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 | 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.
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.
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.