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PACE delegation makes pre-electoral visit to Morocco
A five-member delegation of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE), led by Elisabetta Gardini (Italy, ECPA), will make a pre-electoral visit to Morocco from 31 August to 2 September to assess the election campaign and political climate prior to the parliamentary elections on...
Congress body grants accreditation to six local government associations to deliver ELoGE
The ELoGE Accreditation Platform of the Congress, co-chaired by Vice-Presidents Konstantinos Koukas (Greece, EPP/CCE) and Cecilia Dalman Eck (Sweden, SOC/G/PD), met online on 26 August 2026 to...
Generalsekretär spricht beim Strategischen Forum Bled über Erneuerung der Demokratie in Europa
Alain Berset bekräftigt Unterstützung für die Ukraine und hält bilaterale Treffen mit hochrangigen Persönlichkeiten aus Slowenien und anderen europäischen Ländern ab
ELDA spokesperson Marcin Gołaszewski: local government is a school of democracy
Marcin Gołaszewski (EPP/CCE, Poland), the Congress Spokesperson for the European Local Democracy Action (ELDA) initiative and councillor of Łódź, and Dariusz Joński, a member of the European...
Enforced disappearances: Parliamentary Assembly President calls for universal commitment to UN Convention
On the occasion of the International day of the victims of enforced disappearance (30 August), and twenty years after the adoption of the United Nations International Convention for the Protection of All Persons from Enforced Disappearance, PACE President Petra Bayr is urging the 18 Council of...
Parliamentary Assembly rapporteur welcomes new judgment in the case of Osman Kavala as 'a wake-up call'
Sergiy Vlasenko (Ukraine, EPP/CD), PACE rapporteur for the implementation of judgments of the European Court of Human Rights, made the following statement today: “Turkish human rights defender and philanthropist Osman Kavala has been detained in Türkiye since 18 October 2017. In December 2019...
Wahl in Kasachstan technisch gut vorbereitet, aber ohne politischen Pluralismus
Parlamentarische Versammlung des Europarates unter internationalen Beobachtern
How one summer school is building the Republic of Moldova's next generation of voters
Like many young people, Victor Zinenco, a 19-year-old student at State Pedagogical University “Ion Creangă”, had witnessed several elections before casting his first vote. Yet he gained a...
Kazakhstan’s elections were technically well prepared, but took place in an environment lacking political pluralism, international observers say
Kazakhstan’s 23 August early parliamentary elections, while technically well prepared, took place in an environment lacking political pluralism. Political choice was reduced by the lack of distinct political alternatives, with all contesting parties supporting the...
Von London über Pretoria nach Straßburg
Bereits seine frühen Lebensjahre machten aus Winston Churchill den späteren Verteidiger der Menschenrechte
Ein Kontinent und eine Stadt, geprägt von Churchill
Wie das Erbe des britischen Staatsmannes den Sitz des Europarates prägt
Unabhängigkeitstag der Ukraine: Europarat fördert Gerechtigkeit und Rechenschaftspflicht und verstärkt Unterstützung für die Ukraine
Fortschritte bei Entschädigungsmechanismus und Sondergerichtshof, während neuer Aktionsplan zur demokratischen Sicherheit Gestalt annimmt
Parliamentary Assembly Network study visit to Romania: putting Ukrainian children’s voices at the centre of parliamentary action
A delegation of the PACE Parliamentary Network on the situation of the children of Ukraine, comprising Olena Khomenko (Ukraine, ECPA), Chairperson of the Network, Samuel Rushworth (United Kingdom, SOC) and Cristian-Augustin Niculescu-Ţâgârlas (Romania, EPP/CD), concluded a study visit to...
Vereinigtes Königreich: Staatengruppe gegen Korruption bewertet Maßnahmen zur Korruptionsbekämpfung auf lokaler Ebene
GRECO würdigt die Solidität des Integritätsrahmens auf lokaler Ebene und weist auf Bereiche hin, in denen Verbesserungen erforderlich sind
Europäischer Gerichtshof für Menschenrechte öffnet Tore für die Öffentlichkeit
Initiative zur Förderung der Kenntnis einer Institution, die im Zentrum des europäischen Rechtssystems steht
Parliamentary Assembly to observe the early parliamentary elections in Kazakhstan
A 19-member delegation of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE), headed by Sevilay Çelenk (Türkiye, UEL), will travel to Kazakhstan from 21 to 24 August to observe the early parliamentary elections alongside observers from the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly and the OSCE Office...
International Youth Day: young people as equal partners in democracy
Sona Ghazaryan (Armenia, ALDE), Chairperson of the Sub-Committee on Youth and the Society of the Future, and Yevheniia Kravchuk (Ukraine, ALDE), Youth rapporteur of the Committee on Culture, Science, Education and Media, made the following statement today: “On the occasion of 2026 International...
CEC of Ukraine Strengthens Crisis Communication Preparedness for Post-War Elections
Ensuring that electoral authorities are fully equipped to anticipate and respond to potential crisis situations is essential for safeguarding public trust and confidence in future post-war...
„Liebe Demokratie, unsere Jugend gehört dir“
Es lohnt sich, für die Demokratie zu kämpfen, sagen junge Menschen am Internationalen Tag der Jugend
* Jeglicher Bezug auf das Kosovo, ob im Hinblick auf Hoheitsgebiet, Institutionen oder Bevölkerung, ist gemäß der Resolution 1244 des Sicherheitsrats der Vereinten Nationen und unbeschadet des Status des Kosovos zu verstehen.