24/05/2024 | Culture, Science, Education and Media
The PACE Standing Committee, meeting in Vilnius today, called on member states to include cultural heritage preservation in their strategies designed to address climate change and its impact. The parliamentarians expressed their concern at the fact that “all forms of cultural heritage – tangible...
05/12/2023 | Culture, Science, Education and Media
The 2024 Council of Europe Museum Prize has been awarded to Sybir Memorial Museum (Bialystok, Poland). The museum was selected by the Culture Committee of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE), meeting today. Sybir Memorial Museum tells the story of successive deportations of...
04/12/2023 | Culture, Science, Education and Media
Since the Council of Europe Platform to promote the protection of journalism and safety of journalists was established in 2015, the number of alerts posted therein per year has risen constantly, and it has more than doubled from 108 in 2015 to 289 in 2022, the PACE Culture Committee underlined...
04/12/2023 | Culture, Science, Education and Media
The Culture Committee is concerned that all forms of cultural heritage - both tangible and intangible heritage - are now directly and indirectly threatened by the consequences of climate change. And only a few member States of the Council of Europe include cultural heritage in climate change...
22/11/2023 | Legal Affairs and Human Rights
Hannah Bardell (United Kingdom, NR), PACE rapporteur on “Threats to life and safety of journalists and human rights defenders in Azerbaijan”; Mogens Jensen (Denmark, SOC), PACE General Rapporteur on media freedom and safety of journalists; and Sunna Aevarsdottir (Iceland, SOC), PACE General...
11/10/2023 | Culture, Science, Education and Media
There is an urgent need for all Council of Europe member states to act together against SLAPPs – frivolous, vexatious or malicious legal proceedings which aim to intimidate, harass or silence their targets, thus threatening public participation – according to PACE’s Culture Committee. Approving a...
05/10/2023 | Culture, Science, Education and Media
Mogens Jensen (Denmark, SOC), PACE's General Rapporteur on media freedom and safety of journalists, today expressed concern at the “progressive degradation of the media ecosystem”, speaking at the opening of a conference in Riga, during which the Council of Europe will launch its new Campaign for...
02/06/2023 | Culture, Science, Education and Media
Experts and industry figures have given testimony to a PACE hearing in London on the risks and opportunities of the Metaverse, including ideas for ensuring that virtual spaces can be kept safe for children, and the impact of Artificial Intelligence. The hearing, organised by PACE’s Committee on...
02/06/2023 | Culture, Science, Education and Media
A PACE hearing on “violence in sport and safeguarding” at the Houses of Parliament in London has heard powerful personal testimony from survivors of abuse in sport, as well as the steps being taken by top sports governing bodies to ensure a safe environment for players and athletes – and their...
03/05/2023 | Culture, Science, Education and Media
“Europe is unfortunately not a safe haven for media freedom, and this needs to change. Council of Europe member States should enforce the standards that they have endorsed and commit themselves more at international level to uphold media freedom; it is time to act!” said Mogens Jensen (Denmark...
27/04/2023 | Culture, Science, Education and Media
PACE held a hearing on “exploring AI in schools” during its spring plenary session, in which students from the American Community Schools in Athens presented their project for exploring ethics in AI by designing and building a humanoid robot called “Niki”. The school’s President Peggy Pelonis...
25/04/2023 | Culture, Science, Education and Media
A PACE parliamentary hearing on excluding Russian and Belarusian athletes from taking part in the 2024 Paris Olympics and Paralympics brought together key players from all sides of the debate, and heard a range of strong views on the topic. The event, which took place during the Assembly’s...