What is Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe?
The '''Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe''' ('''PACE''') is the parliamentary body of the [[Council of Europe]]. They focus on making and passing laws in the [[European Union]] supporting human rights, democracy and the rule of law. ==Background== The Assembly is made up of 306 members. They meet four times a year for week-long sessions in [[Strasbourg]], [[France]]. The Assembly held its first session in Strasbourg on 10 August 1949, making it one of the oldest international assemblies in Europe. ===Goals=== Some of they goals they focus on are:<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Donald |first1=Alice |last2=Speck |first2=Anne-Katrin |title=Time for the Gloves to Come Off?: The Response by the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe to Rule of Law Backsliding |journal=European Convention on Human Rights Law Review |date=2021 |volume=2 |issue=2 |pages=241–273 |doi=10.1163/26663236-bja10025 |s2cid=238728616 |issn=2666-3228 |url=https://eprints.mdx.ac.uk/33283/1/20210510_ECHRLR_Time-for-gloves-to-come-off_rev3.pdf |access-date=2022-06-17 |archive-date=2022-09-29 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220929091741/https://eprints.mdx.ac.uk/33283/1/20210510_ECHRLR_Time-for-gloves-to-come-off_rev3.pdf |url-status=dead }}</ref> * ending the [[Capital punishment|death penalty in Europe]] by making new member states to stop all executions; * making possible, and shaping, the [[European Convention on Human Rights]]; * high-profile reports exposing violations of human rights in Council of Europe member states; * helping former Soviet countries to support democracy after 1989; * inspiring and helping to shape many progressive new national laws; * helping member states to end conflict or reach an agreement on controversial political or social issues ==References== {{reflist}} ==Other websites== * {{official website|http://assembly.coe.int/ }} {{Europe-stub}} [[Category:European Union]]