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Biography May 2006 – to 31 January 2011: Director General, Secretariat of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (deputizing for the Secretary General of the Parliamentary Assembly) 1 November 2009 – 31 March 2010: Acting Secretary General of the Congress of Local and Regional Authorities of the Council of Europe October 1996 to … Read more

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 26/01/2017 AS/Pro (2017) 06 … Read more

Many parliamentarians across Europe have a right to visit detention centres for irregular migrants and asylum seekers as part of their mandate as national parliamentarians. Yet a survey conducted by the Parliamentary Assembly has shown that this right is not always known to parliamentarians or used to its full capacity. The Committee on Migration, refugees … Read more

Strasbourg, 26-30 January 2015 Address by the President of Ireland, as well as debates on the humanitarian situation in Ukraine and on protection of media freedom in Europe are among highlights of the Assembly’s Winter session 2015 (26-30 January). There will be a discussion of intolerance and discrimination in Europe, with a special focus on … Read more

    PACE meets four times a year for week-long plenary sessions in Strasbourg. The 324 representatives and 324 substitutes are appointed by national parliaments from among their members. The parliament of each country sends a delegation of between two and eighteen representatives, depending on the country’s population, which must reflect the balance of political … Read more