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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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An additional protocol to the European Convention on Human Rights on national minorities

21 January 2013 | Publisher: Council of Europe: Parliamentary Assembly | Document type: Resolutions/Recommendations/Declarations

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 honouring of obligations and commitments by Azerbaijan

20 December 2012 | Publisher: Council of Europe: Parliamentary Assembly | Document type: Country Reports

Human rights in the North Caucasus: what follow-up to Resolution 1738 (2010)?

14 November 2012 | Publisher: Council of Europe: Parliamentary Assembly | Document type: Resolutions/Recommendations/Declarations

The situation in Syria

24 April 2012 | Publisher: Council of Europe: Parliamentary Assembly | Document type: Country Reports

The situation of IDPs and returnees in the North Caucasus region

5 March 2012 | Publisher: Council of Europe: Parliamentary Assembly | Document type: Regional Reports

The situation in Belarus

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

Human rights and business

18 July 2011 | Publisher: Council of Europe: Parliamentary Assembly | Document type: Resolutions/Recommendations/Declarations

Natural Human Rights

7 July 2011 | Publisher: Council of Europe: Parliamentary Assembly | Document type: Resolutions/Recommendations/Declarations

The need for a global consideration of the human rights implications of biometrics

23 February 2011 | Publisher: Council of Europe: Parliamentary Assembly | Document type: Thematic Reports

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