AS/SOC: Documents and declarations The committee’s public documents and declarations. 1. Committee on Social Affairs, Health and Sustainable Development (open) Date Document title 11/10/2018 AS/Soc (2018) PV 05 add / Draft minutes Hearing on “Anonymous donation of sperm and oocytes: balancing the rights of parents, donors and children” held in Lisbon, Portugal, on Monday, … Read more
AS/EGA: Documents and declarations The committee’s public documents and declarations. Date Document title 1. Work programme 04/04/2016 AS/Ega/Inf (2016) 01 Rev. 02 / Work programme Work programme 2. Activity reports 21/12/2015 AS/Ega/Inf (2015) 16 / Activity report Activities in 2014-2015 28/11/2013 AS/Ega/Inf (2013) 30 / Activity report Activities in 2012-2013 3. Declarations by the … Read more
AS/CULT: Documents and declarations The committee’s public documents and declarations. Date Document title 20/05/2015 AS/Cult/Inf (2015) 03 Contributions by experts to the work of the Committee on “Freedom of religion and living together in a democratic society” 12/03/2015 AS/Cult/Inf (2015) 05 Contributions to the hearings held on 12 March 2015 during the meeting held in … Read more
AS/JUR: Documents and declarations The committee’s public documents and declarations. Date Document title 1. Information documents 27/10/2017 AS/Jur/Inf (2017) 04 rev. List of reports and opinions of the Committee 2017 – 2006 17/01/2018 AS/Jur/Inf (2018) 01 Work of the Committee on Legal Affairs and Human Rights (AS/Jur): an overview 02/11/2018 AS/Jur/Inf (2018) 02 rev 5 … Read more
AS/MON: Documents and declarations The committee’s public documents and declarations. Date Document title 18/09/2018 AS/Mon(2018)13 rev./ Information note Post-monitoring dialogue with “the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia” 28/06/2018 AS/Mon(2018)08 rev./ Information note Honouring of obligations and commitments by the Republic of Moldova 20/06/2018 AS/Mon(2018)09 rev./ Information note Honouring of Obligations and Commitments by Armenia … Read more
AS/POL: Documents and declarations The committee’s public documents and declarations. Date Document title 1. Work programme 23/06/2017 AS/Pol (2017) WP 05 2. Programmes of Rapporteurs’ missions 07/12/2017 AS/POL/Inf (2017) 19 rev Programme of the fact-finding visit by Mr Attila Korodi, Romania, EPP/CD, Rapporteur of the Committee on Libya’s future between the threats of terrorism and … Read more
AS/SOC: Documents and declarations The committee’s public documents and declarations. 1. Committee on Social Affairs, Health and Sustainable Development (open) Date Document title 30/05/2016 AS/Soc (2016) PV 03 add2 Minutes of the joint hearing of the Committee on Migration, Refugees and Displaced Persons and the Committee on Social Affairs, Health and Sustainable Development on “Missing … Read more
Documents On this website you will find the texts adopted by the parliamentary assembly, its public working papers (“the Documents”) and the Assembly records. Adopted Texts The Assembly can adopt three different types of texts: recommendations, resolutions and opinions. Recommendations contain proposals addressed to the Committee of Ministers, the implementation of which is within the … Read more
AS/PRO: Documents and declarations The committee’s public documents and declarations. Date Document title 25/01/2018 AS/Pro (2018) 02 def Participation of members in Parliamentary Assembly plenary sessions and committee meetings 27/04/2017 AS/Pro (2017) 12 def Declaration – Principle of confidence in members and their duty of accountability when exercising their elective offices in the Parliamentary Assembly … Read more
L’Assemblée dispose depuis de nombreuses années d’un cadre qui permet d’assurer la transparence de ses travaux ainsi que l’intégrité de ses membres et définit le régime de responsabilité qui leur est applicable. Régulièrement mis à jour afin de garantir que les membres agissent conformément aux normes éthiques les plus élevées, il a été considérablement amélioré … Read more
How are judges of the European Court of Human Rights elected? The Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe elects the judges of the European Court of Human Rights, providing them with democratic legitimacy. According to the European Convention on Human Rights, judges must “be of high moral character and possess the qualifications required for … Read more
Parliamentary representation The Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) consists of a number of individual representatives from each member State, with a President elected each year from among them for a maximum period of two sessions. The present President is Stella Kyriakides (Cyprus, EPP/CD). She was elected in October 2017. Whilst in … Read more
The Václav Havel Human Rights Prize, which aims to reward outstanding civil society action in the defence of human rights in Europe and beyond, was launched on 25 March 2013 at a ceremony in Prague (Czech Republic). To be awarded each year by the Assembly, in partnership with the Václav Havel Library and the … Read more
Detail of decisions taken by the Committee at each meeting Détail des décisions prises par la Commission à chacune de ses réunions Date English Français 2015 26/01/2015 AS/BUR 001 AS/BUR 001 30/01/2015 AS/BUR 002 AS/BUR 002 05/03/2015 AS/BUR 003 AS/BUR 003 20/04/2015 AS/BUR 004 AS/BUR 004 24/04/2015 AS/BUR 005 AS/BUR 005 21/05/2015 AS/BUR 006 … Read more
Lluís Maria de Puig Biography Historian and politician (Báscara on 29 July 1945 – Girona, 12 December 2012) Lives in Girona. Married with two children. Education Studied in Girona, Barcelona and Paris (Sorbonne). History lecturer at the Autonomous University of Barcelona and the University of Girona. Activities, present and previous main functions An active … Read more
Wojciech Sawicki On 29 September 2015, the Assembly re-elected Wojciech Sawicki to the post of Secretary General of the Assembly for a five-year term starting on 1 February 2016. Mr Sawicki currently heads the secretariat of the Assembly, having been elected its Secretary General in 2010. He joined the Council of Europe in 1996 … Read more
The democratic conscience of Greater Europe The Assembly brings together 324 men and women from the parliaments of the Council of Europe’s 47 member states. Though it contains many voices, reflecting political opinion across the continent, its mission is to uphold the shared values of human rights, democracy and the rule of law that are … Read more
On 20 April 2015, PACE launched the Parliamentary Campaign to End Immigration Detention of Children. It seeks to raise awareness of this issue in Europe and to encourage States to adopt alternatives to detention that fulfil the best interests of the child and allow children to remain with their family members and/or guardians in non-custodial, … Read more
The Standing Committee (*) of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) met in Zagreb, at the Croatian Parliament, on Friday 1 June 2018, on the occasion of the Croatian Chairmanship of the Committee of Ministers (May-November 2018). After the opening of the meeting by PACE President Michele Nicoletti, the Speaker of the … Read more
The Parliamentary Project Support Division was created in 2012. Its aim is, in co-operation with the general Committees, to assist with the implementation of specific co-operation involving parliamentarians and staff of national parliaments, so as to increase the visibility and impact of the PACE’s work. It is intended to ensure that the PACE’s key recommendations … Read more
