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News | Standing Committee
PACE Standing Committee meets in Tirana to discuss Albania’s priorities for the Council of Europe
The priorities of Albania during its forthcoming Chairmanship of the Council of Europe’s Committee of Ministers will be discussed at a meeting of PACE's Standing Committee in Tirana on Friday 25 May 2012. Albanian Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Edmond Haxhinasto...

16/05/2012

News | Monitoring
Moldovan authorities urged to adopt a comprehensive law to combat discrimination, including on the ground of sexual orientation
On the eve of the International Day against Homophobia, Lise Christoffersen (Norway, SOC) and Piotr Wach (Poland, EPP/CD), PACE co-rapporteurs on the honouring of obligations and commitments by the Republic of Moldova, have expressed their concern relating to the preparation...

16/05/2012

News | Equality and Non-Discrimination
Human rights: no exception for LGBT people
“In recent years, remarkable progress has been made in Europe in the fight against discrimination on the grounds of sexual orientation and gender identity. But while progress is being made in some countries, in others the foundations for a setback are being laid down,"...

15/05/2012

News | President
Museums Night: building a Europe of culture
“European Museums Night is a unique opportunity for encouraging new groups, especially young people, to visit museums and discover our great common heritage,” said PACE President Jean-Claude Mignon today. “This mass event involving European museums and citizens is bound...

11/05/2012

News | Monitoring
PACE co-rapporteurs for the monitoring of Ukraine to visit Yulia Tymoshenko
Mailis Reps (Estonia, ALDE) and Marietta de Pourbaix-Lundin (Sweden, EPP/CD), PACE co-rapporteurs for the monitoring of Ukraine, will visit former Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko in Kharkiv on 16 May, as well as meeting her lawyers. They will also talk to the lawyers of...

09/05/2012

News | Political Affairs
PACE rapporteur denounces illegitimate ‘elections’ in Syria
“The so-called ‘elections’ in Syria, organised by the Assad regime against the backdrop of continuing violence and numerous violations of Kofi Annan’s peace plan, merely add yet another obstacle to the search for a peaceful political outcome to a conflict that has already...

07/05/2012

News | Election observation
Armenian elections competitive and largely peaceful, but shortcomings undermined confidence in the process, observers say
Sunday’s parliamentary elections in Armenia featured a vibrant and largely peaceful campaign, with overall balanced media coverage, but pressure on voters and a deficient complaints process created an unequal playing field, the international election observers said today. ...

07/05/2012

News | Election observation
Serbia’s elections open and highly competitive, additional transparency needed
Serbia’s parliamentary and early presidential elections on 6 May 2012 took place in an open and competitive environment but additional efforts are needed to improve the transparency of the election process and the functioning of the media, international observers said in...

07/05/2012

News | Monitoring
PACE monitoring rapporteurs express concern at Moscow violence
The PACE co-rapporteurs for the monitoring of Russia, Andreas Gross (Switzerland, SOC) and György Frunda (Romania, EPP/CD), have expressed their concern at the violence which followed the mass demonstration in Moscow on the eve of the presidential inauguration, and the...

07/05/2012

News | President
A solution to the crisis of values: more Europe
"Beyond the economic crisis, Europe is facing a more serious crisis of values, as shown by the rise in populism and extremism in several European countries," said PACE President Jean-Claude Mignon. "On this Europe Day, I want to reaffirm the importance of the basic values...

04/05/2012

News | Legal Affairs and Human Rights
PACE rapporteur visits Iceland to look into trial of former Prime Minister
Pieter Omtzigt (Netherlands, EPP/CD), who is preparing a PACE report on “Keeping political and criminal responsibility separate”, will make a fact-finding visit to Iceland from 7 to 9 May 2012 to examine the case of former Prime Minister Geir Haarde, who was put on trial...

04/05/2012

News | Monitoring
PACE rapporteur to make a post-monitoring visit to "the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia"
Robert Walter (United Kingdom, EDG), PACE rapporteur for post-monitoring dialogue with "the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia", will make a fact-finding visit to the country from 7 to 10 May 2012. ...

02/05/2012

News | Media
World Press Freedom Day 2012: media freedom is the air necessary for democracy to breathe
“As the media have developed from Gutenberg's printing press to the internet in a globalised information society, universal human rights such as media freedom have become part of a universal culture embedded in the hearts and minds of people all around the world," said...

29/04/2012

News | Election observation
Presidential election in Russia: a clear winner, but voter's choice limited and a lack of fairness
The 4 March presidential election in Russia showed "a clear winner with an absolute majority", but the voter's choice was limited, the electoral competition lacked fairness and an impartial referee was missing, according to the final report of PACE's delegation to observe...

27/04/2012

News | Election observation
PACE to observe the parliamentary elections in Armenia
A 24-member PACE delegation led by Baroness Nicholson (United Kingdom, ALDE), will travel to Armenia from 4 to 7 May to observe the parliamentary elections alongside observers from the Parliamentary Assembly of the OSCE, the European Parliament and the Office for Democratic...

27/04/2012

News | Spring session: 23-27 April 2012
PACE seeks global tax transparency and stronger policies on tax havens
PACE has demanded a series of steps to end what it calls “massive tax avoidance, evasion and fraud” facilitated by secrecy jurisdictions, tax havens and offshore financial centres. Adopting a resolution based on a report by Dirk van der Maelen (Belgium, SOC), the parliamentarians...

27/04/2012

News | Spring session: 23-27 April 2012
Safeguarding decent pensions for all
In order to safeguard decent pensions for all, and to address the dual challenge of ageing of the population and the current economic crisis, the PACE calls on member states to “design national pension systems based on several pillars and a ‘mix’ of sources of pension income”....

27/04/2012

News | Spring session: 23-27 April 2012
Round table on media freedom on the Internet
Representatives of Google, Facebook and Index on Censorship were among participants taking part in a round table on internet freedom yesterday, organised by PACE's Committee on Culture, Science, Education and Media together with the British Chairmanship of the Committee...

27/04/2012

News | Election observation
PACE delegation to observe parliamentary and presidential elections in Serbia
A 20-member PACE delegation, led by Jean-Charles Gardetto (Monaco, EPP/CD), will visit Serbia from 4 to 7 May 2012 to observe the parliamentary and presidential elections alongside observers from the Parliamentary Assembly of the OSCE and the Office for Democratic Institutions...

26/04/2012

News | Spring session: 23-27 April 2012
Corciano (Italy) and Sighisoara (Romania) win the 2012 Europe Prize
The 2012 Europe Prize has been awarded to the towns of Corciano (Italy) and Sighisoara (Romania). This decision was taken unanimously by the PACE Committee on Social Affairs, Health and Sustainable Development at its April plenary session in Strasbourg....

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