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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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Ukrainian Parliament votes for wide-ranging ban on the exercise of freedom of expression in support of the rights of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender persons

21 January 2013 | Publisher: Council of Europe: Parliamentary Assembly | Document type: Legal Articles/Analyses/Commentaries

Draft Protocol No. 15 amending the Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms

19 January 2013 | Publisher: Council of Europe: Parliamentary Assembly | Document type: Legal Articles/Analyses/Commentaries

The situation in Kosovo and the role of the Council of Europe

7 January 2013 | Publisher: Council of Europe: Parliamentary Assembly | Document type: Legal Articles/Analyses/Commentaries

Ensuring the viability of the Strasbourg Court: structural deficiencies in States Parties

7 January 2013 | Publisher: Council of Europe: Parliamentary Assembly | Document type: Legal Articles/Analyses/Commentaries

The Humanitarian Crisis in Darfur

17 July 2007 | Publisher: Council of Europe: Parliamentary Assembly | Document type: Legal Articles/Analyses/Commentaries

Assessment of Transit and Processing Centres as a Response to Mixed Flows of Migrants and Asylum Seekers

15 June 2007 | Publisher: Council of Europe: Parliamentary Assembly | Document type: Legal Articles/Analyses/Commentaries

Draft Protocol on the Avoidance of Statelessness in Relation to State Succession

21 December 2005 | Publisher: Council of Europe: Parliamentary Assembly | Document type: Legal Articles/Analyses/Commentaries

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