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AS/SOC: Documents and declarations

The committee's public documents and declarations.

1. Committee on Social Affairs, Health and Sustainable Development

13/10/2023
AS/Soc(2023)47 / Declaration
Putting human rights back at the heart of medical supply chains

16/06/2023
AS/Soc(2023)PV 04 Add / Minutes
Minutes of the exchange of views on “Detention of the “socially maladjusted” held in Paris on 22 May 2023

22/05/2023
AS/Soc(2023)17
Consideration of the reply from the Committee of Ministers to Recommendation 2227 (2022) “Deinstitutionalisation of persons with disabilities”

22/05/2023
AS/Soc (2023) PV 03 Add / Minutes
Exchange of views on “Public health emergency: the need for a holistic approach to multilateralism and health care” held in Strasbourg on 27 April 2023

22/05/2023
AS/Soc (2023) PV 02 Add2 / Minutes
Public hearing on “Public health emergency: the need for a holistic approach to multilateralism and health care” held in Marrakech on 16 March 2023

22/05/2023
AS/Soc (2023) PV 02 Add4 / Minutes

27/04/2023
AS/Soc (2023) PV 02 Add3 / Minutes
Public hearing on the “Analysis and guidelines for a sustainable and socially fair energy transition” held in Marrakech on 16 March 2023

27/04/2023
AS/Soc (2023) PV 02 Add / Minutes
Public hearing “Safeguarding democracy, rights and the environment in international trade” held in Marrakech on 16 March 2023

16/03/2023
AS/Soc (2023) PV 01 Add / Minutes
Public hearing “Taking into consideration the impact of the fight against the Covid-19 pandemic on the mental health of minors and young adults”, held in Strasbourg on 26 January 2023

16/03/2023
AS/Soc (2023) PV 01 Add2 / Minutes
Public hearing on the “Right of the child to protection while using the internet” held in Strasbourg on 26 January 2023

30/01/2023
AS/Soc/PHSD (2022) PV02add / Minutes
Breast cancer awareness-raising event as part of the Pink October events, held in Strasbourg on Monday, 10 October 2022

30/01/2023
AS/Soc (2023) PV 08 Add / Minutes
Public hearing on “Deliberate germline editing in human beings”, held in Paris, on Friday, 2 December 2022

26/01/2023
AS/Soc (2023) 10 / Declaration
Combating the commodification of and trafficking in tissues of human origin

23/01/2023
AS/Soc (2023) 05 / Preliminary draft report
Taking into consideration the impact of the fight against the Covid-19 pandemic on the mental health of minors and young adults

07/12/2022
AS/Soc (2022) PV 07 Add / Minutes
Public hearing on “Public hearing on “Child abuse in Europe: addressing, compensation and prevention”, held in Strasbourg, on Tuesday, 11 October 2022

07/12/2022
AS/Soc (2022) PV 06 Add / Minutes
Public hearing on “Public health emergency: the need for a holistic approach to multilateralism and health care”, held in İzmir, Türkiye, on Friday, 23 September 2022

07/12/2022
AS/Cult/Soc (2022) PV01
Public hearing on “Sports governance and social rights: the protection of workers’ rights in Qatar”, held in Strasbourg, on Thursday, 13 October 2022

13/10/2022
AS/Cult-AS/Soc/Inf (2022) 02
Labour reforms in Qatar – Information note

28/06/2022
AS/Soc/Enf/Inf (2022) 01
Childrens' rights – reference texts of the Parliamentary Assembly

23/06/2022
AS/Soc (2022) PV 04 Add / Minutes
Public hearing on “Health and social protection of undocumented workers”, held in Paris, on Wednesday, 18 May 2022

25/04/2022
AS/Soc (2022) PV 02 Add / Minutes
Public hearing on “The future of work is here: revisiting labour rights”, held in a hybrid manner, on Thursday, 17 March 2022

14/01/2022
AS/Soc/Enf (2021) PV 03 Add / Minutes
Public hearing on “Listening to children: child participation, a foundation for democratic societies”, held in a hybrid manner on Monday, 22 November 2021

13/12/2021
AS/Soc (2021) 48 rev / Terms of reference
Network of Contact Parliamentarians for a healthy environment – Terms of reference

01/12/2021
AS/Soc (2021) PV 10 Add / Minutes
Exchange of views on “For an assessment of the means and provisions to combat children's exposure to pornographic content”, held in a hybrid manner, on Wednesday, 1 December 2021

01/12/2021
AS/Soc (2021) 54 / Declaration
The Covid-19 situation: "No-one is safe until everyone is safe"

01/12/2021
AS/Soc/Enf (2021) PV 02 Add / Minutes
Public hearing on "Inaction on climate change – a violation of children's rights", held in a hybrid manner on Friday, 25 June 2021

31/11/2021
AS/Soc (2021) 46 / Preliminary draft report
Deinstitutionalisation of persons with disabilities

28/09/2021
AS/Soc (2021) PV 08 add / Minutes
Public hearing on “Long Covid”, held in a hybrid manner on Thursday, 9 September 2021

21/09/2021
AS/Soc/Inf (2021) 06 / Programme
Breast-cancer awareness event

09/09/2021
AS/Soc (2021) PV 06 add / Minutes
Public hearing on "Eradicating extreme child poverty in Europe: an international obligation and a moral duty", held by videoconference, on Thursday, 17 June 2021

06/09/2021
AS/Soc (2021) 37 / Preliminary draft report
Listening to children: child participation, a foundation for democratic societies

06/09/2021
AS/Soc/Inf (2021) 05 / Programme
Hearing on "Covid-19: treatment of people dealing with long-term effects of the virus"

20/05/2021
AS/Soc (2021) 30 / Declaration
Declaration on "Middle East crisis: protect the children"

15/04/2021
AS/Soc (2021) PV 02 add / Minutes
Public hearing on “Deinstitutionalisation of persons with disabilities” held via videoconference, on Thursday, 16 March 2021

16/03/2021
AS/Soc (2021) 12 / Declaration
Declaration on "Repatriating children from conflict zones is a matter of urgency"

16/03/2021
AS/Soc/Phsd (2021) PV 03 add / Minutes
Public hearing on “Overcoming vaccine hesitancy: strategies for parliaments and parliamentarians” held via videoconference, on Tuesday, 9 February 2021

12/03/2021
AS/Soc/Inf (2021) 01 / Programme
Hearing on "Deinstitutionalisation of persons with disabilities"

24/02/2021
AS/Soc/Esc (2020) PV 02 add / Minutes
Public hearing on "Overcoming the socio-economic crisis sparked by the Covid-19 pandemic", held via videoconference on Wednesday 7 October 2020

10/02/2021
AS/Soc/Phsd (2021) PV 01 add / Minutes
Round Table on "Representative democracy against climate crisis" held via videoconference, on Monday, 18 January 2021

04/02/2021
AS/Soc/Phsd/Inf (2021) 03
Programme – Hearing on "Overcoming vaccine hesitancy: strategies for parliaments and parliamentarians"

01/02/2021
AS/Soc/Phsd (2020) PV 02 add / Minutes
Public hearing on "Securing safe medical supply chains", held via videoconference on Wednesday 7 October 2020

28/01/2021
AS/Soc (2020) PV 09 add / Minutes
Public hearing on "Towards a Covid-19 vaccine", held via videoconference, on Tuesday 1 December 2020

28/01/2021
AS/Soc (2020) PV 09 add 2 / Minutes
Joint public hearing on "For stronger action on climate change", held by videoconference, on Tuesday, 1 December 2020

28/01/2021
AS/Soc/Child (2020) PV 04 add / Minutes
Public hearing on “Protecting children’s rights in pandemic times” held via videoconference on Tuesday, 10 November 2020, from 2 to 4.30 pm

13/01/2021
AS/Soc/Phsd/Inf (2021) 02
Programme – Round Table on "Representative democracy against climate crisis"

08/12/2020
AS/Soc/Child/Inf (2020) 02
Helplines in Europe where children who are experiencing problems related to their self-generated sexual images and/or videos can seek advice and assistance

01/12/2020
AS/Soc (2020) 32
Introductory Memorandum – Inaction on climate change – a violation of children's rights

03/12/2020
AS/Soc (2020) 43 rev
Revised introductory Memorandum – Anchoring the right to a healthy environment: need for enhanced action by the Council of Europe

01/12/2020
AS/Soc (2020) 50
Introductory Memorandum Towards a Covid-19 vaccine: ethical, legal and practical considerations

01/12/2020
AS/Soc (2020) 47
Introductory Memorandum on deinstitutionalisation of persons with disabilities

09/10/2020
AS/Soc (2020) PV 06 add/ Minutes
Public hearing on “Discrimination against persons dealing with long-term illness”, held via videoconference, on Tuesday, 22 September 2020

22/09/2020
AS/Soc (2020) PV 05 add/ Minutes
Public hearing on “Climate crisis and the rule of law”, held via videoconference, on Monday, 6 July 2020

02/06/2020
AS/Soc (2020) PV 03 add / Minutes
Public hearing on “Lessons for future public health emergencies from an effective and rights-based response to the COVID-19 pandemic”, held by videoconference on Tuesday, 19 May 2020

19/05/2020
AS/Soc (2020) PV 01 add / Minutes
Public hearing on the "Impact of labour migration on left-behind children", held in Strasbourg, on Monday, 27 January 2020

19/05/2020
AS/Soc (2020) PV 01 add 2 / Minutes
Public hearing on “Supporting people with autism and their families”, held in Strasbourg, on Thursday, 30 January 2020

27/01/2020
AS/Soc/Enf/Esc (2019) PV 02 / Minutes
Joint meeting held in Strasbourg on Thursday, 14 November 2019, from 2 to 5 pm and on Friday, 15 November 2019, from 9 am to 1 pm

05/12/2019
AS/Soc (2019) PV 07 add / Minutes
Joint public hearing on "Life after treatment", held in Strasbourg on Monday, 30 September 2019, from 2.15 to 3 pm

05/12/2019
AS/Soc (2019) PV 07 add 2 / Minutes
Launch event of the handbook for parliamentarians on the Council of Europe Convention against Trafficking in Human Organs, held in Strasbourg, on Thursday, 3 October 2019

05/12/2019
AS/Soc (2019) PV 06 add / Minutes
Public hearing on "Combating trafficking in human tissues and cells", held in Paris, on Friday, 13 September 2019

05/12/2019
AS/Soc (2019) PV 06 add 2 / Minutes
Public hearing on "Involuntary addiction to prescription medicines", held in Paris, on Friday, 13 September 2019

05/12/2019
The MEDICRIME Convention in 10 questions and answers (versions in Russian and Slovenian)

02/10/2019
STCE N° 216 / Handbook for parliamentarians
The Council of Europe Convention against Trafficking in Human Organs

13/09/2019
AS/Soc (2019) 27 / Introductory memorandum
Involuntary addiction to prescription medicines

13/09/2019
AS/Soc (2019) PV 5 add
Exchange of views on “Addressing sexual violence against children: stepping up action and co-operation in Europe”, held in Strasbourg, on Wednesday, 26 June 2019, from 2 to 3.30 pm

29/05/2019
AS/Soc (2019) 22 / Introductory memorandum
Giving a voice to every child: promoting child participation as a foundation for democratic societies

14/05/2019
AS/Soc/Enf (2019) 02 / Declaration
Abolish the death penalty, torture and inhuman treatment of children in Brunei

19/03/2019
AS/Soc (2019) PV 1 add / Minutes
Launch event for the booklet for Parliamentarians: “The MEDICRIME Convention in 10 questions and answers”

05/02/2019
AS/Soc/Inf (2018) 07 / Expert memorandum
Organ Transplant Tourism

11/01/2019
AS/Soc/Inf (2019) 01 / Appendix to the Report
Addressing the health needs of adolescents in Europe – summary of a study visit to Sweden

14/12/2018
AS/Soc (2018) PV 06 add / Minutes
Joint hearing on "Protecting the rights of persons with psychosocial disabilities with regard to involuntary measures in psychiatry", held in Strasbourg, on 9 October 2018, from 8.30 to 10 am

04/12/2018
AS/Soc (2018) PV 05 add 2 / Minutes
Hearing on "The United Nations Sustainable Development Goals – how parliaments and member States of the Council of Europe can contribute" held in Lisbon, Portugal, on Tuesday, 18 September 2018, from 10.30 am to 12.30 pm

04/12/2018
AS/Soc (2018) 46 / Declaration
Germ-line genome editing in human beings

11/10/2018
AS/Soc (2018) PV 05 add / Draft minutes
Hearing on "Anonymous donation of sperm and oocytes: balancing the rights of parents, donors and children" held in Lisbon, Portugal, on Monday, 17 September 2018, from 3 to 5.30 pm

11/10/2018
AS/Soc (2018) 16 rev 2 / Introductory memorandum
Protecting the rights of persons with psychosocial disabilities with regard to involuntary measures in psychiatry

17/09/2018
AS/Soc/Phsd (2018) 02 / Declaration
Global Kidney Exchange concept

06/09/2018
AS/Soc/Inf (2018) 03 rev / Expert memorandum
Societal Impact of the Platform Economy

04/09/2018
AS/Soc/Inf (2018) 02 / Expert memorandum
Addressing the health needs of adolescents in Europe

03/09/2018
AS/Soc (2018) 28 / Introductory memorandum
The United Nations Sustainable Development Goals – how parliaments and member States of the Council of Europe can contribute

31/08/2018
AS/Soc/Inf (2018) 04 / Expert memorandum
Sustainable urban development fostering social inclusion

25/06/2018
AS/Soc (2018) 22 / Introductory memorandum
Anonymous donation of sperm and oocytes: balancing the rights of parents, donors and children

18/06/2018
AS/Soc (2018) PV 03 add / Minutes
Public launch event of the Report on the Seminar on Children’s Mental Health and Child Friendly Justice (London, November 2017) held in Strasbourg on Tuesday, 24 April 2018, from 2.30 to 3.30 pm

27/04/2018
AS/Soc (2018) 18 / Preliminary draft report
The role of national parliaments in successful decentralisation processes

24/04/2018
Seminar report
Children's Mental Health and Child-Friendly Justice

05/04/2018
AS/Soc (2018) PV 01 add / Minutes
Hearing on "The provision of palliative care in Europe" held in Strasbourg, on Wednesday, 24 January 2018, from 2.45 to 3.30 pm

18/04/2018
AS/Soc (2018) PV 01 add 2 rev / Minutes
Hearing on "Nuclear safety and security in Europe" held in Strasbourg, on Thursday, 25 January 2018, from 2.20 pm to 3.20 pm

20/01/2018
AS/Soc (2017) PV 08 add / Minutes
Hearing on "Nuclear safety and security in Europe" held in Paris, on Wednesday, 6 December 2017, from 2.30 pm to 4 pm

13/12/2017
AS/Soc/ESC (2017) PV 04 / Minutes
Meeting held in Paris on Friday, 27 October 2017, from 9.30 am to 5 pm

05/12/2017
AS/Soc/Child (2017) PV 07 / Minutes
Sub-Committee on Children, held in London on Tuesday, 6 November 2017, from 9 am, until 1 pm, Wednesday 7 November 2017

29/11/2017
AS/Soc (2017) PV 07 add / Minutes
Hearing on "Women and breast cancer" held in Strasbourg, on Monday, 9 October 2017, from 2 to 3 pm

10/10/2017
AS/Soc (2017) PV 06 add / Minutes
Hearing on "Inquiry into growing antimicrobial resistance in Europe" held in Paris on Tuesday, 19 September 2017, from 2 to 3 pm

19/09/2017
AS/Soc (2017) PV 04 add / Minutes
Hearing on "Protecting children affected by armed conflicts" held in Baku, Azerbaijan, on Thursday, 1 June 2017, from 2.30 pm to 3.30 pm

19/09/2017
AS/Soc (2017) PV 03 add 2 rev / Minutes
Hearing on the "Detention of Palestinian minors in Israeli prisons" held in Strasbourg on Tuesday, 25 April 2017

19/05/2017
AS/Soc (2017) PV 03 add / Minutes
Exchange of views on "Parental authority conflicts" held in Strasbourg on Tuesday, 25 April 2017

28/04/2017
AS/Soc/Inf (2017) 03 / Report
Parental Authority Conflicts

28/04/2017
AS/Soc/Inf (2017) 02 / Report
Income Inequalities in Europe

24/04/2017
AS/Soc/Inf (2017) 06 / Statement
UNICEF Statement - Hearing on "Detention of Palestinian minors in Israeli prisons" organized by the Council of Europe Parliamentary Assembly's Committee on Social Affairs, Health and Sustainable Development

27/03/2017
AS/Soc (2017) PV 01 add / Minutes
Hearing on "The use of new genetic technologies in human beings" held in Strasbourg on Tuesday, 24 January 2017, from 2.15 to 3.30 pm

23/01/2017
AS/Soc (2017) 06
Detention of Palestinian minors in Israeli prisons

20/01/2017
AS/Soc (2016) PV 08 add / Minutes
27th meeting of the PACE Network of Contact Parliamentarians to stop sexual violence against children held in Florence at the UNICEF Office of Research Innocenti on Thursday, 1st December 2016 on the theme of "Sexual violence against children in the digital environment and other challenges"

18/01/2017
AS/Soc/Inf (2017) 01
The basic income in France: from utopia to experimentation - Joint fact-finding mission into the case for a basic income in France and how it could be introduced

23/11/2016
AS/Soc (2016) PV 07 add / Minutes
Hearing on "Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP) and its implications for social rights, public health and sustainable development" held in Strasbourg on Thursday, 13 October 2016

13/10/2016
Statement on 13 October 2016

10/10/2016
AS/Soc (2016) PV 06 add / Minutes
Hearing on "Developments in the social functioning of trade unions / An urgent call for increased solidarity: the right to work, the right to strike" held in Paris on Wednesday, 21 September 2016

28/09/2016
AS/Soc (2016) PV 05 add / Minutes
Hearing on "The concern about fiscal, social justice and public trust in our democratic system / Effectively combating the adverse consequences of dirty money" held in Strasbourg on Thursday, 23 June 2016, 8.30 – 10 am

28/09/2016
AS/Soc (2016) PV 04 add / Minutes
Hearing on "Income inequalities are a threat to social cohesion" held in Paris on Thursday, 2 June 2016, from 11.30 am to 1 pm

28/09/2016
AS/Soc (2016) PV 04 add 2 / Minutes
Hearing on "A European social commitment guaranteeing the rights of the elderly and their comprehensive care" held in Paris on Thursday, 2 June 2016, in the afternoon

27/05/2016
AS/Soc (2016) PV 03 add / Minutes
"Presentation of the Cyprus pilot project: an example of good practice" held in Strasbourg on Thursday, 21 April 2016

30/05/2016
AS/Soc (2016) PV 03 add 2 / Minutes
Joint hearing of the Committee on Migration, Refugees and Displaced Persons and the Committee on Social Affairs, Health and Sustainable Development on "Missing unaccompanied migrant children" held on Monday, 18 April 2016, in Strasbourg

16/04/2016
AS/Soc (2015) PV08 Addendum / Minutes
Parliamentary Conference on the MEDICRIME Convention held in Paris on 24 November 2015

04/12/2015
Medicrime CETS No.211 / Handbook for parliamentarians
The Council of Europe Convention on the Counterfeiting of Medical Products and Similar Crimes involving Threats to Public Health

23/11/2015
AS/Soc/Inf (2015) 08 / Declaration
Call for a public health oriented drug policy

30/09/2015
AS/Soc (2015) PV07 add 2 / Minutes
Hearing on "Manufacturing a new human species?"

29/09/2015
AS/Soc (2015) PV06 add / Minutes
Hearing on "Human rights and ethical issues related to surrogacy" held in Paris on Friday 11 September 2015

17/04/2015
AS/Soc (2015) PV02 add / Minutes
Hearing of experts on "The exploration and exploitation of non-conventional hydrocarbons in Europe" held in Paris on Tuesday, 24 March 2015, from 2.45 pm to 4 pm

24/06/2014
AS/Soc (2014) 37 rev / Declaration
Prohibition of any form of commercialisation of human organs

11/04/2014
AS/Soc (2014) PV 01 add 2 rev / Minutes
Hearing of experts on the circumcision of young boys (following the adoption of Resolution 1952 (2013) and Recommendation 2023 (2013) on "Children's right to physical integrity" in October 2013) held in Strasbourg on Tuesday, 28 January 2014, from 2 pm to 3.30 pm

17/01/2013
AS/Soc/Inf (2013) 03 / Expert paper
Nanotechnology: balancing benefits and risks to public health and the environment

2. Network of Contact Parliamentarians to stop sexual violence against children

20/06/2012
AS/Soc (2012) 24 rev / Draft programme
8th meeting
Young sex offenders and children with sexual behaviour problems

17/01/2012
AS/Soc (2012) 2 / Draft programme
6th meeting
The means to redress and eliminate sexual violence against children

17/11/2011
Florence Declaration

09/11/2011
AS/Soc (2011) PV 07 add / Minutes
4th meeting
Combating "child sex tourism"

02/09/2011
AS/Soc (2011) PV 05 add / Minutes
3rd meeting
The solicitation of children through the Internet for sexual purposes ("grooming")

16/05/2011
AS/Soc (2011) PV 03 add / Draft minutes
2nd meeting
Fighting child pornography on the Internet

16/03/2011
AS/Soc (2011) PV 01 add / Minutes
1st meeting

Merged committees

3. AS-SOC Social, Health and Family Affairs Committee

04/10/2011
AS/Soc (2011) PV 06 add / Minutes
Hearing on "Putting an end to coercive sterilisations and castrations"

12/09/2011
AS/Soc (2011) PV 04 add rev / Minutes
Hearing on "Living wills and the protection of health and human rights"

13/05/2011
AS/Soc (2011) PV 3 add 2 / Minutes
Hearing on "Decent pensions for all following the economic and financial crisis"

12/05/2011
AS/Soc (2011) PV 02 add / Minutes
Hearing on Combating "child pornography" as part of the campaign to stop sexual violence against children

12/05/2011
AS/Soc (2011) PV 2 add 2 / Minutes
Hearing on "What Europe can do for children in the aftermath of natural disasters and crisis situations: the example of Haiti"

05/10/2010
AS/Soc (2010) PV 5 Add / Addendum to minutes
Women's access to lawful medical care: the problem of unregulated use of conscientious objection

 

4. AS-ENA Committee on the Environment, Agriculture and Local and Regional Affairs

 

5. AS-EC Committee on Economic Affairs and Development