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News | Summer session: 24-28 June 2013
Decision on a request to monitor Hungary among highlights of the PACE summer session
A decision on a request for the opening of a monitoring procedure in respect of Hungary and a debate on tackling discrimination on the grounds of sexual orientation and gender identity – to be addressed by the Women’s Rights Minister of France Najat Vallaud-Belkacem – are...

14/06/2013

News | President
PACE President to make official visit to Algeria
PACE President Jean-Claude Mignon will make an official visit to Algeria from 17 to 19 June 2013, during which he is due to meet the Prime Minister, the Speaker of the Council of the Nation and the Speaker of the People's National Assembly....

13/06/2013

News | Culture, Science, Education and Media
Chair of the PACE Sub-Committee on Media concerned about the closure of the public broadcasting service in Greece
“I was extremely surprised by the closure late on Tuesday of Greece’s three public radio and TV services, ERT,” said Deborah Bergamini (Italy, EPP/CD), Chair of the PACE Sub-Committee on Media and Information Society, speaking today....

13/06/2013

News | Monitoring
PACE co-rapporteurs stress the need for a fair electoral campaign in Azerbaijan
PACE co-rapporteurs for the monitoring of Azerbaijan, Pedro Agramunt (Spain, EPP/CD) and Joseph Debono Grech (Malta, SOC), have stressed the need for the creation of conditions which would allow for a fair electoral campaign during the forthcoming presidential election,...

13/06/2013

News | Legal Affairs and Human Rights
PACE Rapporteurs warn against threatened execution in Belarus
Marina Schuster (Germany, ALDE), PACE General Rapporteur on the abolition of the death penalty, and Andres Herkel (Estonia, EPP/CD), Rapporteur on the situation in Belarus, have expressed deep concern at press reports according to which another death sentence was handed...

12/06/2013

News | President
PACE President calls for greater co-operation between Skopje and the Council of Europe
At the end of his visit to “the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia”, PACE President Jean-Claude Mignon called for co-operation between that country and the Council of Europe to be stepped up, in order to complete the honouring of the commitments entered into on accession,...

11/06/2013

News | Political Affairs and Democracy
PACE rapporteur calls on Palestinian authorities to ‘respect agreement’ and prevent possible executions in Gaza
Tiny Kox (Netherlands, UEL), the rapporteur on the Palestinian National Council’s ‘Partnership for democracy’ with the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE), has called on the relevant Palestinian authorities to “respect their agreement with PACE” and prevent...

11/06/2013

News | Social Affairs, Health and Sustainable Development
Baku conference looks at ways to help children report abuse in their ‘circle of trust’
Improving measures to help children report abuse happening within their “circle of trust” – family, friends, people from their activities or sports clubs, and among their internet contacts – was one of the main challenges to emerge during a parliamentary conference in Baku...

11/06/2013

News | President
Jean-Claude Mignon welcomes the pro-European commitment of “the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia”
In his address to the National Assembly of the “former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia”, PACE President Jean-Claude Mignon today welcomed the authorities’ willingness to “move forward along the path of European integration”. In support of this process he proposed that a...

11/06/2013

News | Equality and Non-Discrimination
PACE Rapporteur: prejudice against LGBTs has been turned into law in Russia
“The Duma has today turned prejudice against LGBTs into law,” said Hakon Haugli (Norway, SOC), rapporteur on ‘Tackling discrimination on the grounds of sexual orientation and gender identity’, commenting on the Duma’s unanimous adoption of the the law banning propaganda...

11/06/2013

News | Election observation
Albania needs 23 June elections to meet Council of Europe standards, says PACE pre-electoral delegation
“Albania needs the 23 June elections to meet Council of Europe standards, in order to confirm its genuine commitment to democracy, respect for the rule of law and protection of human rights,” concluded a five-member pre-electoral delegation of the Parliamentary Assembly...

10/06/2013

News | Legal Affairs and Human Rights
PACE rapporteur welcomes German authorities' determination to combat excesses of sects
Following a fact-finding visit to Berlin to prepare his report on "the protection of minors against sectarian influence", the rapporteur of the Committee on Legal Affairs and Human Rights Rudy Salles has welcomed the German authorities' determination to combat the phenomenon...

10/06/2013

News | Monitoring
PACE monitoring co-rapporteurs make fact-finding visit to Azerbaijan
Pedro Agramunt (Spain, EPP/CD) and Joseph Debono Grech (Malta, SOC), PACE co-rapporteurs for the monitoring of Azerbaijan, will visit the country from 11 to 13 June 2013, to further assess the honouring of its obligations and commitments to the Council of Europe. ...

10/06/2013

News | Equality and Non-Discrimination
Håkon Haugli calls on Russia to delay the debate on the draft bill on ‘homosexual propaganda’
PACE General rapporteur on the rights of LGBT people Håkon Haugli today expressed concern about the draft bill on ‘homosexual propaganda’ to be examined by the Russian Duma. “Russia should wait for the Council of Europe Venice Commission opinion that will be approved on...

06/06/2013

News | Political Affairs and Democracy
Israeli-Palestinian peace process: two ‘democratic and pluralist’ states for two peoples
On the basis of a report by Pietro Marcenaro (Italy, SOC) on the situation in the Middle East, the PACE Committee on Political Affairs and Democracy, meeting in Paris today, reiterated its support for a solution establishing “two states for two peoples”, while emphasising...

06/06/2013

News | Monitoring
PACE rapporteur appeals for calm in Turkey
“We have closely followed the events taking place in Turkey in the last few days,” said Josette Durrieu (France, SOC), PACE rapporteur for post-monitoring dialogue with Turkey, appealing for calm and dialogue. ...

06/06/2013

News | President
PACE President to make official visit to “the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia”
PACE President Jean-Claude Mignon will make an official visit to “the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia” from 10 to 12 June 2013, during which he is due to meet the President of the Republic, the President of the National Assembly, the Prime Minister, ......

06/06/2013

News | Political Affairs and Democracy
PACE Political Affairs Committee satisfied with the first review of the partnership for democracy with the Moroccan parliament
“When, in 2011, the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) agreed to grant partnership for democracy status to the Moroccan parliament, it stressed that the prime aim was progress in taking forward reforms and I note with satisfaction that this aim has been...

06/06/2013

News | Social Affairs, Health and Sustainable Development
Conference on ‘The well-being of children as an indicator for the well-being of society’
A PACE delegation will travel to Baku on 11 June for a parliamentary conference on ‘The well-being of children as an indicator for the well-being of society’, in the framework of the implementation in Azerbaijan of the ONE-in-FIVE campaign to stop sexual violence against...

05/06/2013

News | Political Affairs and Democracy
Revenue shortfalls due to tax evasion and aggressive tax avoidance challenge democratic sytems
“Revenue shortfalls due to tax evasion and aggressive tax avoidance practices of multinational companies, exploiting cross-border accounting to maximise their profits, challenge our democratic systems,” rapporteur Dirk Van der Maelen (Belgium, SOC) said at a hearing ......

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