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_______________________________ Raymond Scicluna Skrivan tal-Kamra Fourth Part of the 2015 Ordinary Session of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe 28 September - 2 October 2015 Strasbourg Hon Joe Debono Grech, MP Hon Beppe Fenech Adami, MP Hon Charlὸ Bonnici, MP Hon Joseph Sammut, MP CONSEIL DE !.
:EUROPE DELEGATION TO THE PARLIAMENTARY ASSEMBLY OF THE COUNCIL OF EUROPE Fourth Part Session- 28 September to 2 October 2015 The Assembly brings together 318 men and women from the parliaments of the Council of Europe's 47 member states.

Though it contains many voices, reflecting political opinion across the continent, its mission is to uphold the shared values of human rights, democracy and the rule of law that are the "common heritage" of the peoples of Europe.
Delegates Attending the Second Part Session:- Hon.

Joe Debono Grech- Head of Delegation- 27 September to 1 October 2015 Hon.

Beppe Fenech Adami- Member- 27 to 30 September 2015 Hon.

Charlo Bonnici- Substitute Member- 27 to 30 September 2015 Hon.

Joseph Sammut- Substitute Member- 27 September to 1 October 2015 John Vella- delegation secretary- 27 September to 1 October 2015 Attachments: Annex A- Agenda of Plenary and Committees Annex B - Adopted Texts by the Assembly This session in brief: i.
The highlight of this session was the discussion in the Assembly held for the duration of the afternoon of Tuesday 29th September, 2015, on the following three topics concerning migration:- (a) 'Humanitarian and political response to the migration crisis in Europe' with the main speakers being Laura Boldrini, Speaker of the Italian House of Representatives, and Mr Thorbjorn J agland, Secretary General of the Council of Europe; (b) the report by Mr Michele Nicoletti: After Dublin - the urgent need for a real European asylum system; and (c) the report by Ms Tineke Strik: Countries of transit: meeting new migration and asylum challenges.
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Other themes covered were: Freedom of religion and living together in a democratic society; Abuse of pre-trial detention in States Parties to the European Convention on Human Rights; Public health and the interests of the pharmaceutical industry: how to guarantee the primacy of public health interests?

; Freedom of religion and living together in a democratic society; Equality and shared parental responsibility: the role of fathers; and Rethinking the anti-doping strategy.
The recommendations and resolutions adopted by the Assembly are at Annex B.

The Assembly was addressed by His Royal Highness the Grand Duke of Luxembroug; Mr Igor Cmadak Foreign Minister of Bosnia and Herzegovina and Chainnan of the Council of Ministers; Mr Denis Zvizdic, Chairman of the Council of Minister of Bosnia and Herzegovina; and Mr Aleksandar Vucic, Prime Minister of Serbia.
Delegates, besides attending the plenary, took part in the meetings of their respective political grouping and participated in the proceedings of the following Committees:- Hon Joe Debono Grech - Monitoring Committee; Political Affairs and Democracy Committee and (as subsititute) Committee on Legal Affairs and Human Rights.
Hon Beppe Fenech Adami - Committee on Migration, Refugees and Displaced Persons and (as subsititute) Political Affairs and Democracy Committee Hon Charlo Bonnici - Monitoring Committee; Committee on Culture, Science, Education and Media and (as subsititute) Social, Health and Sustainable Development.

Hon Joseph Sammut - Committee on Legal Affairs and Human Rights and (as subsititute) Equality and Non-Discrimination Committee.
Dr Joseph Filletti, Permanent Representative of Malta to the CoE, and Ms Tania Carabott, his deputy, on Monday 28th September called at the Office of our delegation for an exchange of views with the secretary of the delegation- as delegates were attending respective committee meetings- on certain items on the agenda of the Assembly.

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2015 ORDINARY SESSION Fourth part 28 September-2 October 2015 TEXTS ADOPTED BY THE ASSEMBLY Provisional versions Table of contents Recommendations Recommendation 2078 (2015) Countries of transit: meeting new migration and asylum challenges (Doc.

13867) Recommendation 2079 (2015) Implementation of judgments of the European Court of Human Rights (Doc.

13864) Recommendation 2080 (2015) Freedom of religion and living together in a democratic society (Doc.
13851) Recommendation 2081 (2015) Abuse of pretrial detention in States Parties to the European Convention on Human Rights (Doc.

13863) Resolutions Resolution 2071 (2015) Resolution 2072 (2015) Resolution 2073 (2015) Resolution 207 4 (2015) Resolution 2075 (2015) Resolution 2076 (2015) Resolution 2077 (2015) Resolution 2078 (2015) Public health and the interests of the pharmaceutical industry: how to guarantee the primacy of public health interests?

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13869) After Dublin- the urgent need for a real European asylum system (Doc.

13866) Countries oftransit: meeting new migration and asylum challenges (Doc.

13867) The activities of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) in 2014-2015 (Doc.

13865) Implementation of judgments of the European Court of Human Rights (Doc.

13864) Freedom of religion and living together in a democratic society (Doc.
13851) Abuse of pretrial detention in States Parties to the European Convention on Human Rights (Doc.

13863) Progress of the Assembly's monitoring procedure (October 2014-August 2015) (Doc.

13868 Part 1) Resolution 2079 (2015) Equality and shared parental responsibility: the role of fathers (Doc.

13870) Resolution 2080 (2015) Rethinking the anti-doping strategy (Doc.
13852) Recommendations 2078 to 2081 Recommendation 2078 (2015) 1 Provisional version Countries of transit: meeting new migration and asylum challenges Parliamentary Assembly 1.

The Parliamentary Assembly refers to its Resolution 2073 (2015) on countries of transit: meeting new migration and asylum challenges.
It recalls, in particular, that the Council of Europe co-operates with non member States with a view to promoting human rights and emphasises that compliance with the principle of non-refoulement, reflected in Article 3 of the European Convention on Human Rights (ETS No.

5), by both member and non-member States, is of crucial importance for migrants and refugees.

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The Council of Europe should play a role in ensuring that the externalisation by member States of their migration policy and border control to third countries does not result in violations of the human rights of migrants and refugees when they are prevented from entering Europe or returned by a European country to a third country.

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The Assembly therefore invites the Committee of Ministers to: 3.1. aim to further the human rights of migrants and refugees in its co-operation with third countries, and support these countries in promoting access to protection and basic needs and developing a comprehensive integration policy; 3.2. monitor member States' compliance with the general principle underlying the Hirsi Jamaa v. Italy judgment by the European Court of Human Rights, holding countries accountable where there is evidence of push-backs practice and promoting their compliance with that principle.
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Assembly debate on 29 September 2015 (31st Sitting) (see Doc.

13867 and addendum, report of the Committee on Migration, Refugees and Displaced Persons, rapporteur: Ms Tineke Strik).

Text adopted by the Assembly on 29 September 2015 (31st Sitting).

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The Parliamentary Assembly, referring to its Resolution 2075 (2015) on the implementation of judgments of the European Court of Human Rights, strongly urges the Committee of Ministers to use all available means to effectively fulfil its tasks related to the supervision of the implementation of judgments of the European Court of Human Rights ("the Court").
It therefore calls on the Committee of Ministers to: take firmer measures in case of dilatory and/or continuous non-compliance with Court judgments, 1.1. including those foreseen in Article 46, paragraphs 3, 4 and 5 of the European Convention on Human Rights (ETS No.
5); consider taking additional measures to improve the effectiveness of the supervision of the 1.2. implementation of judgments; involve, to a greater extent, applicants, civil society, national human rights institutions and other 1.3. international intergovernmental organisations in the process of the implementation of Court judgments; 1.4. ensure greater transparency of this process.

Furthermore, independently of the above proposals, the Assembly recommends that the Committee of 2.
Ministers: 2.1. continue to implement the Brussels Declaration adopted on 27 March 2015 by the High-level Conference on "The Implementation of the European Convention on Human Rights, our shared responsibility"; 2.2. monitor the implementation of its Decision of 19 May 2015 on "Securing the long-term effectiveness of the supervisory mechanism of the European Convention on Human Rights"; continue to apply its new working methods in order to accelerate the implementation of Court 2.3. judgments and reduce its backlog of cases; enhance synergies, within the Council of Europe, between the Department for the Execution of 2.4.
Judgments of the European Court of Human Rights and all relevant stakeholders; increase the resources of the Departmentfor the Execution of Judgments of the European Court 2.5. of Human Rights; continue to liaise, where appropriate, with the Assembly to ensure rapid and effective 2.6. implementation of the judgments of the Court.

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Assembly debate on 30 September 2015 (33rd Sitting) (see Doc.

13864 and addendum, report of the Committee on Legal Affairs and Human Rights, rapporteur: Mr Klaas de Vries).
Text adopted by the Assembly on 30 September 2015 (33rd Sitting).

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The Parliamentary Assembly, referring to its Resolution 2076 (2015) on freedom of religion and living together in a democratic society, and drawing attention to its Recommendation 1962 (2011) on the religious dimension of intercultural dialogue and Recommendation 1975 (2011) "Living together in 21st-century Europe: follow-up to the report of the Group of Eminent Persons of the Council of Europe", reiterates its support for an integrated approach to issues relating to "living together" and refers to the numerous proposals that those texts contain, not all of which have been followed by practical measures.
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Convinced of the urgent need to step up the Council of Europe's action so that it can better support member States' efforts to combat the danger that fanaticism and religious extremism, but also xenophobia and rejection of anything different, represent to our democratic societies, the Assembly confirms its readiness to help to draw up a comprehensive Council of Europe strategy on this subject.

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The Assembly further considers that, in this context, the Council of Europe should step up and make more substantial its co-operation with the main religious communities and the main European organisations representing the secular humanist and philosophical world.
It consequently recommends that the Committee of Ministers: 3.1. set up a stable an officially recognised platform for dialogue between the Council of Europe and senior representatives of religions and non-denominational organisations in order to consolidate the existing relations with those partners and foster active commitment by all the stakeholders in activities to promote the Organisation's fundamental values, which underpin "living together"; include this initiative amongst the Council of Europe's action priorities and develop it speedily in 3.2. consultation with the parties concerned, closely involving the Parliamentary Assembly in it; invite, if appropriate, the European Union, the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) and the United Nations Alliance of Civilizations, and possibly other partners, to contribute to it; link to this platform for dialogue the holding of thematic meetings on the religious dimension of 3.3. intercultural dialogue, which should be made more operational; 3.4. develop synergies between the platform and the thematic meetings on the religious dimension of intercultural dialogue with other Council of Europe projects and initiatives in the field of education, culture and youth, such as the "No Hate Speech Movement - Young People for Human Rights Online", "Education for Democratic Citizenship and Human Rights" and "Intercultural cities".
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Assembly debate on 30 September 2015 (33rd Sitting) (see Doc.

13851, report of the Committee on Culture, Science, Education and Media, rapporteur: Mr Rafael Huseynov; Doc.

13886, opinion of the Committee on Legal Affairs and Human Rights, rapporteur: Sir Edward Leigh; and Doc.

13871, opinion of the Committee on Social Affairs, Health and Sustainable Development, rapporteur: Ms Liliane Maury Pasquier).

Text adopted by the Assembly on 30 September 2015 (33rd Sitting).
Recommendation 2081 (2015) 1 Provisional version CONSEil DE nUROPE Abuse of pretrial detention in States Parties to the European Convention on Human Rights Parliamentary Assembly 1.
The Parliamentary Assembly refers to its Resolution 2077 (2015) on the abuse of pretrial detention in States Parties to the European Convention on Human Rights and to Committee of Ministers Recommendation Rec(2006)13 on the use of remand in custody, the conditions in which it takes place and the provision of safeguards against abuse.

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Drawing the attention of the Committee of Ministers to the continuing shortcomings, including over representation of foreign nationals in pretrial detention, which have been documented in recent research carried out on behalf of the European Union, and to the examples of abuses of pretrial detention in a number of States Parties to the European Convention on Human Rights (ETS No.5) referred to in Assembly Resolution 2077 (2015), the Assembly calls on the Committee of Ministers to: 2.1. consider ways and means of reducing recourse to pretrial detention in general and its abuse for specific purposes such as the pursuit of political or corruption-related objectives, in particular in light of recent developments; 2.2. encourage relevant bodies of the Council of Europe to intensify their co-operation with their European Union counterparts in order to ensure that any action to tackle pretrial detention issues is taken in a co-ordinated way, on the basis of the standards laid down by the European Convention on Human Rights as interpreted by the European Court of Human Rights.
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Assembly debate on 1 October 2015 (34th Sitting) (see Doc.

13863, report of the Committee on Legal Affairs and Human Rights, rapporteur: Mr Pedro Agramunt).

Text adopted by the Assembly on 1 October 2015 (34th Sitting).

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Parliamentary Assembly 1.

In the 20th century, humankind saw the most spectacular medical advances in its history.

Scientific progress helped us to identify the origin of countless illnesses and to develop treatments which have significantly improved the population's state of health.
The pharmaceutical industry has played an indisputable role here by investing massively in research and development for new medicines.

It continues to do so and is therefore one of the key players in the health field and at the same time a very important sector of activity in many countries.

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For a long time, questions have been raised about the possible negative effects of the interaction between the pharmaceutical industry and health sector stakeholders.
This interaction may well give rise to conflicts of interest, have an influence on the knowledge and behaviour of the players involved and result in biased decisions.

In its Resolution 17 49 (201 0) "Handling of the H 1 N1 pandemic: more transparency needed", the Parliamentary Assembly had expressed its concern at the risk of conflicts of interest among experts involved in sensitive health-related decisions.

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Despite the considerable progress made in preventing and dealing with conflicts of interest, this is still today largely a matter of hit-and-miss.

By means of a self-regulation policy, the pharmaceutical industry is now adopting a much more ethical approach and legislation lays down rules in this area.

However, self-regulation is not binding and the implementation of legislation leaves much to be desired.

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Research and development for new therapeutic molecules is a costly and lengthy process.
In return for this investment, pharmaceutical companies benefit from an intellectual property right on the molecules they develop, protected by a patent.

This innovation model has led to the discovery of thousands of medicines.

However, more and more voices are now being heard arguing that this is not the optimal approach in public health matters.

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In recent years, in spite of the increase in the number of new medicines placed on the market, there have been very few that present a real therapeutic benefit, satisfying real health needs.

In addition, we have seen an upsurge in the price of medicines, allegedly justified by the cost of research and development, which nonetheless remains opaque and broadly disputed.

The exorbitant price of cancer and hepatitis C treatments is of particular concern.
Public health systems are faced with constant cost increases in this area, jeopardising their ability to fulfil their role.

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In the light of these considerations, the Assembly calls on the Council of Europe member States: 6.1. with regard to the interaction between the pharmaceutical industry and the health sector players, to: 6.1.1. to foster awareness of the influence of pharmaceutical promotion and how to respond; incorporate into the curriculum for health-care professionals specific, mandatory training 1.

Assembly debate on 29 September 2015 (3oth Sitting) (see Doc.
13869, report of the Committee on Social Affairs, Health and Sustainable Development, rapporteur: Ms Liliane Maury Pasquier).

Text adopted by the Assembly on 29 September 2015 (30th Sitting).
Resolution 2071 (2015) 6.1.2. introduce a mandatory levy on the promotional activities of the pharmaceutical industry and use it, inter alia, to finance a public fund to be used for the independent training of health care professionals; 6.1.3. place an obligation on pharmaceutical companies to declare their linked interests with all health sector players, to make these declarations accessible to the public, and to establish an independent authority responsible for monitoring this matter; ensure absolute transparency regarding the linked interests of experts working with the 6.1.4. health authorities and make sure that persons with a confiict of interest are excluded from sensitive decision-making processes; ensure that health-related decisions, including decisions on criteria for defining illnesses 6.1.5. and thresholds for treatment, are taken on the basis of individual and public health considerations and are not profit-driven; 6.1.6. introduce strict regulations governing the movement from a position in the public sector to one in the private sector (and vice versa), between the health authorities and the pharmaceutical industry; 6.1.7. reliance on private funding; increase the funding of patients' associations from public funds in order to avoid over- 6.2. with regard to research and development for new therapeutic molecules, to: 6.2.1. costs of research and development, particularly in relation to the public research portion; oblige pharmaceutical companies to ensure absolute transparency regarding the real 6.2.2. adopt a stricter marketing authorisation policy, by: 6.2.2.1. introducing criteria such as added therapeutic value (in relation to existing treatments), or a "need clause", implying that a drug must also be assessed in relation to medical need; 6.2.2.2. making it mandatory to publish the results of all clinical tests relating to the medicine for which authorisation is being requested; 6.2.2.3. where appropriate, considering restricting reimbursement by the social security system to only those medicines which satisfy such criteria and requirements; ensure that medicines whose effectiveness has been established remain on the market 6.2.3. by having recourse, where necessary, to mandatory licences in return for the payment of royalties; 6.2.4. including in the field of rare and paediatric diseases.
set up a public fund to finance independent research geared to unrnet health needs, The Assembly calls on member States to prohibit any agreement between pharmaceutical companies 7. which aims to delay, for no medical justification, the marketing of generic medicines.

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The Assembly calls on member States to impose dissuasive penalties for any illegal practices carried out by pharmaceutical companies, where appropriate by imposing fines of a given percentage of their turnover.

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In order to ensure the viability of health systems and the accessibility of affordable and innovative medicines in the long term, the Assembly calls on the World Health Organization to put forward alternatives to the current patent-based pharmaceutical innovation model.

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Lastly, the Assembly calls on the pharmaceutical industry, including companies and associations, to step up its efforts to increase transparency and co-operate more closely with the public authorities in the health sector.
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As Parties to the 1951 Convention relating to the Status of Refugees, all Council of Europe member States have an obligation to protect refugees.
In order to determine who should benefit from this protection and thereby avoid breaches of the obligation, it is necessary to examine individual asylum applications.

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The Dublin Regulation is a European Union legal instrument establishing a system for definitive identification of the participating State responsible for examining a particular application.

Alongside other instruments and mechanisms, it forms part of the European Union's wider Common European Asylum System (CEAS).
Its essential purpose is to address the problems of "asylum shopping" and "refugees in orbit".

Addressing these problems remains crucial for the CEAS to function as it should.

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Since the original Dublin Convention was adopted in 1990, however, the scale, nature and geographical focus of mass migration into the European Union have changed significantly, with especially dramatic developments in recent years, and in particular in the last few weeks.
In addition, the distribution of asylum applicants between participating States is extremely uneven, in many cases simply because of their geographical location- for example, in 2014, five participating States dealt with 72% of all applications.

The Dublin system is not intended or capable of functioning as a "burden-sharing" mechanism to 4. counteract this inequity.
On the contrary, the inequity is exacerbated by Dublin transfers of asylum applicants based on the criterion of "irregular border crossing"- the most commonly evoked, by which asylum seekers are transferred to the country of first entry to European Union territory.

The Dublin system has thus become a symbol of unfairness and lack of solidarity in European asylum policy, in particular the CEAS, which lacks an effective compensatory mechanism for redistributing the burden.

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The dysfunctionality inherent in the Dublin system has its adverse effects beyond the borders of the European Union.
The core of the system which stipulates the transfer of refugees to the first country of entry to the European Union has brought about an additional, often hidden unfairness: that in some cases the first country of entry to the European Union tends to reject the asylum application artificially in order to be in a position to send these asylum seekers to the last transit country in which they had been present before entry into the European Union.
This puts an additional and unfair burden on non-EU Council of Europe member States which are mainly on the transit route.

Furthermore, the implementation of the Dublin system has in a number of instances given rise to 6. violations of asylum seeker's human rights, such as the right not to be subjected to inhuman or degrading treatment, the right not to be detained arbitrarily, the right to respect for private and family life, the right to an effective remedy and the prohibition of collective expulsions.
Some of these violations have been confirmed by court judgments at the national or European level.

The Dublin system may also subject asylum applicants to a 1.

Assembly debate on 29 September 2015 (31st Sitting) (see Doc.

13866, report of the Committee on Migration, Refugees and Displaced Persons, rapporteur: Mr Michele Nicoletti; and Doc.13884, opinion of the Committee on Legal Affairs and Human Rights, rapporteur: Mr Boriss Cilevics).

Text adopted by the Assembly on 29 September 2015 (31st Sitting).
Resolution 2072 (2015) lengthy period of uncertainty and precarity before the State responsible for examining their application is identified; this may be further prolonged where the person concerned is transferred to a country with lengthy delays in its asylum procedures.

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Many of these problems are caused by deficiencies in implementation of other elements of the CEAS, in particular the Eurodac Regulation (on fingerprinting of asylum applicants), the reception conditions directive and the asylum procedures directive, which may obstruct proper implementation of the Dublin system.

Indeed, the fact that transfers of asylum applicants to a particular country constitute a burden is a perverse incentive not fully to comply with these other instruments.
In the case of the reception conditions and asylum procedures directives, this comes at great cost to the protection afforded to asylum applicants.
The Parliamentary Assembly has already expressed criticism about the functioning of the Dublin system, 8. in particular in its Resolution 2000 (2014) on the large-scale arrivals of mixed migratory flows on Italian shores, Resolution 1918 (2013) "Migration and asylum: mounting tensions in the eastern Mediterranean" and Resolution 1820 (2011) "Asylum seekers and refugees: sharing responsibilities in Europe", and concludes that the Dublin system is dysfunctional.
It is not effective and certainly not efficient in achieving its basic aims, and its operation in practice has an unacceptably high human cost for asylum applicants and resource cost to participating States in complying with its lengthy and complicated procedures, whilst only aggravating the unfair repartition of responsibility.
Furthermore, it is difficult to see how the Dublin system can operate as intended, as it depends on the still unfulfilled assumption that all participating States are able to ensure protection of asylum applicants and properly cope with the number of applications they receive.

Indeed, recent events in Germany, Austria, Hungary and elsewhere show that the Dublin system has already collapsed and must be reformed as a matter of urgency.

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The Dublin system, including both the Regulation itself and its implementation in practice, is thus in urgent need of reform - as, indeed, is the wider CEAS.

Without far-reaching reform, there is a risk of participating States suspending or withdrawing from the Dublin system, which would cause chaos and confusion.

The Assembly welcomes the fact that the European Commission will conduct an evaluation of the Dublin system in 2016 and takes note of the European Council conclusions of 26 June 2015.
Nevertheless, many necessary measures can and should be taken now, and the need for other, more far-reaching ones is already apparent.

Whilst reform of the Dublin system cannot provide answers to all of the questions raised by today's mixed migratory flows to and around Europe, failure to reform it will undermine all other efforts to address the issue and place the entire CEAS in jeopardy.

European political solidarity is at stake.
The Assembly therefore recommends that the European Union and its member States, as regards 10. implementation of the Dublin system and related instruments: include a permanent binding system of distribution of asylum seekers between member States, 1 0.1. using fair, compulsory allocation criteria, while taking into account the prospects of integration and the needs and specific circumstances of asylum seekers themselves; 10.2. strictly apply family-related responsibility criteria and provisions concerning the best interests of the child, notably those relating to unaccompanied minors, to facilitate family reunification beyond the nuclear family; 1 0.3. apply the dependent persons and humanitarian clauses in a fair, humane and flexible manner, taking greater account of asylum seekers' preferences; rigorous apply the discretionary clauses where a transfer would be incompatible with obligations 1 0.4. under international law; 1 0.5. avoid reflexive recourse to the criterion of "irregular border crossing" in order to return asylum applicants to the country of first entry; 1 0.6. use in an extremely proactive manner the mechanism for early warning, preparedness and crisis management in anticipation of critical pressure on or problems in the functioning of a participating State's asylum system; 1 0.7. ensure harmonisation of national asylum procedures and standards through the full, effective and coherent implementation of the Asylum Procedures Directive 2013/32/EU, the Reception Conditions Directive 2013/33/EU and the Qualification Directive 2011/95/EU; 1 0.8. enhance the resources available to and make greater use of financial mechanisms such as the Asylum, Migration and Integration Fund; 2 Resolution 2072 (2015) increase their sharing of expertise and provision of technical assistance, including through the 10.9.
European Asylum Support Office; 10.10. promptly and fully implement relevant judgments of the European Court of Human Rights and the Court of Justice of the European Union.

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As regards the wider context within which the Dublin system operates and on which it is dependent, the Assembly recommends: 11.1. stronger supervision of national refugee-status determination procedures, leading to mutual recognition of positive national status-determination decisions; or otherwise "joint" processing of asylum applications, which would have the advantage of contributing to burden sharing; 11.2. ensuring, through appropriate, automatic procedures, relocation of recognised refugees on a level adequate to ensure equitable burden sharing amongst the participating States; introducing a status of "European refugee" for beneficiaries of international protection, allowing 11.3. transfer of residence and exercise of other rights between States; or otherwise, shortening to two years the qualification period for beneficiaries of international protection to qualify under the long-term residents directive.
The Assembly calls on the European Union and its member States to urgently revise the Dublin 12. regulation.
For this purpose, it recommends, in particular: 12.1. prompt adoption of the European Corn mission's legislative proposal intended to resolve the ambiguity in the provision regulating responsibility for asylum applications lodged by unaccompanied minors; 12.2. considering removal of the criterion of "irregular border crossing" as a basis for determining which State is responsible for an asylum application; 12.3. considering the introduction of the notion of "manifestly founded claims" in order to speed up asylum procedures; taking account of the foregoing recommendations, undertaking an immediate evaluation of the 12.4.
Dublin system, including the member States of the European Union, as well as the non-EU member States of the Council of Europe that are in transit routes, which takes a holistic view of the overall effects of the Dublin system and of the wider context within which it operates.
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Transit countries are countries that migrants cross on their way to their country of destination.

Many migrants, however, do not have a clear destination when they start travelling.
Once they have left their country, whether they decide to travel onwards and to where often depends on several factors.

Countries that experience transit migration, in whatever form, are rarely if ever only "countries of transit"; many are also countries of destination and/or asylum.

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The concept of "country of transit" has nevertheless come to play a key role in European policy, generally referring to European Union neighbouring countries from which the final step across the European Union's external border is taken.

However, several European Union member States located between the European Union's external borders and migrants' preferred final countries of destination also experience significant levels of transit migration.

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Whilst there may be certain policy measures that apply specifically to countries of transit, migration policy should be seen in a global perspective: all of the countries from, through and to which a migrant may travel must co-operate and co-ordinate their actions, with the support and assistance of international actors such as the Ofnce of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), the International Organisation for Migration (I OM) and the European Union; and policies must focus on the situation of the individuals whose decisions and actions drive migration.
The Parliamentary Assembly welcomes the fact that European Union policy increasingly recognises this imperative, as reflected in the European Commission's "European Agenda on Migration" and the European Council's conclusions of 26 June 2015.

It considers that the Council of Europe, through its European Centre for Global Interdependence and Solidarity (North-South Centre), could play a part in enhancing capacities for dialogue to this end.

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The European Union's relations with countries of transit emphasise migration policy.

This may be expressed in the form of "mobility partnerships", which are part of the European Union's "Global Approach on Migration Management" (GAMM).

The result is "externalisation" of border control, shifting responsibility for preventing irregular migration into Europe onto the transit country.
Transit countries are also asked to accept readmission agreements extending to third-country nationals, even if such persons cannot be returned to their countries of origin.

This approach creates problems for transit countries in their internal socio-economic situation, as well as in their relations with neighbouring countries and countries of origin.

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But most of all, externalisation of European Union border control has serious consequences for migrants and refugees.
Large numbers may find their intended onward journey blocked and thus be stranded in the transit country.

This may leave them in a situation of precarity and vulnerability, without legal status or protection or access to basic needs and therefore at risk of exploitation, abuse and violence.

This is especially the case where domestic legal systems contain insufficient safeguards and do not effectively implement 1.

Assembly debate on 29 September 2015 (31st Sitting) (see Doc.
13867 and addendum, report of the Committee on Migration, Refugees and Displaced Persons, rapporteur: Ms Tineke Strik).

Text adopted by the Assembly on 29 September 2015 (31st Sitting).

See also Recommendation 2078 (2015).

Resolution 2073 (2015) relevant international standards, including those of the 1951 Convention on the Status of Refugees.
Conditions may become so intolerable that even those who had not intended doing so are constrained to mo"e on, often forced into the hands of migrant smugglers or traffickers.

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The European Union's influential relationship with many countries of transit, however, could also provide a basis for co-operation on a more holistic, rights-based and effective approach to migration policy.
The Assembly therefore considers that the European Union should further reflect upon the aims and structure of its relations with countries of transit, ensuring that this co-operation leads to the prevention of human rights violations and does not put human rights at risk.

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As examples of how the situation in countries experiencing significant levels of transit migration can improve, the Assembly welcomes recent developments in Turkey and Morocco.
These countries are at different stages of introducing new migration policies, laws and institutions, and further developing their co operation with international actors, notably the UNHCR and the I OM.

Much needs to be done, however, in order to effectively implement legislation and policies, in full compliance with the Refugee Convention and, in the case of Turkey, the European Convention on Human Rights (ETS No.

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The Assembly encourages both countries to continue with their respective reforms until their completion and effective implementation, which would have the potential to make both countries regional models of good practice.

It also urges the international community, in particular the Council of Europe and the European Union, to reinforce their encouragement and support for this process.
These countries and the European Union should refrain from agreements that could have counterproductive effects, such as a one-sided emphasis on strengthening border controls.

8.

By contrast, the Assembly is profoundly alarmed at the situation in Libya.

The absence of a functioning State has contributed significantly to transforming Libya from a country predominantly of labour migration destination into a country of transit, especially for those seeking to reach Malta and Italy.
Migrants in Libya now find themselves at risk of grave violations of their human rights and forced to confront mortal danger when attempting to cross the Mediterranean Sea, as shown by the horrendous number of deaths in recent years.

Strong political and technical support for peace-building in Libya and its subsequent transition to democracy, with full respect for human rights and the rule of law, whilst necessary in itself, would also serve the interests of European migration policy.
Operations to prevent migrants and refugees from leaving Libya risk putting their lives and safety in danger and constitute a breach of their human rights.

Instead, the European Union should create legal channels and binding resettlement programmes for refugees.

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The Assembly is also deeply concerned about the ongoing situation in the eastern Mediterranean, western Balkans and central Europe.
The current, incoherent European Union response is having disastrous effects for refugees in transit and for Greece and other transit countries in the western Balkans.

The statement following the 23 September informal European Union summit, whilst promising welcome and much-needed increases in support to countries of first asylum and transit and humanitarian agencies, focuses on keeping refugees out or at the periphery of the European Union.
Beyond that, however, it reveals a reluctance to accept protection responsibilities, with no mention of resettlement, and a lack of solidarity in burden-sharing between states.

This suggests that, overall, action will remain inadequate and ineffective.

The Assembly recalls that all European States are legally obliged to provide effective protection to people in need and are prohibited from sending them to countries where that protection is not guaranteed.
It considers that States isolating themselves fences and strict border controls will have serious geopolitical from European neighbours behind consequences for wider European integration.

10.

Once migrants or refugees have reached the border of a European country, the authorities need to assess their protection needs on an individual basis before deciding whether or not to deny access to territory.
Even outside European territory, where a national authority or the European Agency for the Management of Operational Cooperation at the External Borders of the Member States of the European Union (Frontex) has control over migrants and refugees, there is an obligation to ensure access to protection if needed.

Unfortunately, this obligation is not always complied with.
The Assembly is deeply concerned at continuing, credible reports of unlawful "push-back" practices and related human rights violations, despite the judgment of the European Court of Human Rights in the case of Hirsi Jamaa v. Italy.

It is further concerned about recent legislative amendments in Spain, which the Council of Europe Commissioner for Human Rights has criticised as being "aimed at legalising push-backs of migrants arriving in Ceuta and Melilla [and] in clear breach of human rights law".

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The Assembly recommends that the European Union: 11.1. ensure coherency in overall migration policy, taking a "triangular" approach involving both countries of origin and of transit, promoting and respecting human rights and the rule of law and avoiding a narrow emphasis on border control and security.
This should include measures such as: Resolution 2073 (2015) 11.1.1. significant, unconditional and sustainable support to improve the protection of migrants' rights in transit countries; 11.1.2. greater investment in reception and asylum-processing capacity in transit countries and promoting and supporting effective implementation of international standards such as the 1951 Refugee Convention; 11.1.3. agreements extending to third-country nationals; reconsideration of its policy of encouraging transit countries to sign readmission 11.1.4. and good governance; increased and better targeted development aid, aimed at both economic development further development of initiatives such as the Rabat and Khartoum processes, ensuring 11.1.5. that human rights compliance is at their core and a condition for any co-operation on border controls; include adequate and effective resettlement and relocation policies in the Common European 11.2.
Asylum System, with a binding mechanism and meaningful numbers of refugees; 11.3. ensure that any system of "hotspots" for the reception and processing of asylum seekers fully respects all relevant international standards, including those of the European Convention on Human Rights, and is subject to independent, external monitoring; 11.4. acknowledge responsibility for any breaches of human rights outside European Union territory and at its external borders, including push-back practices, where Frontex is involved, and ensure that they come to an end.
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The Assembly calls on the Council of Europe member States to: recognise that the challenge of mass arrivals of refugees and migrants is a matter of common 12.1. concern and requires the formulation of effective common responses; 12.2. not return asylum seekers to Lebanon, Jordan, Turkey, Greece, "the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia", Serbia or Hungary, or any other country already bearing a disproportionate responsibility and/or where protection is not guaranteed on account of deficiencies in reception conditions, asylum procedures or other relevant areas; 12.3. ensure that they refrain from any unlawful push-backs of migrants, whether at land or sea borders or during operations outside their territory, as required by the European Convention on Human Rights; 12.4. ensure that their bilateral co-operation with third countries on migration aims at promoting and ensuring compliance with human rights, and to refrain from agreements on border control if it cannot be guaranteed that the third country fully respects the human rights of migrants and refugees.
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The Assembly calls on the Executive Committee of the North-South Centre, which already has a co operation agreement with the European Commission, to consider the feasibility of further developing its role in enhancing capacities for dialogue between countries of origin, transit and destination, building on the experience of the conference organised in co-operation with the Assembly on 30 and 31 March 2015 in Lagos (Portugal).
It urges the Executive Committee to put human rights at the centre of this dialogue.

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The Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe, enlarged to include the delegations of national parliaments of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) member States which are not members of the Council of Europe, as well as a delegation of the European Parliament, is once again considering the activities of the OECD.

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The debate in last year's enlarged Assembly on the activities of the OECD in 2013-2014 was for the first time held on the basis of a report presented by the Secretary-General of the OECD, Mr Angel Gurria.

The exercise was considered a success by all those who took part.

The enlarged Assembly congratulates Mr Gurria on his re-appointment as Secretary-General for the next five years.

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For this year's debate, the enlarged Assembly has reviewed the activities of the OECD in 2014-2015 on the basis of a biannual report prepared by the Committee on Political Affairs and Democracy and on the basis of selected reports by the OECD, in particular the Final Synthesis Report of the OECD's New Approaches to Economic Challenges (NAEC) initiative, which in 2013 was described by the OECD's Secretary-General as "one of the most obvious, most visible, and most productive results of the dialogue between the Council of Europe and the OECD".
The enlarged Assembly looks forward to continuing such dialogue.

4.

The enlarged Assembly takes into account the context of the global economy against which activities have been conducted in 2014-2015.

Projections for 2015 were lowered following the outcome of the first quarter of 2015 which was the weakest quarter since 2009.

Forecasts for 2016 are slightly better, but rely strongly on a progressive acceleration in the growth of investment after years of sluggishness.
This acceleration will nonetheless remain milder than in previous cyclical recoveries, reflecting the weak growth of productivity, lingering uncertainty, remaining excess capacity in many areas, and the drag on investment engendered by lower oil prices.

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The enlarged Assembly also takes note of some long-term, so-called megatrends, as reflected in the NAEC synthesis report, such as slowing total-factor productivity (TFP) and economic output, rising inequality and unsustainable development, leading to "environmental pressure".

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The enlarged Assembly notes that the OECD's flagship publications, promoting green and inclusive growth, are addressing these long-term trends and are fully in line with the first objective of the OECD, as stipulated in Article 1 of its Convention: to promote policies to achieve the highest sustainable economic growth and employment and a rising standard of living in member States.

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Together with the OECD Ministerial Council, the enlarged Assembly recognises the important role of the OECD in the international policy landscape, including its contribution to the work of the Group of 7 (G7) and the Group of 20 (G20).

The Assembly welcomes the ongoing efforts of the OECD to enrich its analytical frameworks and methods, including its tools for long-range analysis.
It also welcomes the Final NAEC Synthesis and recognises the importance of indicators beyond Gross Domestic Product (GDP) and the 1.

Assembly debate on 30 September 2015 (32nd Sitting) (see Doc.

13865, report of the Committee on Political Affairs and Democracy, rapporteur: Mr Tuur Elzinga).

Text adopted by the Assembly on 30 September 2015 (32nd Sitting).

Resolution 2074 (2015) OECO's work on How's Life and Green Growth indicators.
The enlarged Assembly calls on the OECO to further mainstream multidimensional analysis, including the work on inclusive growth and gender equality, in OECO flagship publications.

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The enlarged Assembly recommends including one additional dimension to the multidimensional NAEC framework, namely the effect of cross-border externalities and the trade-offs between national policies and international developments.

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9.

The enlarged Assembly notes that promoting sustainable growth has not had enough impact on the ecological sustainability of economic development, as species are being driven to extinction at a rate not seen since the age of the dinosaurs.

Water, soil and many natural resources are structurally overexploited by our economic activities.

Our global carbon emissions have the potential to cause catastrophic climate change.

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10.

Member and non-member States are taking steps towards green growth, but much more determined efforts are needed to integrate environmental priorities into economic agendas to promote sustainable growth and well-being.

The OECO Report Towards Green Growth?

Tracking Progress aims to accelerate countries' implementation of green growth policies by providing more targeted and coherent policy advice.

The OECO also continues to mainstream green growth into the work of the Organisation.
Its Aligning Policies for a Low carbon Economy identifies the misalignments between climate change objectives and policy and regulatory frameworks across a range of policy domains (investment, taxation, innovation and skills, trade and adaptation) and activities at the heart of climate policy (electricity, urban mobility and rural land use).

Relevant green growth insights are now regularly included in its economic surveys, environmental policy reviews, investment policy reviews and green cities reports.
However, there is more to be done to achieve an integrated approach.

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The enlarged Assembly therefore calls on the DECO and its member States to: 11.1. support an ambitious outcome at the United Nations Conference on Climate Change (COP21 ); 11.2. set C02 emission and climate finance targets with the objective of maintaining a global average temperature increase below 2'C; 11.3. set equally ambitious and specific targets to keep the use of water, soil and other natural resources at sustainable levels; 11.4. protect endangered species and halt the process of the loss of biodiversity; 11.5. support a "Just Transition" for workers and economic sectors.
12.

The enlarged Assembly recognises the importance of addressing inequalities and of the value of social dialogue in achieving more inclusive growth and quality jobs.

The work on job quality, part of the NAEC initiative, already provides a framework for measuring job quality along three key dimensions: earnings quality; employment security; and quality of the work environment.
These efforts will identify the key policy levers for improving job quality with a view to the development of a new OECO Jobs Strategy.

The enlarged Assembly notes that since 1980, the share of world labour income has dropped 13. dramatically and that it has fallen in most OECO countries.

Meanwhile, the share of capital income has increased.

The stock of cross-border portfolio investment holdings marked more than 20% annual growth on average in the ten years before the crisis.
Investment incomes more than tripled during the same period.

Total assets of multinational enterprises (foreign affiliates) rose from 18% of global GOP in 1990 to 130% in 2013.

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The enlarged Assembly notes that domestic income inequality is at its highest level in OECO countries in half a century.

Since the onset of the crisis, inequality in market incomes rose as much between 2007 and 2011 as in the previous twelve years in most advanced economies.
It notes that inequality in wealth distribution has also shown a similar increase.

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The enlarged Assembly takes note of recent studies that associate excessive growth of the financial sector relative to GOP in advanced economies with slowing economic growth and widening economic inequalities, while excess credit extension has increased the vulnerability of the economies to crises.

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16.

The enlarged Assembly calls upon the OECO to provide member States with tailored policy advice to: 16.1. curb unproductive financial activities and reform the financial sector to serve sustainable and inclusive growth of the real economy; 16.2. to increase the labour share of GOP; to halt rising inequality and promote sustainable and inclusive growth and a more equal 16.3. distribution of income, wealth and well-being.

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The enlarged Assembly notes that the Inclusive Growth initiative will be the linchpin for the OECD's horizontal analysis and advice on well-being, and the response to the challenge of inequalities.

The enlarged Assembly calls on the OECD to mainstream the Inclusive Growth policy framework across the work of the OECD.
The enlarged Assembly calls on OECD member States to: take action to raise middle and lower household incomes to boost demand and purchasing 17.1. power; 17.2. strengthen collective bargaining and (minimum) wages, keeping pace with productivity; increased 17.3. halt the increase in precarious, informal or irregular work.
The enlarged Assembly calls on the OECD to use the forthcoming (January 2016) Ministerial meeting of 18. the Employment, Labour and Social Affairs Committee to include these points in the revision of the 1994 OECD Jobs Strategy.

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The enlarged Assembly recognises the opportunities offered by a next production revolution, but also the challenges for inclusiveness, for employment and for economic distribution.
As the International Labour Organization (ILO) already warns of a further increase in formal unemployment, more non-standard work in the formal sector and a growing informal economy, the enlarged Assembly calls on the OECD to co-operate closely with the ILO, where a high-level commission on the future of work will prepare a report for the ILO's centenary conference in 2019.

20.

Global private and public investment still remains below pre-crisis levels.
The enlarged Assembly acknowledges the essential role of productive investment to promote sustainable and inclusive growth, drive job creation and support the transition to a low-carbon resilient economy.

It underlines the need to unlock investment.

To enhance confidence, targeted public investments for the creation of green and decent jobs are needed.
It recognises that innovation is critical to increasing productivity and creating new jobs and that investment, especially in research and development, contributes to total-factor productivity growth.

21.

The enlarged Assembly notes the political debates and controversies concerning new types of free trade and investment treaties.
Recognising the past gains from the comparative advantages of opening up to international trade, the Assembly also underlines that an open, rules-based multilateral trading system is a key driver for private sector development, sustainable economic growth and job creation.

On the other hand, some studies suggest that further trade liberalisation will reduce the labour share even further and increase inequalities.
The enlarged Assembly calls on the OECD to thoroughly investigate the trade-offs in this field of further global economic integration, as well as potent"1al risks, costs and benefits from further elimination of non tariff barriers, in particular in services and investment.

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22.

The enlarged Assembly calls on the OECD member States not to rush into trade and investment deals that are not likely to deliver tangible and substantive benefits to our economies as a whole and to first look into the effects of trade-offs between growth, stability, sustainability, inclusiveness and equity.
It also calls on the OECD to propose policy packages for trade and investment policies that address these trade-offs and maximise well-being in member countries, as well as in countries that are trade and investment partners.

23.

To increase resources for public investments and ensure that policy outcome is inclusive and sustainable, governments, including those of emerging countries, must also tackle tax evasion and tax avoidance.
The enlarged Assembly therefore: 23.1. welcomes progress on the OECD/G20 Base Erosion and Profit Shifting (BEPS) project and on Automatic Exchange of Information; 23.2. calls on all States and jurisdictions to join and implement the OECD and Council of Europe multilateral Convention on Mutual Administrative Assistance in Tax Matters (ETS No.
127), in order to improve the availability, quality and accuracy of beneficial ownership information; 23.3. calls on all States to enact the necessary domestic legislation in order to achieve the commitments to implement the Common Reporting Standard by 2017 or 2018.

24.

The full package of BEPS measures will be finalised in 2015.
To ensure that this landmark initiative has the intended impact, future work must focus on supporting countries in the effective and consistent implementation of the BEPS outcomes, through the development of model legislation and technical guidance and monitoring ofthe impacts ofthe BEPS measures in addressing both double non-taxation as well as double taxation.

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The enlarged Assembly encourages the OECD to continue its work on Responsible Business Conduct in its current multi-stakeholder setting, building from the Multinational Enterprises Guidelines, and calls on it1e OECD to continue its efforts to further strengthen the performance of Multinational Enterprises National Contact Points foreseen in the Guidelines and improve the Guidelines by revising the Procedural Guidance, approving budget allocations, accelerating the peer review programme and strengthening policy coherence.
26.

Bribery of foreign public officials in international business transactions remains a widespread phenomenon, which raises serious moral and political concerns, undermines good governance and economic development, and distorts international competitive conditions.
The enlarged Assembly recognises the critical role of the OECD and the Convention on Combating Bribery of Foreign Public Officials ;n International Business Transactions (Anti-Bribery Convention) in combating bribery of foreign officials, including through its rigorous, peer-monitoring mechanism.

The enlarged Assembly encourages the full implementation and strong enforcement of the Anti-Bribery Convention by all its Parties.
It also calls on the G20 members that are not Parties to the Convention (China, India, Indonesia and Saudi Arabia) to participate in the OECD Working Group on Bribery and explore possible accession, in line with the G20 Anti-Corruption Action Plan.

27.

The enlarged Assembly notes that the current international migration crisis is of an unprecedented scale and complexity.
It recognises the potential contribution of international migration to growth, especially where admission is well managed and integration is achieved.

It calls on the OECD to continue its work in providing facts and analysis on migration fiows and integration and on policies in these fields and to advise countries in finding a response to the current crisis.

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28.

The enlarged Assembly calls for an ambitious post-2015 Development Agenda, the integration of "decent work", responsible business conduct and social dialogue into the OECD Strategy on Development, and action to support domestic resource mobilisation with knowledge sharing and capacity building.

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29.

Finally, the enlarged Assembly invites the OECD to provide participants in the enlarged debate with information on the follow-up given to the issues referred to in this resolution in a suitable manner either prior to or during the next enlarged debate.

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The Parliamentary Assembly is duty-bound to contribute to the supervision of the implementation of judgments of the European Court of Human Rights ("the Court"), on which the efficiency and the authority of the human rights protection system established by the European Convention on Human Rights (ETS No.

5, "the Convention") qepends.


Whilst, according to Article 46.2 of the Convention, the primary responsibility for the supervision of the implementation of Court judgments lies with the Committee of Ministers, the Assembly can also play a key role in this process, in particular by encouraging national parliaments to adopt a proactive approach.

2.
The Assembly recalls its previous work on this subject, in particular its Resolution 1516 (2006) and Resolution 1787 (2011) and Recommendation 1764 (2006) and Recommendation 1955 (2011) on the implementation of judgments of the European Court of Human Rights, its Resolution 1856 (2012) and Recommendation 1991 (2012) on guaranteeing the authority and effectiveness of the European Convention on Human Rights, its Resolution 1914 (2013) and Recommendation 2007 (2013) on ensuring the viability of the Strasbourg Court: structural deficiencies in States parties and Resolution 2055 (2015) and Recommendation 2070 (2015) on the effectiveness of the European Convention on Human Rights: the Brighton Declaration and beyond.
3.

It notes some progress in the implementation of Court judgments since the entry into force of Protocol No.

14 to the Convention (GETS No.

194) in June 201 0 and the introduction, on 1 January 2011 , of the new working methods ofthe Committee of Ministers.
It welcomes the measures taken by the Committee of Ministers and other bodies of the Council of Europe to improve this process, as well as the increased interaction between the Committee of Ministers and the Court, in particular through the procedure of pilot or "quasi-pilot" judgments.

4.

However, the Assembly remains deeply concerned about the high number of non-implemented judgments pending before the Committee of Ministers, which remains stable at nearly 11 000 cases.
Many of these cases concern structural problems in States parties, which continue to generate numerous similar applications to the Court (such as serious human rights violations committed by security forces, poor detention conditions, excessive length of judicial proceedings, non-enforcement of final domestic judicial decisions, disproportionate restrictions on property rights and unlawful detention on remand).
The Assembly points out that, as underlined in Resolution 1787 (2011) and Resolution 1914 (2013), 5.

Bulgaria, Greece, Hungary, Italy, Poland, Romania, the Russian Federation, Turkey and Ukraine have the highest number of non-implemented judgments and still face serious structural problems which have not been solved for more than five years.

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Assembly debate on 30 September 2015 (33rd Sitting) (see Doc.
13864 and addendum, report of the Committee on Legal Affairs and Human Rights, rapporteur: Mr Klaas de Vries).

Text adopted by the Assembly on 30 September 2015 (33rd Sitting).

See also Recommendation 2079 (2015).

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The Assembly also notes that, in a number of other States (including Albania, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Georgia, the Republic of Moldova, Serbia and the United Kingdom), judgments revealing structural and other complex problems have not been implemented since the Assembly adopted its Resolution 1787 (2011) in January 2011.

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The Assembly deplores the delays in implementation and the lack of political will of certain States parties to implement judgments of the Court.

It urges all States parties to observe the legal obligation stemming from Article 46.1 of the Convention and to fully and rapidly implement Court judgments.

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As underlined in the Brussels Declaration adopted on 27 March 2015 by the High-level Conference on "The Implementation of the European Convention on Human Rights, our shared responsibility", the Assembly calls on States parties to fully implement recommendations included therein, and in particular to: 8.1. submit action plans and action reports to the Committee of Ministers in a timely manner; 8.2. create effective domestic remedies to address violations of the Convention; provide sufficient resources to national stakeholders responsible for implementing Court 8.3. judgments; 8.4. ensure a prompt response to judgments raising structural problems; 8.5. take awareness-raising measures to promote Convention standards; 8.6. hold parliamentary debates on the implementation of Court judgments.
9.

The Assembly calls on States parties to provide more funding to Council of Europe projects aimed at improving the implementation of judgments revealing structural problems, in particular through the Human Rights Trust Fund and/or voluntary contributions.

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10.

The Assembly recalls its Resolution 1823 (2011) on national parliaments: guarantors of human rights in Europe and calls on States parties to implement the "Basic principles for parliamentary supervision of international human rights standards", reproduced in the Appendix to the said resolution.

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The Assembly, mindful of the Brussels Declaration inviting it to produce further reports on this subject, resolves to remain seized of this matter and to continue to give it priority, in view of the urgent need to accelerate the implementation of the Court's judgments.
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Many beliefs and churches are developing in Europe alongside the religions which have influenced the history of our continent.
The Assembly notes with great regret and anxiety that this continues to give rise to tensions, lack of understanding and suspicion, and even to xenophobic attitudes, extremism, hate speech and the most despicable violence.

This vicious circle must be broken" 2.

Freedom of thought, conscience and religion is an established, universal and inviolable human right, enshrined in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, in international treaties at global and regional levels, and in national constitutions.

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Churches and religious organisations are an integral part of civil society and must, with secular organisations, take part in the life of society" National authorities should take more account of religious communities' potential to work for dialogue, mutual recognition and solidarity" For their part, those communities have a fundamental duty, which they must fully assume, to promote the shared values and principles which underpin "living together" in our democratic societies" 4.
Those values and principles, which are non-negotiable, consist mainly of profound respect for human dignity and the fundamental rights protected by our democratic constitutions and by the European Convention on Human Rights (ETS No.5) and its Additional Protocols, as well as respect for democratic principles and the rule of law, including the principle of non-discrimination between the different groups which make up our plural societies.

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Religious affiliation is, for many European citizens, a key element of their identities.

That affiliation is also expressed through worship and compliance with religious practices.

Freedom to live according to those practices is one element of the right to freedom of religion safeguarded by Article 9 of the European Convention on Human Rights.

That right coexists with the fundamental rights of others and with the right of everyone to live in a space of socialisation which facilitates living together.
That may justify the introduction of restrictions on certain religious practices; however, in conformity with Article 9.2 of the European Convention on Human Rights, the right to freedom of religion can only be submitted to those limitations which, as prescribed by law, constitute necessary measures, in a democratic society, in the interests of public safety, for the protection of public order, health or morals, or for the protection of the rights and freedoms of others.
States Parties to the Convention should also strive to find a fair balance between conflicting interests resulting from the exercise of freedom of thought, conscience and religion, and other human rights and fundamental freedoms, such as the rightto respectfor private and family life, the right to freedom of expression and the prohibition of discrimination.

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Assembly debate on 30 September 2015 (33rd Sitting) (see Doc.
13851, report of the Committee on Culture, Science, Education and Media, rapporteur: Mr Rafael Huseynov; Doc.

13886, opinion of the Committee on Legal Affairs and Human Rights, rapporteur: Sir Edward Leigh; and Doc.

13871, opinion of the Committee on Social Affairs, Health and Sustainable Development, rapporteur: Ms Liliane Maury Pasquier).

Text adopted by the Assembly on 30 September 2015 (33rd Sitting).

See also Recommendation 2080 (2015).

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Furthermore, the Assembly considers that the principle of secularity does not require the elimination of religion from social space; quite the contrary, this principle, properly interpreted and implemented, protects the possibility for the different beliefs, religious and non-religious, to coexist peacefully while all parties respect shared principles and values.

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Legislatures and governments must take account of the fact that political decisions taken in the name of the "neutrality of the State" may, in practice, give rise to disguised discrimination against minority religions, which is incompatible with the right to freedom of religion and the principle of secularity.

Worse, such decisions may give rise to a feeling amongst the members of the communities concerned that they are not considered full members of the national community.
However, religious groups must be aware that any conviction or religious practice that violates human rights is not acceptable.

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Certain religious practices remain controversial within national communities.

Albeit in different ways, the wearing of full-face veils, circumcision of young boys and ritual slaughter are divisive issues and the Assembly is aware of the fact that there is no consensus among Council of Europe member States on these matters.
Other religious practices may also provoke tensions, for example in the workplace.

In this context, while it is aware that States Parties to the European Convention on Human Rights have a wide margin of discretion in this field, the Assembly invites States to seek "reasonable accommodations" with a view to guaranteeing equality that is effective, and not merely formal, in the right to freedom of religion.

States should ensure that their neutrality remains inclusive and diversity-friendly.
As far as circumcision of young boys is concerned, the Assembly refers to its Resolution 1952 (2013) on 9. children's right to physical integrity and, out of a concern to protect children's rights which the Jewish and Muslim communities surely share, recommends that member States provide for ritual circumcision of children not to be allowed unless practised by a person with the requisite training and skill, in appropriate medical and health conditions.
Furthermore, the parents must be duly informed of any potential medical risk or possible contraindications and take these into account when deciding what is best for their child, bearing in mind that the child's interest must be considered the first priority.

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Where ritual slaughter is concerned, the Assembly is not convinced that legislation prohibiting this practice is really necessary, or that it would be the most effective way of ensuring the protection of animals; legislation which imposes strict requirements, like that of France and Germany, achieves a balanced reconciliation of the legitimate concern to protect animals from unjustified suffering and respect for the right to freedom of religion The Assembly notes that the European Convention for the Protection of Animals for Slaughter (ETS No.
102) and the European Union's Council Regulation (EC) No 1099/2009 on the protection of animals at the time of killing do not prohibit ritual slaughter.

11.

The Assembly is convinced that education is the key to combating ignorance, breaking down stereotypes, building trust and mutual respect and promoting sincere support for the shared values of living together.

In this respect, the Assembly is aware that many factors are influential in the formation of the individual personality.
Families and media, as well as cultural and religious communities themselves, should support the development of open-minded individuals, capable of critical thinking and of constructive dialogue with others.

It is crucial to fight against intolerance on the web.

School should also be a meeting point and a place for constructive dialogue between individuals of different- religious or secular- beliefs.

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12.

Referring to its Recommendation 1962 (2011) on the religious dimension of intercultural dialogue, the Assembly reminds States of their obligation to ensure that all the religious communities which accept shared fundamental values are able to benefit from an appropriate legal status guaranteeing the exercise of freedom of religion.
In the Assembly's view, member States and religious communities should work together to promote coming together, dialogue and mutual respect: there is no better way of effectively combating all fanaticism and extremism, religious or anti-religious.

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In this context, the Assembly recommends that member States: 13.1. ensure that religious communities and their members are able to exercise the right to freedom of religion without impediment and without discrimination, in accordance with Article 9 of the European Convention on Human Rights, and make sure, inter alia, that religious communities and their members are able, in compliance with the law, to: 13.1.1. practise their faith publicly and freely in places of worship designed for that purpose by themselves or in other places accessible to the general public, in accordance with their own rites and customs; 2 Resolution 2076 (2015) 13.1.2. manage welfare institutions (hospitals, workshops for persons with disabilities, homes for elderly people, nursery schools, etc.
), and schools and places of education; 13.1.3. make their opinion publicly known without being subjected to censorship and also exercise the right to freedom of expression, freedom of peaceful assembly and the freedom to use media; 13.2. promote the social integration of religious minorities and act at an early stage against those social, economic and political inequalities which affect those minorities, and resist their marginalisation and the instigation of hatred against them; 13.3. put into practice a "secularity of recognition" and treat religious organisations as partners in the development of inclusive and mutually supportive societies, while respecting the principle of the independence of polit'1cs from religion and the rule of law; in this context: 13.3.1. develop projects in collaboration with religious communities to promote shared values and "living together", and involve those communities in the combating of all extremism and fanaticism; 13.3.2. give encouragement to projects jointly developed by several communities, inter alia with non-religious associations, with a view to strengthening the social fabric through, for example, the promotion of inter-community solidarity, attention being paid to the most vulnerable people and the fight against discrimination; 13.3.3. ensure that public service media firmly oppose any form of intolerance and discrimination based on religion or beliefs and contribute not only to fighting stereotypes, but also to upholding the vision of a pluralist, intercultural and inclusive democratic society; 13.4. promote in the school and extracurricular framework opportunities for people of different beliefs to meet and talk so that they can learn to express their religious identity without fear, but also without provoking others or prevaricating, and both open up to other visions of the world and learn to respect them even if they do not share them; in this context, co-operate with religious communities so that the teaching of religion becomes an opportunity for reciprocal listening and for developing critical thinking, including within the religious communities themselves.
3 Resolution 2077 (2015) 1 Provisional version Abuse of pretrial detention in States Parties to the European Convention on Human Rights Parliamentary Assembly 1.

The Parliamentary Assembly stresses the importance of the presumption of innocence in criminal proceedings.

Pretrial detention (detention on remand) should be used only exceptionally, as a last resort, when alternative rneasures of restraint are insufficient to safeguard the integrity of the proceedings.
The Assembly notes the multiple negative effects of pretrial detention, both on the detainee and on 2. society as a whole, most of which also occur when the detainee is subsequently acquitted: 2.1. negative effects of pretrial detention on detainees: 2.1.1. human consequences of prolonged separation; risk of job loss or bankruptcy; their families suffer economic hardship in addition to the in many instances, exposure to violence by other inmates and officials, the nefarious 2.1.2. influence of hardened criminals, contagious diseases and difficult detention conditions, which are often worse for pretrial detainees than for convicted criminals serving their prison term; 2.1.3. threat to the right to a fair trial guaranteed by Article 6 of the European Convention on Human Rights (ETS No.
5, "the Convention") due to the psycho-social consequences of pretrial detention, which is often accompanied by severe isolation and undermines the detainees' ability to defend themselves effectively; 2.2. negative effects of pretrial detention on society as a whole: the high budgetary cost of detention in comparison with other measures of restraint, 2.2.1. such as bail, house arrest, curfews or restraining orders, with or without electronic supervision.
The resources spent on pretrial detention could be put to better use for crime prevention, increasing the rate of elucidation of crimes, and the re-socialisation of offenders; the loss of the economic contribution of pretrial detainees, the de-socialising effect of 2.2.2. detention on the detainees' family and the negative effects of detention on the spread of infectious diseases; 2.2.3. the fact that pretrial detention without effective controls creates opportunities for corruption and generally undermines the public's trust in the proper functioning of the criminal justice system.
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The European Convention on Human Rights, as interpreted by the European Court of Human Rights, has established clear limits for the use of pretrial detention and rules applying to the treatment of pretrial detainees.

The Assembly notes that the laws of most member States are generally in line with Convention 4. standards, but their application by the prosecutorial authorities and the courts is frequently not.

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Assembly debate on 1 October 2015 (34th Sitting) (see Doc.
13863, report of the Committee on Legal Affairs and Human Rights, rapporteur: Mr Pedro Agramunt).

Text adopted by the Assembly on 1 October 2015 (34th Sitting).

See also Recommendation 2081 (20 15).

Resolution 2077 (2015) 5.

As the different practices in this respect, even among member States of the European Union, threaten the effectiveness of international legal cooperation, the European Union has commissioned exten~ive comparative research to identify problems and possible solutions.

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The high number of pretrial detainees (in absolute terms and in relation to the total prison population), almost 425 000 (25% of all prisoners) in Europe (2013), is an indication that the permissible grounds for pretrial detention, notably to prevent a suspect from absconding or interfering with witnesses and other evidence, are generally interpreted too widely or invoked pro forma in order to justify pretrial detention for other, abusive purposes.
The following abusive grounds for pretrial detention have been observed in a number of States Parties 7. to the European Convention on Human Rights, namely to: 7.1. put pressure on detainees in order to coerce them into confessing to a crime or otherwise co operating with the prosecution, including by testifying against a third person (for example the case of Sergey Magnitsky, in the Russian Federation, and certain cases of opposition leaders in Georgia, such as former Prime Minister Merabishvili); discredit or otherwise neutralise political competitors (for example certain cases of United 7.2.
National Movement (UNM) leaders in Georgia); 7.3. promote other, including foreign policy-related, political objectives (for example the case of Ms Nadiia Savchenko, the Ukrainian pilot and member of the Ukrainian delegation to the Parliamentary Assembly, in the Russian Federation); put pressure on detainees in order to compel them to sell their businesses (for example the 7.4.
Gusinsky case in the Russian Federation) or in order to extort bribes; 7.5. intimidate civil society and silence critical voices (for example the case in Turkey of a 16-year-old placed in pretrial detention for allegedly insulting the President via social media, the cases of prominent human rights defenders and lawyers in Azerbaijan, and the lengthy pretrial detention of peaceful protesters in the "Bolotnaya" and other cases in the Russian Federation).
The over-representation of foreign nationals among pretrial detainees gives rise to concerns that the 8. legal grounds for detention are applied in a discriminatory way.

Some countries, such as Poland, have made considerable progress in reducing pretrial detention, by 9. implementing substantial reforms to execute relevant judgments of the European Court of Human Rights.

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Other countries, such as the Russian Federation, Turkey and Georgia, have adopted legal reforms accompanied by practical measures which have led to a clear reduction in the number of pretrial detainees and considerable improvements in the treatment of the majority of detainees, even though abuses of pretrial detention, as mentioned above, continue to occur.

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The root causes of the abusive use of pretrial detention include: 11.1. a political and legal culture which rewards those who are perceived as tough on crime, at the expense of the presumption of innocence; 11.2. a structural imbalance between the prosecution and the defence in terms of power and available resources (access to relevant information, time, funding); the fact that decisions on pretrial detention are frequently taken by more junior judges, who tend 11.3. to be overworked and reticent to assert their authority vis-a-vis the prosecution.
The result is, in a number of instances, a widespread practice of rubber-stamping of the prosecution's requests by judges, without taking into account the circumstances of the individual case; 11.4. the possibility of "forum shopping" by the prosecution, which may be tempted to develop different strategies to ensure that requests for pretrial detention in certain cases are decided by a judge who, for various reasons, is expected to be "accommodating" (for example in Georgia, the Russian Federation and Turkey); 11.5. the possibility for the prosecution to circumvent statutory time limits imposed on pretrial detention by modifying or staggering indictments (for example in the cases of Mr Ugulava and Mr Akhalaia, before the judgment of the Constitutional Court of Georgia in September 2015).
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The Assembly therefore calls on all States Parties to the European Convention on Human Rights to: 12.1. implement measures aimed at reducing pretrial detention, including by: Resolution 2077 (2015) 12.1.1. raising awareness among judges and prosecutors of the legal limits placed on pretrial detention by national law and the European Convention on Human Rights and of the negative consequences of pretrial detention on the detainees and their families and on society as a whole; 12.1.2. ensuring that decisions on pretrial detention are taken by more senior judges or by collegiate courts and that judges do not suffer negative consequences for refusing pretrial detention in accordance with the law; 12.1.3. ensuring greater equality of arms between the prosecution and the defence, including by allowing defence lawyers unfettered access to detainees, by granting them access to the investigation file ahead of the decision imposing or prolonging pretrial detention, and by providing sufficient funding for legal aid, and also for proceedings related to pretrial detention; taking appropriate action to redress any discriminatory application of the rules governing 12.1.4. pretrial detention with regard to foreign nationals, in particular by clarifying that being a foreigner does not per se constitute an increased risk of absconding; 12.2. take appropriate measures to prevent "forum shopping" by prosecutors; refrain from using pretrial detention for purposes other than the administration of justice and to 12.3. release all detainees currently held for any abusive purposes or under any abusive procedure (set out in paragraphs 11.4 and 11.5).
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The Assembly commends the European Union for the initiatives taken in recent years aimed at reducing pretrial detention in European Union member States and invites the competent bodies of the European Union to continue basing their work on the standards set by the European Convention on Human Rights, as interpreted by the European Court of Human Rights.
3 IJL?-- Parliamentary Assembly lffL~ Assemblee parlementaire ~~ ~~~~.~~M~I~mi&RREBMUURRHB~mE~~HBmBEn~~mEnm~emRE• Resolution 2078 (2015) 1 Provisional version The progress of the Assembly's monitoring procedure (October 2014-August 2015) Parliamentary Assembly 1.
The Parliamentary Assembly acknowledges the work carried out by the Committee on the Honouring of Obligations and Commitments by Member States of the Council of Europe (Monitoring Committee) in fulfilling its mandate as defined in Resolution 1115 (1997) on the setting up of an Assembly committee on the honouring of obligations and commitments by member states of the Council of Europe (Monitoring Committee) (as modified by Resolution 1431 (2005), Resolution 1515 (2006), Resolution 1698 (2009), Resolution 1710 (201 0), Resolution 1936 (2013) and Resolution 2018 (2014)).
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In particular, the Assembly commends the committee on its actions in accompanying the nine countries under a monitoring procedure in sensu stricto (Albania, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Georgia, the Republic of Moldova, the Russian Federation, Serbia and Ukraine) and the four countries engaged in a post-monitoring dialogue (Bulgaria, Montenegro, "the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia" and Turkey) in their efforts to fully comply with the obligations and commitments they entered into upon accession to the Council of Europe.
3.

The Assembly notes with satisfaction the closure of the monitoring procedure and opening of a post monitoring dialogue in respect of Montenegro, as well as the closure of the post-monitoring dialogue in respect of Monaco.

It urges the Monegasque authorities to implement Resolution 2052 (2015) and set up the expected mechanisms to find a suitable legal solution that would allow for the ratification of Protocols Nos.

1 and 12 to the European Convention on Human Rights (ETS No.
9 and 169) as well as the revised European Social Charter (ETS No.

163), while respecting the unique specificity of the country.

The Assembly will continue to follow these developments through the periodic review carried out by the Monitoring Committee of the honouring of the membership obligations to the Council of Europe by countries that are not subject to a monitoring procedure sensu stricto or engaged in a post-monitoring dialogue with the Assembly.

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During the reporting period, the Assembly considered two full reports on Albania and Montenegro, two reports on the functioning of democratic institutions with regard to Georgia and Azerbaijan and a report on the post-monitoring dialogue with Monaco.

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During the reporting period, the respective co-rapporteurs carried out fact-finding visits to Albania, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia, the Republic of Moldova (two visits), Montenegro (two visits), the Russian Federation, Serbia, Ukraine (three visits), Bulgaria, Monaco (two visits) and Turkey.
In addition, the respective co-rapporteurs participated in the pre-electoral and election observation missions in Bosnia and Herzegovina, the Republic of Moldova, "the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia", Turkey and Ukraine.
The co rapporteurs produced information notes on Georgia, the Republic of Moldova, Monaco, Turkey and Ukraine, which were declassified by the committee, as well as declarations and statements with regard to developments in Armenia (two statements), Azerbaijan (three statements), Bulgaria, Georgia (three statements), the Republic of Moldova, the Russian Federation (two statements), "the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia" (two statements), Turkey (three statements) and Ukraine (three statements).

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1.

Assembly debate on 1 October 2015 (35th Sitting) (see Doc.

13868 Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, Part 4 and Part 5, report of the Committee on the Honouring of Obligations and Commitments by Member States of the Council of Europe (Monitoring Committee), rapporteur: Mr Stefan Schennach).

Text adopted by the Assembly on 1 October 2015 (35th Sitting).

Resolution 2078 (2015) 6.


The Assembly takes note of the fact that the Monitoring Committee was seized, in line with the Rules of Procedure of the Assembly, for report on the challenge, on substantive grounds, of the still unratified credentials of the delegation of the Russian Federation.
Subsequently, in line with Resolution 2034 (2015), the committee presented a report on the consideration of the annulment of the previously ratified credentials of the delegation of the Russian Federation (follow-up to paragraph 16 of Resolution 2034 (2015)).

The Assembly commends the committee for its ongoing efforts in relation to the developments in Ukraine.

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The Assembly is disappointed by the decision of the Russian delegation to boycott the work of the Assembly, which was a clear rejection of the Assembly's offer of dialogue and a violation of the Russian delegation's commitment to co-operate and to maintain a constructive dialogue with the Assembly.

The committee held an exchange of views with Mr Laurent Nouvion, Speaker of the National Council of 8.
Monaco, and Mr Jacques Rit, Chairperson of the Special Committee on modification of the law on the organisation and functioning of the National Council, on the ongoing developments with regard to the implementation of Monaco's remaining accession commitments.
In addition, the committee held an exchange of views with Ambassador Heidi Tagliavini, Special Representative of the Chairperson-in-Office of the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) in Ukraine and in the Trilateral Contact Group on the implementation of "Package of Measures for the Implementation of the Minsk Agreements" with regard to the conflict in eastern Ukraine, as well as with Sir Nicolas Bratza, Chair of the International Advisory Panel on Ukraine, on the report of the Advisory Panel on the review of the Maidan investigations.
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The Assembly notes that the ad hoc Sub-Committee on Russia's neighbourhood policy with regard to other Council of Europe member States was disbanded in January 2015 and that, in the light of the four ongoing frozen conflicts in the Council of Europe geographical area, an ad hoc Sub-Committee on conflicts between Council of Europe member States was set up to replace it.
The Assembly welcomes positive developments and the progress made during the reporting period in a 10. number of countries under a monitoring procedure or engaged in a post-monitoring dialogue.

In particular in: 10.

1.


Albania, the successful implementation of the first phase of the territorial-administrative reforms and the holding of local elections that, despite shortcomings, generally respected fundamental freedoms of assembly and expression, as well as the December 2014 agreement that resulted in the return of the opposition to the work of the parliament; 'I 0.2.
Armenia, the initiation of the constitutional reform with the stated objective of guaranteeing the respect for fundamental rights and freedoms and strengthening the balance of powers in the country; 10.3.

Azerbaijan, efforts to increase transparency and fight corruption, terrorist financing, money laundering and organised crime; 10.4.
Georgia, the ongoing reform of the justice system with a view to increasing the efficiency of the administration of justice and the independence of the judiciary; 10.5. the Republic of Moldova, the parliamentary elections that allowed voters to express their will freely and choose from a wide range of political alternatives, as well as the renewed impetus given by the Moldovan authorities to the settlement of the Transnistrian conflict; 1 0.6.
Ukraine, the ongoing efforts to reform the Constitution and decentralise power to the regions; 10.7.

Bulgaria, the improved political climate and consensual adoption of a strategy to reform the judicial system; 1 0.8.
Montenegro, the considerable progress made in honouring its obligations and accession commitments with regard to the independence of the judiciary, the situation of the media, the fight against corruption and organised crime, the rights of minorities and the fight against discrimination and the situation of refugees and internally displaced persons (IDPs); "the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia", the agreement reached in July 2015 between the 1 0.9. main political parties to overcome the political crisis in the country; 10.10.
Turkey, the parliamentary elections which led to a more pluralist parliament, the outstanding efforts to accommodate two million refugees from Syria, improvement of relations with religious minorities and the restitution of confiscated properties to the Churches and their communities.

2 11.

At the same time, the Assembly expresses its concern about developments and remaining shortcomings in a number of countries under a monitoring procedure or engaged in a post-monitoring dialogue.
These shortcomings undermine the democratic consolidation of those countries and are at odds with their obligations and accession commitments: Resolution 2078 (2015) 11.1. in Albania, the persistent and widespread corruption at many levels of Albanian society, the continued politicisation of the civil service and the lack of independence and impartiality of the judiciary; in Armenia, the ongoing polarisation of the political environment, including over the constitutional 11.2. reforms; 11.3. in Azerbaijan, the lack of independence of the judiciary, the reprisals against independent media and journalists and the systemic repression and criminal prosecution, on dubious charges, of human rights defenders, leaders of non-governmental organisations (NGOs), journalists, their lawyers and others who express critical opinions of the government; 11.4. in Bosnia and Herzegovina, the continuing ethnic divide and persistent lack of any credible efforts to reform the Constitution in order to implement the Sejdic and Finci judgment of the European Court of Human Rights, as well as an ever-growing public mistrust in the functioning of democratic institutions which is undermining the stability and compromising the future of the country; in Georgia, the continued polarisation of the political environment, the increase in intolerant 11.5. discourse against minorities and the systemic deficiencies in court proceedings that negatively affect the respect for a fair trial in certain cases, including of opposition political figures; in the Republic of Moldova, the high electoral threshold to enter the parliament and insufficient 11.6. transparency of campaign financing, the dysfunctioning of State institutions as highlighted by the 2014- 2015 bank scandal, as well as the enduring impunity for corruption; in the Russian Federation, the illegal annexation of Crimea and waging of a covert war in eastern 11.7.
Ukraine, as well as the signing of the so-called "treaty on alliance and strategic partnership" with the occupied regions of Abkhazia, Georgia, and the so-called "treaty on alliance and integration" with the Tskhinvali Region/South Ossetia, Georgia, in violation of, inter alia, international law, the Statute of the Council of Europe (ETS No.1) and Russia's accession commitments, the repressive legal framework for civil society organisations, the harassment and prosecution of NGOs critical of the government, the restrictive legal environment for media and journalists, which challenges the right to freedom of expression in Russia and the interference in, and pressure on, neighbouring countries, in clear contradiction with its accession commitments; 11.8. in Ukraine, the credible reports of human rights abuses and violations of international human rights and humanitarian law by all sides in the conflict in the east of the country, including forces under the control of the Ukrainian authorities, as well as the postponement of the implementation of the Law on the General Prosecutor, which is a setback for the legal reform process; in Bulgaria, the persistent ill treatment of prisoners by the police and prison staff, the appalling 11.9. prison conditions, overcrowding and endemic corruption in the penitentiary institutions, as well as the lack of any concrete steps by the authorities to address this serious situation; 11.10. in Montenegro, the widespread corruption, the situation of the media and discrimination against lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) persons; 11.11. in "the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia", corruption, the political crisis in the country following the parliamentary elections which underscores persistent deficiencies in the functioning of democratic institutions and the institutional make-up of the country, as well as the apparent extent of surveillance at all levels carried out in the country in recent years; 11.12. in Turkey, the recent suspension of the peace process with regard to the Kurdish question, the deterioration of the independence and efficient functioning of the judiciary, prosecution service and police force and the continuing threats to freedom of expression and freedom of assembly.
12.

Consequently, the Assembly urges all the countries under a monitoring procedure or engaged in a post monitoring dialogue to step up their efforts to fully honour all membership obligations and accession commitments to the Council of Europe.
In particular it calls on: the Albanian authorities to implement a comprehensive reform of the justice system, including of 12.1. the prosecution service, on a consensual and inclusive basis and in full respect of the independence of the judiciary, as well as to ensure that local authorities are given clear and concrete powers and functions 3 •• Resolution 2078 (2015) of self-government and the necessary means to implement them properly; and on all political forces in the parliament to participate fully in the work of the ad hoc parliamentary committee on judicial reform established by the Albanian Parliament; the Armenian authorities to ensure a democratic referendum process on the planned 12.2. constitutional changes, including comprehensive public consultations and debate before the referendum takes place, as well as to transparently investigate any allegations of excessive use of force by the police during recent demonstrations; the Azerbaijani authorities to put an end to systemic repression of human rights defenders, the 12.3. media and those critical of the government, including politically motivated prosecutions, and allow for effective judicial review of such practices, and to create an adequate balance between fighting terrorism and organised crime and the right to freedom of expression and association; the authorities and political forces in Bosnia and Herzegovina to overcome the ethnic divide and 12.4. adopt the long overdue constitutional amendments to implement the judgment of the European Court of Hurnan Rights in the Sejdic and Finci case; 12.5. the Georgian authorities to continue the reform of the justice system, and especially of the prosecution service, with a view to establishing a genuinely independent judiciary, as well as to address the systemic shortcomings in the judicial procedures noted in the monitoring report of the OSCE's Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) on the trial of 14 former high-level government officials; and on all political forces to agree on
 electoral reform, in particular to address the excessive variations in size of the single mandate election districts; and to consider a proportional-regional election system, based on open lists, which seems to have the agreement of most, if not all, political forces in the country; 12.6. the Moldovan Parliament to adopt the required constitutional changes with regard to the election of the President and the appointment of the Prosecutor General; to adopt the Jaw on the prosecution service; as well as the Moldovan authorities to strengthen the independence and efficiency of the National Anti-Corruption Center, depoliticise State institutions and take concrete steps to harmonise the Moldovan legislation and the Statute of the Autonomous Territorial Unit of Gagauzia-Yeri; 12.7. the Montenegrin authorities to complete, by the end of 2017, a series of reforms concerning the electoral process, the independence of the judiciary, the fight against corruption and organised crime and the situation of the media; 12.8. the authorities of the Russian Federation to: 12.8.1. fully implement the requirements of Assembly Resolution 2034 (2015) on the challenge, on substantive grounds, of the still unratified credentials of the delegation of the Russian Federation, in particular to reverse the illegal annexation of Crimea and to withdraw its troops from eastern Ukraine and fully implement the Minsk Agreements; 12.8.2. reverse its recognition of Georgia's occupied regions of Abkhazia, Georgia and Tskhinvali Region/South Ossetia, Georgia and to withdraw its military troops from these occupied regions and fully implement the six-point ceasefire agreement of 12 August 2008; 12.8.3. release all Ukrainian political prisoners detained in Russia, in particular Nadiia Savchenko, member of the Ukrainian delegation to the Parliamentary Assembly ofthe Council of Europe; 12.8.4. cease the harassment and prosecution of civil society organisations or their activists and journalists; 12.8.5. abrogate the
 Jaw on undesirable foreign organisations; 12.8.6. bring the legal framework for non-governmental organisations into line with Council of Europe standards; 12.8.7. guarantee in practice the full implementation of all judgments of the European Court of Human Rights in respect of the Russian Federation; the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine to promptly adopt the constitutional amendments on the ·J2.9.
decentralisation and judiciary chapters; the Ukrainian authorities to continue the judicial and anti corruption reforms and to effectively fight the endemic corruption in the country, to fully investigate any reports and allegations of human rights abuses and violations of international human rights and humanitarian Jaw by military troops under the command of the Ukrainian authorities; 4 Resolution 2078 (2015) 12.10. the Bulgarian authorities to take immediate and effective steps to address the grave concerns with regard to the ill treatment of prisoners and prison conditions, as noted by the European Committee for the Prevention of Torture and Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment (CPT); 12.11. all political forces in "the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia" to implement in good faith the agreement to overcome the political crisis in the country and to address its underlying causes; and the authorities to transparently and impartially investigate any allegations of violations and wrongdoings that surfaced in the wiretap scandal; 12.12. the Turkish authorities to respect and strengthen the independence of the judiciary and prosecution service, to fully respect, in practice, the fundamental rights of freedom of assembly, association and expression, to ensure the continuation of the right to individual appeal to the Constitutional Court, to bring the internal security and Internet laws into line with Council of Europe standards, to establish a proper legal status for religious minorities, and to renew the dialogue with Kurdish representatives on the settlement of the Kurdish question.
13.

The Assembly reaffirms the importance of the parliamentary monitoring procedure, and the work of the Monitoring Committee in the democratisation and institution-building processes in many Council of Europe member States.

In that respect, it commends the Monitoring Committee for the prompt and coherent implementation of the reform of the parliamentary monitoring procedure as adopted by the Assembly in Resolution 2018 (2014 ).

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The Assembly especially welcomes the establishment of the periodic review of the honouring of the membership obligations to the Council of Europe by countries that are not subject to a monitoring procedure sensu stricto, or engaged in a post-monitoring dialogue with the Assembly.

It gives its full support to the guidelines and reporting schedule adopted by the Monitoring Committee to conduct these periodic reviews.

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The Assembly takes note of the reports of the periodic review of the honouring of the membership obligations to the Council of Europe by Andorra, Belgium, Croatia and Cyprus that are contained in the report on the progress of the Assembly's monitoring procedure (October 2014- August 2015).

It endorses the findings and conclusions of these periodic review reports and encourages the respective authorities to implement its recommendations.
In particular, the Assembly: 15.1. with respect to Andorra: 15.1.1. welcomes the important reforms carried out in recent years, in particular to increase economic and fiscal transparency and co-operation; 15.1.2. welcomes the development of an effective policy with a view to increasing the integration of non-Andorrans in Andorran society and encourages the authorities to consider further reforms to increase their participation in the democratic processes of the country.
In this respect, the Assembly recommends that the authorities consider granting voting rights in local elections to non-Andorrans as well as exploring the possibility of introducing dual citizenship and easing the residency requirements for Andorran citizenship applications; 15.1.3. expresses its concern about the lack of independence of the Andorran media from financial, political and religious interests and calls on the authorities to guarantee the independence of the media in both principle and practice; 15.1.4. with regard to Council of Europe conventions, recommends that Andorra, inter alia, sign and ratify the European Convention on Nationality (ETS No.
166), the Additional Protocol to the European Social Charter (ETS No.

128) Providing for a System of Collective Complaints, and welcomes the announcement by the authorities that they will ratify the Additional Protocol to the Convention on Cybercrime, concerning the criminalisation of acts of a racist and xenophobic nature committed through computer systems (ETS No.
189) by the end of 2015; 15.1.5. encourages the authorities to implement all remaining recommendations of the Group of States against Corruption (GRECO) and the Committee of Experts on the Evaluation of Anti Money Laundering Measures and the Financing of Terrorism (MONEYVAL) to continue their efforts to adopt comprehensive legislation against racism and intolerance; 15.2. with respect to Belgium: 15.2.1. welcomes efforts to build a political consensus on a more efficient federal State and greater autonomy for the federated entities.
It considers that further steps are necessary to ensure the stability and efficient functioning of State structures based on co-operation and cohabitation between communities; 5 i'?eso/ution 2078 (2015) 15.2.2. expresses its concern about structural problems related to prison conditions and prison overcrowding, as well as to the situation of mentally ill prisoners.
The Assembly encourages the authorities to fully implement the judgments of the European Court of Human Rights in this respect; 15.2.3. urges the Belgian authorities to fully address the issue of detention of refugees and asylum seekers and the lack of access to reception centres; 15.2.4. with regard to Council of Europe conventions, recommends that Belgium ratify, inter alia, Protocol No.

12 to the European Convention on Human Rights (ETS No.
'177), the Council of Europe Convention on Preventing and Combating Violence against Women and Domestic Violence (GETS No.

210) and the Additional Protocol to the Convention on Cybercrime, concerning the criminalisation of acts of a racist and xenophobic nature committed through computer systems; 15.2.5. encourages the authorities to implement the remaining GRECO recommendations and improve the implementation of the Council of Europe Convention on Action against Trafficking in Human Beings (GETS No.
197); 15.3. with respect to Croatia: 15.3.1. welcomes the implementation of comprehensive reforms to strengthen the functioning of democratic institutions, but considers that challenges still remain with regard to post-war justice and reconciliation; the authorities should in particular conduct effective investigations into the killing and disappearance of civilians during the war and ensure that a comprehensive legal framework is established that allows access to reparation for all civilian war victims; 15.3.2. urges the authorities to step up the fight against corruption and in particular to promptly adopt the code of ethics for parliamentarians that is currently being prepared, and to implement the GRECO recommendations with regard to strengthening the independence of, and public trust in, the judiciary; 15.3.3. encourages the authorities to further promote the rights of national minorities in line with the European Charter for Minority or Regional Languages (ETS No.
148), and to pay particular attention to the situation of the Serb and Rorna minorities, which face specific discrimination; 15.3.4. with regard to Council of Europe conventions, recommends that Croatia ratify, inter alia, the Council of Europe Convention on Preventing and Combating Violence against Women and Domestic Violence, and the revised European Social Charter; 15.4. with respect to Cyprus: '15.4.1.
strongly welcomes the recent renewed impetus to the peace talks and encourages President Anastasiades and Turkish Cypriot leader Akmc1 to continue their efforts to bring lasting peace to the country and to resolve the problems related to persons missing as a result of the confiict; 15.4.2. notes the action by the authorities to implement GRECO recommendations, but considers that sustained efforts are needed to create a robust and coherent legal framework to effectively combat corruption, including with regard to transparency of political party funding; 15.4.3. while noting the important influx of refugees and asylum seekers due to its geographical position, remains concerned about the detention and treatment of irregular migrants and asylum seekers.
In this respect, it urges the authorities to implement and further enhance the legal and administrative framework for migrants and asylum seekers and alternatives for the current practice of detaining asylum seekers; 15.4.4. although positive measures have been taken by the authorities, including plans for the construction of new prisons, is concerned about reports of ill treatment and overcrowding in prisons and urges the authorities to develop a coherent strategy to address these issues; 15.4.5. welcomes the efforts made to combat trafficking in human beings and encourages the authorities to promptly implement the recommendations of the Group of Experts on Action against Trafficking in Human Beings (GRETA) and the Committee of the Parties.
As concerns the execution of the judgment of the European Court of Human Rights in the case of Rantsev v. 6 Resolution 2078 (2015) Cyprus and Russia, the Assembly takes note of Cyprus' full compliance with the general measures.
It recalls however that the compliance of the individual measures required from both parties still needs to be assessed for the case to be closed; 15.4.6. with regard to Council of Europe conventions, recommends that Cyprus ratify, inter alia, the Council of Europe Convention on Preventing and Combating Violence against Women and Domestic Violence.

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The Assembly takes note of the Opinion on the "Request for the opening of a monitoring procedure in respect of France" adopted by the Monitoring Committee on 3 September 2015, in which the committee recommends not to open a monitoring procedure.

Nevertheless, the Assembly urges the French authorities to promptly address the concerns and recommendations expressed in this opinion.

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The Assembly takes note of the decision of the Monitoring Committee to henceforth present its reports on the progress of the Assembly's monitoring procedure at the January part-sessions of the Assembly.

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The Parliamentary Assembly has consistently promoted gender equality in the workplace and in the private sphere.

Major improvements in this field, while still not sufficient, can be observed in most member States of the Council of Europe.

Within families, equality between parents must be guaranteed and promoted from the moment the child arrives.

The involvement of both parents in their child's upbringing is beneficial for his or her development.
The role of fathers vis-a-vis their children, including very young children, needs to be better recognised and properly valued.

2.

Shared parental responsibility implies that parents have certain rights, duties and responsibilities vis-a vis their children.

The fact is, however, that fathers are sometimes faced with laws, practices and prejudices which can cause them to be deprived of sustained relationships with their children.
In its Resolution 1921 (2013) "Gender equality, reconciliation of personal and working life and shared responsibility", the Assembly called on the authorities of the member States to respect the right of fathers to enjoy shared responsibility by ensuring that family law foresees, in case of separation or divorce, the possibility of joint custody of children, in their best interest, based on mutual agreement between the parents.

3.
3.

The Assembly wishes to point out that respect for family life is a fundamental right enshrined in Article 8 of the European Convention on Human Rights (ETS No.

5) and numerous international legal instruments.

For a parent and child, the ability to be together is an essential part of family life.

Parent-child separation has irremediable effects on their relationship.
Such separation should only be ordered by a court and only in exceptional circumstances entailing grave risks to the interest of the child.

4.

Furthermore, the Assembly firmly believes that developing shared parental responsibility helps to transcend gender stereotypes about the roles of women and men within the family and is merely a reflection of the sociological changes that have taken place over the past fifty years in terms of how the private and family sphere is organised.

5.
5.

In the light of these considerations, the Assembly calls on the member States to: sign and/or ratify, if they have not already done so, the Convention on the Exercise of Children's 5.1.

Rights (ETS No.

160) and the Convention on Contact concerning Children (ETS No.

192); sign and/or ratify, if they have not already done so, the 1980 Hague Convention on the Civil 5.2.
Aspects of International Child Abduction and to properly implement it, ensuring that the authorities responsible for enforcing it co-operate and respond promptly; ensure that parents have equal rights vis-a-vis their children under their laws and administrative 5.3. practice, guaranteeing each parent the right to be informed and to have a say in important decisions affecting their child's life and development, in the best interests of the child; remove from their laws any difference based on marital status between parents who have 5.4. acknowledged their child; 1.
Assembly debate on 2 October 2015 (36th Sitting) (see Doc.

13870, report of the Committee on Equality and Non Discrimination, rapporteur: Ms Fran9oise Hetto~Gaasch; and Doc.

13896, opinion of the Committee on Social Affairs, Health and Sustainable Development, rapporteur: Mr Stefan Schennach).

Text adopted by the Assembly on 2 October 2015 (36th Sitting).
Resolution 2079 (2015) 5.5. introduce into their laws the principle of shared residence following a separation, limiting any exceptions to cases of child abuse or neglect, or domestic violence, with the amount of time for which the child lives with each parent being adjusted according to the child's needs and interests; respect the right of children to be heard in all matters that affect them when they are deemed to 5.6. have a sufficient understanding of the matters in question; 5.
7. take shared residence arrangements into account when awarding social benefits; 5 8. take all necessary steps to ensure that decisions relating to children's residence and to access rights are fully enforced, including by following up complaints with respect to failure to hand over a child; encourage and, where appropriate, develop mediation within the framework of judicial 5.9. proceedings in family cases involving children, in particular by instituting a court-ordered mandatory information session, in order to make the parents aware that shared residence may be an appropriate option in the best interest of the child, and to work towards such a solution, by ensuring that mediators receive appropriate training and by encouraging multidisciplinary co-operation based on the "Cochem model"; 5.1 0. ensure that the professionals who come into contact with children during court proceedings in family cases receive the necessary interdisciplinary training on the specific rights and needs of children of different age groups, as well as on proceedings that are adapted to them, in accordance with the Council of Europe Guidelines on child-friendly justice; 5.11. encourage parenting plans which enable parents to determine the principal aspects of their children's lives themselves and introduce the possibility for children to request a review of arrangements that directly affect them, in particular their place of residence; introduce paid parental leave available to fathers, with preference being given to the model of 5.12. non-transferable periods of leave.
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The Parliamentary Assembly highlights the importance of safeguarding sporting values and ensuring that the highest possible standards for the protection of these values are properly implemented.
Doping is one of the scourges which undermines sports ethics and destroys the image of sport, and of sportsmen and women.

The Council of Europe has been working in the anti-doping field for many years; the Assembly welcomes the fact that the Organisation has had a positive influence on the revision of the World Anti-Doping Code and that it plays an active role in the World Anti-Doping Agency.

2.
The Assembly welcomes the efforts of various national, European and international stakeholders to make anti-doping systems more efficient: important advances have been made with regard to the recognition of athletes' rights; progress on testing for new substances and the introduction of biological passports have improved the relevance and effectiveness of controls on athletes; major sports organisations are taking increasing steps to improve information on the risks linked to doping and on the anti-doping rules in force; co operation between police forces is beginning to be organised at European and international level.
3.

Unfortunately, despite these efforts, cases of proven doping by high-level athletes continue to emerge and those who develop new doping substances or procedures seem to be one step ahead of those who attempt to track down this type of sports fraud.

Worse still, doping is taking on huge proportions in amateur sport and sports practised by millions of young people.

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4.

The Assembly is worried about the threat that doping poses to sports ethics, but it is even more alarmed by the major public health risks it engenders and the fact that trafficking in doping substances helps to enrich organised crime.

It believes that preventive work with young amateur and semi-professional athletes and the fight against trafficking should be among the priorities of the anti-doping strategy.

5.
5.

The Assembly firmly believes that only a joint effort involving all the stakeholders can yield positive results.
Various lines of enquiry would be worth exploring in this connection, including increased harmonisation of national legislation regarding the definition of offences and the severity of penalties, improved co-ordination between various State services and enhanced police co-operation, together with increased co-operation between the authorities and sports organisations and pooling of information.
In connection with the latter point, sharing and comparing the information held by various stakeholders could help to organise more precisely targeted, well-timed controls.

6.
6.

Therefore, the Assembly recommends that member States: 6.1. review and harmonise national legislation bearing in mind the need to reconcile the imperatives of protecting athletes' rights with the effectiveness of measures to control, prosecute and penalise offences against the anti-doping legislation and, in this context: 6.1.1. ensure better adaptation of penalties to the actual situations; 1.

Assembly debate on 2 October 2015 (36th Sitting) (see Doc.
13852, report of the Committee on Culture, Science, Education and Media, rapporleur: Mr Andre Schneider).

Text adopted by the Assembly on 2 October 2015 (36th Sitting).
Resolution 2080 (2015) 6.1.2. increase the investigative resources available to police forces responsible for combating doping by allowing recourse to the "special investigative techniques" used in the fight against organised crime; 6.1.3. give the national anti-doping organisations the necessary authorisation to: 6.1.3.1. perform surprise controls on amateur and semi-professional athletes following modalities similar to those for professional athletes, where there is serious presumption of doping; 6.1.3.2. investigate not only the athletes but also the backup staff; 6.1.3.3. establish call numbers for whistle-blowers; 6.2. strengthen co-ordination and information exchange between the various State services involved in the fight against doping and develop inter-State co-operation in the fields of controls and investigation of offences against the anti-doping legislation, as well as in combating production of and trafficking in doping substances and the crime rings that derive profit from it; train, in each European country, specialised magistrates who could deal with doping and other 6.3. sports questions, for example with cases of corruption or of tampering with sports results, and look into the possibility of giving them jurisdiction at the national level; 6.4. adopt national doping prevention programmes and, in this context: introduce awareness-raising about doping (hazards linked to the use of doping 6.4.1. substances, to self-medication and to dietary supplements) into school syllabi (for example through the agency of physical education and sports teachers) and, in the context of national education at all levels, develop information and awareness actions, seeking to collaborate with other partners, in particular sports organisations and associations, including to promote sports ethics and values; 6.4.2. set up an observatory of accidents linked with doping, develop a policy on epidemiological research (particularly in respect of young people and amateurs) and improve biological profiling methods; 6.4.3. athletes; support the anti-doping training of the health professionals working in direct contact with 6.4.4. doping tasked to encourage: set up mentoring agencies at the regional or the local level, with staff trained in anti- 6.4.4.1. the development of preventive actions by local and regional sports clubs; 6.4.4.2. professionals directly involved with physical and sporting activities; awareness-raising and training for doctors, pharmacists and other health ratify without delay the Council of Europe Convention on the Counterfeiting of Medical Products 6.5. and Similar Crimes involving Threats to Public Health (GETS No.
211 ).

7.
The Assembly recommends that national and international sports associations and federations: ensure the provision of exhaustive information about anti-doping standards and mechanisms and 7.1. develop information and awareness-raising programmes and actions aimed in particular at young people, including as regards the dangers involved in the use of dietary supplements, especially if bought outside the official circuit; develop strategies for "intelligent" targeting of controls, including controls directed at non-winners 7.2. and not just at the best, building on the knowledge gained about doping practices and more specific information upstream; 7.3. facilitate pooling of information with the police authorities and the national anti-doping bodies; 7.4. establish numbers for whistle-blowers to call; 7.5. consider sports calendars, bearing in mind the risks of athletes and teams being overloaded; think also about the possibility of limiting the number of competitions in which athletes are allowed to participate over a specific period; 2 7.6. promote, in co-operation with the relevant public authorities, the certification of sports halls and the dissemination of codes of conduct ruling out marketing or any other form of encouragement for people to consume doping substances with the aim of enhancing physical performance; 7.7. take action in primary and secondary schools, alongside the authorities, to raise awareness among young people about the risks of doping and help them to develop a sporting culture based on respect for values and sports ethics and not on winning at all costs.
Resolution 2080 (2015) 3 '' Doc.

13862 prov 1 21 September 2015 4th part of the 2015 Ordinary Session (28 September-2 October 2015) Draft agenda 1 1.

Drawn up by the Bureau of the Assembly on 31 August 2015.

Updated on the instructions of the President of the Assembly and under the authority of the Secretary General of the Assembly, to reflect modifications to be proposed to the Bureau of the Assembly (modifications are indicated in grey).
Legends and abbreviations List of committees Bur: Bureau of the Assembly Per: Standing Committee Pol: Committee on Political Affairs and Democracy Jur: Committee on Legal Affairs and Human Rights Soc: Committee on Social Affairs, Health and Sustainable Development Mig: Committee on Migration, Refugees and Displaced Persons Cult: Committee on Culture, Science, Education and Media Ega: Committee on Equality and Non-Discrimination Man: Committee on the Honouring of Obligations and Commitments by Member States of the Council of Europe (Monitoring Committee) Pro: Committee on Rules of Procedure, Immunities and Institutional Affairs Cdh: Committee on the Election of Judges to the European Court of Human Rights List of political groups SOC: Socialist Group EPP/CD: Group of the European People's Party ALOE: Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe EC: European Conservatives Group UEL: Group of the Unified European Left NR: Representatives not belonging to a political group Symbols Presentation, statement Deadline for tabling documents 0 0 II Lists (speakers, questions) G Votes Meetings outside the Chamber Bureau of the Assembly Monday: 08:00-09:30 Friday: 08:30-10:00 Committees Monday: 14:00-15:00 Tuesday: 08:30-10:00 Tuesday: 14:00-15:30 Wednesday: 14:00-15:30 Thursday: 08:30-10:00 Thursday: 14:00-15:30 Political groups Monday: 09:30-11:30 Monday: 17:00-19:00 Wednesday: 08:30-10:00 2 Monday 28 September 2015 Sitting No.
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The activities of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) in 2014·2015 0 Presentation by: o Mr Tuur ELZINGA (Netherlands, UEL), Rapporteur AS/Pol (Doc.

13865) 0 Statement by: o Mr Angel GURRIA, Secretary General of the OECD ill List of speakers (1) Amendments {deadline for tabling: Tuesday 29 September, 1 0:30) Q, Vote on a draft resolution (Doc.

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33 (15:30-20:00) 15.

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Implementation of judgments of the European Court of Human Rights 0 Presentation by: o Mr Klaas de VRIES (Netherlands, SOC), Rapporteur AS/Jur (Doc.
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Freedom of religion and living together in a democratic society 0 Presentation by: o Mr Rafael HUSEYNOV (Azerbaijan, ALOE), Rapporteur AS/Cult (Doc.

13851) o Sir Edward LEIGH (United Kingdom, EC), Rapporteur for opinion AS/Jur (Doc. )
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13852) ill List of speakers C9 Amendments (deadline for tabling: Thursday 1 October, 1 0:30) Q, Vote on a draft resolution (Doc.

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BBIBEaiEBIBmiE CONSEIL DE tEUROPE Draft Agenda of meetings of the Committees of the Assembly, the Bureau and Political Groups 4th part of the 2015 Session: 28 September· 2 October Also available on the internet site :http:/assembly.coe.int Date and time Meeting SUNDAY 27 SEPTEMBER 2015, 23/09/2015 version Room Languages • 15:00 to I 7:30 Meeting of the Presidential Committee Room 17 (E/F) • 17:30 to 18:30 Meeting between the President and the Committee Chairpersons Room 17 (E/F) • 18:30 to 20:00 Selection Panel meeting of the V6clav Havel Human Rights Prize Room 16 (English only) MONDAY 28 SEPTEMBER 2015 • 08:00 to 09:30 Bureau of the l}ssembly Room 7 • 08:30 to 09:30 Women Working Group- Socialist Group Room 9 (E/F) ~ 09:30 Group of the Unified European Left • 09:30 Group of the European People's Party • 09:30 · European Conservatives Group • 09:30 Socialist Group .. 09:30 Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe Room3 RoomS Room 8 Room9 Room 10 • 10:00 Meeting of the secretaries of national delegations Room 11 (ElF) •11:30 *****ASSEMBLY SlTTJNG***** • 14:00 to 15:00 Committee on Social Affairs, Health and Sustainable Development Room 1 • 14:00 to 15:00 Joint meeting of the Sub-Committee on Rights of Minorities and the Sub Committee on Gender Equality of the Committee on Equality and Non Discrimination • 14:00 to 15:00 Committee on Migration, Refugees and Displaced Persons • 14:00 to 15:00 Committee on Political Affairs and Democracy Page 1 of 4 Room6 (E/F) Room 8 Room9 Date and time Meeting Room Languages • 14:00 to 15:00 Committee on Legal Affairs and Human Rights Room I 0 • 14:00 to 15:00 Committee on the Honouring of obligations and commitments by member states Room 11 of the Council of Europe (Monitoring Committee) • 15:00 *****ASSEMBLY SITTING***** • 17:00 to 19:00 Group of the Unified European Left • 17:00 to 19:00 Group of the European People's Party • 17:00 to 19:00 European Conservatives Group • 17:00 to 19:00 Socialist Group • 17:00 to 19:00 Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe TUESDAY
 29 SEPTEMBER 20'15 • 08:30 to 10:00 "No Hate ·Parliamentary Alliance", Committee on Equality and Non Discrimination • 08:30 to I 0:00 Committee on Social Affairs, Health and Sustainable Development • 08:30 to I 0:00 Committet~ on Migrution, Refugees and Displaced Persons Room3 Room5 Room 8 Room 9 Room 10 Room 6 Room 7 Room 8 • 08:30 to 10:00 Committee on Rules of Procedure, Immunities und Institutional AHairs Room 11 .. 08:30 to 10:00 Visit by the Committee on Legal Affairs and Human Rights to the European Court (ElF) Court of Human Rjghts • I 0:00 *****ASSEMBLY SITTING***** • 14:00 to 15:30 Committee on Migration, Refugees and Displaced Persons • 14:00 to 15:30 Committee on Equality and Non~ Discrimination Room5 Room6 • 14:00 to 15:30 Sub~Committee on Environment and Energy of the Committee on Social Affairs, Room 7 Health and Sustainable Development (E/F) • 14:00 to 15:30 Committee on Culture, Science, Education and Media • 14:00 to 15:30 Committee on Political Affairs and Democracy • 14:00 to 15:30 Committee on Legal Affairs and Human Rights • 15:30 *****ASSEMBLY SITTING***** Room 8 Room 9 Room 10 Page 2 of 4 Date and time Meeting Room Languages WEDNESDAY 30 SEPTEMBER 2015 • 08:30 Group of the Unified European Left • 08:30 Group of the European People's Party • 08:30 European Conservatives Group • 08:30 Socialist Group • 08:30 Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe • 10:00 *****ASSEMBLY SITTING***** Room3 RoomS Room 8 Room9 Room 10 • 14:00 to 15:30 Hearing of the Committee on Social Affairs, Health and Sustainable Room 1 Development on "Manufacturing a new human speciesT • 14:00 to 15:30 Parliamentary Network women free from violence, Committee on Equality and Non-Discrimination Room6 • 14:00 to 15:30 Committee on Culture, Science, Education and Me9ia • 14:00 to 15:30 Committee on Migration, Refugees and Displaced Persons • 14:00 to 14:30 Committee on Legal Affairs and Human Rights • 14:30 to 15:30 Committee on Political Affairs and Democracy Room 7 RoomS
 Room 10 Room 9 • 14:30 to 15:30 Sub-Committee on Human Rights of the Committee on Legal Affairs and Human Rights Room 10 (ElF) • 15:30 *****ASSEMBLY SITTING***** THURSDAY 1 OCTOBER 2015 • 08:30 to 09:30 Joint meeting of the Committee on Equality and Non-Discrimination and the Committee on Culture, Science, Education and Media Room 6 • 08:30 to 10:00 Committee on Social Affairs, Health and Sustainable Development Room 7 • 08:30 to 10:00 Committee on Migration, Refugees and Displaced Persons • 08:30 to 10:00 Committee on Legal Affairs and Human Rights Room 8 Room 10 • 08:30 to 10:00 Committee on the Honouring of obligations and commihnents by member states Room 11 of the Council of Europe (Monitoring Committee) • 09:30 to 10:00 Sub-Committee on Education, Youth and Sport of the Committee on Culture, Science, Education and Media Room6 (ElF) • 10:00 *****ASSEMBLY SITTING***** Page 3 of 4 Date and time Meeting Room Languages • 14:00 to 15:30 Committee on Equality and Non-Discrimination Room6 • 14:00 to 15:30 Network of contact parliamentarians to stop sexual violence against children, Room 7 Committee on Social Affairs, Health and Sustainable Development • 14:00 to 15:30 Committee on Culture, Science, Education and Media Room 8 • 15:30 *****ASSEMBLY SITTING***** o I 6:00 to 17:00 Meeting between the President and the Chairpersons of national delegations Room 8 (E/F) • 20:00 Meeting of the Presidential Committee Strasbourg FRIDAY 2 OCTOBER 2015 • 08:30 to 10:00 Bureau of the Assembly Room 7 •10:00 *****ASSEMBLY SITTING***** Page 4 of 4 l.L/;:?-- Parliamentary Assembly ~~ Assemblee parlementaire ~~ ~ 4Pftilli'H/~~mm:m~~ ____________ 'i:!l¥:1ilffi!Jffilf-*"illllllli#-IB:ii!#!Rl!iD SECRETARIAT AS/Mig (2015) CB 07 5 October 2015 To the members of the Committee on Migration, Refugees and Displaced Persons Synopsis of the meeting held in Strasbourg on 28, 29, 30 September and 1 October 2015 The Committee on Migration, Refugees and Displaced Persons, meeting in Strasbourg, with
 Mr Thierry Mariani (France, EPP/CD) in the Chair, • on Monday, 28 September 2015 at 2 p.m., as regards: Draft minutes of the meeting of9 September 2015: revised and approved them as amended; Countries of transit: meeting new migration and asylum challenges (Rapporteur: Ms Tineke Strik, Netherlands, SOC): considered and approved an addendum to the report; considered and adopted 4 amendments to the draft resolution presented by the Rapporteur to be tabled on behalf of the Committee; authorised the rapporteur to carry out a fact-finding visit to the Western Balkans to gather information on the progress in the implementation of the resolution subject to its adoption by the Assembly; Violence against migrants (Rapporteur: Mr Andrea Rigoni, Italy, ALDE): heard a statement by the rapporteur on his fact-finding visit to Germany on 2 and 3 July 2015 and on his future fact-finding visit to Greece (14-16 October 2015); Constitution of an Ad Hoc Sub-Committee: was informed of an invitation from the Municipality of Kos (Greece) supported by the Parliament of Greece to visit the reception facilities for migrants on the Island of Kos; and agreed to constitute an ad hoc Sub-Committee to visit Kos in order to gather first hand information on the situation on the island in the light of mass arrivals of refugees and migrants; • on Tuesday, 29 September 2015 at 8.30 a.m., as regards: Countries of transit: meeting new migration and asylum challenges (Rapporteur: Ms Tineke Strik, Netherlands, SOC): took position on 16 amendments tabled to the draft resolution and 1 amendment tabled to the draft recommendation; After Dublin - Nicoletti, Italy, SOC): took position on 29 amendments tabled to the draft resolution; the urgent need for a real European asylum system (Rapporteur: Mr Michele Organised crime and migrants (Rapporteur: Mr lrakli Chikovani, Georgia, ALDE): heard a statement by the rapporteur and considered and approved a preliminary draft report; held a hearing with the participation
 of Mr Jari Vilen, Ambassador, Head of the European Union Delegation to the Council of Europe, Ms Silke Albert, Senior expert on Trafficking in Persons, United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC), Mr Alvaro Rodriguez Gaya, Project Manager, Facilitated illegal migration area, Europa!
and Mr Jan Kleijssen, Director, Directorate of Information Society and Action against Crime; AS/Mig (2015) CB 07 • on Tuesday, 29 September 2015 at 2.00 p.m., with Mr Rene Rouquet (France, SOC) in the Chair, as regards: Closing the protection gap of unaccompanied children in Europe (Rapporteur: Mr Rene Rouquet, France, SOC): heard a statement by the rapporteur, considered an introductory memorandum and agreed to modify the title of the report as follows: "Harmonising the protection of unaccompanied minors in Europe"; Appeal for a solidary and humane solution of the refugee crisis in Europe: heard a statement by Mr Simon Matthijssen, representative of the European Ombudsman Institute (EOI) to the Council of Europe: The Mediterranean Sea: a front door to irregular migration (Rapporteur: Ms Daphne Dumery, Belgium, NR): heard a statement by the rapporteur and considered and approved a preliminary draft report; Lampedusa Beach: watched a performance on a refugee survivor of a shipwreck the Mediterranean Sea organised in co-operation with the Italian Cultural Institute, in the presence of Ms Anne Brasseur, President of the PACE, Ms Laura Boldrini, President of the Italian Parliament, Mr Mars Di Bartolomeo, President of the Parliament of Luxembourg, and other invited personalities; in • on Wednesday, 30 September 2015 at 2.00 p.m., with Ms Doris Fiala (Switzerland, ALOE) in the Chair, as regards: Ad Hoc Sub-Committee to visit reception facilities for migrants on the island of Kos (Greece): heard a statement by Mr Aristotelis Pavlidis, former PACE member and current member of the Municipal Council of Kos, and approved the terms of reference of the Ad Hoc Sub-Committee subject to its validation by the Bureau; The humanitarian concerns with regard to captured people during the conflict in Ukraine (Rapporteur: Ms Nellija Kleinberga, Latvia, ALOE): heard a statement by the rapporteur and considered an introductory memorandum; agreed to organise a hearing in January 2016 and authorised the rapporteur to carry out a
 fact-finding visit to Ukraine and the Russian Federation; heard a statement by Ms Oleksandra Romantsova, representative of the NGO "Coordinator of mobile group for monitoring human rights violations in Don bass"; Follow-up to the report on "Missing persons during the conflict in Ukraine" (Rapporteur: Mr Jim Sheridan, United Kingdom, SOC): heard a statement by Mr Sergiy Vlasenko (Ukraine, EC) on the follow-up to Resolution 2067 (2015); Promoting alternatives to the immigration detention of children: heard a statement by Ms Doris Fiala (Switzerland, ALOE), General Rapporteur on "Ending immigration detention of children" and held a hearing with the participation of Mr Kerry L. Neal, Child Protection Specialist, UNICEF, Ms Lana Petii Kujundzi6, Judge for minors, President of department for juveniles, District Court of Zagreb, Croatia and Ms Elvire Delwiche, Coordinator of Caritas International, Belgium; The humanitarian crisis in Gaza (Rapporteur: Ms Eva-Lena Jansson, Sweden, SOC): heard a statement by the rapporteur on her future fact-finding visit to Israel and Palestinian territories including the Gaza Strip (26-28 October 2015, to be confirmed) and held an exchange of views; • on Thursday, 1 October 2015 at 8.30 a.m., with Mr Cezar Florin Preda (Romania, EPP/CD) in the Chair, as regards: Ad Hoc Sub-Committee to visit reception facilities for migrants on the island of Kos (Greece): approved the composition of the Ad hoc Sub-Committee (see appendix); Recommendation 2059 (2014) on "Resettlement of refugees: promoting greater solidarity": heard a statement by the rapporteur on the reply from the Committee of Ministers and agreed to write a letter to the Committee of Ministers seeking further clarification on follow-up action; International Migrants' Day (18 December 2015): held a training session for parliamentarians on how to visit places of detention with Ms Barbara Bernath, Expert, Association for the Prevention of 2 AS/Mig (2015) CB 07 Torture (APT) with a view
 to members visiting a detention centre in their countries on 18 December 2015; International Conference on "A comprehensive humanitarian and political response to the migration and refugee crisis in Europe": held an exchange of views on the preparation of the international conference to be held in Paris on 16 December 2015 (date and venue to be confirmed); Representation of the Committee at various events: appointed Mr Florin Costin P§slaru (Romania, SOC) to participate in the Regional Seminar on "What Rights and Realities at 18?"
on 2-3 November 2015 in Budapest, subject to the availability of financial resources by the Assembly; Appointment of a rapporteur for a report: A stronger European response to the Syrian refugee cns1s: appointed Ms Annette Groth (Germany, UEL) and heard from her a declaration of absence of conflict of interest; The impact of European populations dynamics on migration policies: following Ms Kristin 0rmen Johnsen's (Norway, EPP/CD) appointment on 9 September 2015, heard from her a declaration of absence of conflict of interest; Free debate: heard a statement by Mr Sergiy Vlasenko (Ukraine, EC) on the visit of a group of French parliamentarians to Crimea on 23-24 July 2015 attended by the Chairperson of the Committee, including a request to put this issue on the draft agenda of the next Committee meeting; Other business: in the context of the follow-up to Resolution 2028 (2015) on "The humanitarian situation of Ukrainian refugees and displaced persons" (Rapporteur: Mr Jim Sheridan, SOC, UK), authorised the Chairperson to write to the Ukrainian PACE delegation requesting information on the progress made by the Ukrainian authorities in the fulfilment of recommendations contained in the resolution; Next meetings: • Paris, 15 December 2015 • Paris, 16 December 2015, International Conference on "A comprehensive humanitarian and political response to the migration and refugee crisis in E·urope" (date and venue to be confirmed) • Strasbourg, during the 1st part-session 2016 (25-29 January) ***** The Ad Hoc Sub-Committee to visit reception facilities for migrants on the island of Kos (Greece), meeting in Strasbourg on 1 October 2015, with first Mr Cezar Florin Preda (Romania, EPP/GD), and then Ms Doris Fiala (Switzerland, ALDE) in the Chair, as regards: Election of a Chairperson: elected Ms Doris Fiala (Switzerland, ALDE) by acclamation; Visit of the Ad Hoc Sub-Committee to Kos (Greece): held an exchange of views on the preparation of the meeting to be held in Kos, organised in co-operation with the authorities of Kos with the support of the delegation of Greece to the PACE, to be held on 23-24 October 2015; Next meeting: Kos (Greece), 23-24 October 2015.
Agnieszka Nachilo, Agnes Nollinger, Olga Kostenko, David Milner cc: Secretary General of the Assembly Director General, Director and all staff of the Secretariat of the Assembly Secretaries of National Delegations and of Political Groups of the Assembly Secretaries of observer and partner for democracy delegations Secretary General of the Congress Secretary to the Committee of Ministers Directors General Director of the Private Office of the Secretary General of the Council of Europe Director of the Office of the Commissioner for Human Rights Director of Communication Permanent Representations to the Council of Europe 3 AS/Mig (2015) CB 07 Appendix Ad Hoc Sub-Committee to visit reception facilities for migrants on the island of Kos {Greece) Sous-commission ad hoc pour visiter des structures d'accueil pour migrants sur l'ile de Kos {Grace) LIST OF MEMBERS I LISTE DES MEMBRES Chairperson I Presidente Alternates I Rempla~rants Ms Doris FIALA Switzerland I Suisse ALDE I ADLE Members I Membres Alternates I Rempla~tants Mr Christpher CHOPE United Kingdom I Royaume-Uni EC ICE Ms Daphne DUMERY Belgium I Belgique NRINI Ms Annette GROTH Germany I Allemagne UEL I GUE Mr Eerik-Niiles KROSS Estonia I Estonie ALDE I ADLE Ms Athina KYRIAKIDOU Cyprus I Chypre SOC Mr Cezar Florin PREDA Romania I Roumanie EPPICD I PPEIDC Mr Andrea RIGONI Italy lltalie ALDEIADLE 4 AS/Soc (2015) OJ 07 21 September 2015 Asocoj07 _2015 7 & .
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Draft agenda 1 for the meetings to be held in Strasbourg on Monday, 28 September 2015, from 2 to 3 pm [Room 1] Tuesday, 29 September 2015, from 8.30 to 10 am [Room 7] Wednesday, 30 September 2015, from 2 to 3.30 pm [Room 1] Thursday, 1st October 2015, from 8.30 to 10 am [Room 7] Thursday, 1st October 2015, from 2.30 to 3.30 pm [Room 7] * [Sub-Committee on Environment and Energy, room 7, on Tuesday 29 September 2015, from 2 to 3.30 pm] " meeting of the PACE Network of Contact Parliamentarians to stop sexual violence against * 251 children Monday, 28 September 2015, from 2 to 3 pm [Room 11 1.
Agenda [AS/Soc (2015) OJ 07] Adoption of the draft agenda 2.

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Handling international public health emergencies Rapporteur: Ms Silvia Eloisa Bonet Perot, Andorra, SOC [AS/Soc (2015) 33] Exchange of views (by videolink) with Dr David Nabarro, UN Secretary-General's Special Envoy on Ebola, the United Nations, New York (United States) Public health and the interests of the pharmaceutical industry: how to guarantee the primacy of public health interests?
Rapporteur: Ms Liliane Maury Pasquier, Switzerland, SOC [Doc.
13869] Exchange of views (by videolink) with Mr Anand Grover (India), former UN Special Rapporteur on the right of everyone to the enjoyment of the highest attainable standard of physical and mental health 1This draft agenda, addressed to full members of the Committee and their alternates, is the convocation to the meeting Copy to Secretaries of national delegations, of observer and partner for democracy delegations and of political groups AS/Soc (2015) OJ 07 Tuesday, 29 September 2015, from 8.30 to 10 am [Room 71 4.
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Public health and the interests of the pharmaceutical industry: how to guarantee the primacy of public health interests?

Rapporteur: Ms Liliane Maury Pasquier, Switzerland, SOC [Doc.

13869, amendments] Consideration of amendments Equality and shared parental responsibility: the role of fathers Rapporteur: Mr Stefan Schennach, Austria, SOC [Doc.

13870, AS/Soc (2015) 31 rev] Consideration and approval of a draft opinion Wednesday, 30 September 2015, from 2 to 3.30 pm [Room 11 6.
Hearing on "Manufacturing a new human species?"
[AS/Soc (2015) 41, AS/Soc (2015) 42] Hearing with the participation of: • Mr Jean-Yves Le Deaut, General Rapporteur on science and technology assessment of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe; • Mr Robin Lovell-Badge, Group Leader at the Francis Crick Institute (formerly MRC National Institute for Medical Research), United Kingdom; • Mr George M. Church, Professor of Genetics at Harvard Medical School and Director of personalgenomes.org, USA (by videolink); • Mr Luigi Naldini, Director of Division of Regenerative Medicine, Stem Cells and Gene Therapy, San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Italy; • Mr Mark Bale, Chairperson of the Council of Europe Committee on Bioethics (DH-BIO).
Moderator: Mr Denis Durand de Bousingen, journalist specialised in health and medicine, Le Quotidian du Medecin, France Thursday.

1 October 2015, from 8.30 to 10 am [Room 71 7.

Minutes [AS/Soc (2015) PV 06, AS/Soc (2015) PV 06 add] .

Approval of the draft minutes of the meeting held in Paris, on 11 September 2015 .

Approval and declassification of the draft minutes of the hearing on "Human rights and ethical issues related to surrogacy", held in Paris on 11 September 2015 8.
Human rights and ethical issues related to surrogacy Rapporteur: Ms Petra De Sutter, Belgium, SOC [AS/Soc (2015) 43] Consideration of a preliminary draft report 9, Inhabitants of frontier regions of Azerbaijan are deliberately deprived of water Rapporteur: Ms Milica Markovic, Bosnia and Herzegovina, SOC Statement by the Rapporteur 10.

The need for a citizenship income Rapporteur: Ms Nunzia Catalfo, italy, NR [AS/Soc (2015) 36] Consideration of an introductory memorandum 2 AS/Soc (2015) OJ 07 11.
Improving children's access to child-friendly health and social services Rapporteur: Ms Stella Kyriakides, Cyprus, EPPICD [AS/Soc (2015) 44] Consideration of an introductory memorandum 12.

Committee's work programme and priorities [AS/Soc (2015) 01 rev6, AS/Soc (2015) 02rev6] 12.1.

Consideration of draft motions for a resolution/recommendation with a view to adoption by the Committee for tabling [AS/Soc (2015) 38] ¥ Increased income inequalities are a threat to social cohesion 12.2.
Appointment of rapporteurs: [Doc.

13778] ¥ Preventing the radicalisation of children by fighting the root causes (for report) 12.3.

Appointment of committee representatives to external events: .1 •t European meeting on "Sports for health upon prescription", Strasbourg, 14-15 October 20 15; .29th Session of the Congress, Strasbourg, 20-22 October 2015; .
13th meeting of the Committee of the Parties to the Council of Europe Convention on the Protection of Children against Sexual Exploitation and Sexual Abuse (Lanzarote Committee), Strasbourg, 1-4 December 2015; .

8th plenary meeting of the Committee on Bioethics (DH-BIO), 1-4 December 2015, Strasbourg.

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Reports from Committee representatives to external events: Mr Tuur Elzinga (Netherlands, UEL) who took part in the exchange of views between the delegations of PACE and of the European Parliament Committee on Constitutional Affairs (AFCO) as regards the EU accession to the European Social Charter, Brussels (Belgium), 23 September 2015 12.5.
Reply of the Committee of Ministers [Doc .... , Recommendation 2068 (2015), AS/Soc (2015) 45] Consideration of the Committee of Ministers' reply to the Assembly's Recommendation on "Social services in Europe: legislation and practice of the removal of children from their families in Council of Europe member States" • 13.

Sub-Committee on the Europe Prize Report by the Chairperson of the Sub-Committee on its meeting in Dresden on 24 September 2015 14.
Sub-Committee on Environment and Energy Report by the Chairperson of the Sub-Committee on its meeting in Strasbourg on 29 September 2015 15.

Constitution of Sub-Committees [List of the Sub-Committees] Changes in the Sub-Committees 16.

Parliamentary conference on the MEDICRIME Convention [Factsheet, List of participants, AS/Soc (2015) 23rev2] Statement by the Chairperson 3 AS/Soc (2015) OJ 07 17.

Other business National developments 18.


Date and place of next meetings Plenary committee: Monday, 23 November 2015, Paris (Council of Europe Office); Tuesday, 24 November 2015, Paris, (OECD Conference Centre), Parliamentary Conference on the MEDICRIME Convention; PACE network of contact parliamentarians to stop sexual violence against children: Date to be confirmed (subject to the availability of funds); Sub-Committee on the Europe Prize: Vara (Sweden), 29-30 November 2015.
Thursday, 1 October 2015, from 2 to 3.30 [Room 71 19. "

meeting of the PACE Network of Contact Parliamentarians to stop sexual violence against 251 children [AS/Soc (2015) 39, AS/Soc/In!

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Update on the Council of Europe ONE in FIVE Campaign by Ms Gabriella Battaini Dragoni, Deputy Secretary General of the Council of Europe; .
Exchange of views on the theme "Protecting children against sexual violence online" with the participation of: • Ms Jutta Croll, Executive Director, Online Child Protection Centre (1-KIZ), Germany; • Mr Kristof Claesen, Policy and Public Affairs Manager, Internet Watch Foundation (IWF), United Kingdom.
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'Europe) on: - Monday 28 September 2015 at 2pm-3pm (Room 1 0) - Tuesday 29 September 2015 at 8.15am-10am -Visit to the European Court of Human Rights2 (English and French interpretation only) - Tuesday 29 September 2015 at 2pm-3.30pm (Room 10) - Wednesday 30 September 2015 at 2pm-2.30pm (Room 10)] - - Thursday 1 October 2015, at 8.30am-10am (Room 10) [Wednesday 30 September 2015 at 2.30pm-3.30pm (Room 10)]3 Monday 28 September 2015 at 2pm-3pm 1.

Agenda [ASIJur (2015) 06 Rev] Adoption of the agenda 2.
Minutes [ASIJur (2015) PV 04, 05] Approval of the minutes of the meeting held in Yerevan on 19-20 May 2015 and of the meeting held in Strasbourg from 22-26 June 2015 meet the seminar room of the Human Rights Building (the European Court of Human Rights, 1 = Rez-de- Jardin).

3 The Sub-Committee on Human Rights will meet on Wednesday 30 September 2015 in Room 10 from 2.30-3.30pm.
This draft agenda, addressed to full members of the Committee and their alternates, is the convocation to the meeting Copy to Secretaries of national delegations, of observer and partner for democracy delegations and of political groups Meeting documents are published on the Parliamentary Assembly extranet website (restricted area for national delegations): http://assembly.

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After Dublin -the urgent need for a real European asylum system Rapporteur for opinion: Mr Boriss Cilevics, Latvia, SOC Rapporteur for the Committee on Migration, Refugees and Displaced Persons: Mr Michele Nicoletti, Italy, SOC [ASIJur (2015) ... Doc.

13866] Consideration of a report tabled by the Committee on Migration, Refugees and Displaced Persons Consideration and approval of the Committee's opinion 4.

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Freedom of religion and living together in a democratic society Rapporteur for opinion: Sir Edward Leigh, United Kingdom, EC Rapporteur for the Committee on Culture, Science, Education and Media: Mr Rafael Huseynov, Azerbaijan, ALOE Rapporteur for opinion for the Committee on Social Affairs, Health and Sustainable Development: Ms Liliane Maury Pasquier, Switzerland, SOC [AS/Jur (2015) ... Doc.
13851] Consideration of a report tabled by the Committee on Culture, Science, Education and Media Consideration and approval of the Committee's opinion Implementation of judgments of the European Court of Human Rights Rapporteur: Mr Klaas de Vries, Netherlands, SOC [AS/Jur (2015) ... (Addendum to Doc.

1368411 Consideration and approval of an addendum Administrative detention .

'?apporteur: Lord Richard Balfe, United Kingdom, EC [AS/Jur (2015) ... ] Consideration of an introductory memorandum 7.
Other business [ASIJur (2015) ... ] i) ii) Article 52 (ECHR) Extensions of references Tuesday 29 September 2015 from 8.15am-10am Visit to the European Court of Human Rights [programrne] ..... 2 AS/Jur (2015) OJ 06 Rev Tuesday 29 September 2015 from 2pm-3.30pm 8.

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Abolition of the Death Penalty in member and observer states of the Council of Europe, Belarus and in Partner for Democracy states- overview of the current situation General Rapporteur on the abolition of the death penalty:4 Ms Marietta Karamanli, France, SOC [AS/Jur (2015) 21] Discussion of an information note prepared by the General Rapporteur Legal remedies to human rights violations on the Ukrainian territories outside the control of the Ukrainian authorities Rapporteur: Ms Marieluise Beck, Germany, ALOE [AS/Jur (2015) ... ] Consideration of an introductory memorandum 10.
The crash of Polish Air Force Tu-154 transporting the Polish delegation on 10 Apri12010 on the Russian Federation's territory Rapporteur: Mr Robert Neill, United Kingdom, EC [AS/Jur (2015) 26] Consideration of an introductory memorandum 11.

Appointment of rapporteurs [Rapporteur table Doc 12306 Doc.
13781] Accession of the European Union to the European Convention on Human Rights: Election of Judges (reappointment following the resignation of Mr Jordi Xucla, Spain, ALDE as rapporteur) Securing access of detainees to lawyers Request for partner for democracy status with the Parliamentary Assembly submitted by the Parliament of Jordan (for opinion) (reappointment following the resignation of Mr James Clappison, United Kingdom, EC as rapporteur) Rapporteur for the Committee on Committee on Political Affairs and Democracy: Ms Josette Durrieu, France, SOC 12.
Appointment of representative of the Committee to the Group of States against Corruption (GRECO) Re-appointment of the substitute following the departure of Mr Kimma Sasi from the Assembly 13.

Replies from the Committee of Ministers to recommendations emanating from the Committee [AS/Jur (2015) ... Doc.

13848] 14.
13848] 14.

Participation of members in conferences, meetings, seminars etc Reports by the following representatives: • Feedback by Mr Pieter Omtzigt (Netherlands, EPP/CD) concerning his presentation of PACE Resolution 2045 (2015) on "Mass Surveillance" before the European Parliament's LIBE Committee on 28 May 2015 in Brussels.

4 The terms of reference of this General Rapporteurship can be found in Doc.

AS/Bur (2012) 29.

3 AS/Jur (2015) OJ 06 Rev Wednesday 30 September 2015 from 2pm- 2.30pm ***** 15.
Implementation of judgments of the European Court of Human Rights Rapporteur : Mr Klaas de Vries, Netherlands, SOC [Doc.

13684 +Addendum Doc .... + amendments] Consideration of amendments to the draft resolution and draft recommendation ***** Wednesday 30 September 2015 from 2.30pm-3.30pm (Sub-committee on Human Rights - for information/ Thursday 1 October 2015 from 8.30am -10am (Room 10/ ***** 16.
Sub-Committee on Human Rights [AS/JuriDH (2015) OJ 05] Report by the Chairperson of the Sub-Committee on the meeting held in Strasbourg on Wednesday 30 September 2015 17.

[Doc.

13863 + amendments] Consideration of amendments to the draft resolution and draft.

recommendation 9.15am· 10am- Hearing: 18.


Strengthening the protection and role of human rights defenders in Council of Europe member states Rapporteur Ms Maills Reps, Estonia, ALOE [AS/Jur (2015) ... ] Hearing with the participation of: Ms Souhayr Belhassen, Honorary President, International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH),Paris Mr Andrew Anderson, Deputy Director, Front Line Defenders, The International Foundation for the Protection of Human Rights Defenders, Dublin 19.
Other business (continuation) 20.
Next meetings Plenary Committee: o Paris, 2 November 2015 (Council of Europe Office) o Paris, 8 December 2015 (Council of Europe Office 4 AS!Jur (2015) OJ 06 Rev ***** SUB-COMMITTEE MEETINGS DURING THE 4th PART-SESSION: Sub-Committee on Human Rights: • Strasbourg, Wednesday 30 September 2015 (2.30-3.30pm) (Room 1 0) 5 ~ Parliamentary Assembly ttfL~ Assemblee parlementaire ~"~ ~~ AS/Cult (2015) OJ 06 rev 18 September 2015 AAC OJ06rev_15 Committee on Culture, Science, Education and Media Draft agenda of the meeting to be held in Strasbourg, Palais de I' Europe, on: Tuesday 29 September 2015 from 2 p.m. to 3.30 p.m. (Room 8) Wednesday 30 September 2015 from 2 p.m. to 3.30 p.m. (Room 7) Thursday 1 October 2015 from 8.30 a.m. to 9.30 a.m. (Room 6) - Joint meeting with the Committee on Equality and Non-Discrimination Thursday 1 October 2015 from 2 p.m. to 3.30 p.m. (Room 8) Sub-committee meetings: Thursday 1 October 2015 from 9.30 a.m. to 10 a.m. (Room 6): Meeting of the Sub-Committee on Education, Youth and Sport Tuesday 29 September 2015 from 2 p.m. to 3.30 p.m. (Room 8) 1.
Agenda [AS/Cult (2015) OJ 06 rev] Adoption of the agenda for the meeting 2.
Minutes [AS/Cult (2015) PV 03 add2; AS/Cult (2015) PV 05] Approval of the addendum to the minutes of the joint meeting with the Committee on Social Affairs, Health and Sustainable Development on the theme: "Sex and relationship education as a means of preventing sexual violence against children" held in Strasbourg on 23 April 2015; matters arising from the minutes Approval of the minutes of the meeting held in Strasbourg on 23, 24 and 25 June 2015; matters arising from the minutes 3.
Draft Council of Europe Convention on an Integrated Safety, Security and Service Approach at Football Matches and Other Sports Events Rapporteur: Mr Valeri Jablianov, Bulgaria, SOC [AS/Cult (2015) 43; Doc.
13752] Adoption of a draft opinion This draft agenda, addressed to members of the committee and their alternates, is the convocation to the meeting Copy to Secretaries of national delegations, of observer and partner for democracy delegations and of political groups Meeting documents will be published on the Parliamentary Assembly extranei website (restricted area for national delegations): AS/Cult (2015) OJ 06 rev 4.
Platform to promote the protection of journalism and safety of journalists Presentation of the platform' by Mr Maljaz Gruden, Policy Planning Director of the Council of Europe 5.
Attacks against journalists and media freedom in Europe Rapporteur: Mr Gvozden Srecko Flego, Croatia, SOC Exchange of views with: Mr Alexander Warzilek, General Secretary of the Austrian Press Council, Vienna Mr Lutz Till manns, General Secretary of the German Press Council, Berlin Wednesday 30 September 2015 from 2 p.m. to 3.30 p.m. (Room 7) 6.

Freedom of religion and living together in a democratic society Rapporteur: Mr Rafael Huseynov, Azerbaijan, ALOE [Doc.

13851; Doc.
13851; Doc.

13871; Doc .... ] Consideration of amendments to the draft resolution and to the draft recommendation Debate in the Assembly: Wednesday 30 September at 6 p.m. (to be confirmed) Deadline for amendments: Tuesday 29 September at 4 p.m. 7.

Intellectual property rights in the digital era Rapporteur: Mr Axel E. Fischer, Germany, EPPICD [AS/Cult (2015) 48] Consideration of an introductory memorandum 8.
Culture and democracy Rapporteur: Ms Vesna Marjanovic, Serbia, SOC Exchange of views with Ms Amila Ramovic, Executive Director of ARS AEVI, Museum of Contemporary Art, Sarajevo 9.

Council of Europe Museum Prize Rapporteur: Ms Vesna Marjanovic, Serbia, SOC Information by the rapporteur Thursday 1 October 2015 from 8.30 a.m. to 9.30 a.m. (Room 6) -Joint meeting of the Committee on Culture, Science, Education and Media and the Committee on Equality and Non-Discrimination ' 10.
Sport for all: a bridge to equality, integration and social inclusion Rapporteur: Ms Carmen Quintanilla, Spain, EPPICD [AS/CuiUinf-AS/Egallnf (2015) 01; AS/Cull (2015) 44] Consideration of a preliminary draft report and exchange of views with experts 1 See: AS/Cult (2015) OJ 06 rev Thursday 1 October 2015 from 2 p.m. to 3.30 p.m. (Room 8) 11.

Rethinking the anti-doping strategy Rapporteur: Mr Andre Schneider, France, EPPICD [Doc.
13852] Consideration of amendments to the draft resolution Debate in the Assembly: Friday 2 October at 11.30 a.m. (to be confirmed) Deadline for amendments: Thursday 1 October at 10.30 a.m. 12.

Promoting city-to-city cooperation in the field of culture Rapporteur: Alexander, The Earl of Dundee, United Kingdom, EC [AS/Cult (2015) 47] Adoption of a draft resolution and approval of a report 13.
Access to school and education for all children Rapporteur: Mr Gvozden Srecko Flego, Croatia, SOC [AS/Cult (2015) 45; CM/Rec(2008)4; Concept paper by the expert] Consideration of a draft report and exchange of views with Professor David Little, Trinity College, Dublin 14.

References to the committee and appointment of rapporteurs' Reference for report: Technological convergence, artificial intelligence and human rights (Doc.
13833)3 References for opinion: Preventing the radicalisation of children by fighting the root causes (Doc.

13778) Ending cyberdiscrimination and online hate (Doc.

13828)3 Reference for taking into account in preparation of the report on "Sport for all: a bridge to equality, integration and social inclusion": Racism, xenophobia and related intolerance: challenges to global sporting events (Doc.

13797) 15.

Replies from the Committee of Ministers' Reply from the Committee of Ministers (Doc.
13855) to Recommendation 2066 (2015) on Student mobility 16.

List of membership of the sub-committees' [AS/Cult (2015) 02- September] 17.

Committee work programme' [AS/Cult (2015) 01 - September] 17.

1 Reports on recent events 17.2 Designation of representatives for forthcoming events 18.

Other business 19.
Other business 19.

Next meetings Sub-committee meetings: Sub-Committee on Culture, Diversity and Heritage, Limassol, Cyprus, 26-27 October 2015 Committee meetings: Paris, 3-4 December 2015 2 This item may be taken at any lime 3 Subject to ratification by the Assembly lLJ/-- Parliamentary Assembly lffL~ Assemblee parlementaire ::C"~ ~::::::=::- ~:Jtt~wt::~-~r-;1J.lllm?
::-t~ ~ ASIMon (2015) OJ 07 21 September 2015 amonoj07 _2015 Committee on the Honouring of Obligations and Commitments by Member States of the Council of Europe (Monitoring Committee) Draft agenda for the meeting to be held in camera in Strasbourg on: -Monday 28 September 2015 from 2.00 pm to 3.00 pm (room 11) -Thursday 1 October 2015 from 8.30 am to 10.00 am (room 11) Monday 28 September 2015 from 2.00 pm to 3.00 pm (room 11) 1.
Draft agenda [AS/Man (2015) OJ 07] Adoption of the draft agenda Draft minutes [AS/Man (2015) PV 06] Approval of the draft minutes of the meeting held in Sarajevo on 3 and 4 September 2015 Election of a second Vice·Chairperson [List of members] 2.

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4.

Spain Exchange of views on recent amendments to the country's security laws This draft agenda, addressed to members of the Committee, is the convocation to the meeting.
It also constitutes the invitations foreseen in Resolution 1115 (1997), paragraph 10.1 Copy to Secretaries of national delegations, of observer and partner for democracy delegations and of political groups Meeting documents are published on the Parliamentary Assembly extranet website (restricted area for national delegations): http://assembly.cae.

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1 Resolution 1115, paragraph 10: "When a monitoring procedure is initiated, two members of the parliamentary delegation of the member state concerned (to represent the governing majority and the opposition) shall be Invited to take part, without the right to vote, in the relevant debates of the committee unless one or both are already represented on the committee.
By analogy with Rule 6, paragraph 8, no member of the parliamentary delegation of the member state concerned shall participate in a vote on any question concerning this state."

AS!Mon(2015)0J07 Thursday 1 October 2015 from 8.30 am to 10.00 am (room 11) 5.

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The progress of the Assembly's monitoring procedure (October 2014- August 2015) Rapporteur: Mr Stefan Schennach, Austria, SOC [Amendments + Doc.
13868 parts 1 to 5] Consideration of amendments to the draft resolution on the progress of the Assembly's monitoring procedure [Deadline for tabling amendments: Wednesday 30 September at 4.00 pm] Albania Co-rapporteurs: Mr Jonathan Evans, United Kingdom, EC, and Mr Andrej Hunko, Germany, UEL [AS/Man (2015) 35] Consideration of an information note by the co-rapporteurs on their fact-finding visit to Tirana (29-30 June 2015) Ad hoc sub-committee on Conflicts between Member States of the Council of Europe [AS/Mon (2015) CB 08] Oral report by the Chairperson on the meeting held in Vienna on 21 September 2015 Bosnia and Herzegovina Co-rapporteurs: Mr Egidijus Vareikis, Lithuania, EPPICD, and Mr Roger Gale, United Kingdom, EC Oral report by the co-rapporteurs on their fact-finding visit to Sarajevo (7-8 September 2015) 9.
Authorisation of fact-finding visits 10.

Other business Information documents: State of procedures [AS/Mon/lnf (2015) 15] Work programme [AS/Mon/lnf (2015) 16] 11.
Next meetings Paris, 3 November 2015 Paris, 9 December 2015 (to be confirmed) 2 t Parliamentary Assembly Assemblee parlementaire ~~~ ==- ~~~~~~~we~msocmMMMMDMMWREmmmmemmmmuaREa&mmmmmmmwmmmmmmruzMMn AS/Pol (2015) OJ 07 18 September 2015 Apoj07_15 Committee on Political Affairs and Democracy Draft agenda of the meetings to be held in Strasbourg, Palais de I'Europe, on: .

Monday 28 September 2015, 14:00-15:00, room 9 .

Tuesday 29 September 2015, 14:00-15:30, room 9 .


Wednesday 30 September 2015, 14:30-15:30, room 9 Monday.

28 September 2015.14:00-15:00. room 9 1.

Agenda [AS/Pol (2015) OJ 07] 2.

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Adoption of the agenda Minutes [AS/Pol (2015) PV 06) Approval of the minutes of the meeting held in Paris, 1 '' September 2015 Escalation of violence in Nagorno·Karabakh and the other occupied territories of Azerbaijan Rapporteur: Mr Robert Walter, United Kingdom, EC [AS/Pol/In!
(2015) 7] Statement by the Rapporteur Situation in Belarus Rapporteur: Mr Andrea Rigoni, Italy, ALOE [Programme pre-electoral mission, Press release] Statement by the Rapporteur following his participation in the pre-electoral ad hoc Committee of the Bureau for the observation of the presidential election in Belarus from 7 to 10 September 2015 This draft agenda, addressed to full members of the Committee and their alternates, is the convocation to the meeting Copy to Secretaries of national delegations, of observer and partner for democracy delegations and of political groups Meeting documents are published on the Parliamentary Assembly extranet website (restricted area for national delegations): http://assembly.coe.int/extranet.
AS/Pol (2015) OJ 07 5.

The situation in Kosovo· and the role of the Council of Europe Rapporteur: Mr Agustin Conde, Spain, EPP/CD [AS/Pol/lnf (2015) 22] Statement by the Rapporteur on his fact-finding visit to Belgrade on 24 and 25 August 2015 Tuesday 29 September 2015, 14:00-15:30, room 9 6.

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Enlarged debate on The activities of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) in 2014-2015 with the participation of delegations of national parliaments of OECD member States which are not members of the Council of Europe, and of the European Parliament Rapporteur: Mr Tuur Elzinga, Netherlands, UEL [Doc.

13865, Doc.

Amendments] .


Consideration of the amendments to the draft resolution Deadline for tabling amendments: Tuesday 29 September, 10:30 Debate in the Assembly: Wednesday 30 September, 10:00 .
Exchange of views with the delegations of national parliaments of OECD member States which are not members of the Council of Europe, and of the European Parliament Political consequences of the crisis in Ukraine Rapporteur: Ms Kristyna Zeiienkova, Czech Republic, ALOE [AS/Pol/lnf (2015) 23] Statement by the Rapporteur on her fact-finding visit to Ukraine from 7 to 11 September 2015 Foreign fighters in Syria Rapporteur: Mr Dirk Van der Mae/en, Belgium, SOC [AS/Pol (2015) 11] Consideration of preliminary memorandum 9.
Work programme [AS/Pol (2015) WP 07] • Appointment of Rapporteurs .Situation in Lebanon and challenges for regional stability and European security [Doc.

13776] .Libya's future between the threats of terrorism and a democratic prospect [Doc.
13812] • Call for candidates The political transition in Tunisia 'All references to Kosovo, whether to the territory, institutions or population, in this text shall be understood in full compliance with United Nations Security Council Resolution 1244 and without prejudice to the status of Kosovo.

2 AS/Pol (2015) OJ 07 Wednesday 30 September 2015.

14:30-15:30, room 9 10.


Request for partner for democracy status with the Parliamentary Assembly submitted by the Parliament of Jordan Rapporteur: Ms Josette Durrieu (France, SOC) [AS/Polllnf (2015) 20] .

Statement by the Rapporteur on her fact-finding visit to Jordan from 13 to 16 September 2015 .

Exchange of views with a parliamentary delegation of the Jordanian House of Representatives: - Mr Mustapha Ibrahim AI Hamarneh, MP - Mr Youse!

AI Qarneh, MP 11.
AI Qarneh, MP 11.

Establishing genuine parliamentary dialogue with Algeria Rapporteur: Mr Rene Rouquet, France, SOC [Doc.

13555] Exchange of views with members of the Parliament of Algeria 12.

Corruption as governance regime: a barrier to institutional efficiency and progress Rapporteur: Mr Michele Nicoletti, Italy, SOC [AS/Pol (2015) 1 0] Consideration of an outline for report 13.

Sub-Committee on External Relations Statement by the Chairperson on the activities of the Sub-Committee 14.
Changes in the composition of the Sub-Committees 15.

Authorisations by the Committee 16.

Other business 17.

Next meetings • • 4 November 2015, Paris 7 December 2015, Brussels 3 lLL,/- Parliamentary Assembly ltfL~ Assemblee parlementaire ~~ - ~ emt'ifmli/~Yl'llm· ·!l!
!lllllllilll!llll ______________ _ AS/Mig (2015) OJ 07 16 September 2015 amoj07_2015 Committee on Migration, Refugees and Displaced Persons Draft agenda of the meeting to be held in Strasbourg on - Monday 28 September 2015, from 2 to 3 pm (Room 8) - Tuesday 29 September 2015, from 8.30 to 10 am (Room 8) - Tuesday 29 September 2015, from 2 to 3.30 pm (Room 5) - Wednesday 30 September 2015, from 2 to 3.30 pm (Room 8) - Thursday 1 October 2015, from 8.30 to 10 am (Room 8) 1.
Agenda [AS/Mig (2015) OJ 07] Adoption of the agenda 2.

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Minutes [AS/Mig (2015) PV 06] Approval of the draft minutes of the meeting held in Paris on 9 September 2015 Statement by the Chair of the Committee [AS/Bur/CB (2015) 1 OJ Countries oftransit: meeting new migration and asylum challenges Rapporteur: Ms Tineke Strik, Netherlands, SOC [Doc.
13867] [AS/Mig (2015) 28] Consideration and approval of an addendum to the report This draft agenda, addressed to full members of the Committee and their alternates, is the convocation to the meeting Copy to Secretaries of national delegations, of observer and partner for democracy delegations and of political groups Meeting documents are published on the Parliamentary Assembly extranei website (restricted area for national delegations): http://assembly.ooe.int/extranet.
i' - ~7075 sOi!SbOU!u .~ l'asse1\,};iyiiiico<\·.lilt'JT ei• '!33 3 88 41 ?Qp):J I ila>t 433 3 88 41 2j:97 AS/Mig (2015) OJ 07 5.

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Forced migration: a new challenge Rapporteur: Mr Philippe Bies, France, SOC [AS/Mig (2015) 25[ Approval of a draft report I Adoption of a preliminary draft resolution The humanitarian crisis in Gaza Rapporteur: Ms Eva-Lena Jansson, Sweden, SOC [Doc.
13707] Statement by the rapporteur on her future fact-finding visit to Israel and Palestinian territories including the Gaza Strip (tbc) Violence against migrants Rapporteur: Mr Andrea Rigoni, Italy, ALOE [AS/Mig/In!

(2015) 23 final] Statement by the rapporteur on his fact-finding visit to Germany (2-3 July 2015) tu+sday, 2~ $ept!lnlber 21)1$ ($-30 to 11) am) 8.

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Countries of transit: meeting new migration and asylum challenges 1 Rapporteur: Ms Tineke Strik, Netherlands, SOC [Doc.

13867] [Doc.
13867] [Doc.

13867 Add.]

[Amendments to Doc.

13867] Consideration of possible amendments tabled to the draft resolution and the draft recommendation [Assembly debate: Tuesday 29 September 2015 afternoon] [Deadline for tabling amendments: Monday 30 September at 4 pm (tbc)] After Dublin- the urgent need for a real European asylum system Rapporteur: Mr Michele Nicoletti, Italy, SOC [Doc.

13866 - report] [Doc.

*****- opinion] [Amendments to Doc.


13866] Consideration of possible amendments tabled to the draft resolution [Assembly debate: Tuesday 29 September 2015 at around 4 pm] [Deadline for tabling amendments: Monday 28 September at 4 pm] 10.
Current affairs debate on «A comprehensive humanitarian and political response to the migration and refugee crisis in Europe »2 Exchange of views 1 Subject to ratification by the Assembly of the Committee's request to devote one whole sitting of the Assembly to a current affairs debate followed by a joint debate on two Committee's reports.

2 Subject to ratification by the Assembly of the Committee's request to hold a current affairs debate.
Otherwise, if the Assembly decides to hold a debate under urgent procedure, this item will be transformed into "Consideration and approval of a draft report" (Rapporteur: Ms Daphne Dumery, Belgium, NR).

2 AS/Mig (2015) OJ 07 11.


Organised crime and migrants Rapporteur: Mr /rakli Chikovani, Georgia, ALOE [AS/Mig (2015) 26] Hearing with the participation of: v" Ms Silke Albert, Senior expert on Trafficking in Persons, United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) v" Mr Alvaro Rodriguez Gaya, Project Manager, Facilitated illegal migration area, Europol Consideration of a preliminary draft report 12.
Closing the protection gap of unaccompanied children in Europe Rapporteur: Mr Rene Rouquet, France, SOC [AS/Mig (2015) 20] Consideration of an introductory memorandum 13.

The Mediterranean Sea: a front door to irregular migration Rapporteur: Ms Daphne Dumery, Belgium, NR [AS/Mig (2015) 27] Statement by the rapporteur and consideration of a memorandum 14.
Lampedusa Beach Performance concerning the refugee survivor of a shipwreck in the Mediterranean by Ms Una Prosa, author of the play with the presence of Ms Laura Boldrlnl, President of the Chamber of Deputies of Italy 15.

The humanitarian concerns with regard to captured people during the conflict in Ukraine Rapporteur: Ms Nel/ija Kleinberga, Latvia, ALOE [Doc.

13829] Statement by the rapporteur 16.

Promoting alternatives to the immigration detention of children [AS/Mig/In!
(2015) 37] Statement by Ms Doris Fiala (Switzerland, ALDE), General Rapporteur on "Ending immigration detention of children" and hearing with the participation of: v" Ms Lana Petii Kujundzi6, Judge for minors, President of department for juveniles, District Court of Zagreb, Croatia v" Mr Kerry L. Neal, Child Protection Specialist, UNICEF 3 AS/Mig (2015) OJ 07 17.
Recommendation 2046 (2014) on "The "left-to-die boat": actions and reactions" and Recommendation 2047 (2014) on "The large-scale arrival of mixed migratory flows on Italian shores" [Doc.

13680] [Rec.

2046 (2014)] [Doc.

13681] [Rec.


2047 (2014)] Statements by the rapporteurs on replies from the Committee of Ministers to texts adopted by the Assembly presented by the Committee and exchange of views with Ambassador Drahoslav Stefanek, Chairperson of the Rapporteur Group on Human Rights (GR-H) of the Committee of Ministers (tbc) 18.

Recommendation 2059 (2014) on "Resettlement of refugees: promoting greater solidarity" [Doc.

13818] [Rec.
13818] [Rec.

2059 (2014)] Statement by the rapporteur on the reply from the Committee of Ministers 19. International Migrants' Day (18 December 2015) Training for parliamentarians with a view to the visit of a detention centre on 18 December 2015 with the participation of an expert from the Association for the Prevention of Torture (APT) 20.

World Forum for Democracy on "Freedom vs control: For a democratic response" (Strasbourg, 18-20 November 2015) [Draft programme] State of play 21.
Work programme [AS/Mig/WP (2015) 07] Appointment of a rapporteur A stronger European response to the Syrian refugee crisis [Bureau decision] Representation of the Committee at various events Appointment Regional Seminar on 'What Rights and Realities at 18?

", 2-3 November 2015, European Youth Centre, Budapest Statement Seminar on "Statelessness of children" organised by the European Network on Statelessness (ENS) and UNHCR in Strasbourg on 21 September 2015: statement by Mr Manlio DiStefano (Italy, NR) 22.
Composition of the Sub-Committees [AS/Mig/List (2015) 06] Possible modifications of the composition of the Sub-Committees 4 AS/Mig (2015) OJ 07 23.

Free debate 24.

Other business 25.

Next meetings • Paris, 2 December 2015 (tbc) • Strasbourg, during the 1st part-session 2016 (25-29 January) 5