“After five years of absence, Russia finally fulfills its obligation to send a delegation from the Russian parliament to the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe. This puts an end to the “cafeteria interpretation” on the Russian side that… Continue Reading
UEL Chair Mr Tiny Kox welcomes today’s decisions of the Rules Committee during its meeting in Paris. The Committee, by a large majority, adopted proposals of Rapporteur Mrs Petra de Sutter which make it possible for Russia and Bosnia and… Continue Reading
With over 2/3 majority PACE supports proposals made by UEL chair Tiny Kox on how to meet future challenges of the Council of Europe. The proposals include a new strong multilateral reaction mechanism of the Parliamentary Assembly, Committee of Ministers… Continue Reading
On behalf of the left group in the Council of Europe, Mr. Kox asked the European Human Rights Commissioner Dunja Mijatovic to look urgently at the situation of journalist and WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange, who was arrested in London yesterday.… Continue Reading
Source: http://www.assembly.coe.int Tiny Kox (Netherlands, UEL), rapporteur for the Political Affairs Committee on the Role and mission of the Assembly: main challenges for the future, held a number of meetings in Brussels on 4 April with representatives of EU institutions… Continue Reading
Source: http://www.assembly.coe.int The parliament of Bosnia and Herzegovina has been warned that it has only two days left to submit the names of its delegation to the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) – or risk having no… Continue Reading
UEL Chair Tiny Kox welcomes yesterday’s release of Mrs Khalida Jarra, who was held by Israeli forces in administration detention since 2 July 2017. Mrs Jarrar is a member of the Palestinian delegation to the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council… Continue Reading
UEL Chair Mr Tiny Kox welcomes the release of Mrs Leyla Guven, after a hunger-strike of 79 days in a Turkish prison. Mrs Guven is MP for HDP and was in pre-trial detention since the beginning of 2018. In jail… Continue Reading
After welcoming the change of the title of the debate on the future of the Council of Europe from its initial title: “the Council of Europe – an organisation in crisis” to “reflect a more positive light on the prospects… Continue Reading
While giving his speech at the opening of the exposition ‘Distance’, initiated by the Dutch Helsinki Committee, Chair of UEL, Mr. Tiny Kox (SP.NL, The Netherlands) recalled his contentment with the release of Ilgar Mammadov. Mr. Ilgar Mammadov, leader of… Continue Reading