PACE

Journalist, human rights defender, and volunteer of the Armed Forces of Ukraine Maksym Butkevych, recently freed from Russian captivity, has become the first Ukrainian to receive this award. At the PACE session, the Václav Havel Prize was presented to the Ukrainian. The award ceremony took place at the opening of the autumn session of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council […]

In his six years of presidency, Volodymyr Zelenskyy has spoken across Europe wherever he could – but until yesterday, he had avoided the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE). Volodymyr Ariev has a theory as to why: because it was during the June 2019 session that he significantly played into Russia’s hands. At that time, the issue at […]

In March, the PACE is scheduled to hold hearings on the cultural heritage of Ukraine and its state in war conditions, – Head of the PACE Committee on Culture, Science, Media and Sports Yevheniya Kravchuk says. ▪The hearings will concern not only destroyed buildings and looted museums, but also the destruction of cultural identity of Ukrainians. ▪In the temporarily occupied […]

PACE rejected a proposal by representatives of Ukraine and partner countries to limit Russian delegation’s powers

Russian MPs were stripped of voting rights in the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) after Russia occupied Ukraine’s Crimea in 2014. De-occupation of Ukraine’s territories was PACE’s requirement for restoration Russia’s rights in PACE