26/01/2023 | Social Affairs, Health and Sustainable Development
In a declaration unanimously adopted today, the Committee on Social Affairs, Health and Sustainable Development expressed its concern about the potential commodification of substances of human origin in the context of the development and production of new therapeutic options, and their...
26/01/2023 | Session
“The Lachin corridor is a strip of territory approximately 5 km wide which connects the Armenian border over 65 km to the territory called Nagorno-Karabakh or Artsakh by Armenia and Karabakh by Azerbaijan. It is a strategic place which was the subject of special provisions during the...
26/01/2023 | Session
In adopting a resolution today, based on a report by Piero Fassino (Italie, SOC) – which takes stock of the PACE monitoring activities in 2022 and makes a series of assessments of the countries under a full monitoring procedure or engaged in post-monitoring dialogue, as well as of countries that...
25/01/2023 | Session
At a defining moment in European history, Council of Europe member states, at the highest political level, should “reaffirm their unity around common values and their unfaltering commitment to multilateralism based on international law”, PACE has said. Approving a recommendation based on a report...
25/01/2023 | Women@PACE
To mark World Education Day (24 January), the Women@PACE group today expressed its solidarity with women and girls in Afghanistan who are barred from receiving an education. “Since the Taliban seized power in Afghanistan in August 2021, the situation of women and girls in the country has severely...
25/01/2023 | Session
According to PACE, the recourse to digital public health technologies must be part of a comprehensive national epidemiological strategy, “balancing all interests at stake” and “based on an evaluation of its real effectiveness”. PACE recalled that over the past two years, governments and private...
25/01/2023 | Migration, International Protection and Economic Co-operation
Some 200 to 500 000 Belarusians were forced to flee their country as a result of the repression that fell after the rigged elections of 9 August 2020. While they have a common wish – return as rapidly as possible to a democratic Belarus – they do not necessarily describe themselves in the same...
25/01/2023 | Session
“I asked for this debate, because I think it is important that the Council of Europe keep an eye on and keep abreast of the tensions that there are in Europe. Nobody who has looked at Serbia and Kosovo over recent months can believe that there are no tensions. There are tensions. We need, very...
25/01/2023 | Session
Measures to prevent marital captivity and ensure effective solutions for victims are urgently needed, the Parliamentary Assembly said, by adopting a resolution today, on the basis of the report by Margreet De Boer (Netherlands, SOC), The adopted text indicates that persons trapped in marital...
25/01/2023 | Session
Men and boys can play an important role in combating gender-based violence by being agents of change and “speaking out against harmful practices, acting as role models and challenging sexism”, PACE has said. Adopting a resolution based on a report by Petra Stienen (Netherlands, ALDE), the...
25/01/2023 | Session
Today the Assembly emphasised the positive influence of the Council of Europe’s Convention on the Protection and Prevention of Violence against Women and Domestic Violence – the Istanbul Convention – on national legislation against gender-based violence and the changes it has made in policies and...
24/01/2023 | Session
Speaking to the Parliamentary Assembly, German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock has called on member states to reaffirm their commitment to the core values of the Council of Europe at the upcoming summit of heads of state and government, which in particular means all member states respecting...