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Committee of Ministers' President Landsbergis: collective effort needed to ensure sustainable peace and respect for human rights
“It is time to put even more pressure on Russia and ensure its full accountability for its crimes,” said Gabrielius Landsbergis, President of the Committee of Ministers and Minister of Foreign Affairs of Lithuania, when addressing the Parliamentary Assembly. “Only this way will we lay the path...
Generalsekretär trifft S. D. Fürst Albert II. von Monaco
Generalsekretär Alain Berset hat sich im Rahmen des Besuchs des regierenden Fürsten im Europarat mit Fürst Albert II. von Monaco getroffen. Der Besuch fand anlässlich des 20-jährigen Jubiläums des Beitritts des Fürstentums Monaco zum Europarat statt. Sie sprachen über den Beitrag Monacos zu den...
Parliamentary Assembly recognises Julian Assange as a ‘political prisoner’ and warns against the chilling effect of his harsh treatment
The Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) has expressed deep concern at “the disproportionately harsh treatment” faced by Julian Assange and said this has had a “dangerous chilling effect” which undermines the protection of journalists and whistleblowers around the world....
Parliamentary Assembly denounces the human rights situation in Iran and calls for strengthening the protection of Iranians in Europe
The Parliamentary Assembly expressed its concern about the persecution of human rights defenders in Iran and abroad, in particular in the Council of Europe member States, by the Iranian regime. The resolution, unanimously adopted by PACE on the basis of the report by Max Lucks (Germany, SOC...
Generalsekretär unterstreicht bei Herbstplenarsitzung entscheidende Rolle des Europarates
„Die kombinierten Auswirkungen der Kriege, zusammen mit dem Klimawandel und der demokratischen Erosion, sind eine beispiellose Herausforderung für unsere Gesellschaften. Eine Herausforderung, die ich als the perfect storm zu beschreiben versucht habe. Angesichts dieser Herausforderung hat der...
Neutralising harmful propaganda while preserving the right to freedom of expression
Propaganda can be used to manipulate public opinion and threaten our common values and human dignity, as well as the proper functioning of our democratic systems, impairing the development of free opinions and informed citizen participation in public debate and decision making, the Assembly said...
Parliamentary Assembly elects Anna Adamska-Gallant judge to the European Court of Human Rights in respect of Poland
The Parliamentary Assembly elected Anna Adamska-Gallant as judge to the European Court of Human Rights in respect of Poland. Ms Adamska-Gallant, having obtained an absolute majority of votes cast, is elected judge of the European Court of Human Rights for a term of...
Parliamentary Assembly proposes that the Council of Europe draw up a new instrument to address migrant smuggling
Expressing its concern at the lack of consistency in the legislation of member states aimed at combating the smuggling of migrants, Parliamentary Assembly proposed that the Council of Europe draw up an instrument on the smuggling of migrants “which ensures as much consistency as possible in the...
Parliamentary Assembly recommends a set of measures to clarify the fate of missing migrants
Parliamentary Assembly expressed its concern about the phenomenon of migrants, refugees and asylum seekers going missing, “a tragedy largely underestimated as a human rights issue,” believing that policy responses are needed across Europe and the world. It marked its solidarity with the families...
Deteriorating situation of human rights, rule of law and democracy in Azerbaijan
"On 24 January, our Assembly resolved not to ratify the credentials of the Azerbaijani delegation. The Assembly was among other things worried about the lack of cooperation in monitoring procedure and lack of invitation to observe the early presidential election of 7 February. It also cited the...
Internationaler Tag der Gewaltlosigkeit: Gewalt gegen Kommunalpolitiker hat abschreckende Wirkung auf die lokale Demokratie
Anlässlich des Internationalen Tags der Gewaltlosigkeit am 2. Oktober hat der Berichterstatter des Kongresses über die Bekämpfung von Gewalt gegen kommunale und regionale Mandatsträgerinnen und -träger, Bernd Vöhringer, folgende Erklärung abgegeben: „In den letzten zehn Jahren haben wir in...
Kongress beobachtet Kommunalwahlen in Bosnien und Herzegowina
Eine 20-köpfige Delegation des Kongresses der Gemeinden und Regionen wird vom 3. bis 7. Oktober eine Wahlbeobachtungsmission durchführen, um die Kommunalwahlen in Bosnien und Herzegowina zu beobachten. Vor dem Wahltag wird die von Carla Dejonghe, Belgien (R, ILDG), geleitete Delegation...
Julian Assange: Anhörung der Parlamentarischen Versammlung zu seiner Inhaftierung und Verurteilung sowie deren abschreckender Wirkung auf die Menschenrechte
Julian Assange nimmt am Dienstag, dem 1. Oktober 2024, an einer parlamentarischen Anhörung in Straßburg teil, bei der seine Inhaftierung und Verurteilung sowie deren abschreckende Wirkung auf die Menschenrechte untersucht werden. Am nächsten Tag hält die Parlamentarische Versammlung eine...
Application of artificial intelligence in healthcare
The impact of AI on the ′patient-doctor′ relationship is the focus of a new report by the Council of Europe’s Steering Committee for Human Rights in the fields of Biomedicine and Health...
Wladimir Kara-Mursa: „Ein demokratisches Russland bietet die besten Aussichten auf langfristige Sicherheit und Stabilität auf unserem Kontinent“
In seiner Rede vor der Verleihung des Václav-Havel-Menschenrechtspreises 2024 brachte der Preisträger des Jahres 2022, Wladimir Kara-Mursa, seinen großen Respekt für die diesjährigen Nominierten zum Ausdruck und würdigte die ehemaligen Preisträger, die „für das einzige ‚Verbrechen‘, eine andere...
Congress supports including local and regional governments in the UN work
Speaking at the UN 4th Forum of Mayors, in Geneva on 30 September 2024, Congress Secretary General Mathieu Mori welcomed the adoption by the UN General Assembly of the Pact for the Future and...
Parliamentary Assembly called on the CEB to enhance support for reconstruction in Ukraine and focus on social dimensions of climate change
Parliamentary Assembly, meeting in plenary session in Strasbourg, congratulated the Council of Europe Development Bank (CEB) for “its flexible and tailored support to its member states” in the context of the pandemic and natural disasters, and for the rapid assistance to Ukrainian refugees. The...
Parliamentary Assembly elects two new Vice-Presidents
Parliamentary Assembly elected, at the opening of its Autumn 2023 Session, two news Vice-Presidents: Gerardo Giovagnoli (Saint-Marin,SOC) and Andries Gryffroy (Belgique, NI). Nineteen Vice-Presidents are elected annually at the beginning of an ordinary session and remain in office until the...
Theodoros Rousopoulos: 'We must not rest until all political prisoners in Russia and Belarus are freed'
“Dear Vladimir, let me once again express my utmost relief to see you free, and all the more determined to continue with your fight for the free and democratic Russia which we all long for, and which poses no threat to its neighbours nor to its own citizens”, PACE President said today at the...
Venezolanische politische Persönlichkeit und Menschenrechtsaktivistin María Corina Machado erhält Václav-Havel-Preis 2024
Der zwölfte Václav-Havel-Menschenrechtspreis – mit dem herausragende zivilgesellschaftliche Aktivitäten zur Verteidigung der Menschenrechte gewürdigt werden – geht an die führende venezolanische politische Persönlichkeit und Menschenrechtsaktivistin María Corina Machado. Der mit 60.000 Euro...
