06/03/2013 | Monitoring
Following their visit to Budapest from 25 to 27 February 2013, PACE co-rapporteurs for the opinion on the opening of a monitoring procedure in respect of Hungary, Kerstin Lundgren (Sweden, ALDE) and Jana Fischerová (Czech Republic, EDG), have expressed their concern about the recently proposed amendments to the Hungarian Constitution (the so-called fourth amendment).
06/03/2013 | President
“I would like us to launch a joint appeal to as many countries as possible to ratify the Istanbul Convention – and where better to do so than at the UN – to ensure that this instrument can come into force as soon as possible. This Convention should greatly reinforce our action to stop violence against women,” said Jean-Claude Mignon.
05/03/2013 | President
In the run-up to International Women’s Day, PACE President, Jean-Claude Mignon, has declared: “8 March is an auspicious annual occasion for all those involved in promoting women’s rights. This year the event will have the theme of ‘A Promise is a Promise: Time to Act to End Violence against Women’...
05/03/2013 | President
“I am appealing to all of you to help ensure that 2013 is the year the Istanbul Convention comes into force,” said Jean-Claude Mignon, President of the PACE, today at the opening of an event organised by the Council of Europe and the French Permanent Delegation to the United Nations, alongside the 57th session of the UN Commission on the Status of Women.
05/03/2013 | Standing Committee
Debates on the industrial heritage in Europe, and on reinforcing the selection processes for experts of key Council of Europe human rights monitoring mechanisms, will feature on the agenda of the PACE Standing Committee at its meeting in Paris on Friday 8 March 2013.
01/03/2013 | Equality and Non-Discrimination
Håkon Haugli (Norway, SOC), PACE rapporteur on "Tackling discrimination on the grounds of sexual orientation and gender identity", ended today a three-day fact-finding visit to Hungary, During his visit, discussions focused on the developments in Hungarian legislation and their possible impact on the situation of LGBT people, as well as on the implementation of the existing anti-discrimination regulations.
01/03/2013 | President
PACE President Jean-Claude Mignon will meet UN Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon in New York on 5 March. On the day before, he will speak at a side event organised by the Council of Europe and the permanent mission of France to the United Nations, at the 57th session of the UN Commission on the Status of Women.
26/02/2013 | President
Speaking yesterday in the Romanian parliament, Jean-Claude Mignon, President of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE), welcomed “Romania’s contribution to stability in the region”. Referring to last summer’s political crisis, the President said he was pleased that the country had managed to settle its differences peacefully, seeing this as a “sign of democratic maturity”...
26/02/2013 | President
"Romania's political crisis of July 2012 is long behind it and acceptance of political cohabitation reflects the country's democratic maturity," said PACE President Jean-Claude Mignon today when concluding an official two-day visit to Bucharest. "Tensions remain and problems persist, for example in the fight against corruption, but considerable progress has been achieved," he said.
25/02/2013 | President
PACE President Jean-Claude Mignon is currently on an official visit to Romania (25-26 February). He met today Prime Minister Victor Ponta, the Minister for Foreign Affairs Titus Corlăţean, as well as the President of the Chamber of Deputies Valeriu Stefan Zgonea.
25/02/2013 | Equality and Non-Discrimination
Håkon Haugli (Norway, SOC) will make a fact-finding visit to Budapest from 27 February to 1 March in the framework of the preparation of his report on "Tackling discrimination on the grounds of sexual orientation and gender identity".
22/02/2013 | Monitoring
Jana Fischerová (Czech Republic, EDG) and Kerstin Lundgren (Sweden, ALDE), co-rapporteurs of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) who have been appointed to assess the request for the opening of a monitoring procedure in respect of Hungary – following a motion signed by 24 members of the Assembly in January 2011 – will make a fact-finding visit to Budapest on 25-27 February 2013.