Citing Crimea, PACE suspends voting rights of Russian delegation and excludes it from leading bodies
- 10/04/2014
- Session
PACE has decided to suspend the voting rights of the Russian delegation, as well as its right to be represented in the Assembly’s leading bodies, and its right to participate in election observation missions. More
PACE rapporteurs say no to child marriage in Iraq
- 15/04/2014
- Equality and Non-Discrimination
Two key PACE rapporteurs appealed to their fellow Iraqi parliamentarians not to vote a bill called the “Jaafari law”, which would legalise forced and child marriage and marital rape. More
Skopje: fundamental freedoms respected, but campaign playing field not level
- 14/04/2014
- Election observation
Fundamental freedoms were respected and candidates were able to campaign freely, although biased and unbalanced media coverage and a blurring of state and party activities created an unbalanced playing field. More
Monitors make fact-finding visit to Montenegro
- 11/04/2014
- Monitoring
Kimmo Sasi and Terry Leyden will make a fact-finding visit to Montenegro discuss implementation of the Assembly’s latest resolution and to assess the latest political and legal developments in the country. More
PACE strongly condemns cases when the Strasbourg Court’s ‘interim measures’ are ignored
- 11/04/2014
- Session
PACE has strongly condemned instances of outright violation of “interim measures” requested by the European Court of Human Rights – such as halting an individual’s extradition or deportation, for example. More
