16/09/2013 | Equality and Non-Discrimination
Jorge Fernández Díaz, Spanish Minister of the Interior, said that he considered the fight against trafficking in human beings as one of the priorities of his Ministry at the meeting of the Network and the Committee in Madrid.
06/09/2013 | Equality and Non-Discrimination
Håkon Haugli, General rapporteur on the rights of LGBT people, made the following statement: “A wave of homophobic propaganda is hitting the Russian Federation, forming the basis of new laws and law proposals..."
24/06/2013 | Equality and Non-Discrimination
In order to tackle stalking effectively, the report by Gisela Wurm, which was adopted by the Committee on Equality and Non-discrimination, recommends that stalking should be considered a criminal offence.
11/06/2013 | Equality and Non-Discrimination
"The Duma has today turned prejudice against LGBTs into law," said Hakon Haugli, rapporteur on ‘Tackling discrimination on the grounds of sexual orientation and gender identity’, commenting on the Duma’s unanimous adoption of a law.
10/06/2013 | Equality and Non-Discrimination
General rapporteur on the rights of LGBT people Håkon Haugli expressed concern about the draft bill on ‘homosexual propaganda’ to be examined by the Russian Duma. "Russia should wait for the Venice Commission opinion".
24/05/2013 | Equality and Non-Discrimination
"Freedom of expression and of peaceful assembly are pillars of democratic life in any country: Council of Europe member states must ensure that everyone, including LGBT people, can enjoy them", Håkon Haugli said.
24/05/2013 | Equality and Non-Discrimination
The Committee on Equality and Non-Discrimination expressed deep concern at the repeated infringement, in some Council of Europe member states, of the right of freedom of assembly and freedom of expression in relation to LGBTs.
24/05/2013 | Equality and Non-Discrimination
At the end of a hearing on the situation of transgender persons, the Committee on Equality and Non-Discrimination decided to further discuss the issue with a view to improve the situation of transgender persons particularly in the fields of health care, transphobic hate crime and gender recognition.
16/05/2013 | Equality and Non-Discrimination
To mark the International Day against Homophobia (May 17), Håkon Haugli, General rapporteur on the rights of LGBT people of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE), made the following statement: “On 17 May 1990 the World Health Organisation removed homosexuality from the International Classification of Diseases...
10/05/2013 | Equality and Non-Discrimination
Håkon Haugli (Norway, SOC), PACE rapporteur of the Equality and Non-Discrimination Committee, will make a fact-finding visit to Kyiv on 15-16 May 2013 in the framework of the preparation of his report on "Tackling discrimination on the grounds of sexual orientation and gender identity".
18/03/2013 | Equality and Non-Discrimination
Sport should lead by example in combating racism, PACE's Equality Committee said today in a declaration ahead of the International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination (21 March).
18/03/2013 | Equality and Non-Discrimination
Some Council of Europe member states are "squarely slipping back" towards greater discrimination on the ground of sexual orientation and gender identity, according to PACE rapporteur Håkon Haugli (Norway, SOC), speaking on the eve of a major conference on freedom of expression for LGBT people to take place in Warsaw on Tuesday 19 March.