Substitute
Senator
Ecolo-Groen
Sénat
BE - 1009 - Brussels
Belgium
Working language: English
25/01/2022 - Session Rights of LGBTI people: advances achieved are under threat, PACE says 26/10/2021 - Equality and Non-Discrimination ‘Take the time to learn about intersex realities and rights’, says General Rapporteur on Intersex Awareness Day 2021 16/06/2021 - Equality and Non-Discrimination Hungary: PACE General Rapporteur denounces new legislation as ‘part of a concerted attack on LGBTI people by the authorities’ 17/05/2021 - Equality and Non-Discrimination LGBTI rights: 'It’s time to act!' says General Rapporteur 22/05/2020 - Equality and Non-Discrimination “Depriving trans and intersex people of legal gender recognition in Hungary is intolerable”, says General Rapporteur
22/06/2022 | 18:58:12 Thank you, Mister President. Dear colleagues, We have just participated in a very intense and very dense debate on no less than three reports which were prepared in our Committee on Equality and Non-Discrimination. I'll start by congratulating all three rapporteurs for having worked quickly and efficiently to respond to the urgent concern of the moment. It's another demonstration of the great capacity of reaction of our Assembly and of the Council of Europe itself. It's flexible in responding... 22/06/2022 | 16:10:35 Thank you, Mister President. Dear Colleagues, First, I want to thank the rapporteurs for their excellent work and a complimentary work. I think it's really important that we're having this joint debate today. Every child should easily be left in care of their parents regardless of their legal documents or the reason of fleeing. Family reunification should always be the priority. Unfortunately, in reality it's too often the last solution that is sought after. This causes a massive impact on... 22/06/2022 | 11:56:30 Dear President, Madam Petra BAYR, Madam Ute STEYER, Dear Colleagues, In the name of the members of the Committee on Equality and Non-Discrimination, I would like to congratulate our rapporteur Ms Petra BAYR for her work on this report and for her dedication. I would also like to thank Ms Ute STEYER for coming from Sweden to Strasbourg to address the Assembly and plenary. Thank you very much. The report is presented to you today as a result of several rounds of discussion; two hearings in the... 20/06/2022 | 16:56:19 Thank you, Madam President. Dear Colleagues, Racism and intolerance are enemies deeply rooted in our society and difficult to eradicate. It is often said that we must join forces to fight this scourge. This is what we have done in the Committee on Equality and Non‑Discrimination throughout the preparation of this report and the new Charter for a Non‑Racist and Inclusive Society. We have indeed co‑operated closely with a plurality of actors within and outside the Council of Europe in order to... 25/01/2022 | 09:10:49 Dear chair, dear colleagues, On the 18 September trans hairdresser Ivanna Angeline Macedo Silva was found stabbed to death in her apartment in Paris. This brutal murder is just a most recent among 14 tragic killings of trans people reported in our member States between November 2020 and 2021. As we pay our respect to Ivanna and to all those who have died in the past year, let us remember that still today LGBTI+ people face hate crimes, verbal and physical attacks, harassment, discrimination...
17/12/2021 | Doc. 15425 | Report Combating rising hate against LGBTI people in Europe
09/09/2022 | Doc. 15601 | Motion for a resolution Ensuring human rights compliant asylum procedures 18/08/2022 | Doc. 15593 | Motion for a resolution Addressing the specific challenges faced by the Belarusians in exile 27/06/2022 | Doc. 15574 | Written declaration Europe must not compromise with regard to the rule of law in Poland 27/06/2022 | Doc. 15575 | Written declaration Kazakhstan: civil society organisations are calling for personal sanctions for lack of international and impartial investigations of violent crackdown on peaceful protesters 27/06/2022 | Doc. 15579 | Written declaration The LGBTI-phobic hate speech of Patriarch Kirill must be condemned
23/06/2022 | Doc. 15543, vote on the draft text for resolution Ensuring accountability for the downing of flight MH17 22/06/2022 | Doc. 15539, vote on the draft text for resolution Preventing and combating antisemitism in Europe 22/06/2022 | Doc. 15547, vote on the draft text for resolution Humanitarian consequences and internal and external migration in connection with the aggression of the Russian Federation against Ukraine 22/06/2022 | Doc. 15548, vote on the draft text for resolution Protection and alternative care for unaccompanied and separated migrant and refugee children 22/06/2022 | Doc. 15525, vote on the draft text for resolution Justice and security for women in peace reconciliation