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Debate: Developments in the Assembly's monitoring procedure (January-December 2022) - Presentation by Mr Piero FASSINO, Italy, SOC, rapporteur, AS/Mon

PACE reviews progress of member States under monitoring in 2022

26/01/2023 | Session

In adopting a resolution today, based on a report by Piero Fassino (Italie, SOC) – which takes stock of the PACE monitoring activities in 2022 and makes a series of assessments of the countries under a full monitoring procedure or engaged in post-monitoring dialogue, as well as of countries that...

Debate: The Reykjavik Summit of the Council of Europe: United around values in the face of extraordinary challenges. Presentation by Ms Fiona O'LOUGHLIN, Ireland, ALDE, rapporteur, AS/Pol

PACE sets out its proposals for the Reykjavik Summit, urging ‘unity around common values’

25/01/2023 | Session

At a defining moment in European history, Council of Europe member states, at the highest political level, should “reaffirm their unity around common values and their unfaltering commitment to multilateralism based on international law”, PACE has said. Approving a recommendation based on a report...

PACE Secretary General at the Women@PACE meeting during the Parliamentary Assembly Session, January 2023

On world Education Day, the Women@PACE group expresses solidarity with women and girls in Afghanistan

25/01/2023 | Women@PACE

To mark World Education Day (24 January), the Women@PACE group today expressed its solidarity with women and girls in Afghanistan who are barred from receiving an education. “Since the Taliban seized power in Afghanistan in August 2021, the situation of women and girls in the country has severely...

Debate: Contact tracing applications: ethical, cultural and educational challenges - Presentation by Mr Duncan BAKER, United Kingdom, EC/AD, rapporteur, AS/Cult.

States must assess the effectiveness of tracing applications, while complying with data protection standards

25/01/2023 | Session

According to PACE, the recourse to digital public health technologies must be part of a comprehensive national epidemiological strategy, “balancing all interests at stake” and “based on an evaluation of its real effectiveness”. PACE recalled that over the past two years, governments and private...

Debate: Environmental impact and armed conflicts Presentation by Mr John HOWELL, United Kingdom, EC/AD, rapporteur, AS/Soc

Current affairs debate on the recent tensions between Pristina and Belgrade

25/01/2023 | Session

“I asked for this debate, because I think it is important that the Council of Europe keep an eye on and keep abreast of the tensions that there are in Europe. Nobody who has looked at Serbia and Kosovo over recent months can believe that there are no tensions. There are tensions. We need, very...

Joint debate: Finding solutions to marital captivity Presentation by Ms Margreet De BOER, Netherlands, SOC, Rapporteur, AS/Ega

Finding solutions to end marital captivity

25/01/2023 | Session

Measures to prevent marital captivity and ensure effective solutions for victims are urgently needed, the Parliamentary Assembly said, by adopting a resolution today, on the basis of the report by Margreet De Boer (Netherlands, SOC), The adopted text indicates that persons trapped in marital...

Joint debate: The role and responsibility of men and boys in eliminating gender-based violence against women and girls Presentation by Ms Petra STIENEN, Netherlands, ALDE, Rapporteur, AS/Ega

How men and boys can be ‘agents of change’ in confronting gender-based violence

25/01/2023 | Session

Men and boys can play an important role in combating gender-based violence by being agents of change and “speaking out against harmful practices, acting as role models and challenging sexism”, PACE has said. Adopting a resolution based on a report by Petra Stienen (Netherlands, ALDE), the...

Joint debate: The Istanbul Convention: progress and challenges Presentation by Ms Zita GURMAI, Hungary, SOC, Rapporteur, AS/Ega
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The Istanbul Convention: progress, with new challenges

25/01/2023 | Session

Today the Assembly emphasised the positive influence of the Council of Europe’s Convention on the Protection and Prevention of Violence against Women and Domestic Violence – the Istanbul Convention – on national legislation against gender-based violence and the changes it has made in policies and...

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German Foreign Minister Baerbock: we need to set up the Council of Europe for a new era in European history

24/01/2023 | Session

Speaking to the Parliamentary Assembly, German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock has called on member states to reaffirm their commitment to the core values of the Council of Europe at the upcoming summit of heads of state and government, which in particular means all member states respecting...

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Concerted international action to combat conflict-related sexual violence

24/01/2023 | Session

PACE today strongly condemned conflict-related sexual violence, which is “a war crime in international law”, can be a constitutive element of genocide, and is used as a means of ethnic cleansing. However, the parliamentarians believe that this phenomenon is not an inevitable consequence of war...

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PACE elects Oddný Mjöll Arnardóttir judge to the European Court of Human Rights in respect of Iceland

24/01/2023 | Session

The Council of Europe Parliamentary Assembly (PACE) today elected Oddný Mjöll Arnardóttir as judge to the European Court of Human Rights in respect of Iceland. Ms Arnardóttir, having obtained an absolute majority of votes cast, is elected judge of the European Court of Human Rights for a term of...

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PACE elects Anne Louise Haahr Bormann judge to the European Court of Human Rights in respect of Denmark

24/01/2023 | Session

The Council of Europe Parliamentary Assembly (PACE) today elected Anne Louise Haahr Bormann as judge to the European Court of Human Rights in respect of Denmark. Ms Bormann, having obtained an absolute majority of votes cast, is elected judge of the European Court of Human Rights for a term of...