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Read the Paris Call to Action on domestic and international #ElectionObservation @EP_DEG @ep_diplomacy @eu_eeas @EU_FPI @rdandoy @osce_odihr @oscepa @OAS_official @OEA_Democracia @gerardodeicaza

#PACEspring2026 - the key moments 🎥

Two years to the day after his detention, PACE's general rapporteur on political prisoners Azadeh Rojhan calls for the immediate release of Azerbaijani human rights defender Anar Mammadli. Her full statement: pace.coe.int/en/news/10286/…

.@PACE_President Petra Bayr, opening a joint event in Paris on the role of election observers: "We must ensure they are given the status, the protection and the means they need to fulfil their role." More: pace.coe.int/en/news/10285/… More on the event: rm.coe.int/programme-join…

✍️ In a joint Op-Ed published yesterday, @PACE_President @BayrPetra and OSCE Parliamentary Assembly President @perejoanpons argue that there can be no lasting peace without the basic norms of human rights and international law: brusselstimes.com/opinion/210197…

Congratulations! A big step towards the culture of consent!

The impromptu Joint Choir Committee of Strasbourg Perm Reps to the Council of Europe rising to the occasion: Happy Birthday @PACE_President @PetraBayr

👏Congratulations to @KateOsborneMP on her appointment as @PACE_News General Rapporteur on the rights of LGBTI persons 🌈Our warmest thanks to @BeatriceFresko for her commitment & the legacy she leaves within the Parliamentary #Platform4LGBTIrights in Europe.

‼️Today we @miapetrakumpula and I, met 👇 ✔️President Hellenic Republic M. Tasoulas ✔️ Prime Minister @kmitsotakis ✔️President Council of State Pikramenos ✔️Minister of State M Skertsos ✔️Minister of Migration M Plevris

Today's joint event on the status and rights of domestic and international election observers - with PACE, the @COECongress and @CoE Venice Commission - is getting under way now... Watch LIVE: oecdtv.webtv-solution.com/8b7008a2a7ff51… oecdtv.webtv-solution.com More: pace.coe.int/en/news/10270/…

The Rapporteurs on Türkiye of @PACE_News, @COECongress, @Europarl_EN and the President of the Working Group on Türkiye of the @EU_CoR have addressed an open letter on the situation of local democracy in #Türkiye⬇️ Read the full letter: go.coe.int/sajxo

More deads and wounded in #Ukraine after last night’s drone attack by Russia on Dnipro. Russia will not get away with it. It will be held accountable for this war against lives, values, culture and civilisation.

On the last day of the #PACEspring2026 session, @PACE_President Petra Bayr looks back on the highlights… youtu.be/sR2iplYLxiI?si… #Human_rights #Democracy #Rule_of_law #46_parliaments

#Europe | @jnbarrot s’est entretenu, le 20 avril 2026 à Strasbourg, avec la Présidente de l’Assemblée parlementaire du Conseil de l’Europe, Mme Petra Bayr. ➡️ fdip.fr/ync3r2fe

🔴 La ministra de Igualdad, @_anaredondo_, ha mantenido un encuentro bilateral con la presidenta de la Asamblea Parlamentaria del Consejo de Europa, Petra Bayr. 👉 Entre temas abordados, el trabajo de la Asamblea porque es “el alma de Europa que protege los derechos humanos”.

This week at #PACEspring2026, as part of the @CoE's New Democratic Pact, members explored how social injustice impacts democracy and trust in institutions - and what to do about it: ▶️ Engaging the young ▶️ Local voices ▶️ Volunteering ▶️ Better rules ... and more! #Fairness

I just spoke at a hearing at the Council of Europe (Strasbourg) on our democratic crisis, organised by the Special Committee on the New Democratic Pact. I suggested we should give greater scope for local actors to experiment with different solutions to housing, healthcare etc.

Ukraine welcomes the Opinion adopted by the @PACE_News on the draft Additional Protocol on asset recovery. Stronger tools to trace, freeze and confiscate illicit assets are essential to cut the financial flows russia uses to sustain its war of aggression. We must act decisively to deprive the aggressor of its resources.

As I presented my Annual Report 2025 to the Parliamentary Assembly, I spoke about the "polycrisis" threatening our foundations. The institutions and human rights law we rely on are not guaranteed to survive into the future. To carry the European Convention system safely forward, we must be extraordinarily vigilant in four key areas: 🔹Judicial independence: reaffirming the independence of the European Court of Human Rights 🔹Universality: defending rights for every human, regardless of who they are 🔹Non-instrumentalisation: preventing the Convention from being tempered with in service of policy goals 🔹Unintended consequences: guarding against future unanticipated erosion of protections Human rights are modernity’s greatest achievement. Together, we must ensure they are carried safely into whatever new era we are entering. #ECHR #HumanRights #RuleOfLaw #CouncilOfEurope #PACESpring2026 @Pace_News @coe coe.int/en/web/commiss…