15/02/2013 | President
Jean-Claude Mignon, President of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE), will make an official visit to the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg from 18 to 20 February 2013. On 19 February he is due to meet the President of the Chamber of Deputies Laurent Mosar, the Prime Minister Jean-Claude Juncker as well as the Minister of Justice François Biltgen.
15/02/2013 | Election observation
The international election observation mission monitoring the presidential elections in Armenia will present its preliminary post-election statement at a press conference on Tuesday, 19 February, in Yerevan.
14/02/2013 | Election observation
A 22-member delegation of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE), led by Karin Woldseth (Norway, EDG), will travel to Armenia from 16 to 19 February to observe the conduct of the presidential election, alongside observers from, in particular, the European Parliament and the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR).
12/02/2013 | Political Affairs and Democracy
Lord John E. Tomlinson (United Kingdom, SOC), PACE rapporteur of the Committee on Political Affairs and Democracy, will make a fact-finding visit to Turkey on 14 February 2013, in preparation for his report on “Increasing drug traffic from Afghanistan as a threat to European security”.
11/02/2013 | Equality and Non-Discrimination
“I am deeply concerned by the entry into force of a law imposing mediation for all forms of violence against women in Romania,” declared José Mendes Bota (Portugal, EPP/CD), the PACE general rapporteur on violence against women..."
11/02/2013 | Political Affairs and Democracy
Today’s opening of 257 election registration centres in Gaza, Palestine, might “pave the way for parliamentary and presidential elections later this year”, according to Tiny Kox (Netherlands, UEL), PACE rapporteur on evaluation of the partnership for democracy with the Palestinian National Council.
11/02/2013 | Election observation
On 10 February 2013 Monegasques chose their representatives freely from among three lists of candidates for the National Council of the Principality of Monaco, according to a six-member delegation of observers from the PACE.
11/02/2013 | President
PACE President Jean-Claude Mignon today firmly condemned an attack at the border between Turkey and Syria and warned that violence may flare up in the region.
08/02/2013 | Monitoring
PACE co-rapporteurs on Georgia, Michael Aastrup Jensen (Denmark, ALDE) and Boriss Cilevičs (Latvia, SOC), have condemned the outbreak of violence during today’s protest in front of the National Library in Tbilisi where President Saakashvili was scheduled to make his “State of the Union” address.
07/02/2013 | Culture, Science, Education and Media
“Education and cultural policies must be enhanced in order to develop a culture of democracy that can sustain the ‘living together’ society,” said Carlos Costa Neves (Portugal, PPE/DC) in Andorra la Vella, addressing the international conference “Competences for a culture of democracy and intercultural dialogue: a political challenge and values”.
06/02/2013 | Social Affairs, Health and Sustainable Development
“Female genital mutilation is a serious form of violence against women and girls, as recognised by the Council of Europe Convention on preventing and combating violence against women and domestic violence,” declared today José Mendes Bota (Portugal, EPP/CD), PACE general rapporteur on violence against women, and Marlene Rupprecht (Germany, SOC), general rapporteur on children.
06/02/2013 | President
PACE President Jean-Claude Mignon expressed his shock today at the murder of Chokri Belaid, a leading Tunisian opposition figure. “I firmly condemn this despicable crime which is aimed at destabilising the democratic transition process in Tunisia and undermining the efforts of all those who are working for the defence of human rights in that country."