The SOC Group has a strong leadership and active members defending human rights, social equality and human dignity everywhere in Europe. Our tools are the reports,written declarations, initiatives and of course the votes in Plenary.
During its summer 2021 plenary part session, the Assembly celebrated the 10th anniversary of the Council of Europe Convention on Preventing and Combating Violence against Women and Domestic Violence (the Istanbul Convention) with a High-Level Pane...
Statement by the Chairman of the SOC Group in Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe, Frank Schwabe Current developments in Spain consistent with the resolution of PACE “Spain has every right to keep the country as a unified state. ...
STATEMENT With regard to the decisions of the Ministerial Conference of the Council of Europe in Helsinki for the 70th anniversary of the existence of the Organisation, the President of Socialists, Democrats and Greens Group in the Parliamentar...
On the case of Selahattin Demirtas, Frank Schwabe, President of the Group of Socialists, Democrats and Greens in the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe, said : « By acceding to the Council of Europe, Turkey has committed itse...
Our former member of the group, Pierre Yves Le Borgn, wrote a strong and inspiring article following the elections ON November 6 in the United States. « Multilateralism is in crisis and it is up to Europe to assert the leadership necessary ...
PRESS RELEASE BY SOC PRESIDENT On the occasion of the award of the Václav Havel Human Rights Prize, Frank Schwabe, Chairman of the Group of the Socialists, Democrats and Greens (SOC) in the Parliamentary Assembly of the Counci...
Stefan Schennach and Cezar Florin Preda, co-rapporteurs of PACE for the monitoring of Azerbaijan, made the following statement at the end of their fact-finding visit to the country. Read more
The Socialist Group at the Parliamentary Assembly at the Council of Europe : “A formal dismissal is long overdue – now PACE has the legal basis to do so” On Friday 30 June 2017, 158 members of the Parliamentary Assembly of ...
Statement The Socialist Group at the Parliamentary Assembly at the Council of Europe : « We call all members and former members of our group to fully cooperate with the independent external investigation body. » On Monday...
In view of the high numbers of lives lost in the Mediterranean Sea by asylum seekers trying desperately to reach Europe on makeshift boats, the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE)“calls on member States to respect int...
Deals concluded by the EU with third countries on asylum seekers lead to serious human rights violations. This is what the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe concluded today by adopting a resolution drawn up by rapporteur Tineke Strik...
The Assembly has expressed certain concerns with regard to the Copenhagen Declaration on the reform of the system of the European Convention on Human Rights, adopted at a ministerial conference organised by the Danish Chairmanship of the...
Based on a report prepared by John Prescott (SOC) PACE has issued a strong call for national measures to cut global warming emissions through the Paris climate change agreement – and for Council of Europe countries to take the lead. Find ...
In a resolution based on a report by Boriss Cilevics (SOC), PACE has warned of the new threat of “hybrid war” – in which adversaries combine traditional military action with other hostile acts in the information sphere, such as c...
The Committee on Rules of Procedure, Immunities and Institutional Affairs has unanimously adopted a draft resolution and recommendation on the follow-up to the report of the Independent Investigation Body on the allegations of corruption within th...
