21/06/2023 | Monitoring
Award-winning French economist and author Julia Cagé joined by experts from the Venice Commission and GRECO, the Council of Europe’s bodies on constitutional law and on combating corruption, for a parliamentary hearing on the financing of political parties, took place on Wednesday 21 June 2023 in...
21/06/2023 | Legal Affairs and Human Rights
Adopting a draft resolution on allegations of systemic torture and inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment in places of detention in Europe, based on a report by Constantinos Efstathiou (Cyprus, SOC), PACE’s Committee on Legal Affairs and Human Rights called for enhanced measures to combat...
21/06/2023 | Session
The Parliamentary Assembly has expressed deep concern over the populist discourse “inducing fear and resentment towards people arriving from other countries”. In the adopted resolution, addressing the issue, based on a report by Domagoj Hajduković (Croatia, SOC), the Assembly emphasised the...
21/06/2023 | Session
According to the Assembly, Europe is home to around 4-5 million undocumented persons, including many ‘invisible workers’. They participate in the labour market without legal recognition but remain “fragile socio-economically – with poor or no access to socio-economic rights and at high risk of...
20/06/2023 | Session
“The Council of Europe Summit in Reykjavik was an important milestone for the organisation at a critical time and resulted in strong European unity in responding to Russia’s aggression against Ukraine,” said Edgars Rinkēvičs, Minister for Foreign Affairs of Latvia and Chair of the Committee of...
20/06/2023 | Legal Affairs and Human Rights
The General Rapporteurs on Human Rights Defenders and Whistleblowers, and on Political Prisoners, of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE), Emanuelis Zingeris (Lithuania, EPP/CD) and Sunna Ævarsdóttir (Iceland, SOC), have warned against the extradition to the United States of...
20/06/2023 | Session
In the framework of the debate on “Addressing the specific challenges faced by Belarusians in exile”, the Volny Chor today performed before the Parliamentary Assembly. Volny Chor emerged from the rallies arranged by the musicians of the Belarusian State Philharmonic in August 2020. Almost...
20/06/2023 | Session
The Parliamentary Assembly, during its summer plenary session, held a current affairs debate on “The recent political developments in Poland”. Peter Omtzigt (Netherlands, EPP/CD) and Azadeh Rojhan (Sweden, SOC), co-rapporteurs for the monitoring of Poland by PACE, opened the debate. 17 speakers...
20/06/2023 | Session
PACE has hailed the “resilience, courage and determination” of Belarusians who have been forced into exile by the repression of the Lukashenka regime – and urged states hosting them to take legal and practical steps to welcome them. In a resolution, based on a report by Paul Galles (Luxembourg...
20/06/2023 | Women@PACE
The ‘Women@PACE’ group today held an exchange of views with Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya, leader of the Belarus democratic opposition, on women’s political participation. Addressing the participants, she shared her journey and shed light on the challenges faced by women in her country's political...
20/06/2023 | Session
According to the resolution adopted today by PACE, based on the report by Selin Sayek Böke (Türkiye, SOC), States must urgently “learn the lessons from previous health emergencies by strengthening the global health architecture and developing necessary strategies at national levels”, in order to...
19/06/2023 | Migration, International Protection and Economic Co-operation
On the eve of World Refugee Day (20 June 2023), Theodoros Rousopoulos (Greece, EPP/CD), Chair of the PACE Committee on Migration, Refugees and Displaced Persons, has made the following statement: "Speaking at the Council of Europe’s fourth Summit, PACE President Tiny Kox underlined the importance...