This is both a public health imperative and a matter of respect for human rights and fundamental freedoms, the parliamentarians said, reaffirming the importance of personal autonomy, as protected under Article 8 of the European Convention on Human Rights. Furthermore, PACE proposed a set of measures concerning victim support and protection, and with regard to training and public awareness. Ms Dalli recalled that in 2016, Malta became the first country in Europe to outlaw conversion practices. […] No state should claim fidelity to human rights while allowing these practices to continue,” Ms Dalli concluded. Read hereAM notes that Citizen Go received 168,678 signatures to a letter requesting that PACE did not pass this ban.