06/06/2023 | President
The Minister of Foreign Affairs of Latvia and Council of Europe’s President of the Committee of Ministers, Edgars Rinkēvičs, the President of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe, Tiny Kox and the Secretary General of the Council of Europe, Marija Pejčinović Burić made the...
02/06/2023 | Culture, Science, Education and Media
Experts and industry figures have given testimony to a PACE hearing in London on the risks and opportunities of the Metaverse, including ideas for ensuring that virtual spaces can be kept safe for children, and the impact of Artificial Intelligence. The hearing, organised by PACE’s Committee on...
02/06/2023 | Culture, Science, Education and Media
A PACE hearing on “violence in sport and safeguarding” at the Houses of Parliament in London has heard powerful personal testimony from survivors of abuse in sport, as well as the steps being taken by top sports governing bodies to ensure a safe environment for players and athletes – and their...
01/06/2023 | Monitoring
Azadeh Rojhan (Sweden, SOC) and Pieter Omtzigt (Netherlands, EPP/CD), co-rapporteurs for the monitoring of Poland by the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE), have expressed their deep concerns about the adoption by the Polish Sejm of the Law on “the State Commission for...
01/06/2023 | Monitoring
Ian Liddell-Grainger (United Kingdom, EC/DA) and Lise Christoffersen (Norway, SOC), co-rapporteurs of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) for the monitoring of Azerbaijan, will make a fact-finding visit to the country from 3 to 7 June 2023, to further assess the honouring...
31/05/2023 | Equality and Non-Discrimination
“I am deeply concerned by new reports that LGBTI people and activists defending their rights in Azerbaijan have again been targeted by police officers,” said Christophe Lacroix (Belgium, SOC), General Rapporteur of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe on the rights of LGBTI persons...
30/05/2023 | Monitoring
The Committee on the Honouring of Obligations and Commitments by Member States of the Council of Europe (Monitoring Committee) has declassified an information note on "The honouring of membership obligations to the Council of Europe by Poland" following the fact-finding visit of the co...
30/05/2023 | Monitoring
The Committee on the Honouring of Obligations and Commitments by Member States of the Council of Europe (Monitoring Committee) has declassified an information note on "The honouring of obligations and commitments by Georgia" following the fact-finding visit of the co-rapporteurs Claude Kern...
29/05/2023 | Election observation
The second round of Türkiye’s presidential election was well run and gave voters the opportunity to choose between real political alternatives, but was characterized by increasingly inflammatory and discriminatory language during the campaign period. Media bias and ongoing restrictions to freedom...
26/05/2023 | Election observation
A 17-member delegation of members of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE), led by Frank Schwabe (Germany, SOC), will return to Türkiye from 26 to 29 May 2023 to observe the second round of the presidential election, alongside other international observers from the OSCE...
26/05/2023 | Standing Committee
“Now the #RoadToReykjavik is over and I wish to stress once again that this was an exciting, eventful, and – most importantly – successful journey. But when one road ends, another one begins. And now we must implement the decisions taken in Reykjavik, so that they bring meaningful results to...
26/05/2023 | Standing Committee
“We must undoubtedly and powerfully demonstrate that Russia’s approach of ‘might is right’ fails, and that justice is fully restored. We must ensure that after it is defeated in Ukraine, Russia never again resorts to aggression as an instrument of foreign policy,” Saeima Speaker Edvards Smiltēns...