29/12/2012 President
PACE President Jean-Claude Mignon this morning expressed his sadness and consternation following the death of the young student who was gang-raped in a bus in New Delhi. "I would like, once again, to condemn this cowardly and ignoble act. At the same time, I would like to express my deepest sympathies to the family and to the relatives of the young woman," declared the PACE President.
"The Council of Europe and its Parliamentary Assembly are carrying out a universal campaign to fight domestic violence and violence against women. The Convention on preventing and combating violence against women and domestic violence, open also to non-member states of the Council of Europe, is an important tool at our disposal and I would like to stress the importance of promoting this legal instrument, including through the Parliamentary Network 'Women Free from Violence'," he added.