23/04/2026 | Monitoring
Laura Castel (Spain, UEL) and Miapetra Kumpula-Natri (Finland, SOC), co-rapporteurs of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) for the periodic review on Greece, will undertake a fact-finding visit to Athens from 27 to 29 April, to assess the honouring of membership obligations...
23/04/2026 | Session
“The entire Middle East – from the Mediterranean to the Persian Gulf – is on fire, with catastrophic consequences. The lesson we have to learn from this is that without a political strategy there is no solution,” said Piero Fassino (Italy, SOC), opening a current affairs debate today on the need...
23/04/2026 | Culture, Science, Education and Media
The Committee on Culture, Science, Education, and Media, meeting today in Strasbourg, strongly condemned “the deliberate targeting and killing of local journalists in Gaza by the Israel Defense Forces,” and Israel’s prohibition on international journalists and media outlets accessing the Gaza...
23/04/2026 | Session
PACE has recommended the swift adoption of a new protocol which updates an existing Council of Europe treaty on the laundering, seizure and confiscation of criminal or terrorist funds, noting that it “significantly expands” the tools allowing assets to be traced across borders and victims to be...
23/04/2026 | Session
Social dumping and labour exploitation, which at its worst includes forced labour and trafficking in human beings, “represents a grave violation of human dignity and fundamental rights,” warns a resolution adopted PACE. In the adopted resolution based on a report by Valérie Piller Carrard...
23/04/2026 | Session
PACE has introduced a series of improvements to the way it elects judges to the European Court of Human Rights to ensure a fair, transparent and efficient nomination and election process. Adopting a resolution based on a report by Petra Bayr (Austria, SOC), presented by Agnes Prammer (Austria...
23/04/2026 | Session
PACE is calling for a balanced regulation of artificial intelligence that empowers the creative sector and protects citizens and democracy at large. Approving a resolution based on a report by Mogens Jensen (Denmark, SOC), PACE said that current copyright laws in Europe are “neither clear-cut nor...
22/04/2026 | Session
The Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE), meeting today in Strasbourg in plenary session, emphasised the need to “include free and informed consent in national legislation on preventing and combating sexual violence”.The question of consent in sexual relations has long been...
22/04/2026 | Session
Denis Bećirović warns Parliamentary Assembly that constitutional order of Bosnia and Herzegovina is being undermined Addressing the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe in Strasbourg, the Chairperson of the Presidency of Bosnia and Herzegovina, Denis Bećirović, has hailed the strong...
22/04/2026 | Session
PACE is calling for universal ratification and full implementation of the Istanbul Convention, nearly 12 years after the landmark treaty to protect women against domestic violence entered into force, warning that organised disinformation campaigns and insufficient resources are undermining its...
22/04/2026 | Session
Presenting his 2025 Annual Activity Report to the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe today, the Council of Europe Commissioner for Human Rights, Michael O’Flaherty, warned that Europe, and the rest of the world, is no longer merely in an "era of change" but is experiencing a profound...
22/04/2026 | Election observation
The Parliamentary Assembly, the Congress of Local and Regional Authorities and the Venice Commission of the Council of Europe – members of the Council for Democratic Elections – will hold a joint debate on the status and rights of domestic and international election observers and their...