10/04/2025 | Session
PACE has welcomed the draft Council of Europe Convention on the Protection of the Environment through Criminal Law, which is set to become “the first international legally binding instrument to address environmental crime”, but expressed concern that it still lacks ambition and scope in several...
10/04/2025 | Session
Noting that the situation in Georgia “has continued to deteriorate” since its last assessment in January, with no sign of an inclusive political process or new elections, the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) has warned of a deepening political schism in the country and made...
10/04/2025 | Session
It is “more important than ever” for Europe to strengthen its ties with regions that share its values and, in that sense, the Latin American region “should be considered as a natural ally”, the Parliamentary Assembly said today. According to parliamentarians, while the existing partnerships with...
10/04/2025 | Session
PACE has set out the final few steps that could lead – after more than 40 years of discussions – to the accession of the EU to the European Convention on Human Rights. Approving a resolution based on a report by Titus Corlăţean (Romania, SOC), the Assembly said “what appears to be the last...
09/04/2025 | Session
PACE has called for more action to develop “an ethical culture” within the Council of Europe – and has reinforced its own rules on ethics and anti-corruption. Adopting a resolution based on a report by Frank Schwabe (Germany, SOC), the Assembly recalled the corruption scandal linked to Azerbaijan...
09/04/2025 | Session
In a communication to the Parliamentary Assembly, the Luxembourg Minister for Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade, Xavier Bettel, presented an initial review of the Luxembourg Presidency of the Committee of Ministers and emphasised the challenges facing Europe. He began by deploring the calling...
09/04/2025 | Session
Following an urgent procedure debate held today in Strasbourg in plenary session, the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) called on the Turkish authorities “to release immediately Ekrem İmamoğlu”, the Mayor of Istanbul, who was arrested on 19 March 2025, placed in pre-trial...
09/04/2025 | Session
In his address to the parliamentarians, His Royal Highness the Grand Duke of Luxembourg praised the work of the Council of Europe, which has transformed Europe into a continent of law and peace and has succeeded in establishing a unique form of co-operation between the various countries. He also...
09/04/2025 | Session
Recalling the “unequivocal obligation” to implement judgments of the Strasbourg Court in a “timely and effective manner”, the Assembly today expressed concern at the failure of some States Parties to the European Convention on Human Rights to remedy the underlying causes of human rights...
09/04/2025 | Session
“More than eleven years after its start, the illegal, unprovoked and unjustified war of aggression of the Russian Federation against Ukraine continues to rage, causing endless damage and suffering to Ukraine and its people,” today reaffirmed PACE following an urgent debate. The Assembly warned...
09/04/2025 | Women@PACE
At the last Women@PACE group meeting during the PACE spring plenary session, Her Royal Highness the Grand Duchess of Luxembourg joined parliamentarians, ambassadors and experts for an exchange of views on structural gender-based violence, placing survivors’ voices and lived experiences at the...
08/04/2025 | Session
PACE today expressed concern about the growing divergence between international law and member states’ practice as regards collective expulsions of foreigners, recalling that such expulsions are “formally prohibited under Article 4 of Protocol No. 4 to the European Convention on Human Rights...