09/12/2016 | President
“This year, Human Rights Day calls on everyone to stand up for someone's rights. I would therefore like to, once again, pay a particular tribute to Nadia Murad, who became a human rights activist,” President Pedro Agramunt stressed.
08/12/2016 | Culture, Science, Education and Media
Investigative journalism is a “public asset” and a “key weapon in tackling corruption”, said the Committee on Culture in a draft resolution adopted unanimously, on the basis of a report by Gülsün Bilgehan.
08/12/2016 | Culture, Science, Education and Media
The committee has called on parliaments to discuss online media and journalism and to promulgate general standards for the protection of fundamental freedoms and rights of Internet users, journalists and online media.
08/12/2016 | Culture, Science, Education and Media
The committee today highlighted the large number of cases of threats and attacks against journalists and media outlets reported to the Council of Europe through the Platform it set up in 2015 to promote the protection of journalism.
07/12/2016 | Election observation
A PACE delegation led by Stefan Schennach will be in “the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia” from 9 to 12 December to observe the conduct of the early parliamentary elections
07/12/2016 | Migration, International Protection and Economic Co-operation
A rapid solution to Gaza's humanitarian crisis is essential to ensuring stability in the Middle East. Council of Europe member States, Israel and the Palestinian authorities should mobilise all efforts to alleviate the population.
07/12/2016 | Political Affairs and Democracy
After a three-day visit to Cairo, Jordi Xuclà, rapporteur on the political transition in Egypt declared that he had observed the will of the Egyptian Parliament and government to strengthen cooperation with the Council of Europe.
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.
06/12/2016 | Political Affairs and Democracy
Michele Nicoletti, rapporteur on corruption, stressed, during a workshop gathering academic experts and practitioners in Venice, that education and full-scale mobilisation of society are essential to step up the fight against corruption.
06/12/2016 | Equality and Non-Discrimination
The committee called on member States to join forces against cyber-discrimination and hate speech through the adoption of effective legislative measures, education programs and more cooperation from Internet intermediaries.
06/12/2016 | Equality and Non-Discrimination
The committee called on member states to protect the rights of families belonging to religious minorities by taking practical steps, to “affirm the right to freedom of thought, conscience and religion for all individuals”.
05/12/2016 | President
On 7 December next in New York, PACE President Pedro Agramunt will be meeting António Guterres, the United Nations Secretary General designate, who will be taking up his duties on 1 January 2017.