01/10/2026 | 17:28:50 Thank you, Madam President. A few weeks ago, a co-ordinated wave of detentions and severe restrictions targeted LGBTI+ activists, journalists and civil society groups across the country. The Minister of Justice also accused some of these groups of promoting "immorality" and linked the investigations to allegations of "obscenity". And yet the justification offered for these measures is "My Family is Safe". Let me ask a simple question. If the family is safe, are women and children safe? In the... 01/10/2026 | 12:14:39 President, Dear colleagues, I would like to thank Ms Aurora FLORIDIA for this vital report. And I would like to welcome our dear young friends from the different youth organisations as youth representatives. And as parliamentarians, we must recognise a fundamental truth highlighted in this report. The habitability of our planet is the primary condition for all human rights. And the European Court of Human Rights also made this undeniably clear: climate inaction is a violation of our human... 30/09/2026 | 17:54:59 Madam President, Dear colleagues, What we are discussing today goes far beyond the International Criminal Court (ICC). The real question is whether the international rule of law still stands. For decades, we have built institutions to ensure that the gravest crimes do not disappear into history without accountability. From Nuremberg onwards, the message was clear: no one should be above the law, and no victim should ever be forgotten. But today, that principle is being tested. When judges and... 30/09/2026 | 10:37:06 Thank you, Mister President, Dear colleagues, Democracy cannot function properly without access to diverse and independent sources of information, of course. When citizens cannot freely access different voices, they cannot fully know, question or participate. The report warns that press freedom in Europe stands at a “tipping point”; indeed, pluralistic media today face threats worldwide. It also identifies Türkiye as a prominent example of media capture. In Türkiye, critical broadcasters face... 25/06/2026 | 18:12:51 Thank you, Mister President. Dear colleagues, First, I would like to thank dear Laura for this timely and important report. It was really nice to meet you here and to be partners for women's rights and fighters for women's rights. I'm really pleased to meet you here. Dear colleagues, Gender-based violence is a scourge that has many causes, the main one being the patriarchy and the imbalance of power between women and men in the economy, in society and within the family. Such violence... 25/06/2026 | 16:21:47 Dear colleagues, Thank you very much for your all interventions and all comments and your interest on this very important matter. I would like to recall some of the hard facts: worldwide, a woman is killed every 10 minutes dear colleagues. In Europe, one woman in three, faces partner violence. One in six, experiences sexual violence. And these are just the reported cases. Women and girls continue being abused and killed. That's the reality. Women’s rights defenders are under attack. We also... 25/06/2026 | 15:36:02 Mr President, Dear colleagues, Let me start by clarifying what justice means, because the word is too often hollowed out. Justice for all women and girls is not just a "service" to be delivered. It is a political, economic and structural struggle. Real justice requires the dismantling of patriarchal systems, the redistribution of power, and the protection of civic space. A remedy that arrives after the harm has hardened into silence is simply not justice. It is its absence, dressed in... 24/06/2026 | 10:35:06 Madam President, thank you. Dear colleagues, Gender stereotypes remain pervasive in communication and across the media landscape. Too often, women and girls are portrayed in outdated roles that belong in the past. At the same time, men continue to see their dominance in positions of responsibility reflected and reinforced. These portrayals shape perceptions and expectations in society, of course. Eliminating gender stereotypes in the media is essential for creating a more equal and inclusive... 23/06/2026 | 11:23:56 Thank you, Madam Chair. Dear colleagues, What we are witnessing in Türkiye today raises serious questions regarding the use of judicial processes in the political sphere. The main opposition party, its leadership and many of our elected representatives are facing an unprecedented and unacceptable level of legal and administrative pressure. This situation has generated growing concerns, both domestically and internationally, about the health of democratic institutions and the separation of... 22/04/2026 | 10:53:03 President, Dear colleagues, I am here today to give a voice to millions of women who have been silenced. Their safety was traded for political manoeuvring. Turkey’s experience is not a footnote; it is a systematic alarm for the integrity of human rights across Europe. In March 2021, at midnight, a presidential decision was published. And we woke up to a unilateral and undebated presidential decision attempting a withdrawal of Türkiye from the Istanbul Convention. It is a war on human rights...