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Final conference of the Parliamentary Campaign to end detention of migrant children

  • 18/06/2019
  • Migration, Refugees and Displaced Persons

The Parliamentary Campaign to End Immigration Detention of Children will host its final conference in the Council of Europe, on 26 June 2019.This event will sum up the work done by the Committee on Migration. More

President proposes new ways that parliamentarians can work with GRECO to fight corruption

  • 17/06/2019
  • President

Liliane Maury Pasquier has hailed the work of GRECO – the Council of Europe’s anti-corruption body – and suggested fresh ways that the Assembly and GRECO could work together in the future. More

PACE rapporteur condemns execution in Belarus

  • 17/06/2019
  • Legal Affairs and Human Rights

Titus Corlăţean, General Rapporteur on the abolition of the death penalty, has strongly condemned the execution of Aliaksandr Zhylnikau. “I deeply regret this execution, despite the appeals of many,” he said. More

Summer Session: report on PACE decision-making process concerning credentials and voting

  • 13/06/2019
  • Session

A debate on the decision-making process of the Assembly concerning credentials and voting will be a highlight of the PACE Summer session, which takes place in Strasbourg from 24 to 28 June. More

President pays tribute to Austria’s contribution to the work of the Council of Europe

  • 13/06/2019
  • President

Addressing a plenary session of the Austrian National Council, Liliane Maury Pasquier paid tribute to Austria’s commitment to the work of the Council of Europe and recalled the major fruits of this successful co-operation. More

The Platform of Women of the Congolese Diaspora of Belgium take home the European Diaspora Prize

  • 13/06/2019
  • Migration, Refugees and Displaced Persons

The Platform of Women of the Congolese Diaspora of Belgium is the first winner of the European Diaspora Prize awarded at the Annual Diaspora Forum of the Parliamentary Network on Diaspora Policies of the PACE. More