10/10/2023 | Social Affairs, Health and Sustainable Development
“The environment clearly has an impact on the development of breast cancer,” said Professor Carole Mathelin, a Hospital Practitioner specialising in breast cancer surgery, who has developed a research project to establish the link between the environment and breast cancer. She was speaking at an...
21/09/2023 | Social Affairs, Health and Sustainable Development
Addictive behaviours in children can have a “disastrous” impact on their mental and physical health and their development, PACE’s Social Affairs Committee has pointed out, urging innovative new policies to prevent early addiction, more research, increased cooperation with the digital industry...
20/09/2023 | Social Affairs, Health and Sustainable Development
Unanimously adopting a draft recommendation, based on the report prepared by Stefan Schennach (Austria, SOC), the PACE Committee on Social Affairs, Health and Sustainable Development urged member States to impose a comprehensive ban on “establishing a pregnancy with germline cells, their...
20/09/2023 | Social Affairs, Health and Sustainable Development
The restrictions imposed to combat the Covid-19 pandemic have had “a devastating effect” on the mental health and well-being of children and young adults – affected in particular by disruption in education, social isolation and economic instability – according to the Committee on Social Affairs...
31/08/2023 | Social Affairs, Health and Sustainable Development
PACE rapporteur Pierre-Alain Fridez (Switzerland, SOC) will carry out a fact-finding visit to Bucharest from 4-5 September 2023, in the context of the preparation of his report entitled “Child abuse in Europe: addressing it, compensation and prevention”. The aim of the visit is to promote Swiss...
24/07/2023 | Social Affairs, Health and Sustainable Development
A PACE delegation attending the UN High-Level Political Forum on Sustainable Development in New York held a side-event on "Decent work: building a sustainable future" to look at progress towards achieving decent work for all as part of the international community’s efforts under the 2030 Agenda...
11/07/2023 | Social Affairs, Health and Sustainable Development
“Decent work, building a sustainable future” will be the theme of a side-event on Friday 14th July 2023, taking place on the margins of the High-Level Political Forum on Sustainable Development at the UN Headquarters in New York. Organised by the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe...
05/07/2023 | Social Affairs, Health and Sustainable Development
Selin Sayek Böke (Türkiye, SOC), the Chairperson of the PACE Committee on Social Affairs, Health and Sustainable Development, has issued the following statement today: “The death of a 17-year-old boy in France, shot by a policeman at a routine traffic stop, is both profoundly shocking and heart...
22/05/2023 | Social Affairs, Health and Sustainable Development
The Social Affairs Committee estimates that there are around 4 to 5 million undocumented people in Europe, many of whom de facto participate in the labour market as “invisible workers” but remain very fragile socio-economically – with poor or no access to socio-economic rights. By accepting the...
27/04/2023 | Session
According to PACE, trade should be greener and fairer: all trade and investment agreements should contain “comprehensive provisions on sustainable development and protection of fundamental rights”, with strong enforcement which is commensurate with protecting investors. Unanimously approving a...
27/04/2023 | Social Affairs, Health and Sustainable Development
Following the Covid-19 pandemic, "new public health emergencies linked to the climate crisis, coupled with dwindling biodiversity, are waiting to unfold, and will likely hit the world unexpectedly", the Committee on Social Affairs, Health and Sustainable underlined. Unanimously adopting a draft...
26/04/2023 | Social Affairs, Health and Sustainable Development
The 2023 Europe Prize has been awarded to Bolesławiec in Poland. This award is given annually by the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) to the town most actively promoting the European ideal. Bolesławiec is a city of 90 000 inhabitants in western Poland, at the crossroads of...