29/10/2013 | Migration, International Protection and Economic Co-operation
René Rouquet will make a fact-finding visit to examine the situation of internally displaced people as part of the preparation of a report on the subject.
29/10/2013 | Social Affairs, Health and Sustainable Development
Sir Alan Meale (United Kingdom, SOC), PACE General Rapporteur on Local and Regional Authorities, addressed the Congress on 29 October, during a plenary debate on “Local and regional authorities responding to the economic crisis”.
28/10/2013 | Elections
The 27 October presidential election in Georgia was efficiently administered, transparent and took place in an amicable and constructive environment, the international observers concluded.
23/10/2013 | Elections
A 26-member PACE delegation, led by Meritxell Mateu Pi, will travel to Georgia from 25 to 28 October to observe the conduct of the presidential election, alongside observers from the OSCE PA, the EP, the NATO PA and the ODIHR.
23/10/2013 | President
Jean-Claude Mignon said he was deeply shocked by the terrorist attack against a bus on Monday in Volgograd, which killed six people and wounded many others.
21/10/2013 | President
Are Europe’s core values under threat from the economic crisis? This is one of the topics that will be discussed at a conference being held by the Robert Schuman Foundation under the auspices of PACE President Jean-Claude Mignon.
21/10/2013 | Equality and Non-Discrimination
“Yesterday’s holding of a Pride march for the first time in Montenegro’s capital was an important step forward,” said Robert Biedroń (Poland, SOC), PACE General Rapporteur on the rights of LGBT people.
18/10/2013 | Migration, International Protection and Economic Co-operation
Ten parliamentarians from eight different countries visited the deportation section of the prison at Zurich Airport as part of a training programme on carrying out visits to immigration detention centres.
17/10/2013 | Equality and Non-Discrimination
To fight trafficking in human beings, we must also curb demand including in cyberspace said José Mendes Bota, General Rapporteur on violence against women, speaking on the eve of the 7th EU Anti-Trafficking Day.
15/10/2013 | President
Ending a visit to Iceland, Jean-Claude Mignon praised the country’s commitment to the values of the '47'. “The co-operation with the Venice Commission is a very good example of how the Organisation’s expertise is being used.”
14/10/2013 | Parliamentary support
A seminar, aimed at members of national parliaments, was held in London, in order to provide a better knowledge of the European Convention on Human Rights mechanisms, and of the effective implementation of the judgments of the ECHR.
13/10/2013 | President
At the end of an official visit to Montenegro, PACE President has praised the Montenegrin authorities for their exemplary co-operation with the Council of Europe which can "help the country's progress on the path of European integration".