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Murat Arslan, laureate of the 2017 #VaclavHavelPrize, is free after serving his full 10-year sentence. I wish him all the best as he reunites with his family. His commitment to an independent judiciary remains an inspiration.
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The Rome Speakers’ Conference is getting under way now! Watch LIVE and on replay via YouTube in French or English: youtube.com/playlist?list=PL… Or in other languages here: webtv.camera.it/evento/32468

European Conference of Presidents of Parliament

Speakers of Parliament gather every two years for a European summit on today’s challenges. https://pace.coe.int/en/pages/2026confpres

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Benvenuti a Roma! Speakers and Presidents of Parliament from the 46 @CoE member states and beyond meet next week in Rome for a European summit to discuss: * threats against democracy * the challenge of AI * renewing the rules-based international order #SpeakersSpeak2026
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.@PACE_President Petra Bayr, ending an official visit to #Türkiye: “Dialogue is not a favour, it is a duty”. Read her full statement: pace.coe.int/en/news/10466/p…
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A PACE “pre-electoral” delegation, headed by @pierofassino, highlights a highly polarised campaign ahead of #Serbia’s early parliamentary elections. Read the full statement: pace.coe.int/en/news/10465/a…
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📢Les inscriptions sont ouvertes pour assister au 14e Forum mondial de la démocratie 📍Strasbourg | 2-3 novembre 2026 💬"Rupture ou renouveau ? La sécurité démocratique pour notre avenir" 👉Inscrivez-vous pour participer aux débats ! 🔗Programme : go.coe.int/UWegk #CoE_WFD
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⚖️ US sanctions against the @IntlCrimCourt are “an attack on the independence and integrity of the ICC,” warns PACE rapporteur Tekke Panman. He calls for their immediate revocation and urges the EU to activate its Blocking Statute. 🔗 Full statement: pace.coe.int/en/news/10464/p…
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.@PACE_President Petra Bayr begins a two-day official visit to #Türkiye today, when she is due to meet Foreign Minister @HakanFidan and @TBMMresmi Speaker @NumanKurtulmus among others. 🇪🇺🇹🇷 More: pace.coe.int/en/news/10461/p…
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PACE’s @GalaVeldhoen on #AntiDeathPenaltyDay: #ChristaPike’s horrifying experience must serve as “a reminder that it is time to move towards full abolition of the death penalty”. Read her full statement: pace.coe.int/en/news/10463/c…
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After tonight's announcement of new US sanctions against the International Criminal Court, listen to these words from the ICC's Judge Rosario Salvatore Aitala, addressing PACE last week...
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ICC First Vice-President Judge Rosario Salvatore Aitala addressed @PACE_NEWS during its plenary debate on threats to the #ICC. The ICC thanks Rapporteur @PanmanTekke for his valuable report, & the Assembly for its unanimous resolution & steadfast support. pace.coe.int/en/news/10445/p…

PACE denounces threats to the International Criminal Court

The Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE), meeting in plenary session in Strasbourg, expressed today its concern regarding attempts “to threaten and intimidate international judges...

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"Our message in the face of today's threat is simple. Those investigating and prosecuting the worst atrocity crimes must be able to do their work without intimidation." @PACE_News yesterday unanimously adoted @PanmanTekke resolution on threats to the @IntlCrimCourt.
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⭕️@PanmanTekke, rapporteur on Threats to the ICC is disappointed at the US administration’s sanctions against @IntlCrimCourt - a body that is vital in fighting impunity for crimes against humanity and war crimes. This is an attack on the international legal order.
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« Il faut placer le dialogue et la médiation au cœur de la gestion policière des manifestations », déclare Saskia Kluit, Présidente de la Commission @PACE_Social, à propos des manifestations des lycéens en France. Sa déclaration : pace.coe.int/fr/news/10460/s…
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Benvenuti a Roma! Speakers and Presidents of Parliament from the 46 @CoE member states and beyond meet next week in Rome for a European summit to discuss: * threats against democracy * the challenge of AI * renewing the rules-based international order #SpeakersSpeak2026
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And there's a lovely historical echo... the first Speakers' Conference was held exactly 50 years earlier in the same city. More on that first meeting... comunicazione.camera.it/even…
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Find out more... pace.coe.int/en/news/10459/s… Or join us next Thursday for the grand opening at 10h30 CET via the livestream in five languages... webtv.camera.it/ #SpeakersSpeak2026
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#PACEautumn2026 - the highlights🎥
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“People sometimes pay with their lives for saying aloud what they think.“ The author of this quote, Russian journalist Anna Politkovskaya, was assassinated on this day in 2006. PACE will continue to defend the work of journalists like Anna — they are the safeguards of democracy.
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There was genuine competition in Bosnia and Herzegovina’s elections in a fragmented political environment and with difficulties in electoral administration, said international observers, including a PACE team. Their full statement: pace.coe.int/en/news/10458/g…
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"Every citizen matters and every vote counts" said the head of the PACE team @JBlikra. "Free and fair elections must guarantee that people can make their choice freely, that all votes are treated equally, and that the will of the voters is respected, which are basic @CoE values.”
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The Parliamentary Assembly is due to debate its observation of these elections at a meeting of its Standing Committee on 27 November.
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