24/05/2013 | Equality and Non-Discrimination
The Committee on Equality and Non-Discrimination expressed deep concern at the repeated infringement, in some Council of Europe member states, of the right of freedom of assembly and freedom of expression in relation to LGBTs.
24/05/2013 | Equality and Non-Discrimination
At the end of a hearing on the situation of transgender persons, the Committee on Equality and Non-Discrimination decided to further discuss the issue with a view to improve the situation of transgender persons particularly in the fields of health care, transphobic hate crime and gender recognition.
23/05/2013 | Culture, Science, Education and Media
The question of how far media should regulate themselves or be regulated by the state was debated this week by participants at a London conference on the role of national parliaments in media regulation.
23/05/2013 | Standing Committee
PACE Standing Committee meeting will be held in Yerevan on Friday 31 May 2013 under the Armenian Chairmanship of the Committee of Ministers. On this occasion, PACE President Jean-Claude Mignon will hold high-level meetings with the President of the Republic Serzh Sargsyan...
21/05/2013 | President
“Its link with national parliaments is fundamental for the PACE, and we can be effective only if we strengthen that link”, said PACE President Jean-Claude Mignon, addressing the Foreign Affairs Committee of the Chamber of Representatives in Brussels today...
17/05/2013 | Culture, Science, Education and Media
Around 100 parliamentarians from across Europe and media experts are to gather at the House of Commons in London for a conference on the role of national parliaments in media regulation in Europe.
17/05/2013 | Monitoring
A PACE delegation* looking into the consequences of the 2008 war between Russia and Georgia has deeply regretted that the de facto authorities in Tskhinvali and Sukhumi refused to receive the delegation. The delegation has just returned from a visit to Moscow and Tbilisi (12-15 May 2013).
16/05/2013 | President
In his address to the Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe at its 123rd session, PACE President, Jean-Claude Mignon, today called for reinforcement of Council of Europe action in the fields of democracy, human rights and rule of law.
16/05/2013 | Equality and Non-Discrimination
To mark the International Day against Homophobia (May 17), Håkon Haugli, General rapporteur on the rights of LGBT people of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE), made the following statement: “On 17 May 1990 the World Health Organisation removed homosexuality from the International Classification of Diseases...
14/05/2013 | Prizes
Wojciech Sawicki, the PACE Secretary General, has issued a call for nominations for the Václav Havel Human Rights Prize, which will be awarded for the first time on 30 September next in Strasbourg.
14/05/2013 | President
Turkey is an indispensable partner for promoting the aims and values of the Council of Europe, PACE President, Jean-Claude Mignon, said today, speaking during an official visit to the country (13-15 May). The President, speaking in Ankara following a meeting with President Abdullah Gül and other leading officials in the country, said that Turkey, with its solid democratic system, was an example for the whole region...
13/05/2013 | Election observation
Bulgaria’s early parliamentary elections on 12 May were held in a competitive environment, fundamental freedoms were respected, and the administration of elections was well managed, although the campaign was overshadowed by a number of incidents that diminished trust in state institutions and the process was negatively affected by pervasive allegations of vote-buying, international observers said in a statement today.