Council of Europe

The role of Official Medicines Control Laboratories OMCLs

Title: The role of Official Medicines Control Laboratories OMCLs
Runtime: 4:22
Date posted: 8 years ago
Description: The role of Official Medicines Control Laboratories OMCLs: working together to protect Public Health in Europe every day (uniquement en anglais)

Faro spotlight– Community regeneration and heritage – Alessio di Giulio, Fontecchio, Italy

Title: Faro spotlight– Community regeneration and heritage – Alessio di Giulio, Fontecchio, Italy
Runtime: 2:00
Date posted: 8 years ago
Description: Faro spotlight – Community regeneration and heritage – Alessio di Giulio, Fontecchio, Italy

Faro Convention Research – Isabelle Brianso

Title: Faro Convention Research – Isabelle Brianso
Runtime: 2:10
Date posted: 8 years ago
Description: Faro Convention Research – Isabelle Brianso, University of Avignon and the Vaucluse, France

Coup de projecteur de la Convention de Faro – Sabrina Ciancone, Fontecchio, Italie

Title: Coup de projecteur de la Convention de Faro – Sabrina Ciancone, Fontecchio, Italie
Runtime: 1:50
Date posted: 8 years ago
Description: Coup de projecteur de la Convention de Faro – L’engagement des communautés et la reconstruction post-catastrophe – Sabrina Ciancone, Fontecchio, Italie

Faro spotlight - post disaster reconstruction – Sabrina Ciancone

Title: Faro spotlight - post disaster reconstruction – Sabrina Ciancone
Runtime: 1:50
Date posted: 8 years ago
Description: Faro spotlight - Community engagement in post disaster reconstruction – Sabrina Ciancone, Fontecchio, Italy

Coup de projecteur de la Convention de Faro – Alessio di Giulio, Fontecchio, Italie

Title: Coup de projecteur de la Convention de Faro – Alessio di Giulio, Fontecchio, Italie
Runtime: 2:00
Date posted: 8 years ago
Description: Coup de projecteur de la Convention de Faro – La régénération des communautés et le patrimoine – Alessio di Giulio, Fontecchio, Italie

FARO en Action – les arts contemporains et le patrimoine – Giancarlo Gentulucci, Fontecchio, Italie

Title: FARO en Action – les arts contemporains et le patrimoine – Giancarlo Gentulucci, Fontecchio, Italie
Runtime: 2:08
Date posted: 8 years ago
Description: FARO en Action – les arts contemporains et le patrimoine – Giancarlo Gentulucci, Fontecchio, Italie

Faro Convention Research – Isabelle Brianso, University of Avignon and the Vaucluse, France

Title: Faro Convention Research – Isabelle Brianso, University of Avignon and the Vaucluse, France
Runtime: 2:10
Date posted: 8 years ago
Description: Faro Convention Research – Isabelle Brianso, University of Avignon and the Vaucluse, France

Faro Convention Network – Nana Bagalishvili, Machkhaani, Georgia

Title: Faro Convention Network – Nana Bagalishvili, Machkhaani, Georgia
Runtime: 2:28
Date posted: 8 years ago
Description: Faro Convention Network – Acknowledgment of local heritage assets – Nana Bagalishvili, Machkhaani, Georgia

Faro in Action - Contemporary Arts and Heritage – Giancarlo Gentulucci, Fontecchio, Italy

Title: Faro in Action - Contemporary Arts and Heritage – Giancarlo Gentulucci, Fontecchio, Italy
Runtime: 2:08
Date posted: 8 years ago
Description: Faro in Action - Contemporary Arts and Heritage – Giancarlo Gentulucci, Fontecchio, Italy

Working together for the well-being of every child: Regina Jensdottir

Title: Working together for the well-being of every child: Regina Jensdottir
Runtime: 6:25
Date posted: 8 years ago
Description: Many school-age children in Europe struggle with mental health issues and health systems fail to support them and their families effectively. Similarly, justice systems across Europe fail to ensure that children who are either victims, witnesses or perpetrators of crime are treated in a way that is appropriate for their age. Over recent years, different European and international organisations, including the Council of Europe, and their member States, have regularly expressed concern both about the handling of mental-health conditions amongst children and about the appropriateness of judicial procedures for children.

Key challenges and policy responses in the areas of children’s mental health and child friendly justice were discussed at a meeting organised on 24 April in Strasbourg by the PACE Committee on Social Affairs. The event built on the conclusions of the seminar organised in London in November 2017 by the Parliament of the United Kingdom in co-operation with the...

Elena Centemero: “Women need more teaching in science to improve their job prospects”

Title: Elena Centemero: “Women need more teaching in science to improve their job prospects”
Runtime: 2:02
Date posted: 8 years ago
Description: Barriers to women’s economic empowerment are to a large extent cultural, according to rapporteur Elena Centemero. Teaching in Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) should be promoted among women and girls as they are under-represented in this highly promising area in terms of economic development. The Italian MP quoted Iceland as a good example in reducing the gender pay gap.

Valeriu Ghiletchi: “Removing a child from their parents should be a last resort”

Title: Valeriu Ghiletchi: “Removing a child from their parents should be a last resort”
Runtime: 1:44
Date posted: 8 years ago
Description: Social welfare decisions to remove children from the family should be “a last resort”, rapporteur Valeriu Ghiletchi has said. According to the PACE report, it should be done only for the necessary period of time, and be “a proportionate response to a credible and verified assessment by competent authorities, subject to judicial review, that there is a real risk of actual and serious harm”.

Stefan Schennach: “We must protect our cultural heritage from illegal trafficking”

Title: Stefan Schennach: “We must protect our cultural heritage from illegal trafficking”
Runtime: 2:45
Date posted: 8 years ago
Description: The illegal trafficking of cultural heritage is an important source of financing for terrorism, rapporteur Stefan Schennach has said. The report by the Austrian MP welcomes the new Council of Europe Convention on Offences relating to Cultural Property and makes a number of practical recommendations to states, including that they should set up a central national authority to deal with this issue; engage in international co-operation between source, transit and final destination countries; and exchange information with each other.

Karolin Schwarz, Joint hearing on “Migrant invasion: breaking the myth”

Title: Karolin Schwarz, Joint hearing on “Migrant invasion: breaking the myth”
Runtime: 2:45
Date posted: 8 years ago
Description: Karolin Schwarz, fact-checker, founder of Hoaxmap.org, explained her activities against fake news on migrants.

Hearing on “Combating discrimination in access to employment”

Title: Hearing on “Combating discrimination in access to employment”
Runtime: 2:24
Date posted: 8 years ago
Description: Kimberly Mcintosh Hearing on “Combating discrimination in access to employment”

“Combating discrimination in access to employment”

Title: “Combating discrimination in access to employment”
Runtime: 1:48
Date posted: 8 years ago
Description: James Crowe, President of the Executive Committee of the European Association of Service Providers for Persons with Disabilities (EASPD)

Working together for the well-being of every child: Doreen Massey

Title: Working together for the well-being of every child: Doreen Massey
Runtime: 3:09
Date posted: 8 years ago
Description: Many school-age children in Europe struggle with mental health issues and health systems fail to support them and their families effectively. Similarly, justice systems across Europe fail to ensure that children who are either victims, witnesses or perpetrators of crime are treated in a way that is appropriate for their age. Over recent years, different European and international organisations, including the Council of Europe, and their member States, have regularly expressed concern both about the handling of mental-health conditions amongst children and about the appropriateness of judicial procedures for children.

Key challenges and policy responses in the areas of children’s mental health and child friendly justice were discussed at a meeting organised on 24 April in Strasbourg by the PACE Committee on Social Affairs. The event built on the conclusions of the seminar organised in London in November 2017 by the Parliament of the United Kingdom in co-operation with the...

Working together for the well-being of every child:Stella Kyriakides, former PACE President

Title: Working together for the well-being of every child:Stella Kyriakides, former PACE President
Runtime: 3:56
Date posted: 8 years ago
Description: Many school-age children in Europe struggle with mental health issues and health systems fail to support them and their families effectively. Similarly, justice systems across Europe fail to ensure that children who are either victims, witnesses or perpetrators of crime are treated in a way that is appropriate for their age. Over recent years, different European and international organisations, including the Council of Europe, and their member States, have regularly expressed concern both about the handling of mental-health conditions amongst children and about the appropriateness of judicial procedures for children.

Key challenges and policy responses in the areas of children’s mental health and child friendly justice were discussed at a meeting organised on 24 April in Strasbourg by the PACE Committee on Social Affairs. The event built on the conclusions of the seminar organised in London in November 2017 by the Parliament of the United Kingdom in co-operation with the...

Working together for the well-being of every child: Victor Azubuike, Student, University of Warwick

Title: Working together for the well-being of every child: Victor Azubuike, Student, University of Warwick
Runtime: 2:30
Date posted: 8 years ago
Description: Many school-age children in Europe struggle with mental health issues and health systems fail to support them and their families effectively. Similarly, justice systems across Europe fail to ensure that children who are either victims, witnesses or perpetrators of crime are treated in a way that is appropriate for their age. Over recent years, different European and international organisations, including the Council of Europe, and their member States, have regularly expressed concern both about the handling of mental-health conditions amongst children and about the appropriateness of judicial procedures for children.

Key challenges and policy responses in the areas of children’s mental health and child friendly justice were discussed at a meeting organised on 24 April in Strasbourg by the PACE Committee on Social Affairs. The event built on the conclusions of the seminar organised in London in November 2017 by the Parliament of the United Kingdom in co-operation with the...

Working together for the well-being of every child: Maryam Bi, Young Minds, UK

Title: Working together for the well-being of every child: Maryam Bi, Young Minds, UK
Runtime: 2:40
Date posted: 8 years ago
Description: Many school-age children in Europe struggle with mental health issues and health systems fail to support them and their families effectively. Similarly, justice systems across Europe fail to ensure that children who are either victims, witnesses or perpetrators of crime are treated in a way that is appropriate for their age. Over recent years, different European and international organisations, including the Council of Europe, and their member States, have regularly expressed concern both about the handling of mental-health conditions amongst children and about the appropriateness of judicial procedures for children.

Key challenges and policy responses in the areas of children’s mental health and child friendly justice were discussed at a meeting organised on 24 April in Strasbourg by the PACE Committee on Social Affairs. The event built on the conclusions of the seminar organised in London in November 2017 by the Parliament of the United Kingdom in co-operation with the...

Béatrice Fresko-Rolfo : « Il faut criminaliser le mariage forcé »

Title: Béatrice Fresko-Rolfo : « Il faut criminaliser le mariage forcé »
Runtime: 2:12
Date posted: 8 years ago
Description: Le mariage forcé est une forme de violence faite aux femmes qui entraîne de graves violations des droits fondamentaux, comme les droits à l’intégrité physique, à la santé physique et sexuelle et à l’éducation, a souligné la rapporteure Béatrice Fresko-Rolfo. Les États membres doivent mettre en place des mécanismes de droit civil permettant d’éviter les mariages forcés; par ailleurs, ils doivent criminaliser le mariage forcé et interdire tout mariage impliquant des personnes âgées de moins de 18 ans.

Piet De Bruyn: “Stop persecution of LGBTI people in the Chechen Republic!”

Title: Piet De Bruyn: “Stop persecution of LGBTI people in the Chechen Republic!”
Runtime: 2:27
Date posted: 8 years ago
Description: In a resolution drafted by Belgian Senator Piet De Bruyn, the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe urged the Russian Federation to conduct “an impartial and effective investigation” into the persecution of LGBTI people in the Chechen Republic, following the NGOs and press allegations of “cases of abduction, arbitrary detention and torture of men presumed to be gay” on the orders of top-level Chechen authorities.

Sea-Watch calls on European states to shoulder their responsibilities in the Mediterranean

Title: Sea-Watch calls on European states to shoulder their responsibilities in the Mediterranean
Runtime: 3:41
Date posted: 8 years ago
Description: Ruben Neugebauer, co-founder of the Sea-Watch NGO, describes the difficult situation of refugees aboard the vessel “Lifeline”, currently at sea close to the Maltese coast. He participated in a hearing on the refugee crisis in the Mediterranean organised by Dutch Senator Tineke Strik. Neugebauer said allegations made against NGOs that they smuggle migrants to Europe were “unfounded”, and again called on all European states to accept refugees.

Tineke Strik warns member States not to externalise their own responsibilities toward refugees

Title: Tineke Strik warns member States not to externalise their own responsibilities toward refugees
Runtime: 2:59
Date posted: 8 years ago
Description: Her report urges member States to work together to ensure that the growing focus on deterrence policies does not detract from European states’ duty to respect and defend human rights globally, and to refrain from externalising migration control to countries in which legislation, policies and practice do not meet the standards of the European Convention on Human Rights and the United Nations Convention relating to the Status of Refugees.

Manlio Di Stefano, the blockchain can ensure greater transparency in financing humanitarian aid

Title: Manlio Di Stefano, the blockchain can ensure greater transparency in financing humanitarian aid
Runtime: 2:28
Date posted: 8 years ago
Description: Italian PACE member Manlio Di Stefano said that greater financial support from the international community for refugees in the countries neighboring Syria is “indispensable”, while calling on these countries to maintain an “open-door” policy. The rapporteur suggested the “blockchain” system to ensure greater transparency in financing humanitarian assistance.

Press statement PACE President and Croatian Prime Minister

Title: Press statement PACE President and Croatian Prime Minister
Runtime: 3:55
Date posted: 8 years ago
Description

Egidijus Vareikis calls on Member States to protect human rights defenders

Title: Egidijus Vareikis calls on Member States to protect human rights defenders
Runtime: 2:22
Date posted: 8 years ago
Description: Member States should refrain from any acts of intimidation or reprisals against human rights defenders and “protect them against attacks or harassment by non-State actors” said rapporteur Egidijus Vareikis , from Lithuania. Parliamentarians also proposed to establish a platform, similar to the Platform for the protection of journalism and the safety of journalists, for the protection of human rights defenders.

Petra De Sutter: European states should rescue migrants regardless of their status

Title: Petra De Sutter: European states should rescue migrants regardless of their status
Runtime: 2:22
Date posted: 8 years ago
Description: In view of the high numbers of lives lost in the Mediterranean Sea by asylum seekers trying desperately to reach Europe on makeshift boats, member States should respect their international obligations and co-ordinate their efforts in protecting human life at sea, according to rapporteur Petra De Sutter. Her report calls on all member States to put the protection of human lives above all other considerations and regardless of the status of the persons concerned.

La transparence est le credo de Liliane Maury Pasquier, nouvelle Présidente de l’APCE

Title: La transparence est le credo de Liliane Maury Pasquier, nouvelle Présidente de l’APCE
Runtime: 2:47
Date posted: 8 years ago
Description: Liliane Maury Pasquier a été élue Présidente de l’Assemblé Parlementaire du Conseil de l’Europe. A l’ouverture de la session plénière la Conseillère aux Etats suisse a souligné que « les valeurs du Conseil de l’Europe doivent plus que jamais être promues » face aux « coups de boutoir souverainistes » . En première ligne dans le travail d’enquête sur les allégations de corruption au sein de l’Assemblée, Mme Maury Pasquier, a sollicité les Etas-membres à prendre les mesures demandées par l’APCE pour assurer la transparence de ses travaux.

Interview with Professor Michele Nicoletti

Title: Interview with Professor Michele Nicoletti
Runtime: 10:28
Date posted: 8 years ago
Description: Interview with Professor Michele Nicoletti, outgoing President of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE), talking about the imnportance of engaging Academic actors as ambassadors of the Council of Europe values. The interview was done within the 2018 HELP Network Conference held last week in Strasbourg.

Working together for the well-being of every child: London seminar and launch event in Strasbourg

Title: Working together for the well-being of every child: London seminar and launch event in Strasbourg
Runtime: 5:31
Date posted: 8 years ago
Description: Many school-age children in Europe struggle with mental health issues and health systems fail to support them and their families effectively. Similarly, justice systems across Europe fail to ensure that children who are either victims, witnesses or perpetrators of crime are treated in a way that is appropriate for their age. Over recent years, different European and international organisations, including the Council of Europe, and their member States, have regularly expressed concern both about the handling of mental-health conditions amongst children and about the appropriateness of judicial procedures for children.

Key challenges and policy responses in the areas of children’s mental health and child friendly justice were discussed at a meeting organised on 24 April in Strasbourg by the PACE Committee on Social Affairs. The event built on the conclusions of the seminar organised in London in November 2017 by the Parliament of the United Kingdom in co-operation with the...

Johan van den HOUT (Netherlands, SOC), Congress Spokesperson on Children

Title: Johan van den HOUT (Netherlands, SOC), Congress Spokesperson on Children
Runtime: 3:00
Date posted: 8 years ago
Description: Johan van den HOUT (Netherlands, SOC), Spokesperson on Children to the Congress of Local and Regional Authorities, addressed the Lanzarote Committee on 21 June 2018, in Strasbourg. He presented, in particular, the report on “Unaccompanied Refugee Children – the role and responsibilities of local and regional authorities”, adopted by the Congress in March 2018, as well as the Pact of Towns and Regions to Stop Sexual Violence against Children, launched by the Congress in 2012.

Title: Plan d'action de la Convention de Faro
Runtime: 15:28
Date posted: 8 years ago
Description: Le film du Plan d'action de la Convention de Faro (15 min 27) présente le fonctionnement du Plan d'action, complété par des témoignages des communautés. Il s'agit d'un suivi du film promotionnel de la Convention de Faro et s'adresse à un public déjà familiarisé avec la Convention, à la recherche d'informations plus détaillées sur son fonctionnement. https://www.coe.int/faro-action-plan

René DE GROOT, Committee of Experts of the European Charter for Regional and Minority

Title: René DE GROOT, Committee of Experts of the European Charter for Regional and Minority
Runtime: 4:46
Date posted: 8 years ago
Description: Interview with Prof. Dr René DE GROOT, Committee of Experts of the European Charter for Regional and Minority Languages of the Council of Europe
To mark the 20th anniversary of the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages, and as part of the preparation of a report on “The use of languages by local and regional authorities”, the Congress of Local and Regional Authorities of the Council of Europe held a conference on this theme, in Covasna County, Romania, on 31 May 2018.
The main question on the agenda was how linguistic diversity can be handled by local and regional authorities to the benefit of all concerned. The debates were divided into four thematic sessions on language use in: 1) Local and regional assemblies; 2) Interaction with the administration and citizen participation; 3) place names; and 4) access to public services.
These issues are especially relevant in those member states which have significant linguistic minorities. The Congress has r...

Enikő Katalin LACZIKÓ, Secretary of State, Romania

Title: Enikő Katalin LACZIKÓ, Secretary of State, Romania
Runtime: 4:03
Date posted: 8 years ago
Description: Enikő Katalin LACZIKÓ, Secretary of State, Department for Interethnic Relations, Government of Romania.
To mark the 20th anniversary of the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages, and as part of the preparation of a report on “The use of languages by local and regional authorities”, the Congress of Local and Regional Authorities of the Council of Europe held a conference on this theme, in Covasna County, Romania, on 31 May 2018.
The main question on the agenda was how linguistic diversity can be handled by local and regional authorities to the benefit of all concerned. The debates were divided into four thematic sessions on language use in: 1) Local and regional assemblies; 2) Interaction with the administration and citizen participation; 3) place names; and 4) access to public services.
These issues are especially relevant in those member states which have significant linguistic minorities. The Congress has received several complaints on such issue...

Andrew DAWSON, rapporteur on languages at local and regional levels

Title: Andrew DAWSON, rapporteur on languages at local and regional levels
Runtime: 4:51
Date posted: 8 years ago
Description: Interview with Andrew DAWSON (United Kingdom, ECR), Congress member and rapporteur on languages at local and regional levels.
To mark the 20th anniversary of the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages, and as part of the preparation of a report on “The use of languages by local and regional authorities”, the Congress of Local and Regional Authorities of the Council of Europe held a conference on this theme, in Covasna County, Romania, on 31 May 2018.
The main question on the agenda was how linguistic diversity can be handled by local and regional authorities to the benefit of all concerned. The debates were divided into four thematic sessions on language use in: 1) Local and regional assemblies; 2) Interaction with the administration and citizen participation; 3) place names; and 4) access to public services.
These issues are especially relevant in those member states which have significant linguistic minorities. The Congress has received several comp...

Andrea Rigoni: Parliamentary network on diaspora policies

Title: Andrea Rigoni: Parliamentary network on diaspora policies
Runtime: 3:23
Date posted: 8 years ago
Description: Parliamentary network on diaspora policies

Liliane Maury Pasquier : “On a clarifié la situation et tourné la page du scandale corruption”

Title: Liliane Maury Pasquier : “On a clarifié la situation et tourné la page du scandale corruption”
Runtime: 3:07
Date posted: 8 years ago
Description: Suite à la publication du rapport du Groupe d’enquête indépendant sur les allegations de corruption au sein de l’APCE, Liliane Maury Pasquier (Suisse, SOC) affirme qu’une page a été tournée. “On a clarifié la situation et pris de mesures pour que cela ne se reproduise plus“, dit-elle.

Pieter Omtzigt to report on the assassination of Maltese journalist Daphne Caruana Galizia

Title: Pieter Omtzigt to report on the assassination of Maltese journalist Daphne Caruana Galizia
Runtime: 2:15
Date posted: 8 years ago
Description: “It’s very important that not only the people who are guilty of murdering Daphne Caruana Galizia, but also those who commissioned the murder, [… ] are punished appropriately” said Pieter Omtzigt (Netherlands, EPP/CD), appointed by PACE’s Committee on Legal Affairs and Human Rights to prepare the report ,“Daphne Caruana Galizia’s assassination and the rule of law, in Malta and beyond: ensuring that the whole truth emerges“.

Raphaël Comte, « Respecter les droits de l’homme même pendant l’état d’urgence »

Title: Raphaël Comte, « Respecter les droits de l’homme même pendant l’état d’urgence »
Runtime: 3:03
Date posted: 8 years ago
Description: Face à des situations de guerre ou de danger public l’Ukraine, la France et la Turquie ont déclaré l’état d’urgence. L’Assemblé Parlementaire du Conseil de l’Europe s’inquiète de certaines dérogations à la Convention européenne des droits de l’homme et propose des recommandations aux trois pays.

John Prescott: "Solidarity between developed and developing countries to fight climate change”

Title: John Prescott: "Solidarity between developed and developing countries to fight climate change”
Runtime: 2:33
Date posted: 8 years ago
Description: We need to have developed countries joining with developing countries at local level so that we get more reduction in carbon and greater prosperity,” said rapporteur John Prescott, citing an innovative partnership between his own city in the UK and towns in Morocco and Ghana. His report on the implementation of the Paris agreement pleads for ambitious national action plans to mainstream sustainable development, promote the “circular economy” and restructure energy consumption – as well as involving parliamentarians more in climate change negotiations.

The Ukrainian town of Ivano-Frankivsk is the 2018 winner of the Europe Prize

Title: The Ukrainian town of Ivano-Frankivsk is the 2018 winner of the Europe Prize
Runtime: 2:24
Date posted: 8 years ago
Description: Ionuț-Marian Stroe explains the different distinctions of the Europe Prize. The 2018 Europe Prize – awarded each year by the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) to the town most active in promoting the European ideal – has been awarded to Ivano-Frankivsk in Ukraine.

“The activities of the War Childhood Museum, winner of the Council of Europe Museum Prize 2018”

Title: “The activities of the War Childhood Museum, winner of the Council of Europe Museum Prize 2018”
Runtime: 2:02
Date posted: 8 years ago
Description: The War Childhood Museum in Sarajevo is the Council of Europe Museum Prize. Amina Krvavac, executive director, explains the activities run by the museum dedicated to foregrounding the personal testimonies of those young people who lived through the war.

The Council of Europe Prize has been awarded to the War Childhood Museum

Title: The Council of Europe Prize has been awarded to the War Childhood Museum
Runtime: 2:10
Date posted: 8 years ago
Description: The War Childhood Museum in Sarajevo has won the Council of Europe Prize. Jasminko Halilović explains why he decided to establish a museum dedicated to foregrounding the personal testimonies of those young people who lived through the war—he was himself of those children. He was four years old when the Sarajevo siege began.

Tineke Strik: “We need an alternative solution to the migrants’ detention centres in Libya”

Title: Tineke Strik: “We need an alternative solution to the migrants’ detention centres in Libya”
Runtime: 2:30
Date posted: 8 years ago
Description: Tineke Strik, rapporteur for opinion from the Migration Committee on the report on the situation in Libya, called on member States to devise a new framework to offer migrants protection and to have asylum applications examined in safer neighbouring countries. The Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe advocated an alternative solution to the detention centres for migrants and the creation of transit facilities allowing the transfer of refugees, on a voluntary basis, to third countries.

Attila Korodi : “The Council of Europe can play an active role in the normalisation of Libya”

Title: Attila Korodi : “The Council of Europe can play an active role in the normalisation of Libya”
Runtime: 2:31
Date posted: 8 years ago
Description: The Council of Europe can help stabilise Libya by drafting the Constitution, through the Venice Commission , the rapporteur Attila Korodi explained. Moreover, the Parliamentary Assembly can offer support for electoral procedures in preparation for a constitutional referendum and then for parliamentary and presidential elections – in which the Assembly could serve as an election observer.

Petra de Sutter: “Corruption is a cancer, we need to heal the mad cells”

Title: Petra de Sutter: “Corruption is a cancer, we need to heal the mad cells”
Runtime: 3:37
Date posted: 8 years ago
Description: Following the report of the Independent External Investigation Body looking into allegations of corruption in the Assembly, rapporteur Petra de Sutter pledged zero tolerance for corruption and greater transparency in MPs’ relations with lobbyists.

The Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe supports a political solution for Syria

Title: The Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe supports a political solution for Syria
Runtime: 2:25
Date posted: 8 years ago
Description: The rapporteur Rósa Björk Brynjólfsdóttir called for a peaceful resolution in Syria, she condemned the use of chemical weapons and refused the military intervention as a way out. Parliament Assembly members – she said- can work to support a political solution in their own countries.

Mart van de Ven: ‘We need greater co-operation to fight criminal gangs’

Title: Mart van de Ven: ‘We need greater co-operation to fight criminal gangs’
Runtime: 2:23
Date posted: 8 years ago
Description: The Parliamentary Assembly has recommended concrete steps to enable the confiscation of illegal assets – including reversing the burden of proof in certain circumstances –and to step up cross-border collaboration in tackling criminal gangs. Rapporteur Mart van de Ven explained the good example of Ireland.

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