27/11/2015 | Standing Committee
Adopting unanimously a report prepared by Sahiba Gafarova, the Standing Committee stressed that all violence against women is a form of discrimination and a gross violation of human rights.
26/11/2015 | Social Affairs, Health and Sustainable Development
In a draft resolution PACE's Social Affairs Committee says the lack of regular maintenance work on the Sarsang reservoir, located in an area of Azerbaijan occupied by Armenia, “poses a danger to the whole border region”.
26/11/2015 | Legal Affairs and Human Rights
Pierre-Yves Le Borgn, rapporteur on implementation of judgments of the European Court of Human Rights, has responded to recent criticisms of the Court made by French former European Affairs Minister Pierre Lellouche.
25/11/2015 | President
“I condemn yesterday’s terrorist bombing in Tunis", said Anne Brasseur. "We stand with the Tunisian authorities in combating the terrorists. If we remain united in defending our values, they will not succeed.”
24/11/2015 | Social Affairs, Health and Sustainable Development
“We, as parliamentarians, must raise awareness of the counterfeiting of medical products and similar crimes, and their negative impact on public health,” warns Valeriu Ghiletchi, Chair of PACE's Social Affairs Committee.
24/11/2015 | Legal Affairs and Human Rights
Two rapporteurs of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe have expressed their dismay at a death sentence handed down in Belarus last week, and urged the authorities not to carry it out.
24/11/2015 | Political Affairs and Democracy
Two rapporteurs of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe have expressed their dismay at a death sentence handed down in Belarus last week, and urged the authorities not to carry it out.
24/11/2015 | Equality and Non-Discrimination
The global refugee crisis is not only a major challenge for governments, it also aggravates another phenomenon: violence against refugee women, said Sahiba Gafarova, denouncing the “double violence” they too often suffer.
23/11/2015 | Social Affairs, Health and Sustainable Development
The committee has decided to postpone discussion of a draft report by Petra de Sutter on human rights and the ethical issues related to surrogacy, which was on the committee’s agenda at a meeting today.
23/11/2015 | Migration, International Protection and Economic Co-operation
Nellija Kleinberga will conduct a fact-finding visit to Kyiv and Severodonetsk from 24 to 26 November, in view to prepare her report on “The humanitarian concerns with regard to captured people during the conflict in Ukraine”.
23/11/2015 | Social Affairs, Health and Sustainable Development
The committee supports a change in approach to drug policy and calls on member states to adopt and promote a public-health oriented drug policy based on prevention, treatment and harm reduction.
23/11/2015 | Legal Affairs and Human Rights
Marieluise Beck, rapporteur on legal remedies to human rights violations on the Ukrainian territories outside the control of the authorities, has sounded the alarm on the humanitarian situation in the separatist-held regions of Ukraine.