The Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe - 306 parliamentarians from 46
@CoE
nations speaking for 730 million Europeans on human rights and democracy
Voici le moment où la flamme olympique arrive au
@CoE
!
La championne olympique française de kick-boxing en 1992, Yvette Palatino, a porté la flamme dans l'hémicycle, sous des applaudissements...
"Bonne route pour Paris !" a déclaré le
@PACE_President
🔥
A great day for Ukraine at the PACE. A number of significant resolutions facilitating our efforts to ensure comprehensive accountability of Russia have been adopted:
➤ ‘Legal and Human Rights Aspects of the Aggression of the Russian Federation Against Ukraine,’ which calls for
I welcome the adoption of
@PACE_News
resolution on condemnation of 🇷🇺's illegal aggression against 🇺🇦, that highlights the atrocities committed by 🇷🇺forces, illegal annexations & calls for accountability for war crimes, and supports a special tribunal for the crime of aggression.
‘A special tribunal, created by agreement btw
#coe
&
#Ukraine
and supported by an enlarged partial agreement open to non-member states is “best feasible option, in terms of legal basis & political legitimacy” for trying
#Russia
’s leadership for the crime of aggression’
To MPs at the joint
#PACE
joint debate on the legal and
#HumanRights
aspects of Russia’s aggression against
#Ukraine
, I set out 5⃣ priorities to stand up for the human rights of its people.
Read my speech 👉
#PACESummer2024
Is Vladimir
#Putin
still Russia's President? And if not, what does it mean legally?
Watch tomorrow's PACE hearing LIVE at 14h with:
➡️ Russia's former PM
@MKasyanov
➡️ Legal academic
@gleb_bogush
➡️
@VeniceComm
's Veronika Bílková
Full details:
Congratulations to Professor Mateja Durovic, a fellow
@CheveningFCDO
Scholar, who was elected this morning by the Parliamentary Assembly of the
@coe
to serve as judge of the European Court of Human Rights in respect of Serbia 🇷🇸🇪🇺
@PACE_News
@NewsEchr
I found it unexpectedly moving to be in the Assembly chamber to welcome the torch - the flame of a better humanity received in a space dedicated to democracy, human rights and rule of law.
The
@CoE
Assembly sets out plans to try Russian leaders, as well as strengthen sanctions against Russia and stop the "erasure" of Ukrainian identity:
#StandWithUkraine
🇺🇦
What an emotional moment! The olympic flame came to the hemicycle of
@coe
. PACE President Rousopoulos sent best wishes to Paris and built a wonderful bridge between the values of CoE and the flame bringing peace. Thank you for making this possible!
La flamme de la paix dans le temple de la démocratie et des droits de l’homme. Puisse-t-elle apporter de beaux
@jeuxolympiques
@Paris2024
et un apaisement des conflits du monde!
Nous sommes très fier·es d'avoir accueilli dans notre hémicycle la
#FlammeOlympique
de Paris 2024 portée par Yvette Palatino, championne du monde de kick-boxing en 1992 et 1ère femme entraineuse de boxe en France. 🤩
@toutelalsace
@Paris2024
@CoE_Sports
Watch LIVE as the Olympic Torch, in an historic moment, appears in the Chamber of PACE on its 12,500-kilometre journey from Ancient Olympia to the host city of Paris...
On YouTube, with replay:
In seven languages:
The Olympic Torch comes to the
@CoE
on 26 June!
Watch the livestream from 17h45 CEST when runners will carry the flame - on its way from Athens to Paris - into the PACE chamber, where they'll be greeted by
@PACE_President
Theodoros Rousopoulos.
More:
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