10/09/2013 | President
"During my meetings with senior UN officials, we discussed various possibilities for reinforcing co-operation between our institutions and fostering complementarity", Assembly President said.
10/09/2013 | President
On the occasion of his visit to Geneva, Jean-Claude Mignon urged all member States of the Council of Europe to ensure that international humanitarian law is respected by all sides in the Syrian conflict.
09/09/2013 | President
PACE President Jean-Claude Mignon will make an official visit to Switzerland from 10 to 12 September 2013, during which he will meet in Berne the Presidents of both houses of parliament.
09/09/2013 | Election observation
A seven-member delegation led by Robert Walter will carry out a pre-electoral visit to Baku on 11-13 September to assess the electoral framework and campaign prior to the presidential election on 9 October.
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...