27/03/2017 | Social Affairs, Health and Sustainable Development
The Committee on Social Affairs called on European governments "to take measures with a view to combating ageism, improving care for older persons and preventing their social exclusion".
24/03/2017 | Legal Affairs and Human Rights
Pierre-Yves Le Borgn’, rapporteur on “The implementation of judgments of the European Court of Human Rights”, just ended successive fact-finding visits to Warsaw (20-21 March)and Budapest (22-23 March).
24/03/2017 | Social Affairs, Health and Sustainable Development
Adopting today a draft resolution based on a report by Andrej Hunko, the members of the Social Affairs committee called on European governments to make the fight against income equality a “political priority”.
24/03/2017 | President
PACE President Pedro Agramunt is to make an official visit to Malta from 29 to 30 March. He will meet notably with the President of the Republic, the Speaker of the Parliament and the Prime Minister.
23/03/2017 | Political Affairs and Democracy
George Loucaides, rapporteur of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe, will make a fact-finding visit to Tunis from 27 to 30 March in connection with the preparation of his report on political transition in Tunisia.
23/03/2017 | Migration, International Protection and Economic Co-operation
Egidijus Vareikis today begins a two-day fact-finding visit to Warsaw, as part of the preparation of his report for the Migration Committee on “The humanitarian consequences of the war in Ukraine”.
23/03/2017 | President
PACE President Pedro Agramunt will take part in the 46th Plenary Session of the Interparliamentary Assembly of the Commonwealth of Independent States (IPA-CIS) in Saint Petersburg on 27 March.
22/03/2017 | Election observation
A 15-member delegation led by Marie-Christine Dalloz will travel to Bulgaria from 24 to 27 March to observe the conduct of the parliamentary elections, alongside observers from the OSCE Office for ODIHR.
22/03/2017 | Culture, Science, Education and Media
The pervasiveness of new technologies is blurring the boundaries between human and machine, and it is difficult for law-makers to adapt to the speed at which science evolves and to draw up the regulations, the committee said.
22/03/2017 | President
“I strongly deplore today’s serious terrorist incident at Westminster, the home of British democracy, which comes exactly a year after the Brussels attacks,” said PACE President Pedro Agramunt.
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.