15/05/2025 | Social Affairs, Health and Sustainable Development
"Ukrainian children are non-negotiable. There can be no just and lasting peace without the unconditional return of all deported and forcibly transferred Ukrainian children. The safe and immediate repatriation of these children must form an integral part of any future peace agreement", today said...
03/04/2025 | Social Affairs, Health and Sustainable Development
Saskia Kluit (Netherlands, SOC), Chairperson of the PACE Committee on Social Affairs, today expressed concern at the increased risk of poverty, social exclusion and deteriorating living standards among children, pointing out that 19.9 million children currently live at risk of poverty in the EU...
19/03/2025 | Social Affairs, Health and Sustainable Development
“I am deeply shocked by Israel's decision to resume bombardments and not to respect the ceasefire’, said Saskia Kluit (Netherlands, SOC), rapporteur on “The absolute and urgent need to end the humanitarian crisis for women, children and the hostages in Gaza". “The press reported yesterday that at...
04/03/2025 | Social Affairs, Health and Sustainable Development
The PACE Committee on Social Affairs, Health and Sustainable Development, in co-operation with the Dutch delegation to PACE, will be holding a parliamentary seminar in The Hague on 5 March on “The role of the Dutch parliament in protecting the right to a healthy environment”. This seminar aims to...
04/03/2025 | Social Affairs, Health and Sustainable Development
Saskia Kluit (Netherlands, SOC), PACE rapporteur on “The absolute and urgent need to end the humanitarian crisis for women, children and the hostages in Gaza” today made the following statement: “I am deeply alarmed by Israel’s decision to halt humanitarian aid into the Gaza strip. The blocking...
11/02/2025 | Social Affairs, Health and Sustainable Development
The Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) and the Chamber of Deputies of the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg will be holding a parliamentary conference in Luxembourg on 14 February on “The role of national parliaments in protecting the right to a healthy environment”, as part of the...
10/12/2024 | Social Affairs, Health and Sustainable Development
The Committee on Social Affairs, Health and Sustainable Development deplores the fact that the millions of patients suffering from “long Covid” have become “a huge blind spot”, as policymakers and the healthcare sector focus on other health issues. It regrets that no solution has yet been...
10/12/2024 | Social Affairs, Health and Sustainable Development
PACE’s Social Affairs Committee has expressed its deep concern that the humanitarian crisis in Gaza has deteriorated still further as a result of the ongoing military operations in Gaza, and urged all parties to the hostilities, in particular Israel, to reach an immediate, permanent and...
06/12/2024 | Social Affairs, Health and Sustainable Development
“We must never turn a blind eye to the abuse of children, whether they have been victims of sexual predators, gratuitous violence or ill-treatment in public, private or religious institutions that are supposed to be safe havens,” today said Saskia Kluit (Netherlands, SOC), the newly elected...
05/12/2024 | Social Affairs, Health and Sustainable Development
The Committee on Social Affairs, Health and Sustainable Development of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) will hold a conference on 6 December in Strasbourg on “The Council of Europe's fight against child abuse in institutions in Europe”, in collaboration with the Swiss...
05/12/2024 | Social Affairs, Health and Sustainable Development
As part of the “Parliamentary Action for Children's Rights 2024-2027” project, the PACE Committee on Social Affairs, Health and Sustainable Development is organising two events in Rome on 9 and 10 December 2024. On 9 December in Rome, the Committee is organising a seminar in collaboration with...
17/09/2024 | Social Affairs, Health and Sustainable Development
A PACE committee is urging steps to ensure accessible, sustainable and adequate food for all – including enshrining a “right to food” in national constitutions and giving priority to a coherent legal framework to make food distribution, processing and marketing systems fairer and more stable...