact-finding visit to Sofia on 12-13 February 2014.
07/02/2014 | Migration, International Protection and Economic Co-operation
Christopher Chope will travel to Rome, Lampedusa and Trapani for a fact-finding visit in connection with the preparation of a report on “The arrival of mixed migratory flows to Italian coastal areas”.
07/02/2014 | Social Affairs, Health and Sustainable Development
Olga Borzova will make a fact-finding visit to London, in view of the preparation of her report on “Social services in Europe: legislation and practice of the removal of children from their families in Council of Europe member States”.
07/02/2014 | Political Affairs and Democracy
Andreas Gross (Switzerland, SOC) will make a fact-finding visit to Oxford (United Kingdom) on 11 February 2014, in the context of the preparation of his report on “Challenges of a federal Europe”.
06/02/2014 | Equality and Non-Discrimination
“When the Winter Olympic Games open with a display of music and lights, we should not forget that LGBT people across Russia are facing increasing violations of their rights", said the General Rapporteur on the rights of LGBT people.
31/01/2014 | Legal Affairs and Human Rights
Pieter Omtzigt (Netherlands, EPP/CD), rapporteur on “Keeping criminal and political responsibility separate”, has made a statement with regard to the prosecution of former government leaders in Georgia.