21/09/2021 | Equality and Non-Discrimination
On the occasion of the European Action Day against Islamophobia, Momodou Malcolm Jallow (Sweden, UEL), PACE General Rapporteur on combating racism and intolerance, made the following statement: “Already rife in Europe, Islamophobia is on the rise. While all Muslims, and those who are perceived as...
21/09/2021 | Equality and Non-Discrimination
The Committee on Equality and Non-Discrimination has condemned the fact that many Roma and Travellers in Europe “still live, against their will”, in unsuitable and racially segregated housing on the outskirts of urban areas, often lacking the most basic amenities and vulnerable to forced...
30/07/2021 | Equality and Non-Discrimination
“On 2 August, we pay tribute to the victims of the Roma genocide perpetrated during the Second World War,” said the Parliamentary Assembly’s General Rapporteur on combating racism and intolerance, Momodou Malcolm Jallow (Sweden, UEL), speaking ahead of Roma Holocaust Memorial Day 2021. “Even...
06/07/2021 | Equality and Non-Discrimination
“I strongly condemn the acts of violence which occurred in Georgia during Tbilisi Pride Week, targeting in particular the office of the organisers of this LGBTI rights awareness week, which was occupied and ransacked, and the journalists present at the planned starting point of the march which...
21/06/2021 | Equality and Non-Discrimination
At its meeting on 21 June, the Parliamentary Network Women Free from Violence held a hearing today on the power of the Istanbul Convention as a tool for protection against violence against women and domestic violence. Council of Europe's Deputy Secretary General Bjørn Berge emphasized the...
18/06/2021 | Equality and Non-Discrimination
At its next meeting on 21 June, the Parliamentary Network Women Free from Violence will hold a hearing on the power of the Istanbul Convention as a tool for protection against violence against women and domestic violence. Speakers will include the Council of Europe's Deputy Secretary General...
16/06/2021 | Equality and Non-Discrimination
“Yesterday, the Hungarian parliament adopted a raft of discriminatory legislative amendments designed to introduce a ban on the ‘portrayal and the promotion of gender identity different from sex at birth, the change of sex and homosexuality’ for persons under the age of 18,” said Fourat Ben...
07/06/2021 | Equality and Non-Discrimination
“If we really want to integrate the protection of human rights in how we deal with the migration crisis, we need to look at a diversity of measures, a differentiation of data by gender as regards migrants, as well as a differentiation of voices and representation,” said Petra Stienen (Netherlands...
31/05/2021 | Equality and Non-Discrimination
“I am deeply concerned by the wave of antisemitic hate speech recently observed on major social media platforms, with the use of Holocaust imagery and Nazi glorification, as denounced by a new report of the World Jewish Congress. Violent acts are also being physically committed,” Momodou Malcolm...
18/05/2021 | Equality and Non-Discrimination
Strongly condemning so-called “honour” crimes, the Equality Committee called on member States to ratify and implement the Istanbul Convention, recalling that the convention clearly states that custom, tradition, culture, religion or so-called “honour” cannot justify violence. It said that no...
17/05/2021 | Equality and Non-Discrimination
“It’s time to put an end to homophobia, transphobia, biphobia and intersexphobia, and to act decisively to achieve equality for all LGBTI people,” said Fourat Ben Chikha (Belgium, SOC), General Rapporteur on the rights of LGBTI people, on the occasion of the International Day Against Homophobia...
20/04/2021 | Equality and Non-Discrimination
PACE’s General Rapporteur on combating racism and intolerance, Momodou Malcolm Jallow (Sweden, UEL), today made the following statement: “A bill on ‘Strengthening respect for Republican principles and against separatism’ has now been read in the two parliamentary chambers and will be submitted to...