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 | Session
PACE has called on all sides to take urgent steps to alleviate the humanitarian plight of the population of the Gaza Strip, which it described as having “worsened significantly” since the 2014 Israeli military operation there.
25/01/2017 | Session
PACE recommended today that member States initiate discussions on norms and mechanisms required for “preventing the risk of information distortion and manipulation of public opinion”.
25/01/2017 | Session
“Europhobia is not just against the values of the European Union. It is also very much against the fundamental values, principles and norms of the Council of Europe,” said Klaus Werner Iohannis, President of Romania.
25/01/2017 | Session
Based on the report by Marit Maij, PACE has proposed, in a resolution, a set of measures to prevent and combat online hate, and calls on member States to strengthen their national legislation.
25/01/2017 | Session
The Parliamentary Assembly today expressed its concern with regard to the “lower significance and changing role of trade unions” which “could further increase social and economic inequalities”.
25/01/2017 | Session
The Parliamentary Assembly has welcomed Ukraine’s ambitious reform programme, stressing that “much progress has been achieved” – but warned that progress on combating corruption was still “too slow”.
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.
24/01/2017 | Session
The EU’s Enlargement Commissioner Johannes Hahn has hailed the Council of Europe’s role as a “moral compass”, and called for the Council of Europe and EU to combine their strengths in a strategic partnership.
24/01/2017 | Session
A resolution of the Cyprus problem is a sine qua non condition for stengthening democratic security in Europe and the south-eastern Mediterranean region, said Nicos Anastasiades, President of Cyprus, addressing the Assembly.
24/01/2017 | Session
Addressing the Parliamentary Assembly, Secretary General Thorbjorn Jagland attributed the rise of populism in Europe and elsewhere to a widespread loss of faith in democratic institutions
24/01/2017 | Session
PACE has expressed its concern at the many cases of serious threats to media freedom in Europe listed by the Platform to promote the protection of journalism and safety of journalists, set up by the Council of Europe.