27/06/2024 | Session
PACE today expressed its concern about the use of explosive weapons in populated areas, especially landmines and cluster munitions. It underlined that such weapons often resulted in the forcible displacement of people within and across borders, and later impedes their voluntary, safe, dignified...
27/06/2024 | Session
“We have the feeling that ordinary people are currently unable or afraid to express their views freely,” said Andrej Hunko (Germany, UEL), addressing the Assembly today at the opening of a current affairs debate on Can the Council of Europe step up its efforts to counter threats to the freedom of...
26/06/2024 | Session
The Council of Europe Parliamentary Assembly (PACE) today elected András Jakab as judge to the European Court of Human Rights in respect of Austria. Mr Jakab, having obtained an absolute majority of votes cast, is elected judge of the European Court of Human Rights for a term of office of nine...
26/06/2024 | Session
The Council of Europe Parliamentary Assembly (PACE) today elected Juha Lavapuro as judge to the European Court of Human Rights in respect of Finland. Mr Lavapuro, having obtained an absolute majority of votes cast, is elected judge of the European Court of Human Rights for a term of office of...
26/06/2024 | Session
The Council of Europe Parliamentary Assembly (PACE) today elected Mateja Durović as judge to the European Court of Human Rights in respect of Serbia. Mr Durović, having obtained an absolute majority of votes cast, is elected judge of the European Court of Human Rights for a term of office of nine...
26/06/2024 | Session
The Olympic Torch was greeted today by leading officials, parliamentarians and staff of the Council of Europe in Strasbourg during an unprecedented stop on its journey to the host city of Paris ahead of the 2024 Olympic and Paralympic Games. A torch-bearer passed through crowds of well-wishers in...
26/06/2024 | Session
In a trio of resolutions, adopted today after a joint debate in Strasbourg, PACE has set out plans to try Vladimir Putin and his generals for aggression against Ukraine, strengthen sanctions against Russia and counter its attempts to “erase” Ukrainian cultural identity. Approving a resolution and...
26/06/2024 | Session
PACE today welcomed the electoral reforms implemented by Armenia in accordance with the recommendations of the Venice Commission, considering that the objective of holding genuinely democratic elections had to a large extent been achieved. Unanimously adopting a resolution based on a report by...
25/06/2024 | Session
Faced with democratic backsliding in Europe, marked by the weakening of the separation and balance of powers and the restriction of freedoms, PACE today called on member States to “adopt participatory and deliberative democracy processes at national, regional and local level”, by providing in...
25/06/2024 | Session
Taking on board the views, expectations and concerns of young people “is an essential pre-condition to ensure the good functioning of democracy”, PACE stressed today – but regrettably, it added, “young people are under-represented in parliaments and do not engage sufficiently with traditional...
25/06/2024 | Session
PACE President Theodoros Rousopoulos has announced the result of the first round of the election for the Secretary General of the Council of Europe. The results are as follows: Total number of members voting: 241Number of blank or invalid ballots: 1Number of valid votes cast: 240Absolute majority...
25/06/2024 | Session
The rapporteur of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) on The detention of Julian Assange and its chilling effects on human rights, Sunna Ævarsdóttir (Iceland, SOC), has welcomed the news of the release of Julian Assange from prison. “I am relieved to be finally able to say...