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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...
Próxima intervención del secretario general en el Foro Estratégico de Bled sobre la renovación de la democracia en Europa
Alain Berset reiterará su apoyo a Ucrania y mantendrá reuniones bilaterales con dirigentes eslovenos y de otros países europeos
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...
Kazakhstan’s elections technically well prepared, but lacked political pluralism
Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe among international observers
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...
De Londres a Estrasburgo vía Pretoria
Early life of Winston Churchill also led him to defend human rights
Un continente y una ciudad forjados por Churchill
La huella del dirigente británico en la sede del Consejo de Europa
Día de la independencia de Ucrania: el Consejo de Europa promete justicia y rendición de cuentas y refuerza su apoyo a Ucrania
El mecanismo de indemnización y el Tribunal especial avanzan a medida que el nuevo plan de acción sobre seguridad democrática toma forma
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...
Reino Unido : el Grupo de Estados contra la Corrupción evalúa las medidas de lucha contra la corrupción a nivel local
El GRECO celebra la solidez del marco de integridad a escala local y señala ámbitos en los que es necesario mejorar
El Tribunal Europeo de Derechos Humanos abre sus puertas al público
Iniciativa para dar a conocer mejor la institución que ocupa un lugar central en el sistema europeo de derechos humanos
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...
«Querida democracia, nuestra juventud es tuya»
Vale la pena luchar por la democracia, según afirman los jóvenes con motivo del Día Internacional de la Juventud
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