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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...
Il Segretario generale prenderà la parola al Forum strategico di Bled sul rinnovamento della democrazia in Europa
Alain Berset riaffermerà il suo sostegno all’Ucraina e terrà riunioni bilaterali con i leader sloveni e altri leader europei
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...
Elezioni in Kazakhstan: buona preparazione tecnica, ma mancanza di pluralismo politico
L’Assemblea parlamentare del Consiglio d’Europa tra gli osservatori internazionali
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...
Da Londra a Strasburgo passando per Pretoria
Winston Churchill difese i diritti umani fin dalla giovinezza
Un continente e una città plasmati da Churchill
In che modo la linfa del leader britannico scorre nella sede del Consiglio d’Europa
Giornata dell’indipendenza dell’Ucraina: il Consiglio d’Europa promuove la giustizia e la responsabilità e rafforza il suo sostegno all’Ucraina
Il meccanismo di risarcimento e il Tribunale speciale avanzano mentre il nuovo piano d’azione sulla sicurezza democratica prende 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...
Regno Unito: il Gruppo di Stati contro la corruzione valuta le misure anticorruzione a livello locale
Il GRECO accoglie con favore la solidità del quadro di integrità a livello locale e individua aree in cui occorrono miglioramenti
La Corte europea dei diritti dell’uomo apre le porte al pubblico
Iniziativa volta a promuovere la comprensione dell’istituzione che è al centro del sistema di diritti europeo
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...
“Cara democrazia, la nostra gioventù ti appartiene”
La democrazia è qualcosa per cui vale la pena lottare, affermano i giovani in occasione della Giornata internazionale della gioventù
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