25/01/2023 | 18:48:15 Thank you, Mr President. First of all, I would like to thank the Bureau for proposing this major debate on a Wednesday, at a key moment in the Assembly's activity, for a vote of the parliamentarians. The subjects it deals with concern fundamental human rights. The three women in charge of this report, Ms Zita GURMAI, Ms Petra STIENEN and Ms Margreet De BOER, have done an exceptional job in proposing effective resolutions that will advance mentalities, legislation and actions in favour of... 13/10/2022 | 15:55:51 Thank you, Mister Vice-President. Once again, we are here to defend fundamental rights. The ALDE Group regrets that the first organisation of EuroPride in the Balkans has been fraught with difficulties. The Group regrets the late decisions of the Serbian Government, taken in total contradiction with the first agreements which go against all the principles related to freedom of expression. Dear Colleagues, For your information, Pride is the result of the struggle between the police and a group... 11/10/2022 | 18:08:34 Thank you very much, Mr President. Dear colleagues, The ALDE Group would like to thank Mr Momodou Malcolm JALLOW for the work on this report. Mr Rapporteur, the explanatory memorandum and the resolution were not supported by all the members of the ALDE group, and some of them had strong reservations. They will have an opportunity to speak later. Nevertheless, the vast majority, including myself, support the draft resolution. Mr Rapporteur, your explanatory memorandum is almost like a... 26/04/2022 | 18:55:54 Yes, Madam President. First of all, of course, I would like to heartfully thank our rapporteurs Ms Selin SAYEK BÖKE for her excellent and groundbreaking report. She has shone a spotlight on a reality, which public policy far too often ignores, that is, that our social origin, the circumstances into which we are born, has consequences long into our future. Often, we concentrate our education in this field, we see it as the key to ensuring that the person's future is not determined simply by... 26/04/2022 | 16:32:55 Thank you, Mister President. The Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe (ALDE) thanks the rapporteur for her work, which puts into perspective the confusion often encountered by people with disabilities and their families. At the expense of their most basic rights, they are mostly placed in institutions when they could very well flourish outside them. Moreover, the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities indicates that the concept of disability is evolving... 25/01/2022 | 10:55:41 Thank you, Madam President. I would like to thank the rapporteurs for these excellent reports on behalf of the Committee on Equality and Non-Discrimination, but above all for their energy and commitment to the defence of human rights, including the freedom to choose one's sexual orientation. While many countries seem to be more progressive in accepting this difference, others are backsliding, which is extremely regrettable – and you both pointed this out. I feel that we are reliving in these... 28/09/2021 | 19:35:40 Thank you, Mister President. First of all, I would like to thank the colleagues who have been able to speak this evening. I will start with Ms. Selin SAYEK BÖKE because, like other colleagues, you have been very explicit on the interest of the Istanbul Convention and, precisely, the "4 Ps" that we all defend here, because I have heard it from several people: prevention, prosecution of the perpetrators, integrated policies and protection, above all, of the victims. I think that "honor" crimes... 28/09/2021 | 18:59:44 Thank you, Mister President. Dear colleagues, Researchers refute the use of the term "honour" to describe these crimes because there is nothing honourable about committing them. Mr Kofi Annan, then Secretary-General of the United Nations, called them shameful crimes. I am sure that many of us share that view. Nevertheless, I wanted to work on so-called honour crimes in order to convince those who are not sensitive to this issue to act in order to prevent lives from being shattered again and... 24/06/2021 | 16:32:23 Thank you, Mister Vice-President, Dear colleagues, I wanted to thank the rapporteur, Mr Momodou Malcolm JALLOW, for giving us the opportunity to express ourselves on this humanly important subject. Afrophobia means discriminatory practice for employment or even for access to housing. Afrophobia means racial profiling, stigmatising speech, hate speech and violence. Afrophobia is social and economic inequalities; they are also structural barriers in education and health care. Afrophobia is... 23/06/2021 | 12:42:08 Thank you, Mister President. Harassment, rape, beatings, genital mutilation, forced marriages, so-called honour killings and even sterilisation without consent affect many women, whatever their age or socio-professional category. Of course, the fact that some of them belong to highly patriarchal societies makes them even more vulnerable. The Istanbul Convention has provided the means, through strong mechanisms, to translate political will into concrete action. Thanks to the Convention, many...