23/01/2014 | Social Affairs, Health and Sustainable Development
A hearing on the circumcision of young boys is to take place on 28 January on the margins of the plenary session. It will bring together medical experts, including from the Jewish and Muslim communities, and parliamentarians.
14/11/2013 | Social Affairs, Health and Sustainable Development
A girl kneels quietly in a forest, trying to hold back tears. A man’s hand falls onto her shoulder. “Don’t tell your mother,” he says… Children facing sexual abuse within their family are being encouraged to “break the silence” and speak out about it in a powerful new short video from the Council...
13/11/2013 | Social Affairs, Health and Sustainable Development
Europe must decouple its energy consumption from economic and demographic growth and moderate its energy needs by investing in energy efficiency and savings, according to the Committee on Social Affairs.
13/11/2013 | Social Affairs, Health and Sustainable Development
“The Internet should be free, but not lawless,” Hans Guyt, the man behind the “Sweetie” online sting to unmask sexual predators, told a network of PACE parliamentarians today in Geneva.
13/11/2013 | Social Affairs, Health and Sustainable Development
Europe can contribute added value by striving to reduce inequalities, so as to make further progress in the implementation of the MDGs by 2015. The Assembly should join forces with other parliamentary bodies.
12/11/2013 | Social Affairs, Health and Sustainable Development
The committee has urged governments to conclude “an ambitious global agreement” to tackle climate change by setting a target of a 20 per cent cut in greenhouse gas emissions by 2030.
08/11/2013 | Social Affairs, Health and Sustainable Development
Hans Guyt, campaigns director for childrens’ rights NGO “Terre des Hommes” and the man behind the “Sweetie” project to unmask online child sexual predators using a virtual girl, is to talk about his work in Geneva.
29/10/2013 | Social Affairs, Health and Sustainable Development
Sir Alan Meale (United Kingdom, SOC), PACE General Rapporteur on Local and Regional Authorities, addressed the Congress on 29 October, during a plenary debate on “Local and regional authorities responding to the economic crisis”.
11/10/2013 | Social Affairs, Health and Sustainable Development
In the wood, 13-year-old Lisa is crying. A man touches her cheek with his hand. She turns away. The man consoles her. She grits her teeth. The man says “Don’t say anything to your mother… not to her”. See the video.
07/10/2013 | Social Affairs, Health and Sustainable Development
To mark Decent Work Day (7 October), the PACE rapporteur on decent work, Roel Deseyn (Belgium, EPP/CD), has urged European authorities to act more resolutely against social dumping and the exploitation of the workforce.
07/10/2013 | Social Affairs, Health and Sustainable Development
Adopting a draft resolution on ‘Good governance of large metropolises’, the Committee called on governments to create legislative settings that facilitate citizen participation at the local level.
07/10/2013 | Social Affairs, Health and Sustainable Development
The Committee welcomed the draft Council of Europe Convention against trafficking in human organs, but regretted that the text focuses on the criminal aspects rather than on prevention and co-operation.