09/10/2023 | Prizes
The eleventh Václav Havel Human Rights Prize – which honours outstanding civil society action in defence of human rights – has been awarded to imprisoned Turkish human rights defender, philanthropist and civil society activist Osman Kavala. The 60,000-euro prize was presented at a special...
09/10/2023 | Session
PACE today elected, at the opening of its Autumn 2023 Session, Yıldırım Tuğrul Türkeş as a new Vice-President of the Assembly in respect of Türkiye. Nineteen Vice-Presidents are elected annually at the beginning of an ordinary session and remain in office until the opening of the next session...
09/10/2023 | Session
The Parliamentary Assembly, during its autumn plenary session, held a current affairs debate on “the situation in the North of Kosovo* following the recent attack and the need for de-escalation”. Lord David Blencathra (United Kingdom, EC/DA) opened the debate. 28 speakers took the floor during...
09/10/2023 | Session
The follow-up to the Reykjavik Summit; the European Conference of Presidents of Parliament in Dublin; the list of candidates for the post of judge at the European Court of Human Rights submitted by Serbia; the lists of candidates to the European Committee for the Prevention of Torture (CPT) in...
07/10/2023 | Political Affairs and Democracy
"Nothing justifies Hamas' disastrous decision to start a war against Israel. This aggression must be unequivocally condemned, thereby expressing solidarity and closeness to Israel and its citizens," stated Piero Fassino (Italy, SOC), Rapporteur of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of...
06/10/2023 | Legal Affairs and Human Rights
Representatives of Russian democratic opposition forces who share Council of Europe values will continue their ongoing dialogue with leaders and members of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) during a live-streamed hearing of three of its committees, taking place on Tuesday...
06/10/2023 | Monitoring
Ending a visit to Belgrade and Novi Sad (2-4 October 2023), Axel Schäfer (Germany, SOC), co-rapporteur of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) for the monitoring of obligations and commitments by Serbia, made the following statement: “I am very grateful to the Serbian...
05/10/2023 | Culture, Science, Education and Media
Mogens Jensen (Denmark, SOC), PACE's General Rapporteur on media freedom and safety of journalists, today expressed concern at the “progressive degradation of the media ecosystem”, speaking at the opening of a conference in Riga, during which the Council of Europe will launch its new Campaign for...
05/10/2023 | Monitoring
The co-rapporteurs of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) for the monitoring of obligations and commitments by Albania, Asim Mollazada (Azerbaijan, EC/DA) and Ionut Stroe (Romania, EPP/CD), have welcomed the progress made since their last visit, despite continuing profound...
02/10/2023 | Parliamentary support
The House of Representatives of the Moroccan Parliament organises on Tuesday 3 October 2023 in Rabat, in cooperation with PACE, a seminar on “The conditions and circumstances of implementation of Law 103-13 on combatting violence against women, within the framework of the joint programme “Support...
29/09/2023 | Monitoring
Axel Schäfer (Germany, SOC), one of the co-rapporteurs of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) for the monitoring of obligations and commitments by Serbia, will make a fact-finding visit to the country from 2 to 4 October 2023. In Belgrade, Mr Schäfer is due to meet, in...
29/09/2023 | European Conference of Presidents of Parliament
The European Conference of Presidents of Parliament concluded in Dublin today with a tribute to the courage of the Ukrainian people and a declaration of “unwavering commitment to stand with Ukraine for as long as it takes”. The two-day parliamentary summit, which brought together some 60 Speakers...