21/11/2013 | Equality and Non-Discrimination
Parliamentarians from Romania, Bulgaria, Hungary, the Republic of Moldova and Serbia will gather in Bucharest on 25 November on the occasion of the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women.
21/11/2013 | Bureau
PACE's Bureau, meeting today in Vienna, has deplored the fact that an international peace conference on Syria, wholeheartedly supported by the Assembly last month, has not yet been convened.
21/11/2013 | Bureau
In a statement adopted today in Vienna, PACE's Bureau calls for an investigation into the 1 September killings at Camp Ashraf and the release of seven Iranians thought to be held in custody by the Iraqi authorities.
20/11/2013 | Migration, International Protection and Economic Co-operation
Council of Europe member and observer states should show “generosity and solidarity” in admitting Syrian refugees to their territory, and ensure a balanced distribution among countries, a PACE committee has said.
20/11/2013 | Migration, International Protection and Economic Co-operation
Migrants should never be refused entry to a country or expelled because of their HIV status, according to PACE’s Migration Committee meeting today in Paris.
20/11/2013 | Migration, International Protection and Economic Co-operation
Migrants – who represent 8.7 per cent of Europe’s population – actually make an important contribution to society in terms of the economy, demography, culture and politics, says the committee.
18/11/2013 | Political Affairs and Democracy
President Mahmoud Abbas of the Palestinian National Authority has requested the continuation of the Palestinian National Council’s ‘Partner for democracy’ status with PACE.
18/11/2013 | Standing Committee
The meeting of the Standing Committee will be held in Vienna at the Austrian Parliament on Friday 22 November 2013 under the Austrian Chairmanship of the Committee of Ministers. The meeting is open to the press.
17/11/2013 | President
After his meeting with the President of Ukraine, Victor Yanukovych, PACE President Jean-Claude Mignon welcomed the decision to embrace European values and standards, which Ukraine made when it joined the Council of Europe.
14/11/2013 | Social Affairs, Health and Sustainable Development
A girl kneels quietly in a forest, trying to hold back tears. A man’s hand falls onto her shoulder. “Don’t tell your mother,” he says… Children facing sexual abuse within their family are being encouraged to “break the silence” and speak out about it in a powerful new short video from the Council...
14/11/2013 | President
“A true parliamentary democracy must be backed up by a democratic political culture, one based on pluralism, on respect for the rights of all political forces”, said PACE President Jean-Claude Mignon, speaking in Moscow today.
14/11/2013 | President
At the close of his visit to the Russian Federation, PACE President underlined the major role played by this country at the European and international levels, saying "I am pleased that Russia is assuming to the full its due role within the Council of Europe."