Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe

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deliberative body organ of the Council of Europe parliamentary assembly

The Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe is a pan-European deliberative body composed of parliamentarians from member states that debates and issues recommendations on democracy, human rights, and the rule of law.

Aliases (2)

Statements (52)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	deliberative body → organ of the Council of Europe → parliamentary assembly →
composition	delegations from national parliaments of member states →
continentScope	Europe →
cooperatesWith	European Parliament → Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe Parliamentary Assembly →
formerName	Consultative Assembly of the Council of Europe →
foundationDate	1949-08-10 →
foundationYear	1949 →
hasChamber	single chamber →
hasJurisdiction	member states of the Council of Europe →
hasPresident	Theodoros Rousopoulos →
headquartersCountry	France →
headquartersLocation	Strasbourg →
legalBasis	Statute of the Council of Europe →
mainCommitteeType	culture, science, education and media committee → equality and non-discrimination committee → legal affairs and human rights committee → migration, refugees and displaced persons committee → monitoring committee → political affairs committee → rules of procedure, immunities and institutional affairs committee → social affairs, health and sustainable development committee →
meetsFrequency	four part-sessions per year →
meetsIn	Palace of Europe →
memberSelection	appointed by national parliaments →
numberOfMembers	approximately 306 full members →
numberOfSubstitutes	approximately 306 substitute members →
officialLanguage	English → French →
partOf	Council of Europe →
precededBy	Consultative Assembly of the Council of Europe →
presidentSince	2024 →
primaryFocus	promotion of democracy → promotion of human rights → promotion of the rule of law →
role	deliberates on democracy → deliberates on human rights → deliberates on the rule of law → elects judges to the European Court of Human Rights → elects the Council of Europe Commissioner for Human Rights → elects the Deputy Secretary General of the Council of Europe → elects the Secretary General of the Council of Europe → elects the Secretary General of the Parliamentary Assembly → issues recommendations →
shortName	PACE →
website	https://pace.coe.int →
workingLanguage	German → Italian → Russian → Turkish →

Referenced by (21)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Council of Europe → Council of Europe → Council of Europe →	hasOrgan
Commissioner for Human Rights of the Council of Europe → Secretary General of the Council of Europe →	appointedBy
Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe → Secretary General of the Council of Europe →	cooperatesWith
Council of Europe → Council of Europe →	legislativeBody
Conference of International Non-governmental Organisations → Congress of Local and Regional Authorities →	worksWith
European People’s Party →	associatedWithInstitution
European Convention on Human Rights ("Council of Europe Parliamentary Assembly") →	draftedBy
Secretary General of the Council of Europe →	electedBy
European Court of Human Rights →	electionOfJudgesBy
Statute of the Council of Europe ("Consultative Assembly of the Council of Europe") →	establishesOrgan
Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe ("Consultative Assembly of the Council of Europe") →	formerName
Palais de l’Europe →	housesBody
Council of Europe member states →	participateIn
Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe ("Consultative Assembly of the Council of Europe") →	precededBy
Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe →	receivesOpinionsFrom