17/09/2018 | Social Affairs, Health and Sustainable Development
The committee reaffirmed the key role of decentralisation in ensuring better responsiveness of public services to local needs, promoting the responsible exercise of power and strengthening confidence in public authorities.
27/04/2018 | Social Affairs, Health and Sustainable Development
The Committee on Social Affairs re-affirmed that the best interest of the child “should be a primary consideration in all actions concerning children”, in accordance with the United Nations Convention.
25/04/2018 | Social Affairs, Health and Sustainable Development
The committee called on the Israeli authorities to work with UNICEF, the International Committee of the Red Cross and civil society to change laws and practice to fully protect the rights of Palestinian minors in the Israeli justice system.
19/04/2018 | Social Affairs, Health and Sustainable Development
Key challenges and policy responses in the areas of children’s mental health and child friendly justice will be discussed at a meeting organised on 24 April in Strasbourg by the Committee on Social Affairs.
28/03/2018 | Social Affairs, Health and Sustainable Development
“Mechanisms for decentralisation need to be further developed and translated into relevant legislation, by promoting a culture of dialogue between central authorities and local authorities,” said Luís Leite Ramos.
20/03/2018 | Social Affairs, Health and Sustainable Development
“Tuberculosis, which caused 1.7 million deaths worldwide in 2016, represents a growing threat to public health, especially in Europe,” warned the Committee on Social Affairs, Health and Sustainable Development.
20/03/2018 | Social Affairs, Health and Sustainable Development
The Paris Agreement embodies a global solution for the climate and represents a beacon for action at national, sub-national to local and international levels, Lord John Prescott said presenting his report on climate change.
06/12/2017 | Social Affairs, Health and Sustainable Development
The introduction of a citizenship income could help overcome poverty and guarantee decent living conditions for everyone, said the Social Affairs Committee, which has encouraged debate on this issue in each country.
06/12/2017 | Social Affairs, Health and Sustainable Development
Children traumatised by armed conflict need specialised support to re-build trust and create “new positive life experiences”, the Social Affairs Committee has said, approving a draft resolution, based on a report by Sevinj Fataliyeva.
30/10/2017 | Social Affairs, Health and Sustainable Development
In co-operation with the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe, the UK Parliament will hold a seminar in London on 6-7 November on “Children's mental health and child-friendly justice”.
10/10/2017 | Social Affairs, Health and Sustainable Development
For the first time ever, the Palais de l’Europe in Strasbourg was illuminated in pink last night – in a special initiative to mark Breast Cancer Awareness Month. The building will stay illuminated throughout the week.
19/09/2017 | Social Affairs, Health and Sustainable Development
The PACE Social Affairs Committee today called on European governments to make the enforcement of parental responsibility decisions abroad “simpler, speedier and less costly”.