22/11/2013 | Standing Committee
In a resolution adopted by the Standing Committee, the Assembly called on Council of Europe members to engage in “more active and efficient international co-operation” in combating drug traffic from Afghanistan.
22/11/2013 | Standing Committee
The Standing Committee, examining a report by Rafael Huseynov, recalls that the majority of Council of Europe conventions are open to non-member States, but few of them have availed themselves of this opportunity.
22/11/2013 | Standing Committee
In order to strengthen “the constructive criticism the Assembly needs to send”, the Standing Committee adopted amendments to the opinion on the draft Council of Europe Convention against Trafficking in Human Organs.
22/11/2013 | Standing Committee
PACE Standing Committee welcomed the draft Council of Europe Convention against trafficking in human organs, but regretted that the text focuses on the criminal aspects rather than on prevention and co-operation.
22/11/2013 | Standing Committee
“2013 will prove to have been a turning point in combating violence against women,” said José Mendes Bota ahead of the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women.
22/11/2013 | Standing Committee
Unanimously adopting a resolution on "Good governance of large metropolises", the Standing Committee invited all member States of the Council of Europe to continue to promote good governance at all levels of government.
22/11/2013 | Standing Committee
The Standing Committee has laid down new guidelines for the conduct of members of the Assembly, who should now be asked to “conduct themselves in a courteous, polite and respectful manner” during debates.
22/11/2013 | Political Affairs and Democracy
Marietta de Pourbaix-Lundin will make a fact-finding visit to Athens on 25-26 November as part of the preparation of her report on “Counteraction to manifestations of neo-Nazism and xenophobia”.
22/11/2013 | Migration, International Protection and Economic Co-operation
Speaking at the opening of a conference in Strasbourg on immigration detention in Europe, Annette Groth said that “parliamentarians could help shift attitudes on this issue and push for more alternatives to detention.”
21/11/2013 | Bureau
At the opening of its meeting in Vienna, PACE's Bureau held a minute's silence in memory of Peter Schieder, former President of the Assembly and leading Austrian parliamentarian, who died in October.
21/11/2013 | Culture, Science, Education and Media
The jury of the European Museum Forum (EMF) has selected a short list of three candidates for the 2014 Council of Europe Museum Prize, in the presence of Vesna Marjanovic PACE rapporteur on the prize.
21/11/2013 | Bureau
The Bureau of the Assembly took note of the opinion of the Committee on Rules of Procedure on the 'Likhachev case' and decided that the Assembly should not hold any meetings in Georgia for a period of two years.