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Autumn Session focused on the right to a healthy environment

30/09/2021 | Session

A high-level panel and interactive debate on “The environment and human rights: the right to a safe, healthy and sustainable environment”, as well as a full day of debates on this topic, formed the centrepiece of the 2021 Autumn Session, which took place in Strasbourg from 27 to 30 September 2021...

PACE tells Belarus to ‘stop the instrumentalisation’ of migrants, refugees and asylum seekers on its border

30/09/2021 | Session

PACE has called on the authorities of Belarus to “stop the instrumentalisation of migrants, refugees and asylum seekers”, in particular those in a vulnerable situation, and to “stop facilitating travel to Belarus of third country nationals under false pretences of tourism”. In a resolution based...

The right to a healthy environment: PACE proposes draft of a new protocol to the European Convention on...

29/09/2021 | Session

The Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) today called for an ambitious new legal framework, both at national and European level, to anchor “the right to a safe, clean, healthy and sustainable environment” and presented a draft of an additional protocol to the European Convention...

‘The time to act is now’ – VIP panel debates the environment and human rights

29/09/2021 | Session

A high-level panel representing all sectors of society held an interactive debate today on the theme of the environment and human rights – with agreement among all the participants that “the time to act is now”. The event was opened PACE President Rik Daems and Council of Europe Secretary General...

Right to a healthy environment: reducing inequalities, protecting the rights of climate migrants and...

29/09/2021 | Session

Adopting a resolution today in Strasbourg, based on a report by Edite Estrela (Portugal, SOC), the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) said that access to the fundamental right to a safe, clean and healthy environment was unequally shared between regions, countries and...

PACE sets out steps to address the humanitarian consequences of the conflict between Armenia and Azerbaijan...

28/09/2021 | Session

Following the recent conflict between Armenia and Azerbaijan / Nagorno-Karabakh conflict, PACE has set out a series of recommendations to both countries to address the humanitarian consequences in the short and long term, and move towards a process of peace and reconciliation. Approving a...

EU Health Commissioner Stella Kyriakides: collaboration and solidarity are the keys to a healthier future...

28/09/2021 | Session

European Commissioner for Health and Food Safety Stella Kyriakides, speaking to PACE today, outlined an EU programme to make Europe “healthier, more inclusive, more resilient and more sustainable”, stressing that collaboration and solidarity were the keys to overcoming future challenges. The...

Socio-economic inequalities in Europe: PACE calls for restoring social trust by strengthening social rights

28/09/2021 | Session

Europe’s prosperity has been seemingly growing for decades but disparities have kept widening between and within countries. These inequalities not only negatively affect individuals and communities, but “also restrain overall economic development, undermine social justice, and hurt the...

PACE elects Katerina Šimáčková judge to the European Court of Human Rights in respect of the Czech Republic

28/09/2021 | Session

The Council of Europe Parliamentary Assembly (PACE) today elected Katerina Šimáčková as judge to the European Court of Human Rights in respect of the Czech Republic. Mrs Šimáčková, having obtained an absolute majority of votes cast, is elected judge of the European Court of Human Rights for a...

PACE elects Diana Scobioală judge to the European Court of Human Rights in respect of the Republic of Moldova

28/09/2021 | Session

The Council of Europe Parliamentary Assembly (PACE) today elected Diana Scobioală as judge to the European Court of Human Rights in respect of the Republic of Moldova. Mrs Scobioală, having obtained an absolute majority of votes cast, is elected judge of the European Court of Human Rights for a...

PACE elects Mikhail Borisovich Lobov judge to the European Court of Human Rights in respect of the Russian...

28/09/2021 | Session

The Council of Europe Parliamentary Assembly (PACE) today elected Mikhail Borisovich Lobov as judge to the European Court of Human Rights in respect of the Russian Federation. Mr Lobov, having obtained an absolute majority of votes cast, is elected judge of the European Court of Human Rights for...

Strengthening the fight against so-called ‘honour’ crimes

28/09/2021 | Session

In a plenary debate, PACE strongly condemned so-called “honour” crimes which can take the form of murder, sequestration, abduction, torture, mutilation, burning, forced suicide, forced marriage, or conversion therapy. In a resolution adopted today, on the basis of the report by Beatrice Fresko...