22/11/2024 | Standing Committee
The Standing Committee of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE), which brings together around 60 parliamentarians from the Council of Europe’s 46 member states, met in Luxembourg on Friday 29 November 2024. The meeting was opened by PACE President Theodoros Rousopoulos...
21/11/2024 | Legal Affairs and Human Rights
“AI must serve humanity in a fair and ethical manner, in conformity with Council of Europe values and the principles of transparency, accountability, safety and security, The Assembly will continue to engage with all stakeholders to that end, including Council of Europe bodies and other...
20/11/2024 | Equality and Non-Discrimination
“Across the world, transgender persons face violence, discrimination, stigma and marginalisation. Today we honour the memory and lives of transgender persons who are victims of transphobic crimes,” said Béatrice Fresko-Rolfo (Monaco, ALDE), General Rapporteur on the rights of LGBTI people, on the...
19/11/2024 | President
In a video statement on the occasion of the 1000th day of the Russian war of aggression against Ukraine, PACE President Theodoros Rousopoulos recalls the nightmares experienced by Ukrainian citizens who see foreign troops occupying their country, “who every day and every night wake up and fall...
19/11/2024 | Culture, Science, Education and Media
Linda Hofstad Helleland (Norway, EPP/CD), Chairperson of the PACE Committee on Culture, Science, Education and Media, today regretted the decision taken by the Moscow authorities to close, as from 14 November 2024, the Gulag History Museum, winner of the 2021 Council of Europe Museum Prize...
15/11/2024 | Political Affairs and Democracy
“Faced with the growing destabilisation of the world order, organisations based on universal values, such as the Council of Europe and the United Nations, must increase contacts at all levels, intensify co-operation and support each other in order to strengthen the multilateral system," said...
15/11/2024 | Monitoring
The co-rapporteur of the PACE Monitoring Committee for Azerbaijan, Lise Christoffersen (Norway, SOC), has made the following statement on the worsening health situation of civil society activists Anar Mammadli and Gubad Ibadoghlu: “I am deeply concerned about the health situation of human rights...
15/11/2024 | Monitoring
Eerik-Niiles Kross (Estonia, ALDE) and George Papandreou (Greece, SOC), co-rapporteurs for the honouring of Council of Europe obligations and commitments by Hungary, are to make a fact-finding visit to the country from 18-20 November. Hungary is one of ten countries currently subject to the full...
15/11/2024 | Monitoring
Azadeh Rojhan (Sweden, SOC), co-rapporteur for the honouring of membership obligations to the Council of Europe by Poland, is to make a fact-finding visit to the country from 18-20 November to look at recent judicial reforms, polarisation and the functioning of the country’s system of checks and...
14/11/2024 | Secretary General of the Assembly
“For too long, the energy and passion young people bring to public life haven’t been fully matched by their representation in our political processes and institutions,” said PACE Secretary General Despina Chatzivassiliou-Tsovilis, at the opening ceremony of the Youth Space 2024 Conference in...
13/11/2024 | Monitoring
The co-rapporteur of the Monitoring Committee for Türkiye, Stefan Schennach (Austria, SOC), has made the following statement on recent developments in the country: “I am seriously concerned about the ongoing practice of dismissing mayors in municipalities run by the opposition and replacing them...
12/11/2024 | President
The Council of Europe can be proud of its achievements, PACE President Theodoros Rousopoulos has said at a special ceremony to mark the 75th anniversaries of the Council of Europe and NATO as pillars of democratic security. Speaking at the event yesterday, organised in Rome by the Italian Chamber...