04/11/2025 | Equality and Non-Discrimination
On the eve of International Romani Language Day (5 November), Georgios Stamatis (Greece, EPP/CD), PACE General Rapporteur on Roma and Travellers, made the following statement: “On 5 November, we mark International Romani Language Day as an opportunity to honour the Romani language and culture, to...
24/10/2025 | Equality and Non-Discrimination
“Exclusion, multiple discrimination, stigmatisation and demands to conform to stereotypical gender norms from an early age are part of everyday life for many intersex persons. Their rights are still too often unheeded or overlooked and, as a result, poorly protected,” said Béatrice Fresko-Rolfo...
01/10/2025 | Equality and Non-Discrimination
“It is essential that women who are victims of violence in Latvia can benefit from the protection and support mechanisms of the Istanbul Convention,” said the Chairperson of PACE's Committee on Equality and Non-Discrimination, Catia Polidori (Italy, EPP/CD). “Members of Parliament sent a strong...
15/09/2025 | Equality and Non-Discrimination
Speakers at a parliamentary conference in Malta have urged changes in law and policy to ensure rainbow families enjoy equal rights across all 46 member states of the Council of Europe – and warned of the need to counter skepticism about their rights.Legal and NGO experts at the conference...
12/09/2025 | Equality and Non-Discrimination
A parliamentary conference on ensuring equality for rainbow families in Europe is to take place in Malta on Friday 12 September 2025. The conference – held in the context of Malta Pride – aims to build momentum for changes in law and policy so that all families, regardless of their composition...
12/09/2025 | Equality and Non-Discrimination
The Committee on Equality and Non-Discrimination, meeting in Malta, has proposed a set of measures to prevent and combat gender discrimination and gender-based violence in healthcare, medical research and clinical trials. The committee notes that access to healthcare remains unequal and that...
11/09/2025 | Equality and Non-Discrimination
“Sexual violence against men and boys is a hidden phenomenon which should be prevented and combated, giving priority to the needs of all victims/survivors,” said the Committee on Equality and Non-Discrimination. Adopting the draft resolution, based on the report by Edmunds Cepurītis (Latvia, SOC...
01/08/2025 | Equality and Non-Discrimination
Georgios Stamatis (Greece, EPP/CD), PACE General Rapporteur on Roma and Travellers, made the following statement on the eve of the European Holocaust Memorial Day for Roma and Sinti: “On 2 August we honour the memory of the 4300 Roma and Sinti men, women and children murdered in Auschwitz...
17/06/2025 | Equality and Non-Discrimination
Statement by Francesco Verducci (Italy, SOC), PACE General Rapporteur on Combating Racism and Intolerance, on the eve of the International Day for Countering Hate Speech (18 June): “In a climate marked by geopolitical tension, conflict and rising polarisation within society, hate speech is...
13/06/2025 | Equality and Non-Discrimination
"In the coming days, the Slovak parliament will be called to vote on proposed constitutional amendments. I am deeply concerned about the content of some of these amendments with regard to the protection of the rights of LGBTI persons," said Béatrice Fresko-Rolfo (Monaco, ALDE), General Rapporteur...
16/05/2025 | Equality and Non-Discrimination
"In recent months, attacks against LGBTI persons have multiplied in a climate of hate. LGBTI persons have been targeted and stigmatised in certain political discourses that accuse them of various evils that have nothing to do with them. As parliamentarians, we have the responsibility to act and...
13/05/2025 | Equality and Non-Discrimination
Parliaments across Europe and beyond should declare the goal of achieving “gender parity” in their representation, backed by strategic plans, as one of a series of measures to ensure the balanced participation of women and men in all areas of parliamentary life, according to a PACE committee...