19/12/2024 | Migration, International Protection and Economic Co-operation
The Chairperson of the PACE Committee on Migration, Refugees and Displaced persons, Oleksii Goncharenko (Ukraine, EC/DA), today made the following statement: “As the death toll rises following the devastation caused by Cyclone Chido in the French department of Mayotte on Saturday 14 December, I...
17/12/2024 | Migration, International Protection and Economic Co-operation
On the occasion of International Migrants Day, dedicated to “Honouring the contributions of migrants and respecting their rights”, the Chair of the PACE Committee on Migration, Refugees and Displaced persons Oleksii Goncharenko (Ukraine, EC/DA) made the following statement: "International...
13/12/2024 | Legal Affairs and Human Rights
A PACE committee is calling for robust international and national laws and regulations to ensure that the activities of private military and security companies – described as mercenaries in some contexts – “align with democratic principles and respect for human rights”, including on issues such...
12/12/2024 | President
Council of Europe Secretary General Alain Berset and Parliamentary Assembly President Theodoros Rousopoulos have expressed their sadness at the death of Terry Davis, who served as Council of Europe Secretary General from 2004 to 2009 and was a long-standing member of the Parliamentary Assembly...
11/12/2024 | Election observation
PACE member Lord Blencathra (United Kingdom, EC/DA) unveiled PACE's newly-created Network of Election Observers during the 2024 Annual Implementation Meeting for Endorsers of the Declaration of Principles for International Election Observation. The event, hosted by ODIHR in Gdańsk, Poland, was...
11/12/2024 | Political Affairs and Democracy
In a worrying context of global instability and insecurity, and in order to protect democracy, human rights and the rule of law, and preserve Europe's position in the world, member states should strive for “an open rules-based international order of realism”, rather than an ever-shrinking club of...
10/12/2024 | Social Affairs, Health and Sustainable Development
The Committee on Social Affairs, Health and Sustainable Development deplores the fact that the millions of patients suffering from “long Covid” have become “a huge blind spot”, as policymakers and the healthcare sector focus on other health issues. It regrets that no solution has yet been...
10/12/2024 | Prizes
The Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) is inviting designers and graphic artists to submit designs for a plaque and logo for its recently launched “Human Rights in Motion” Award, a quarterly prize for the director of a documentary film that best promotes human rights or...
10/12/2024 | Monitoring
The PACE monitoring rapporteurs for Georgia, Claude Kern (France, ALDE) and Edite Estrela (Portugal, SOC) today expressed their deep concern about the arrests and pretrial detentions of opposition and protests leaders as well as the raiding of their offices by the police, reportedly on...
10/12/2024 | Social Affairs, Health and Sustainable Development
PACE’s Social Affairs Committee has expressed its deep concern that the humanitarian crisis in Gaza has deteriorated still further as a result of the ongoing military operations in Gaza, and urged all parties to the hostilities, in particular Israel, to reach an immediate, permanent and...
06/12/2024 | Social Affairs, Health and Sustainable Development
“We must never turn a blind eye to the abuse of children, whether they have been victims of sexual predators, gratuitous violence or ill-treatment in public, private or religious institutions that are supposed to be safe havens,” today said Saskia Kluit (Netherlands, SOC), the newly elected...
05/12/2024 | President
Addressing the Interparliamentary Conference on Cultural Heritage and the Identity of National Communities in Budapest, the PACE President today recalled the importance of the Council of Europe mechanisms and legal instruments in terms of protection and promotion of national minorities and...