10/12/2023 | News
PACE Vice-President Olena Khomenko (Ukraine, CE/AD) participated in the first meeting of the International Coalition of Countries for the Return of Ukrainian Children, representing PACE on behalf of President Tiny Kox. “As parliamentarians, we can employ many instruments to increase awareness on...
08/12/2023 | Migration, International Protection and Economic Co-operation
Precarious and irregular work situations of migrant workers have increased over the years. Their vulnerability is aggravated by cumulative factors, especially by the limited nature of seasonal work contracts, linguistic barriers, or the lengthy and cumbersome procedures for obtaining work permits...
08/12/2023 | Equality and Non-Discrimination
The '16 Days of activism against gender-based violence' international Campaign, led annually by civil society, which began on 25 November – the International day for the elimination of violence against women – will end on 10 December, on the occasion of International Human Rights Day, which...
08/12/2023 | Migration, International Protection and Economic Co-operation
The report presented by Stephanie Krisper (Austria, ALDE) to the Migration Committee, meeting in Paris, highlighted that the basic needs of a high number of refugees, migrants and asylum seekers in the areas of Calais and Dunkirk (France), were not met. It mentions in particular insufficient...
07/12/2023 | Parliamentary support
On the occasion of the 16 Days of Activism Against Gender-Based Violence towards Women and Girls, the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) organised a round table on “Violence against women and girls: implementation and evaluation of Law 103-13” at the Sofitel Jardin des Roses...
07/12/2023 | Equality and Non-Discrimination
"LBQ women face violence and discrimination in their daily lives. Prejudice and stigmatisation can affect their access to employment, housing, healthcare, sexual and reproductive rights and health, as well as their private and family life", stressed Béatrice Fresko-Rolfo (Monaco, ALDE...
07/12/2023 | Secretary General of the Assembly
Opening an international conference in Cologne today on “Money and democracy – an uneasy relationship”, PACE Secretary General Despina Chatzivassiliou-Tsovilis emphasised that the undue and untransparent influence exerted by money on the democratic functioning of state institutions had “harmful...
06/12/2023 | Social Affairs, Health and Sustainable Development
According to the Committee on Social Affairs, Health and Sustainable Development, the abuse of children in institutions in Europe must be recognised, whether they have been victims of sexual predators, gratuitous violence or ill-treatment in public, private or religious institutions. Ignoring...
05/12/2023 | Culture, Science, Education and Media
The 2024 Council of Europe Museum Prize has been awarded to Sybir Memorial Museum (Bialystok, Poland). The museum was selected by the Culture Committee of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE), meeting today. Sybir Memorial Museum tells the story of successive deportations of...
04/12/2023 | Culture, Science, Education and Media
Since the Council of Europe Platform to promote the protection of journalism and safety of journalists was established in 2015, the number of alerts posted therein per year has risen constantly, and it has more than doubled from 108 in 2015 to 289 in 2022, the PACE Culture Committee underlined...
04/12/2023 | Culture, Science, Education and Media
The Culture Committee is concerned that all forms of cultural heritage - both tangible and intangible heritage - are now directly and indirectly threatened by the consequences of climate change. And only a few member States of the Council of Europe include cultural heritage in climate change...
04/12/2023 | Monitoring
The Monitoring Committee, meeting today in Rome, has adopted its annual report taking stock of its monitoring activities in 2023 and making a series of assessments of the countries under a full monitoring procedure or engaged in post-monitoring dialogue, as well as of countries that were subject...