04/07/2024 | President
PACE President Theodoros Rousopoulos today underlined the urgent need to address issues such as inequality, housing, low income and social exclusion, “which pose direct threats to the stability of our democratic order”, serving as roots for the rise of nationalist and extremist sentiments...
03/07/2024 | President
I very much regret the refusal of the authorities of Azerbaijan to co-operate with the Council of Europe's Committee for the Prevention of Torture and Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment (CPT), which led to unprecedented cancelling of the scheduled CPT’s visit. I was also concerned with...
02/07/2024 | Migration, International Protection and Economic Co-operation
PACE rapporteur Stephanie Krisper (Austria, ALDE) has expressed concerns at the decision by the Polish government in June 2024 to enhance the operations of the armed forces, the police and the border guard in Poland in the event of a threat to state security. The draft law suggests that the use...
02/07/2024 | Secretary General of the Assembly
PACE Secretary General Despina Chatzivassiliou-Tsovilis has reiterated the Assembly’s unwavering support for Ukraine and its people at a high-level dialogue with Ukrainian partners in Strasbourg. Addressing the opening of a third such dialogue on the theme “Good democratic governance in Ukraine...
01/07/2024 | President
The President of the Parliamentary Assembly Theodoros Rousopoulos and the First Vice-Chairman of the Verkhovna Rada Oleksandr Korniyenko met today in the framework of the 3rd meeting of the High-level Dialogue on “Good democratic governance in Ukraine: achievements, challenges and the way forward...
28/06/2024 | Session
PACE is urging Council of Europe member states to act “rapidly and with determination” on existing environmental standards and practices, from a less anthropocentric perspective and taking into account recent legal developments in environmental matters. The Assembly, approving a resolution based...
27/06/2024 | Session
The Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) today expressed its deep concern at recent developments in Georgia that “raise serious doubts" about the country’s commitment to international democratic norms and Euro-Atlantic integration, and about its willingness to honour its...
27/06/2024 | Session
Emphasising the significance of "a people-centred approach in policy making in times of crisis", PACE today called on EU member States to prolong the duration of the initially agreed temporary protection or to open new avenues "for allowing a regular and legally secure presence of peoples of...
27/06/2024 | Session
“The situation of the children of Ukraine, deprived of their childhood by a war and, even more tragic, who have been uprooted and forcibly separated from their homeland, is of primary importance to us,” said PACE President Theodoros Rousopoulos, on the occasion of the launching of the...
27/06/2024 | Session
Practical moves made by the leader of the Turkish Cypriot community in Cyprus since October 2020 to re-open Varosha – a fenced-off area of the city of Famagusta which has been a “ghost town” since the division of the island – are an “unacceptable change” to its status and a grave violation of...
27/06/2024 | Session
The Chair of PACE’s Sub-Committee on the Middle East Piero Fassino (Italy, SOC) has called for a collective surge of responsibility to ensure the effective implementation of an immediate ceasefire, the safe return of hostages to their families, and unhindered access to essential humanitarian aid...
27/06/2024 | Session
The Council of Europe should establish a “mediation process” to help member states resolve post-conflict disputes and find “reparations and remedies” which would defuse tension, overcome past divisions and work towards a common peaceful future, PACE has proposed. Approving a resolution and...