27/01/2014 | Equality and Non-Discrimination
PACE rapporteur Fatiha Saidi has welcomed an amendment to Morocco’s Penal Code which prevents the rapist of a minor from escaping sentence by marrying his victim. "This reform was demanded by Moroccan civil society", she said.
24/01/2014 | Equality and Non-Discrimination
“I am deeply disturbed and saddened by the sudden death of Isa Sahmarli, the chairman of the Azerbaijan Free LGBT group, who took his own life on 22 January in Baku,” said PACE General Rapporteur on the rights of LGBT people.
17/12/2013 | Equality and Non-Discrimination
I encourage the Serbian authorities to pursue their efforts for the protection of the rights of traditional national minorities and to ensure the implementation and harmonisation of the existing legislative framework, said Ferenc Kalmár.
05/12/2013 | Equality and Non-Discrimination
Racism is present in society, and therefore also in the police, and no country appears to be immune to it, said the committee, deploring an increase in racism and racist violence accompanied by a resurgence of racism in the police.
05/12/2013 | Equality and Non-Discrimination
It is urgent to combat racism and intolerance through a strategic approach that strengthens the legal framework and includes greater efforts to ensure its effective implementation, according to parliamentarians, adopting a text by Jonas Gunnarsson.
02/12/2013 | Equality and Non-Discrimination
“Women and girls with disabilities need special attention, since they are exposed to higher risks of violence,” said Carmen Quintanilla on the occasion of the International Day of Persons with Disabilities.
21/11/2013 | Equality and Non-Discrimination
Parliamentarians from Romania, Bulgaria, Hungary, the Republic of Moldova and Serbia will gather in Bucharest on 25 November on the occasion of the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women.
21/10/2013 | Equality and Non-Discrimination
“Yesterday’s holding of a Pride march for the first time in Montenegro’s capital was an important step forward,” said Robert Biedroń (Poland, SOC), PACE General Rapporteur on the rights of LGBT people.
17/10/2013 | Equality and Non-Discrimination
To fight trafficking in human beings, we must also curb demand including in cyberspace said José Mendes Bota, General Rapporteur on violence against women, speaking on the eve of the 7th EU Anti-Trafficking Day.
03/10/2013 | Equality and Non-Discrimination
At a hearing on “Violence against women: does the rehabilitation of perpetrators work?”, Frédéric Matwies, author of the book “Il y avait un monstre en moi” related the ten years of violence which he inflicted on his ex-partner.
03/10/2013 | Equality and Non-Discrimination
The Sub-Committee on Racism and Xenophobia expresses deep concern at the increase in manifestations of racism throughout Europe. No country is immune to this phenomenon.
02/10/2013 | Equality and Non-Discrimination
2013 will have been a turning point in the prevention of violence against women: the political impetus given by the United Nations has allowed a fresh dynamism.