22/04/2026 | 11:08:59 Thank you Mister Chair. Dear colleagues, I would like to thank the rapporteur, my dear friend Ms Zita GURMAI, we will miss you, as you know, and the Committee on Equality and Non-Discrimination for the great job that they did. If I may, I would like to take advantage of this excellent work to go the extra mile. I would like to propose to this Assembly, and of course to our Chair, Ms Petra BAYR, with whom we have fought side by side in the same committee, that we consider setting up an ad hoc... 03/10/2025 | 12:05:55 Thank you, Mister Chair. I will continue in Italian. In such a difficult and sad period of war which is so complicated for diplomacy all over the world, I would like to share a piece of good news: two days ago, a first group of 39 students and researchers arrived in Italy from Gaza, on two special flights organised by the Guardia di Finanza, thanks to the collaboration between the Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the Ministry of University and Research and the Conference of Italian... 03/10/2025 | 11:03:57 Thank you. Thank you, Mister Chair. Dear colleagues, as the Chair of the Equality and Non-Discrimination Committee, I'm very proud of this first report from our organisation on this topic, on such a serious violation of human rights and dignity as being subjected to sexual violence. It needs to be tackled for all victims - women and girls, which we have been addressing for a long time and will continue doing so - but also men and boys. We have started to look into the specific situation on... 26/06/2025 | 17:37:10 Thank you, Madame President. Ladies and gentlemen, First of all, I would like to remind you that this report was unanimously adopted at the meeting of the Committee on Equality and Non-Discrimination held in Paris on 10 May. I would like to warmly thank our colleague Ms Maryna BARDINA for her work in preparing this report. I would also like to thank all the members who took the floor to support this report, including our Committee's Youth Rapporteur. As Ms Maryna BARDINA reminds us in her... 26/06/2025 | 16:22:05 Thank you, Mister Chair. Dear colleagues, A few months ago, a large delegation from this Assembly, including our President, participated in the United Nations Commission on the Status of Women in New York. Confronted once again with the alarming state of women’s rights globally, and the real backlash against them, we recognised the urgency of taking a strong stance. That’s why we are here now, the Council of Europe cannot come back from the United Nations without a strong answer. Promoting... 08/04/2025 | 19:02:27 Thank you, Mister President. I will continue in Italian. [in English]. Thank you, Mister Speaker. Thank you very much for your work, but in spite of that I hope you will allow me some remarks. The principle of non-refoulement is a fundamental principle of international law established by the 1951 Geneva Refugee Convention and implies an absolute prohibition of refoulement and collective refoulement. For the members of the Council of Europe, then, the principle has been developed through the... 25/06/2024 | 17:00:18 Thank you, chairman. First of all, I would like to thank my colleague Ms Petra BAYR for her important Report. Today we are dealing with an issue that is as difficult as it is sensitive. We need these women, brave women who defend the rights of other women. We cannot give up their ability to mediate. We cannot give up their courage. We cannot give up their ability to drag other women along and instil this courage. On the other hand, we are not able to protect these women, women whose courage... 22/06/2022 | 16:26:39 I am sure that I can speak for all Italians, who, from the very first moment, condemned, in the strongest terms, the aggression by the Russian Federation against Ukraine and immediately made themselves available to take in the children and women. Just yesterday, our President himself, Mr Sergio Mattarella, whom we have also hosted here, had words of gratitude and, to quote him literally, pointed out that in the actions of these people, the values of our Constitution are reflected. This...