01/10/2026 | 18:14:46 Thank you, Madam Chair, Dear colleagues, I would first of all like to thank the rapporteur, Mr Georgios STAMATIS, for the quality and balance of this report. This report has the merit of making the right assessment. This is not a disaster, but a major shift that calls for a coherent response, rather than a series of piecemeal measures. Above all, it reminds us that the aim is not to pressure people into having children, but to remove the obstacles preventing them from realising their family... 01/10/2026 | 17:53:46 Thank you, Madam Chair, Dear colleagues, Defending human rights is not a crime; it is a duty. And yet, there are nights that speak volumes about the state of a democracy. On the night of 12 to 13 September in Türkiye, seven organisations defending LGBTI people, two organisations supporting people living with HIV, as well as bars and clubs from Istanbul to Mersin, were raided, searched and silenced. And when citizens came out to protest, more than 100 were arrested and detained for over 24... 01/10/2026 | 11:16:39 Thank you, Mr President, Dear colleagues, Behind this excellent report by our colleague lies a human face. Behind every rising curve lies a generation growing up with a question that our own generation has never had to ask with such urgency: what sort of world are we going to live in? Climate change is not merely an environmental issue. It directly affects the very rights that we are tasked with protecting. This climate issue has therefore now fully entered the realm of human rights, making... 29/09/2026 | 10:46:19 Thank you, Madam Chair. Honourable members, When the European Convention on Human Rights was adopted, Europe had not yet fully recognised equality for all as a right. Many people were still subject to discrimination on the grounds of their identity, origin, beliefs, sexual orientation or because they lived with a disability. Throughout its 75-year history, the Council of Europe has evolved alongside our societies, whilst keeping the Convention as its cornerstone. As a living instrument, the... 25/06/2026 | 18:41:02 Thank you, Mr President, First and foremost, I would also like to say how much I have enjoyed working with you over the years. We are witnessing an escalation in pornography, with increasingly violent practices designed to meet demand and grab attention. However, whilst pornography may be an expression of free sexuality, it must not be an industry that dehumanises people. In many videos, we are no longer simply talking about filmed sexuality. We are seeing scenes of violence and humiliation... 25/06/2026 | 16:25:09 Thank you, Mr President, I am delighted to represent the Committee on Equality and Non-Discrimination in this debate. I commend the initiative and the work of our colleague Ms Aysu BANKOĞLU on this issue. The idea of holding an urgent debate on this subject arose following the meeting of the United Nations Commission on the Status of Women (CSW) in New York last March. The priority theme was the need to “Ensure and strengthen access to justice for all women and girls.” We held discussions to... 25/06/2026 | 12:39:55 Thank you, Mister President, Dear colleagues, There is a great deal of talk about "sportswashing". Very well. The concept is interesting, even useful. But let us not lose sight of the real issue, or worse, pretend not to see it. The real scandal – the one that deeply undermines the credibility of sport and the freedom of the media – is the existence of organised, documented and repeated systems of corruption. There is no shortage of examples. The International Sport and Leisure-Fédération... 24/06/2026 | 12:16:21 Thank you, Madam Chair. Dear colleagues, “Big Brother is watching you”. When Mr George ORWELL wrote these words in his novel 1984, he envisaged a power that watches us, monitors us and controls us. This dystopian world, which until recently seemed so distant, now strikes us as more relevant than ever. With artificial intelligence, Big Brother is no longer content merely to watch; he collects, stores and analyses. Artificial intelligence systems rely on vast datasets. These datasets are used... 24/06/2026 | 11:05:47 Thank you, Mister President. Dear colleagues, It is my pleasure to take the floor today to commend the remarkable work carried out by our rapporteur, Ms Yevheniia KRAVCHUK, on the topic of eliminating gender stereotypes in the media. This is an important issue, which remains more relevant than ever. We are born and raised in a society that constantly exposes us to stereotypes and traditional roles. Quite simply, as children, we were often given toys "for boys" or "for girls". And, as adults... 22/04/2026 | 11:52:44 Thank you, Mister President. It's hard to speak after you, Ms Zita GURMAI! Dear colleagues, Ever since the Gisèle Pelicot case came to trial in France, we have been talking about consent as if it were self-evident. But it isn't, and that's precisely the problem. If consent were truly integrated into our societies, in 2026, we would no longer be debating its definition, its proof or its absence. What's more, the European Court of Human Rights would not be condemning member states for their...