22/03/2016 | Migration, International Protection and Economic Co-operation
In the light of the growing number of acts of violence against migrants in Europe, the committee proposed a package of legislative, victim support and preventive measures, on the ground that these groups should receive protection.
21/03/2016 | Equality and Non-Discrimination
"While significant progress has been achieved globally in combating racial discrimination in the last decades, the fight is far from won", PACE Committee on Equality and Non-Discrimination stated.
21/03/2016 | Election observation
The elections were efficiently organised, but they indicated that Kazakhstan still has a considerable way to go in meeting its OSCE commitments for democratic elections, the observers concluded.
21/03/2016 | President
As the Court reads out its verdict, and given the serious questions regarding the fairness of her trial, I once again call for Nadiya Savchenko’s immediate release, said PACE President Pedro Agramunt.
18/03/2016 | Social Affairs, Health and Sustainable Development
Addressing the Interparliamentary Conference on the European Social Charter, Michele Nicoletti, President of the Italian delegation, warned that the real danger today were internal fears and divisions and not external threats.
18/03/2016 | Social Affairs, Health and Sustainable Development
The Chairperson of the Sub-Committee on the European Social Charter, Tuur Elzinga stressed that "in many European countries, the state of income inequalities is shocking and leads to a marginalisation of certain categories of the population".
18/03/2016 | Equality and Non-Discrimination
Milena Santerini, General Rapporteur against Racism and Intolerance today condemned the hateful and racist acts perpetrated by football supporters in the streets of European cities against Roma women.
17/03/2016 | President
In the face of the challenges ahead, in particular the refugee crisis and the rise of populism, we need Pan-European solidarity and a multilateral response based on the standards of the European Convention on Human Rights.
17/03/2016 | President
“I have received the good news that 148 persons have been released today in Azerbaijan, including Anar Mammadli, winner of the Vaclav Havel Prize, along with political activists, journalists and human rights defenders.”
16/03/2016 | Social Affairs, Health and Sustainable Development
A committee has called for the withdrawal of a draft Council of Europe legal text on the involuntary placement and treatment of people with mental health problems on the ground that its basic premise is “discriminatory”.
15/03/2016 | Social Affairs, Health and Sustainable Development
A committee has called for urgent exploration of new ways of facing international health crises – including an “empowered, well-governed and accountable” WHO and efficient national health systems.
15/03/2016 | Social Affairs, Health and Sustainable Development
PACE’s Social Affairs Committee, meeting in Paris, has spelled out a series of measures to prevent the radicalisation of children by fighting the root causes of what may draw them towards violent extremism.