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 … 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 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/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/PRO : Documents et déclarations Les documents et déclarations publiques de la commission. Date Titre du document AS/Pro (2018) 02 def Participation des membres aux sessions plénières de l’Assemblée parlementaire et aux réunions des commissions 27/04/2017 AS/Pro (2017) 12 def Déclaration – Principe de confiance et devoir de responsabilité des membres dans l’exercice de leurs … 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 … 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

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

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Part sessions 2013 Third Part (24-28 June 2013) Second Part (22-26 April 2013) First Part (21-25 January 2013)   Part sessions 2012 Fourth Part (1-5 October 2012) Third Part (25-29 June 2012) Second Part (23-27 April 2012) First Part (23-27 January 2012)   Part sessions 2011 Fourth Part (3-7 October 2011) Third part (20-24 June … Read more

European Conference of Presidents of Parliament The European Conference of Presidents of Parliament brings together Speakers and Presidents of the parliaments of the 47 member States of the Council of Europe; of parliaments enjoying observer and partner for democracy status with the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe and of international parliamentary assemblies. The … Read more

Migration, Refugees and Displaced Persons News New walls against migrants ‘morally unacceptable’, says committee 17/12/2018 Migration, Refugees and Displaced Persons On the eve of International Migrants’ Day (18 December), the Committee on Migration, Refugees and Displaced persons, in a statement, called for the respect of migrants’ fundamental rights. More Slavery Abolition Day: ‘Europe must do … Read more