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Council of Europe: Parliamentary Assembly

The Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) consists of a number of individual representatives from each member State, with a President elected each year from among them for a maximum period of three sessions. The balance of political parties within each national delegation must ensure a fair representation of the political parties or groups in their national parliaments. The Assembly can adopt three different types of texts: recommendations, resolutions and opinions. Recommendations contain proposals addressed to the Committee of Ministers, the implementation of which is within the competence of governments. Resolutions embody decisions by the Assembly on questions, which it is empowered to put into effect or expressions of view for, which it alone is responsible. The Assembly mostly expresses opinions on questions put to it by the Committee of Ministers, such as the admission of new member states to the Council of Europe, but also on draft conventions, the budget, the implementation of the Social Charter. Website: assembly.coe.int/
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Promoting alternatives to imprisonment

31 May 2013 | Publisher: Council of Europe: Parliamentary Assembly | Document type: Resolutions/Recommendations/Declarations

The functioning of democratic institutions in Ukraine

9 January 2012 | Publisher: Council of Europe: Parliamentary Assembly | Document type: Country Reports

The state of media freedom in Europe

3 February 2011 | Publisher: Council of Europe: Parliamentary Assembly | Document type: Country Reports

Legal remedies for human rights violations in the North-Caucasus Region

4 June 2010 | Publisher: Council of Europe: Parliamentary Assembly | Document type: Country Reports

The implementation by Armenia of Assembly Resolutions 1609 (2008) and 1620 (2008)

22 December 2008 | Publisher: Council of Europe: Parliamentary Assembly | Document type: Country Reports

General policy debate on the situation in China

24 June 2008 | Publisher: Council of Europe: Parliamentary Assembly | Document type: Country Reports

Resolution 1606 (2008) on the Abuse of the criminal justice system in Belarus

15 April 2008 | Publisher: Council of Europe: Parliamentary Assembly | Document type: Resolutions/Recommendations/Declarations

United Kingdom: Courts' use of Evidence Obtained under Torture and Legal Possibilities for the Indefinite Detention of Foreigners Without Charge or Trial

21 October 2005 | Publisher: Council of Europe: Parliamentary Assembly | Document type: Country Reports

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