13/04/2017 | Equality and Non-Discrimination
Gabriela Heinrich, who is preparing a report for the Parliamentary Assembly on “migration from a gender perspective: empowering women as key actors for integration”, is to visit Norway from 18 to 19 April.
06/04/2017 | Equality and Non-Discrimination
“Discrimination against and exclusion of Roma and Travellers must give way once and for all to recognition and inclusion” said Milena Santerini, Rapporteur on combating racism and intolerance.
05/04/2017 | Equality and Non-Discrimination
“Alarming reports have been received from Chechnya concerning systematic abductions, torture and murders of individuals based on their sexual orientation,” said PACE rapporteurs.
27/03/2017 | Equality and Non-Discrimination
Once again we are witnessing "a very worrisome spike in antisemitic, anti-Roma, islamophobic and especially anti-refugees and migrants rhetoric", Valeriu Nicolae told members of the No Hate Alliance on 21 March.
20/03/2017 | Equality and Non-Discrimination
On the eve of the International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination, the Committee on Equality and Non-discrimination renewed its commitment to combating racism and hatred in all their forms.
20/03/2017 | Equality and Non-Discrimination
Many refugee and asylum-seeker women and girls have been exposed to gender-based violence. However, their protection has not been considered a priority in the management of the refugee crisis, today said the committee.
07/03/2017 | Equality and Non-Discrimination
Globalisation, digitalisation and increased mobility are giving the world of work a new face worldwide. Gender inequality, however, remains intact, said Elena Centemero, on the occasion of the International Women's Day.
14/02/2017 | Equality and Non-Discrimination
There is an increasing number of instances of online hate speech and conspiracy theories. What is the reason for this? Who are the victims? Does online hate speech give rise to real violence against particular groups?
30/01/2017 | Equality and Non-Discrimination
In adopting the report by Mechthild Rawert, the committee emphasised the need for persons with disabilities to participate in political life, and pointed out that political rights, are fundamental human rights.
26/01/2017 | Equality and Non-Discrimination
"I am deeply concerned at the adoption by the lower house of the Russian Parliament of a bill decriminalising violence against family members for cases when it is a first offence", said Ms Centemero.
25/01/2017 | Equality and Non-Discrimination
“I do not know if I would still be alive if I had stayed in Iraq. But my story is just one among thousands" said Farida Abbas, survivor of ISIS violence, to the members of the Committee on Equality at a hearing in Strasbourg.
06/12/2016 | Equality and Non-Discrimination
“While some types of ‘neo-racism’ based on supposedly cultural grounds do exist in Europe, traditional racism based on skin colour has never disappeared from our societies”, said Milena Santerini at the opening of a hearing in Paris.