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PACE committee calls for ‘integrity studies’ in schools and universities to fight corruption

29/06/2017 | Culture, Science, Education and Media

With the right support, young people can bring “a new culture of integrity” to all levels of society, Parliamentary Assembly's Culture Committee has said, approving a draft report by Eleonora Cimbro.

Rapporteur calls for release of Azerbaijani journalist Afqan Mukhtarli

20/06/2017 | Culture, Science, Education and Media

Volodymyr Ariev, PACE General Rapporteur on Media Freedom and the Safety of Journalists, has expressed concern at the fate of journalist Afqan Mukhtarli, who was reported missing in Tbilisi on 29 May.

After drugs and weapons, trafficking in art is the most lucrative source of funding for illegal activities

23/05/2017 | Culture, Science, Education and Media

Illegal trafficking has been closely linked with terrorism and organised crime. After drugs and weapons, cultural property is the third most lucrative source of funding for illegal activities, John Bold, UK heritage expert said.

Football, a mirror of society, needs good governance

22/05/2017 | Culture, Science, Education and Media

“Football is a common good, and since it belongs to everybody it is our responsibility to have a better representation of all stakeholders in the decision-making process,” Anne Brasseur said at the opening of a hearing in Paris.

For a pluralist and independent press

02/05/2017 | Culture, Science, Education and Media

The PACE's Committee on Culture has called for stronger commitment from governments to guaranteeing journalists’ security and freedom and upholding media pluralism and independence.

Rapporteur calls for the release of detained Belarusian and Russian journalists

27/03/2017 | Culture, Science, Education and Media

Volodymyr Ariev today strongly condemned the arrest of hundreds of demonstrators in Belarus and throughout Russia and called on the authorities of both countries to immediate release the journalists detained.

Intelligent artefacts should not challenge different dimensions of human rights

22/03/2017 | Culture, Science, Education and Media

The pervasiveness of new technologies is blurring the boundaries between human and machine, and it is difficult for law-makers to adapt to the speed at which science evolves and to draw up the regulations, the committee said.

PACE rapporteur’s visit to Rome focuses on “Youth against corruption”

26/01/2017 | Culture, Science, Education and Media

Eleonora Cimbro, rapporteur for the Parliamentary Assembly, will conduct a fact-finding visit to Rome on 1-2 February, in the context of the preparation of her report on “Youth against corruption”.

Disgraceful state-sponsored doping must stop immediately, says rapporteur

12/12/2016 | Culture, Science, Education and Media

Mogens Jensen welcomed "a testimony of the current crisis in international sports, which gives evidence of the systematic violation of anti-doping rules by Russian sports organisations."

Caribbean Centre of Expressions and Memory of the Slave Trade and Slavery, Guadeloupe, wins 2017 Museum Prize

09/12/2016 | Culture, Science, Education and Media

The 2017 Council of Europe Museum Prize has been awarded to Mémorial ACTe (MACTe), Caribbean Centre of Expressions and Memory of the Slave Trade and Slavery, Guadeloupe (France).

Investigative journalism and whistleblowing are weapons against corruption

08/12/2016 | Culture, Science, Education and Media

Investigative journalism is a “public asset” and a “key weapon in tackling corruption”, said the Committee on Culture in a draft resolution adopted unanimously, on the basis of a report by Gülsün Bilgehan.

Internet users, journalists and online media: standards needed

08/12/2016 | Culture, Science, Education and Media

The committee has called on parliaments to discuss online media and journalism and to promulgate general standards for the protection of fundamental freedoms and rights of Internet users, journalists and online media.