12/12/2017 | Migration, International Protection and Economic Co-operation
The Committee is alarmed at the humanitarian situation which is the consequence of the war in Eastern Ukraine and of the annexation of Crimea by the Russian Federation. More than 4 million people are in need of humanitarian assistance.
12/12/2017 | Legal Affairs and Human Rights
The Committee on Legal Affairs and Human Rights, on the basis of a report by Sabien Lahaye-Battheu (Belgium, ALDE), today unanimously voted in favour of drafting a European convention on the profession of lawyer. The committee believes that greater protection should be offered to lawyers who, in...
11/12/2017 | Parliamentary support
The final report of the seminar on “Parliamentary Integrity: Promoting Transparency and Accountability Measures for Members of Parliament”, organised by the PACE and hosted by the Italian Parliament has been published.
08/12/2017 | Legal Affairs and Human Rights
To mark Human Rights Day 2017, Olena Sotnyk (Ukraine, ALDE), Chairperson of the Committee on Legal Affairs and Human Rights of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe, has called for Council of Europe member States to renew their commitment to the organisation’s basic standards as...
07/12/2017 | Equality and Non-Discrimination
The vast majority of single-parent families in Europe are headed by the mother, and the consequences of possible non-compliance of child maintenance payments impacts women disproportionately, the Equality Committee said.
06/12/2017 | President
Stella Kyriakides has recognised the great efforts Greece continues to make to cope with the massive influx of refugees, migrants and asylum seekers, and called for greater solidarity among European States.
06/12/2017 | Social Affairs, Health and Sustainable Development
The introduction of a citizenship income could help overcome poverty and guarantee decent living conditions for everyone, said the Social Affairs Committee, which has encouraged debate on this issue in each country.
06/12/2017 | Social Affairs, Health and Sustainable Development
Children traumatised by armed conflict need specialised support to re-build trust and create “new positive life experiences”, the Social Affairs Committee has said, approving a draft resolution, based on a report by Sevinj Fataliyeva.
05/12/2017 | Parliamentary support
A conference on the role of national parliaments in improving independence and pluralism of the media, organised by the Parliamentary Projects Support Division will be held in Budapest on 6 December.
05/12/2017 | Prizes
The 2018 Council of Europe Museum Prize has been awarded to the War Childhood Museum, Sarajevo (Bosnia and Herzegovina). The museum was selected by the PACE Culture Committee at a meeting in Budapest today.
04/12/2017 | Culture, Science, Education and Media
The crisis of confidence in major sports governing bodies "seems nowhere near the end”, according to the Committee on Culture, meeting in Budapest today. The committee called for those responsible to be “brought to justice”.
04/12/2017 | Culture, Science, Education and Media
The Charter for Regional and Minority Languages plays a unique role in protecting and supporting these languages. The committee therefore regrets to note that, to date, only 25 of the 47 member states have ratified the Charter.