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The Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe - 306 parliamentarians from 46 @coe.int nations speaking for 700 million Europeans on human rights, democracy and the rule of law.
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« Ces sentiers étaient autrefois prises par des personnes contraintes de fuir pour sauver leur vie. Aujourd'hui, ce sont des chemins que nous parcourons en liberté » – la Secrétaire Générale de l'APCE Despina Chatzivassiliou, saluant l’Itinéraire Liberté Pyrénées:

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Secrétaire Générale de l’APCE : ‘L’Itinéraire Liberté Pyrénées est un hommage vivant aux valeurs que le Conseil de l’Europe protège’
« L’Itinéraire Liberté Pyrénées* est un hommage vivant aux valeurs de dignité, de liberté et de responsabilité les uns envers les autres – exactement les valeurs que le Conseil de l’Europe s’efforce d...
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November 7, 2025 at 11:02 AM
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"The Latvian parliament has finally listened to the people it represents, allowing the country to continue applying the #IstanbulConvention" says @coe.int Assembly President Theodoros Rousopoulos.

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‘The Latvian parliament has finally listened to the people it represents, allowing the country to continue applying the Istanbul Convention’ says PACE President
The President of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE), Theodoros Rousopoulos, made the following statement today: “The Latvian parliament has finally listened to the people it re...
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November 6, 2025 at 9:01 AM
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Opening the #CoE_WFD in Strasbourg, the PACE President has urged leaders and citizens to rebuild trust as the lifeblood of democracy: "Democracy cannot survive without oxygen, which, in our time, is trust"

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November 5, 2025 at 3:14 PM
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In a speech marking 75 years of the European Convention on Human Rights, PACE President Theodoros Rousopoulos has hailed the #ECHR as "the most powerful act of imagination in our continent's history".

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A Convention born of ‘fire and sorrow’ that has protected Europeans for 75 years
In an address at a solemn ceremony to mark the 75th anniversary of the signature of the European Convention on Human Rights, PACE President Theodoros Rousopoulos hailed the Convention as “the most pow...
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November 5, 2025 at 1:25 PM
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🕰️Where did Europe’s human rights protection begin?

With an idea proposed by the @CoE Assembly 75 years ago: to create a "charter of rights" for all Europeans.

Explore our history page to see how this idea became the #ECHR:

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#ECHR75
November 4, 2025 at 11:07 AM
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PACE will be in the thick of this year's World Forum for Democracy at the @coe.int, on the topic "Democracy at risk", with some 40 members taking part, an address by the PACE President at tomorrow's opening, and breakout sessions on youth engagement and AI...

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November 4, 2025 at 10:49 AM
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🏛️ Comme chaque année, CFP prend activement part au 13e Forum mondial de la Démocratie de Strasbourg avec, cette année notamment 👀 un affichage de dessins de presse dans la ville de Strasbourg : www.cartooningforpeace.org/evenements/c...

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November 3, 2025 at 3:41 PM
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“A decision to reject the #ECHR would be tremendously damaging to the #RuleOfLaw both in Europe but also more generally,” the UK judge at the European Court of Human Rights tells @joshuarozenberg.bsky.social👇

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#HumanRights #ECHR #OurRightsAndFreedoms #ECHR75
Judging human rights
The new British member of the human rights court tells me why he wanted the job
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November 3, 2025 at 2:20 PM
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Happy Birthday to the European Convention on Human Rights, which has helped to protect #OurRightsAndFreedoms for 75 years.

Here are more than 200 examples, from across the continent👇

🔗 www.coe.int/ECHR

There are thousands more.

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The European Convention on Human Rights
November 4, 2025 at 6:38 AM
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📢 Today, we celebrate 75 years of the European Convention on Human Rights! #ECHR75

PACE was at the origin of the Convention and remains at its heart today.

Explore our new web page to discover how the Assembly continues to champion the #ECHR:

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November 4, 2025 at 8:48 AM
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PACE monitors for Bosnia and Herzegovina Zsolt Németh and Pablo Hispan begin a three-day fact-finding visit to the country on Monday.

Bosnia and Herzegovina is one of ten @coe.int states currently subject to PACE's full monitoring.

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PACE co-rapporteurs to make monitoring visit to Bosnia and Herzegovina
Zsolt Németh (Hungary, ECPA) and Pablo Hispán (Spain, EPP/CD), co-rapporteurs of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) for the monitoring of obligations and commitments by Bosnia ...
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October 31, 2025 at 3:37 PM
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The PACE President has expressed alarm at Latvia’s withdrawal from the Istanbul Convention, and urged that the decision be reconsidered.

"This is an unprecedented and deeply worrying step backwards for women’s rights and human rights in Europe" he said.

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Statement by PACE President Theodoros Rousopoulos on Latvia’s withdrawal from the Istanbul Convention
“I am deeply alarmed by the decision of the Latvian Parliament to withdraw from the Istanbul Convention, just over a year after it entered into force in the country. This is an unprecedented and deepl...
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October 31, 2025 at 8:55 AM
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In a joint statement to mark the International Day for Political Prisoners, PACE's Azadeh Rojhan and the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly's Steve Cohen recall the courage of "those deprived of their liberty for defending truth, freedom and human dignity".

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International Day of Political Prisoners: joint statement by PACE general rapporteur and OSCE Parliamentary Assembly Special Representative
On the occasion of the International Day of Political Prisoners, PACE General Rapporteur for political prisoners, Azadeh Rojhan (Sweden, SOC) and the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly Special Representative...
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October 30, 2025 at 2:32 PM
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Addressing the Nordic Council, the PACE President has urged Europe to defend the post-war peace against those who would bring violence back: "Europe must once again be present and leading" he said.

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PACE President at the Nordic Council: ‘Defending post-war achievements against those who bring violence back into history’
Speaking at the plenary session of the Nordic Council today, PACE President Theodoros Rousopoulos emphasised that although we have lived for almost eight decades in peace in Europe, this period “was o...
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October 30, 2025 at 11:42 AM
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PACE Georgia monitors @editeestrela.bsky.social and Sabina Ćudić have expressed deep concern at the ruling majority's move to ban three key opposition parties.

"Banning the democratic opposition would be incompatible with @coe.int membership," they said.

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PACE Georgia monitors deeply concerned by the ruling majority's appeal to the Constitutional Court to ban three key opposition parties
The PACE monitoring co-rapporteurs for Georgia, Edite Estrela (Portugal, SOC) and Sabina Ćudić (Bosnia and Herzegovina, ALDE), have expressed their deep concern at the ruling majority's decision to ap...
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October 29, 2025 at 9:44 AM
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Thousands of people die or disappear during migration journeys each year - but as a parliamentarian, what can you do to prevent these tragedies?

Read this 20-page guide and "toolkit", just published by PACE in English and French, more languages to come:

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PACE publishes toolkit for parliamentarians on preventing and addressing migrant disappearances
Thousands of people die or disappear during migration journeys each year. Many others remain uncounted due to the lack of available data. How can national parliamentarians help prevent and respond to ...
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October 28, 2025 at 2:06 PM
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Comment aider le Maroc à avancer vers l’abolition de la peine de mort ?

Plus d'infos sur cet événement @coe.int récent à #Rabat, avec la participation de Gala Veldhoen de l'APCE (photo):

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Le Maroc bénéficie du statut de partenaire auprès de l'Assemblée.
October 27, 2025 at 10:46 AM
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“Exclusion, multiple discrimination, and demands to conform to gender stereotypes are part of everyday life for many intersex persons,” said Beatrice Fresko-Rolfo, PACE General Rapporteur on the rights of LGBTI persons, ahead of #IntersexAwarenessDay.

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Intersex persons : end discrimination and serious violations of their physical integrity
“Exclusion, multiple discrimination, stigmatisation and demands to conform to stereotypical gender norms from an early age are part of everyday life for many intersex persons. Their rights are still t...
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October 24, 2025 at 4:00 PM
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🚨 PACE President Theodoros Roussopoulos
calls on the Latvian Parliament to vote against leaving the #IstanbulConvention, the gold standard legal instrument to prevent and punish violence against women.

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October 23, 2025 at 2:12 PM
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🇲🇩 The PACE Standing Committee will meet in #Chişinău on 21 November 2025, just days after the Republic of Moldova takes over the Presidency of the Committee of Ministers.

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PACE Standing Committee to meet in Chişinău
The Standing Committee of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE), which brings together around 60 parliamentarians from the Council of Europe’s 46 member States, is to meet in the ...
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October 23, 2025 at 2:11 PM
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🇺🇦 “Targeting homes and kindergartens is a grave crime that demands accountability.” — Olena Khomenko, Chair of PACE’s Network on the Situation of the Children of Ukraine, condemns Russia’s latest deadly attacks on civilians and children.

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Olena Khomenko: ‘Targeting homes and kindergartens is a grave crime that demands accountability’
The Chair of the PACE Parliamentary network on the situation of the children of Ukraine, Olena Khomenko, today expressed her “deepest outrage and sorrow” at the brutal Russian missile and drone attack...
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October 23, 2025 at 2:10 PM
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"Violence dehumanises us" - Ukrainian journalist and human rights defender Maksym Butkevych, awarded the #HavelPrize last month, spoke at length about his life and work at a recent conference in Prague...

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„Violence dehumanizes us.“ # Interview with Maksym Butkevych, laureate of the Václav Havel Prize
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October 22, 2025 at 10:32 AM
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In a statement, PACE rapporteurs Lord German and Saskia Kluit have urged the immediate resumption of humanitarian aid to #Gaza.

Their statement in full:
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October 21, 2025 at 1:34 PM
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Absurd charges laid by the Putin regime against Russian democratic forces show its "fear of free voices" says PACE President Theodoros Rousopoulos.

PACE's new platform is a space for co-operation with courageous Russians who defend truth, justice and peace.

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October 21, 2025 at 11:11 AM
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Armenian parliamentarians explore @UKParliament's ethics framework during study visit.

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Armenian parliamentarians explore Westminster’s ethics framework in study visit
As part of a project funded by Germany to strengthen integrity and ethical standards in parliaments across Council of Europe member states, the Committee on Rules, Ethics and Immunities, in co-operati...
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October 20, 2025 at 3:58 PM