06/12/2019 | Legal Affairs and Human Rights
After another week of revelations, Pieter Omtzigt reiterates his call for Prime Minister Muscat to resign immediately, pointing to shocking new testimony which “directly implicates the Office of the Prime Minister in the murder plot”.
06/12/2019 | Culture, Science, Education and Media
The 2020 Council of Europe Museum Prize has been awarded to The National Museum of Secret Surveillance “House of Leaves” (Tirana, Albania,) at a meeting in Paris today.
06/12/2019 | Culture, Science, Education and Media
Threats to media freedom and the safety of journalists have become so numerous that they are jeopardising not only citizens’ right to be properly informed but also the stability of our democratic societies.
04/12/2019 | Equality and Non-Discrimination
All types of modern contraception “should be accessible and affordable for everyone”, irrespective of their sex, social or national origin and any other status, says the Equality Committee.
03/12/2019 | Social Affairs, Health and Sustainable Development
The use of human cells and tissues for transplantation and research, while saving lives and restoring essential physical functions, raises many ethical and legal questions, according to the Social Affairs Committee.
03/12/2019 | Social Affairs, Health and Sustainable Development
A PACE committee has set out a series of steps to combat organ transplant tourism – including better traceability for donors and recipients, enforcing international referral systems and more work to tackle trafficking in general.
02/12/2019 | President
We regret to learn of the renewed opposition of the Slovak Parliament to ratify the the Istanbul Convention, said President Liliane Maury Pasquier and Béatrice Fresko-Rolfo, the Assembly’s General Rapporteur on violence against women.
02/12/2019 | Migration, International Protection and Economic Co-operation
The Council of Europe should “do more to combat human trafficking and to ensure that its legal standards are adequate and implemented by all member States”, the Committee on Migration said.
02/12/2019 | Migration, International Protection and Economic Co-operation
The Committee on Migration called upon the UK authorities, whether Brexit finally happens or not, “to undertake a thorough review of all aspects of migration policies” from entry to settlement through residence.
02/12/2019 | Migration, International Protection and Economic Co-operation
The committee has called on parliaments and governments of the Member States to do "whatever is necessary and required in the best interests of the child" to avoid the disappearance of thousands of child refugees and migrants.
02/12/2019 | Equality and Non-Discrimination
The committee called upon member States to express their political will to ensure greater protection to refugees and asylum-seekers by preventing religiously motivated violence and discrimination.
29/11/2019 | Standing Committee
PACE has called on member States to implement the UN Guidelines and CM/Rec(2016)3, as the issue of businesses responsibilities for human rights abuses is now widely recognised.