Co-rapporteur on Azerbaijan and member of the SOC Group Stefan Schennach from Austria, expressed his deep concerns on the unjustified detention of Mehman Huseynov in Azerbaijan. Following the new charges against him, the young blogger is on food strike since ...
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On the case of Selahattin Demirtas, Frank Schwabe, President of the Group of Socialists, Democrats and Greens in the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe, said : “By acceding to the Council of Europe, Turkey has committed itself to ...
Read moreNotre ancien membre du Groupe, Pierre Yves Le Borgn’ écrit un article fort et inspirant suite aux élections du 6 novembre aux Etats-Unis. “Le multilatéralisme est en crise et c’est à l’Europe d’affirmer le leadership nécessaire pour l’adapter aux réalités nouvelles.” L’article ...
Read moreDuring the morning meeting of the Group the voting for the 1st Vice Chairman of the Group took place. The two candidacies Marianne Mikko (Estonia) and Soraya Rodriguez (Spain) were being put on vote. Marianne Mikko has become a new ...
Read morePRESS RELEASE On the occasion of the award of the Václav Havel Human Rights Prize, Frank Schwabe, Chairman of the Group of the Socialists, Democrats and Greens (SOC) in the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) and rapporteur ...
Read moreIn view of the high numbers of lives lost in the Mediterranean Sea by asylum seekers trying desperately to reach Europe on makeshift boats, the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE)“calls on member States to respect international obligations and ...
Read moreDeals concluded by the EU with third countries on asylum seekers lead to serious human rights violations. This is what the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe concluded today by adopting a resolution drawn up by rapporteur Tineke Strik, ...
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Following the successful election of Liliane Maury Pasquier as the new president of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE), Frank Schwabe today officially took the office as the new president of the SOC Group. He had already ...
Read moreMichele Nicoletti, President of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE), expressed on 21st June 2018 his deep regret at the decision of the United States of America to withdraw from the United Nations Human Rights Council. Read the ...
Read moreIn a resolution based on a report by Boriss Cilevics (SOC), PACE has warned of the new threat of “hybrid war” – in which adversaries combine traditional military action with other hostile acts in the information sphere, such as cyberattacks ...
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