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Call for a digital society based on fundamental rights

06/12/2018 | Culture, Science, Education and Media

The Committee on Culture today called for a critical reflection on internet governance and underlined that this issue “must be a core aspect of public policy, both at national level and in regional and global multilateral relations”.

Parliamentarians pledge steps to help sport ‘uphold its core values’

18/10/2018 | Culture, Science, Education and Media

PACE members meeting at a major gathering of sports ministers have proposed ten key steps to protect children against sexual abuse, crack down on corruption and help sport uphold its core values for human rights.

Consolidating the freedom of the media as pillars of democratic elections

25/09/2018 | Culture, Science, Education and Media

“Media freedom is an essential condition for democratic elections; the media must be free to inform the public without political or economic pressure,” said the Culture Committee, meeting in Tbilisi.

Call for respect of confidentiality of journalists’ sources

07/09/2018 | Culture, Science, Education and Media

Lord George Foulkes expressed his concern regarding a Kyiv court’s decision to grant the Prosecutor's General's Office access to text messages, calls and locations from the phone of journalist Natalie Sedletska.

Ensuring press freedom in the member States

02/05/2018 | Culture, Science, Education and Media

Marking World Press Freedom Day (3 May), Lord George Foulkes, General Rapporteur on media freedom and the safety of journalists, has highlighted the fundamental role of journalists and the media in democratic societies.

A plan for curbing the deliberate destruction or illegal trafficking of cultural heritage

24/04/2018 | Culture, Science, Education and Media

The committee has spelled out a series of steps member States can take to stop the illegal trafficking or – worse – the deliberate destruction of cultural heritage objects, including in architecturally sensitive combat zones.

Protecting editorial integrity and independence of the media

22/03/2018 | Culture, Science, Education and Media

Several challenges to the editorial integrity and independence of the media are arising in the member States said the committee. The emergence of the Internet-based media has triggered a dramatic decline in revenues of traditional media.

Call for a major overhaul of sports governance structures and practices

04/12/2017 | Culture, Science, Education and Media

The crisis of confidence in major sports governing bodies "seems nowhere near the end”, according to the Committee on Culture, meeting in Budapest today. The committee called for those responsible to be “brought to justice”.

A monitoring procedure to promote the application of the Charter for Minority Languages in Europe

04/12/2017 | Culture, Science, Education and Media

The Charter for Regional and Minority Languages plays a unique role in protecting and supporting these languages. The committee therefore regrets to note that, to date, only 25 of the 47 member states have ratified the Charter.

Call for an independent observatory entrusted to assess the governance of football

04/12/2017 | Culture, Science, Education and Media

The committee called on the authorities of the EU, in concertation with the IOC, FIFA, UEFA and the CoE, “to promote the establishment of an independent observatory entrusted to assess the governance of football”.

Laws on the status of journalists in Europe need to be revised

04/12/2017 | Culture, Science, Education and Media

Adopting the draft resolution unanimously based on the report by Elvira Drobinski-Weiss, the members of the Parliamentary Assembly ask European governments to fully assume their obligation to protect media professionals.

General Rapporteur calls for the conviction of Crimean journalist Mykola Semena to be annulled

26/09/2017 | Culture, Science, Education and Media

Volodymyr Ariev, General Rapporteur on Media Freedom and the Safety of Journalists, has expressed grave concern at the conviction by a court in occupied Crimea of the Ukrainian journalist Mykola Semena.