PACE President makes official visit to Azerbaijan

  • 10/09/2019
  • President

Liliane Maury Pasquier is to make an official visit to Azerbaijan from 11-12 September, during which she is due to meet, in particular, the President of the Republic, the Speaker of Parliament and the Minister of Foreign Affairs. More

Rapporteur on ‘reported cases of political prisoners in Azerbaijan’ concludes her fact-finding visit

  • 09/09/2019
  • Legal Affairs and Human Rights

Sunna Aevarsdottir, rapporteur on ‘reported cases of political prisoners in Azerbaijan’, has concluded her three-day fact-finding visit to the country by meeting four current detainees. More

In Riga, PACE President calls for the ‘anchoring’ of human rights in parliamentary work

  • 10/09/2019
  • President

Speaking in Riga at the opening of a parliamentary conference, Liliane Maury Pasquier highlighted that “the only way to succeed in responding to today’s main challenges is to anchor human rights more firmly in our work”. More

Republic of Moldova: the steps taken to ‘de-oligarchise’ the country and fight against corruption should help consolidate institutions

  • 10/09/2019
  • Monitoring

Given the polarized context in the Republic of Moldova and the unprecedented political and constitutional crisis of June 2019, the committee welcomed the resilience demonstrated by the Moldovan people and the peaceful transition of power. More

PACE President welcomes exchange of prisoners between Russia and Ukraine

  • 07/09/2019
  • President

“I would like to welcome the exchange of prisoners that is taking place today, following negotiations between Kyiv and Moscow,” said Liliane Maury Pasquier, President of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE). More

Following prisoner exchange, Volodymyr Tsemakh ‘must remain available’ to MH17 investigators

  • 09/09/2019
  • News

The Chair of PACE's Legal Affairs Committee has welcomed the prisoner exchange between Ukraine and Russia but says Volodymyr Tsemakh must "remain available" to the Dutch authorities investigating the downing of flight MH17. More

President Macron addresses PACE at its October session

  • 06/09/2019
  • Session

The President of the French Republic, Emmanuel Macron, will address PACE and answer questions from parliamentarians on Tuesday 1 October, during a session marking the 70th anniversary of the Council of Europe. More

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