06/09/2013 | Equality and Non-Discrimination
Håkon Haugli, General rapporteur on the rights of LGBT people, made the following statement: “A wave of homophobic propaganda is hitting the Russian Federation, forming the basis of new laws and law proposals..."
06/09/2013 | Legal Affairs and Human Rights
Marina Schuster has called on the authorities in Oklahoma not to execute Anthony Rozelle Banks. "Oklahoma remains one of the states which carry out the highest number of executions..."
06/09/2013 | Monitoring
Monitoring Committee has acknowledged the continuous commitment of the Republic of Moldova to complying with Council of Europe standards, but pointed out a series of “fundamental issues” to be addressed.
06/09/2013 | Monitoring
PACE should ask the Committee of Ministers, to consider suspending Bosnia and Herzegovina from its right of representation in the organisation if it does not make “substantial progress” in implementing the Sejdić and Finci judgment.
05/09/2013 | Session
The Committee on Political Affairs and Democracy meeting today in Paris decided to submit a request for an urgent debate on the situation in Syria to be held during the Autumn session in Strasbourg (30 September-4 October).
05/09/2013 | Monitoring
The Committee adopted a report by Andres Herkel on "The progress of the Assembly's monitoring procedure" which takes stock of the committee's activities concerning the ten countries subject to the monitoring procedure.
05/09/2013 | Political Affairs and Democracy
Meeting in Paris, the committee sets out a series of measures designed to guarantee fair taxation of global profits, and encourages the OECD “to step up its fight against the widespread aggressive tax evasion.
04/09/2013 | Legal Affairs and Human Rights
An Assembly committee has urged the competent Russian authorities to fully investigate the circumstances and background of the death of Russian tax and accountancy expert Sergei Magnitsky, and the possible criminal responsibility...
04/09/2013 | President
At the end of his official visit to Zagreb, PACE President Jean-Claude Mignon congratulated Croatia on its recent accession to the European Union. “It is a great success for your country, but also for the Council of Europe..."
04/09/2013 | Political Affairs and Democracy
Xenophobia and anti-Europeanism seem to go hand in hand in many countries across the continent, stressed experts at a hearing on counteraction to manifestations of neo-Nazism and xenophobia.
03/09/2013 | Political Affairs and Democracy
The Political Affairs Committee will discuss the political transition in Egypt during a hearing to be held tomorrow, 4 September, in Paris, in the context of a report on this issue prepared by José María Beneyto.
02/09/2013 | Bureau
PACE Bureau, meeting today in Dubrovnik (Croatia), called for an inclusive reconciliation process and political dialogue in Egypt which would prevent any further recourse to violence, allow a return to stability and create conditions...