03/10/2019 | Social Affairs, Health and Sustainable Development
Liliane Maury Pasquier today underlined the essential role of parliamentarians in promoting the Council of Europe Convention against Trafficking in Human Organs, which entered into force in March 2018.
17/09/2019 | Social Affairs, Health and Sustainable Development
Kęstutis Masiulis, Vice-Chairperson of the Sub-Committee on the Europe Prize, will present the Prize 2019 to Eneko Goia, Mayor of Donostia / San Sebastián (Spain), on Thursday 19 September.
13/09/2019 | Social Affairs, Health and Sustainable Development
The committee expressed its concern at the digital platforms phenomenon which has grown on the margins of the mainstream economy, and whose actors are accused of infringing workers' social rights and taxation.
16/07/2019 | Social Affairs, Health and Sustainable Development
A high-level panel organised by the Social Affairs Committee at the UN in New York, has highlighted the urgent need to protect children who face sexual abuse from those in their “circle of trust”.
27/06/2019 | Social Affairs, Health and Sustainable Development
Stefan Schennach and Kęstutis Masiulis presented in Strasbourg the 2019 European Diploma to the mayors of 8 prize-winning municipalities, at a ceremony at Council of Europe headquarters in Strasbourg.
25/06/2019 | Social Affairs, Health and Sustainable Development
La Commission des questions sociales a salué les efforts constants de la Banque de développement du Conseil de l’Europe pour soutenir une croissance inclusive et durable et l’intégration des réfugiés.
14/05/2019 | Social Affairs, Health and Sustainable Development
In a Declaration adopted in Vienna today, the Committee on Social Affairs calls on the government of Brunei to put in place an immediate moratorium on the implementation of the Sharia Penal Code with respect to children.
13/05/2019 | Social Affairs, Health and Sustainable Development
Committee on Social Affairs, Health and Sustainable Development has urged Council of Europe member States to “immediately start transition to the abolition of coercive practices in mental health settings”.
13/05/2019 | Social Affairs, Health and Sustainable Development
The committee encouraged governments and parliaments to step up their involvement in the implementation and monitoring of target 16.2 of the Sustainable Development Goals, to end all forms of violence against children.
29/04/2019 | Social Affairs, Health and Sustainable Development
Declaring clean air as “a basic human right”, PACE's Social Affairs Committee has urged states to reverse policies which favour or tolerate diesel vehicles, declaring them “a disaster from a public health perspective”.
11/04/2019 | Social Affairs, Health and Sustainable Development
The 2019 Europe Prize, which is awarded each year by the PACE to the town most active in promoting the European ideal, has been awarded to Donostia/San Sebastián.
19/03/2019 | Social Affairs, Health and Sustainable Development
The Social Committee has spelled out the essential steps Europe’s cities should take to build inclusive and sustainable urban communities which fully meet a key UN development goal.