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Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe
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History
Founded
10 August 1949
Leadership
President
Theodoros Roussopoulos[1]
Secretary General
Despina Chatzivassiliou-Tsovilis
Seats
306
Meeting place
Palace of Europe, Strasbourg, France
Website
pace.coe.int
Politics of the Council of Europe
Executive
Secretary General
Marija Pejčinović Burić
Committee of Ministers
President: Þórdís Kolbrún R. Gylfadóttir
Legislature
Parliamentary Assembly
President: Theodoros Roussopoulos
European Congress
President: Leendert Verbeek
Judiciary
European Court of Human Rights
President: Robert Spano
Commissioner for Human Rights
Dunja Mijatović
European Commission for the Efficiency of Justice
European Commission against Racism and Intolerance
Law
Convention on Human Rights
Convention on Cybercrime
Convention on the Prevention of Terrorism
Convention on Action against Trafficking in Human Beings
Oviedo Convention
Council of Europe Convention on the Protection of Children against Sexual Exploitation and Sexual Abuse
Istanbul Convention
Members
Albania
Andorra
Armenia
Austria
Azerbaijan
Belgium
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Bulgaria
Croatia
Cyprus
Czechia
Denmark
Estonia
Finland
France
Georgia (country)
Germany
Greece
Hungary
Iceland
Ireland
Italy
Latvia
Liechtenstein
Lithuania
Luxembourg
Malta
Moldova
Monaco
Montenegro
Netherlands
North Macedonia
Norway
Poland
Portugal
Romania
San Marino
Serbia
Slovakia
Slovenia
Spain
Sweden
Switzerland
Turkey
Ukraine
United Kingdom
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The Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) is the parliamentary arm of the Council of Europe, a 46-nation international organisation dedicated to upholding human rights, democracy and the rule of law.
The Assembly is made up of 306 members drawn from the national parliaments of the Council of Europe's member states, and meets four times a year for week-long plenary sessions in Strasbourg.
It is one of the two statutory bodies of the Council of Europe, along with the Committee of Ministers, the executive body representing governments, with which it holds an ongoing dialogue. However, it is the Assembly which is usually regarded as the "motor" of the organisation, holding governments to account on human rights issues, pressing states to maintain democratic standards, proposing fresh ideas and generating the momentum for reform.
The Assembly held its first session in Strasbourg on 10 August 1949, embodying at that time the hopes of many Europeans who, in the aftermath of World War II, saw European unity as the best way of preventing a return to the devastation of war, a "safety net" to prevent gross human rights violations such as the horrors of The Holocaust, and a democratic bulwark against tyranny.
Among the Assembly's main achievements are:
ending the death penalty in Europe by requiring new member states to stop all executions;
making possible, and providing a blueprint for, the European Convention on Human Rights;
high-profile reports exposing violations of human rights in Council of Europe member states;
assisting former Soviet countries to embrace democracy after 1989;
inspiring and helping to shape many progressive new national laws; and
helping member states to overcome conflict or reach consensus on divisive political or social issues.
adopting the Flag of Europe and the Anthem of Europe, both later taken up by the European Union.
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