02/12/2010 | Equality and Non-Discrimination
Carina Ohlsson (Sweden, SOC), Chair of PACE’s Sub-committee on Children, has spelled out the legal changes that are needed across Europe to protect children against sexual abuse. A 14-member PACE delegation is taking part in the launch in Rome of the Council of Europe’s new “one in five” campaign to stop sexual violence against children, to draw attention to ambitious plans for the parliamentary dimension of the campaign.
02/12/2010 | Equality and Non-Discrimination
The PACE Committee on Equal Opportunities today asked European governments for specific legal, economic and social measures to improve the situation of rural women. The committee members stressed that unemployment, poverty and low quality or absence of basic services particularly affected rural women, as did stereotyped roles and subordinate status, the outcome of traditional attitudes.
02/12/2010 | President
“Light is the symbol of tolerance, education and respect for others. All these symbols that unite the Jews across the world during the eight days of Hanukkah are also the symbols and values that unite all the people across Europe in an institution that I have the honour to chair, the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe,” the PACE President Mevlüt Çavusoglu said today on the occasion of the rekindling of the Hanukkah Flame in Paris.
01/12/2010 | President
In his speech at the Assembly of WEU, European Security and Defence Assembly in Paris today, PACE President Mevlüt Çavusoglu stressed that international parliamentary scrutiny was just as essential for democratic stability as the control that was exercised by national parliaments.
30/11/2010 | Equality and Non-Discrimination
Carina Ohlsson (Sweden, SOC), Chair of PACE’s Sub-committee on Children, has spelled out the legal changes that are needed across Europe to protect children against sexual abuse. A 14-member PACE delegation is taking part in the launch in Rome of the Council of Europe’s new “one in five” campaign to stop sexual violence against children, to draw attention to ambitious plans for the parliamentary dimension of the campaign.
30/11/2010 | Migration, International Protection and Economic Co-operation
PACE Rapporteur David Darchiashvili (Georgia, EPP/CD) has expressed his deep concern at the decision taken by the Albanian authorities to extradite Almir Rrapo to the United States on 24 November 2010, ignoring a binding interim measure ordered by the Court that this applicant should not be extradited to the USA. Mr Darchiashvili is the Rapporteur on Rule 39 indications by the European Court of Human Rights.
29/11/2010 | Equality and Non-Discrimination
PACE Vice-President and former Irish childrens’ minister Frank Fahey (Ireland, ALDE) has recalled how transparent inquiries enabled Ireland to face up to the “painful experience” of dealing with child sexual abuse and urged other countries to do the same.
29/11/2010 | President
“Yesterday’s public support in Switzerland for an initiative of the Swiss People’s Party to automatically deport foreigners convicted of serious crimes is a matter of concern to the Council of Europe Parliamentary Assembly (PACE) and the values it stands for,” PACE President Mevlüt Cavusoglu stressed today.
29/11/2010 | Equality and Non-Discrimination
Promoting the Council of Europe Convention against trafficking in human beings will be the subject of an inter-parliamentary conference which the PACE Committee on Equal Opportunities between Women and Men of the will be holding in Paris on 3 December 2010. The participants will take stock of the action undertaken by the international organisations in this field, the implementation of the relevant international legal instruments and the involvement of national parliaments.
29/11/2010 | Election observation
Yesterday’s early parliamentary elections in Moldova met most OSCE and Council of Europe commitments, the international observers concluded in a statement issued today (attached). The observers noted that the elections were administered in a transparent and impartial manner and a diverse field of candidates provided voters with a genuine choice. Election day was assessed positively although some procedural errors were observed. Civil and political rights were respected during the election campaign.
26/11/2010 | Equality and Non-Discrimination
A 14-member PACE delegation will be taking part in the launch of the Council of Europe campaign to stop sexual violence against children, “One in five”, next week in Rome – and drawing attention to ambitious plans for the parliamentary dimension of the campaign.
26/11/2010 | Social Affairs, Health and Sustainable Development
“One of the conclusions of our conference could be the assertion that nuclear energy is in a good position to meet the energy requirements of our societies, for it is plentiful and does not contribute to global warming. But the production and management of such an energy source, intrinsically dangerous, must be aimed above all at keeping risks to a minimum through optimum waste management.”