05/12/2024 | Equality and Non-Discrimination
“The negative narrative around age and ageing in society needs to be challenged and changed in order to counter age-based stereotypes, prejudice and discrimination,” the PACE Committee on Equality said today. Older persons experience “age-based discrimination in all areas of life, especially in...
04/12/2024 | Equality and Non-Discrimination
“The Parliamentary Assembly has long been a leader in the promotion of the rights of LGBTI persons and in calling for their protection,” said PACE Secretary General Despina Chatzivassiliou-Tsovilis at the opening of a conference in Strasbourg on violence and discrimination against LBQ women...
02/12/2024 | Equality and Non-Discrimination
“Positions of leadership must be open and accessible to persons with disabilities at political, economic and societal level. This is essential to securing sustainable change,” said Mariia Mezentseva-Fedorenko, Chairperson of the PACE Committee on Equality and Non-Discrimination, in a statement on...
28/11/2024 | Equality and Non-Discrimination
A conference organised by the Parliamentary Platform for the rights of LGBTI people of the Parliamentary Assembly, in collaboration with the SOGIESC Unit of the Council of Europe, will examine the violence and discrimination suffered by LBQ women in Europe, due to factors such as racial or ethnic...
25/11/2024 | Equality and Non-Discrimination
“Violence against women and girls continues to rise, online and offline. One of the most prevalent and serious human rights violations across Europe and beyond, it is deeply rooted in gender stereotypes and patriarchal beliefs. Women’s human rights are under attack in many places and are always...
20/11/2024 | Equality and Non-Discrimination
“Across the world, transgender persons face violence, discrimination, stigma and marginalisation. Today we honour the memory and lives of transgender persons who are victims of transphobic crimes,” said Béatrice Fresko-Rolfo (Monaco, ALDE), General Rapporteur on the rights of LGBTI people, on the...
25/10/2024 | Equality and Non-Discrimination
On the eve of the Intersex awareness day (26 October), PACE General Rapporteur on the rights of LGBTI people Béatrice Fresko-Rolfo (Monaco, ALDE) made the following statement: “The rights of intersex persons are not yet fully protected in Europe. They are frequently left out from policy-making...
01/10/2024 | Equality and Non-Discrimination
“Human rights should not be denied or limited with age”, said Andrea Eder-Gitschthaler, (Austria, EPP/CD) on the occasion of the International Day of Older Persons (1 October). Ms Eder-Gitschthaler, rapporteur on “Overcoming age-based discrimination against older persons”, underlines that access...
13/09/2024 | Equality and Non-Discrimination
The Committee on Equality and Non-Discrimination, meeting on 12 September in Paris, has expressed its concern that sex workers continue to face stigmatisation, are vulnerable to violence and abuse, and face discrimination in access to education, employment, health, housing, justice and protection...
13/09/2024 | Equality and Non-Discrimination
PACE’s Equality Committee has called for a series of measures to combat violence and discrimination against lesbian, bisexual and queer (LBQ) women in Europe, pointing out that these women are now “especially targeted by anti-gender movements” which attempt to silence them or deny them their...
01/08/2024 | Equality and Non-Discrimination
Fourat Ben Chikha (Belgium, SOC), PACE General Rapporteur on combating racism and intolerance, made the following statement on the eve of the European Roma Holocaust Memorial Day: “This year’s commemoration of European Roma Holocaust Memorial Day marks the 80th anniversary of that tragic night of...
18/06/2024 | Equality and Non-Discrimination
“In July 2021 the UN General Assembly proclaimed 18 June as the International Day for Countering Hate Speech and called on all relevant actors to increase their efforts to oppose hate speech, in line with international human rights law and principles,” said Fourat Ben Chikha (Belgium, SOC), PACE...