“If they kill me, it changes nothing - because others are ready to stand in my place.” With news of how Alexei #Navalny was poisoned in 2024, watch again his 2020 interview with a PACE rapporteur on his first poisoning - and #Putin’s inevitable failure. youtu.be/FG8oVhgqWhc?...

Honored to begin my journey as President of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe. I am committed to defending human rights, freedom of expression, and true equality for all.

PACE President Petra Bayr is now on BlueSky! Follow her here 🔽 @pace-president.bsky.social Learn more about the new President 🔽 pace.coe.int/en/pages/pre... And about the work of the Assembly 🔽 pace.coe.int/en/pages/pow... #46_parliaments

As long as Russia’s war of aggression against #Ukraine continues, its exclusion from international football remains "necessary and justified". — PACE's Mogens Jensen and Kim Valentin ▶️Full statement: pace.coe.int/en/news/1019...

On the eve of the opening of the #OlympicGames in #Cortina, PACE President Petra Bayr and Mogens Jensen remind: sport can unite — but neutrality must never mean silence. ▶️Read their statement: pace.coe.int/en/news/1019...

On the eve of the International Day of Zero Tolerance for #FGM, PACE's Luz Martinez Seijo calls for accelerated action to end female genital mutilation in line with the #IstanbulConvention. 🔗More: pace.coe.int/en/news/1019...

🎬 Congratulations to Abraham Joffe on receiving the 2026 #HumanRightsInMotion Award for Trade Secret. The award was presented by the former PACE President, Theodoros Rousopoulos, at FIPADOC. 🔗 More: pace.coe.int/en/news/1019...

Highlights from the PACE winter session: youtu.be/NuZbjWj2yRI?... #PACEwinter2026

The @coe.int Parliamentary Assembly is urging a ban on "conversion practices" which aim to suppress a person's sexual orientation, gender identity or gender expression. Read more on today's resolution 🔽 pace.coe.int/en/news/1018... Or watch the debate 🔽 vodmanager.coe.int/coe/webcast/...

Today, as PACE debated threats against #Greenland, rapporteur Bertrand Bouyx put it very simply... #PACEwinter2026

“Russia is not only its regime," said PACE President Petra Bayr, starting a dialogue with Russian democratic forces today. "One day, a different Russia can return to Europe. We're ready to support it when the window of opportunity opens. And it will open.” pace.coe.int/en/news/1018...

🇬🇱 Greenland’s future belongs to the people of #Greenland and #Denmark, says PACE. The Assembly adopted a resolution warning that threats to the sovereignty of Denmark and Greenland challenge the international order. 🔗 Read more: pace.coe.int/en/news/1018... #PACEwinter2026

🔴 Happening now at the @coe.int: Headline debate “Threats against the international order: the case of #Greenland 🇬🇱” 🎥 Watch live: youtube.com/watch?v=u-UQ... 📄 Report: pace.coe.int/en/files/358... #PACEwinter2026

Stand by for tomorrow morning's headline debate at the @coe.int in Strasbourg on "Threats against the international order: the case of #Greenland" ▶️ Read the report by Bertrand Bouyx: pace.coe.int/en/files/358... ▶️ Watch live or on replay from 10.10 am CET: youtube.com/watch?v=u-UQ...

Did you know? 🏆 The Europe Prize comes with €20,000 to help young people discover Europe 🇪🇺 Yesterday, students from @RRII_Terrassa 🇪🇸 (2024 #EuropePrize winner) visited the @coe.int and met PACE members Carmen Leyte 🇪🇸 and Miloš Konatar 🇲🇪 to debate Europe’s future.

MEDIABOX: Newly elected PACE President Petra Bayr sets out her priorities during her term of office and hopes for the Assembly in the year ahead... youtu.be/hQd5zjvTx58

27 January. A day to remember. A duty to act. PACE remembers the victims of the Holocaust and reflects on its lessons for today. Survivor Lord Alf Dubs, rescued as a child by the Kindertransport, reminded us why memory matters. 🕯️ #HolocaustRemembranceDay #WeRemember #NeverAgain

PACE has denounced Russia’s "intensification of suffering" in Ukraine and its lack of genuine willingness to end its war of aggression. Read more on today's debate at the @coe.int in Strasbourg: pace.coe.int/en/news/1017... #StandWithUkraine

PACE remembered the victims of the #Holocaust, and reflected on its lessons for today, at a ceremony during the #PACEwinter2026 session in Strasbourg. Watch again: vodmanager.coe.int/coe/webcast/... #HolocaustMemorialDay More: pace.coe.int/en/news/1016... #HolocaustMemorialDay 🕯️

A highlight of the #PACEwinter2026 session now as the President of the Republic of Moldova Maia Sandu addresses the @coe.int Parliamentary Assembly. Watch LIVE or on replay now... youtube.com/watch?v=jHEx...

The #PACEwinter2026 session runs all week! Watch live or on replay: pace.coe.int/en/pages/mul... What's on in plenary: pace.coe.int/en/files/35728 Hearings and public events: rm.coe.int/sgap-hearing... Overview, docs, verbatim, voting and more: pace.coe.int/en/pages/ses... Highlights: 🔽

Congratulations to Petra Bayr from Austria, who has just been elected as the 36th President of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe! Follow her inaugural speech LIVE or with scroll-back here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Hw-... More details on the site soon. #46_parliaments

"Thank you Mr President!" In a special ceremony, the Assembly says farewell to outgoing PACE President Theodoros Rousopoulos at the end of his two-year term leading the Assembly. Watch on YouTube replay: www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Hw-...

PACE has created a new Platform for dialogue with Russian democratic forces, and its Participants were named today: pace.coe.int/en/news/1015... A first meeting is foreseen later this week. #PACEwinter2026

How does today's political polarisation impact election observation? Rast'o Kužel of Memo 98 tackles this with MPs from PACE's Parliamentary Alliance for Free and Fair Elections, meeting during next week's #PACEwinter2026 session. More 🔽 rm.coe.int/parliamentar...

SG @alain-berset.coe.int's guest essay: "The Council of Europe stands ready to defend the right of peoples to shape their own future, uphold international law, and ensure accountability for violations of sovereignty." www.nytimes.com/2026/01/19/o...

Happy birthday to the European anthem! Beethoven's "Ode to joy" was adopted by the @coe.int #OnThisDay in 1972 - and was later taken up by the EU. But did you know it actually started life in PACE? 🔽 x.com/PACE_News/st...

Do you know an individual or NGO that is doing outstanding work to defend #humanrights? Nominations have just opened for the 2026 #HavelPrize... pace.coe.int/en/news/1015... #TheirCourageOurRights

“The Lake” is now available in Albanian and Macedonian. This short film sends a clear message to young people: you are not alone — break the silence. ▶️ Albanian version: youtu.be/XU7dfUWG1CQ?... ▶️ Macedonian version: youtu.be/HMCYrnl6u2Q 🎬 Watch in other languages: youtube.com/playlist?lis...

Who is Venezuelan political leader María Corina Machado? With the @coe.int #HavelPrize and Nobel Prize winner in the news, watch again her October 2024 talk with PACE President Theodoros Rousopoulos, where she told him about her life and struggle for freedom in #Venezuela: youtu.be/Q9hmikp3Ro4?...

A six-strong PACE observer delegation has welcomed smooth early elections in Kosovo* and urged all stakeholders to help restore functional institutions. Read the delegation's full statement: pace.coe.int/en/news/10155/…

A six-member team from PACE, headed by @yunusemrechp.bsky.social, arrives in Kosovo* today as part of the Assembly's observation of the early elections to the Kosovo* Assembly. Stan by for their preliminary conclusions on Monday afternoon. More: pace.coe.int/en/news/1015...

The agenda for the January @coe.int Parliamentary Assembly session is out! Highlights include addresses by: ▶️ Moldova's President ▶️ Armenia's Foreign Minister ▶️ Germany's Justice Minister Plus debates on the #ECHR, Ukraine and more... pace.coe.int/en/files/35728 #46parliaments

Also attending yesterday's historic conference on behalf of the @coe.int Assembly, PACE's Titus Corlăţean welcomed this major step towards a claims commission - as called for by PACE three years ago - and urged a compensation fund as the next stage. More: pace.coe.int/en/news/1015...

Russian democratic forces whose members meet the criteria set by PACE in October are invited to submit proposals for potential candidates "of the highest moral standing" currently in exile to take part in the Assembly's new Platform for Dialogue. More: pace.coe.int/en/news/1014...

A major London conference, organised by PACE and the UK Parliament, has urged a stronger role for Europe’s parliaments in shaping #AI. Here are the key take-aways from the main @coe.int speakers: pace.coe.int/en/news/1014...

“I am extremely happy to learn that #HavelPrize winners Maria Kalesnikava and Ales Bialiatski have been freed from prison, together with 121 other political prisoners!” said PACE President Theodoros Rousopoulos. “This is truly miraculous news at the end of a year filled with challenges!”

Deeply grateful to @pace.coe.int President Theodoros Rousopoulos for his tireless efforts to bring the voices of Russia’s democratic opposition to the Assembly. I share his conviction that a free Russia will one day return to the Council of Europe.

With Maria Corina Machado's daring escape from #Venezuela to Oslo to receive the #NobelPrize in the news, learn more about her life and work in this fascinating talk with PACE President Theodoros Rousopoulos, following her 2024 #HavelPrize win: youtu.be/Q9hmikp3Ro4?...

How did the @coe.int states monitored by PACE do in 2025? Read @zklukasevica.bsky.social's report, setting out progress and problems for the: ➡️ 10 states under full monitoring ➡️ 3 states in "post-monitoring dialogue" ➡️ 3 "periodic reports" this year More: pace.coe.int/en/news/1014...

Ukraine's security is now an “indivisible part” of Europe's security, says the the PACE Political Affairs Committee, urging support for Ukraine’s accession to the EU. Full @coe.int Assembly debate in January. More: pace.coe.int/en/news/1014... #StandWithUkraine

Discussion on the European Convention on Human Rights and migration must be "rooted in our values" says PACE President Theodoros Rousopoulos, addressing @coe.int ministers in Strasbourg. More: pace.coe.int/en/news/1014... #ECHR

PACE President Theodoros Rousopoulos has just addressed ministers at today's crucial summit on the #ECHR and migration - more to come soon! Meanwhile, a look back at how the Assembly - the @coe.int's parliamentary arm - has championed the #ECHR in the last 75 years: pace.coe.int/en/pages/eur...

A PACE committee has unanimously rejected a new @CoE protocol on involuntary measures in mental health, pointing out it would “make it more difficult to abolish coercive practices” in such settings. The full Assembly debates the issue in January. More: pace.coe.int/en/news/1013...

La rapporteure générale sur la liberté des médias de l'APCE Valentina Grippo exhorte les autorités algériennes à libérer #ChristopheGleizes immédiatement. Pour elle, il est "un journaliste sportif indépendant qui ne faisait que son travail". Plus d'info: pace.coe.int/fr/news/1013...

UK Deputy PM and Justice Secretary David Lammy discussed the European Convention on Human Rights with the @coe.int Assembly's Legal Committee in London on Monday, reaffirming Britain's commitment to the #ECHR which he said "benefits everyone across the UK". More: pace.coe.int/en/news/1013...

PACE's Azadeh Rojhan has expressed deep concern over the pre-trial detention in #Azerbaijan of @axcp.bsky.social leader @alikarimli.bsky.social. She urged authorities to "swiftly review" the charges against him and to treat his case in line with #ECHR standards. More: pace.coe.int/en/news/1013...

Congratulations to the Young V&A Museum in the UK, which has won the 2026 @coe.int Museum Prize! It was a "clearly outstanding" museum which empowers young generations, said PACE's @luzseijo.bsky.social. The prize is awarded in April at a ceremony in Strasbourg. More: pace.coe.int/en/news/10127

Congratulations to Montreal-based filmmaker Danae Elon, whose documentary "Rule of Stone" was awarded the 4th Human Rights in Motion Award last night at the Porto/Post/Doc Film Festival! More: pace.coe.int/en/news/1012... Watch the film's trailer: youtu.be/PrDxTB8GNxM?...

PACE's Anna-Kristiina Mikkonen raises concerns over proposed changes to whistle-blower protection in the #Slovak Republic. Her full statement 🔽 pace.coe.int/en/news/1012...