21/05/2026 | President
The adoption yesterday by the UN General Assembly of a resolution on the advisory opinion of the International Court of Justice on climate change sends a strong and timely message: climate action and human rights are inseparable. The resolution reaffirms that states have obligations under...
22/04/2026 | Women@PACE
The Women@PACE group and the Parliamentary Network for a Healthy Environment held a joint meeting focusing on the links between environmental challenges, public health and gender equality. Opening the event, Aurora Floridia, Chairperson of the Environment Network and member of the Women@PACE...
18/03/2026 | President
PACE President Petra Bayr made the following statement today, after a side-event held in the margins of the High-Level Conference on Social Rights (Chisinau, 18–19 March 2026): “On the occasion of the High-Level Conference on Social Rights – the European Social Charter, and at a time when these...
13/10/2025 | Prizes
“Gaziantep exemplifies what it means to be a European city in the 21st century: an open, creative, resilient and supportive city,” said Miloš Konatar (Montenegro, SOC), Chairperson of the PACE Sub-Committee on the Europe Prize, at the ceremony of the official presentation of the 2025 Europe Prize...
21/05/2025 | Social Affairs, Health and Sustainable Development
A PACE committee has called on member states to strengthen their national strategies for transitioning to clean, safe and affordable energy — a move seen as critical not only for environmental sustainability but also for social justice and human rights. The committee further underlined that...
04/03/2025 | Social Affairs, Health and Sustainable Development
The PACE Committee on Social Affairs, Health and Sustainable Development, in co-operation with the Dutch delegation to PACE, will be holding a parliamentary seminar in The Hague on 5 March on “The role of the Dutch parliament in protecting the right to a healthy environment”. This seminar aims to...
11/02/2025 | Social Affairs, Health and Sustainable Development
The Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) and the Chamber of Deputies of the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg will be holding a parliamentary conference in Luxembourg on 14 February on “The role of national parliaments in protecting the right to a healthy environment”, as part of the...
03/10/2024 | Session
The Parliamentary Assembly today urged steps to ensure accessible, sustainable and adequate food for all – including enshrining a “right to food” in national constitutions and giving priority to a coherent legal framework to make food distribution, processing and marketing systems fairer and more...
17/09/2024 | Social Affairs, Health and Sustainable Development
A PACE committee is urging steps to ensure accessible, sustainable and adequate food for all – including enshrining a “right to food” in national constitutions and giving priority to a coherent legal framework to make food distribution, processing and marketing systems fairer and more stable...
05/06/2024 | Social Affairs, Health and Sustainable Development
A PACE committee is urging Council of Europe member states to act “rapidly and with determination” on existing environmental standards and practices, from a less anthropocentric perspective and taking into account recent legal developments in environmental matters. The Assembly’s Social Affairs...
27/03/2024 | Social Affairs, Health and Sustainable Development
The Committee on Social Affairs, Health and Sustainable Development, meeting on 25 March in Paris, deplored the fact that the Council of Europe is now the only regional human rights system which has not yet formally recognised the right to a healthy environment. It welcomed the fact that the 4th...
25/03/2024 | Social Affairs, Health and Sustainable Development
“Seas and oceans are at the crossroads of human and environmental vulnerabilities. Preserving their health is in the direct interest of humankind,” today said the PACE Committee on Social Affairs, Health and Sustainable Development. Adopting a draft resolution prepared by Yuliia Ovchynnykova...