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_______________________________ Raymond Scicluna Skrivan tal-Kamra Fourth Part of the 2016 Ordinary Session of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe 10 - 14 October 2016 Strasbourg Hon Joe Debono Grech, MP Hon Beppe Fenech Adami, MP Hon Charlὸ Bonnici, MP Hon Joseph Sammut, MP ~Parliamentary Assembly ltf(_~sembl<'ie parlemcntairc we~ DELEGATION TO THE PARLIAMENTARY ASSEMBLY OF THE COUNCIL OF EUROPE Fourth Part Session -10 to 14 October 2016 The Assembly brings together 318 men and women .fi·om 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 c{ human rights, democracy and the rule of law that are the "common heritage"~( the peoples ~(Europe.

Delegates Attending the First Part Session:- Hon.

Joe Debono Grech- Head- from 10 to 12 October 2016 Hon.

Beppe Fenech Adami- Member- from 10 to 13 October 2016 Hon.

ChaTlo Bonnici - Substitute Member-· from 10 to 13 October 2016 Hon.
Joseph Sammut- Substitute Member (with voting rights for this part-session)- from I 0 John Vella - delegation secretary- from 10 to 13 October 2016 to 13 October 20 16 Attachments: Annex A- Agenda of Plenary and Committees Annex B - Resolutions and Recommendations adopted by the Assembly Annex D - Canadian Delegation to the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe 501 & Anniversary of Malta's signature of the European Convention on Human Rights Malta's Permanent Representation in Strasbourg marked the 501 h Anniversary of Malta's signature of the European Convention on Human Rights, with speeches by our Pem1.
Rep. Dr Joseph Filletti, Secretary General of the Council of Europe Thorbjorn Jagland and PACE President Pedro Agramunt.

An exhibition titled "Exiles series: The Road not taken" by Norbert Francis Attard was put up for the occasion in the lobby of the Assembly.

Among others, our Delegation to the PACE and Judge Vincent Degaetano attended the ceremony.
In brief, the Plenary Session dealt with the following: Female genital mutilation in Europe; Hmmonising the protection of unaccompanied minors in Europ; The impact of European population dynamics on migration policies; Sport for all: a bridge to equality, integration and social inclusion; Political consequences of the conflict in Ukraine; Co-operation with the International Criminal Court: towards a concrete and expanded Conunitment; Lessons from the "Panama Papers" to ensure fiscal and social justice; Children's rights related to surrogacy; and The activities of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) in 2015-2016.
Under urgent cunent affairs debate, the Assembly debated the Situation in Turkey in the light of the attempted coup d'Etat.

Reports were presented with regard to the observation of the parliamentary elections in Belarus (11 September 2016) and the observation of the early parliamentary elections in Jordan (20 September 2016).
Committees 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 Committee on Migration, Refugees and Displaced Persons (subsititute).

Hon Beppe Fenech Adami - Cmmnittee on Migration, Refugees and Displaced Persons and Political Affairs and Democracy Committee and (as subsititute).
Hon Joseph Sanunut - Legal Affairs and Human Rights Committee and Equality and non Discrimination Committee6 (subsititute).

Hon Charlo Bonnici - Monitoring Committee; Committee on Culture, Science, Education and Media and (as subsititute) Social, Health and Sustainable Development.
During this 4th Part-Session, the Assembly was addressed by Mr Fran9ois I-!ollande, President of the French Republic, Mr Mevliit Cavusoglu, Minister for Foreign Affairs of Turkey, and Mr Frank-Walter Steimneier, Federal Minister for Foreign Affairs of Gem1any.

Meeting with Canadian Delegation At the request of the Delegation of Canada to the PACE, the Maltese Delegation met this delegation and discussed Malta's EU Presidency and the economic situation in Malta.
The Canadian Delegation was led by Mr Scott Simms, M.P, and included Senator Percy Downe, Senator David Wells, Mr Don Davies, M.P, Mr David Tilson, M.P, Mr David Tilson, M.P, Mr Nick Whalen, M.P, Ms Guyam1e Desforges Association Secretary, and Mr Marc-Olivier Thibodeau Analyst.

The following week this delegation was to visit Malta to leam more about the counliy and to meet the authorities especially with regard to Malta's EU Presidency.
Vaclav Havel Prize The fourth V aclav Havel Human Rights Prize - which honours outstanding civil society action in defence of human rights - was awarded to Yazidi human rights activist Nadia Murad, who was kidnapped by ISIS in northern Iraq together with thousands of other women and children.

She was a candidate for the 2016 Nobel Peace Prize; in September 2016, she was appointed as the first United Nations Goodwill Ambassador for the Dignity of Survivors of Human Trafficking.
On Monday, lOth October 2016, Delegates had an exchange of views with our Permanent Representative to the Conncil of Europe, Dr Joseph Filletti, who was accompanied by his Deputy Ms Tania Carabott.

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Updated, 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).
Abbreviations 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 Mon: 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 EPP/CD: Group of the European People's Party SOC: Socialist Group 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 D C9 Iii ld Presentation, statement Deadline for tabling documents Lists (speakers, questions) 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 10 October 2016 Sitting No.
28 (11:30-13:00) 1.

Opening of the part-session 1.1.

Statement by the President 1.2.

Examination of credentials 1.3.

Changes in the membership of committees 1.4.

Request(s) for current affairs debate or debate under urgent procedure 1.4.1.

Current affairs debate: "Situation in Turkey in the light of the attempted coup d'Etat" 1.5.

Adoption of the agenda 2.

Debate 2.1.


Progress report of the Bureau and the Standing Committee Cl Presentation by: o Ms lngjerd SCHOU (Norway, EPP/CD), Rapporteur AS/Bur (Doc.)

2.2.

Observation of the parliamentary elections in Belarus (11 September 2016) Cl Presentation by: o Ms Gisela WURM (Austria, SOC), Rapporteur AS/Bur (Doc.)

2.3.

Observation of the early parliamentary elections in Jordan (20 September 2016) Cl Presentation by: o Mr Rene ROUQUET (France, SOC), Rapporteur AS/Bur (Doc.)
il List of speakers (deadline for registration: Monday 10 October, 1 0:00) 3.

Prize Award Ceremony (12:30-13:00) 3.1.

Vaclav Havel Human Rights Prize2 Sitting No.

29 (15:00-17:00) 4.

Question time (15:00-15:30) 4.1.

Questions to Mr Thorbj0rn JAGLAND, Secretary General of the Council of Europe iJ Questions 5.

Debate (continued) 5.1.

Progress report of the Bureau and the Standing Committee 5.2.

Observation of the parliamentary elections in Belarus (11 September 2016) 5.3.
Observation of the early parliamentary elections in Jordan (20 September 2016) il List of speakers (deadline for registration: Monday 3 October, 10:00) ld [possibly] Vote 2.

See programme published separately (AS/Inf (2016) ... ).

3 Tuesday 11 October 2016 Sitting No.

30 (10:00-13:00) 6.

Elections (10:00-13:00) 6.1.

Judges to the European Court of Human Rights 7.

Debate 7.1.
Debate 7.1.

The activities of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) in 2015-2016 0 Statement by: o Ms Mari KIVINIEMI, Deputy Secretary General of the OECD 1 List of speakers (deadline forregistration: Monday 10 October, 16:00) a: ~Ciiiless:(,1i:ea;.

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31 (15:30-20:00) - - - - - - - · - - - - - - - - - - · - - - - · 9.

Elections (continued) (15:30-17:00) 9.1.

Judges to the European Court of Human Rights ~Ql':l: )Communication from the Committee of Ministers - Presentation by: o Mr JOrgen LIGL Minister for Foreign Affairs of Estonia, Chairperson of the Committee Ministers 1 Questions (') Written questions (deadline for tabling: Monday 3 October, 11 :30) 11.

Debate 11.1.
Debate 11.1.

Lessons from the "Panama Papers" to ensure fiscal and social justice 0 Presentation by: o Mr Stefan SCHENNACH (Austria, SOC), Rapporteur AS/Soc (Doc.)

o Rapporteur for opinion AS/Pol (Doc. )

o Rapporteur for opinion AS/Jur (Doc. )


1 List of speakers (deadline for registration: Tuesday 11 October, 12:00) •:'> Amendments (deadline for tabling: Monday 10 October, 16:00) ld Vote on ... () 4 12. e(}illate ,, m m 74' *' 1% 1#,1, lf~i!~ren's rights related to surrogacy 0 Presentation by: o Ms Petra De SUITER (Belgium, SOC), Rapporteur AS/Soc (Doc. )

p Mr Pavlo UNHURIAN (Ukraine, EPP/CD), Rapporteur for opinion AS/Ega (Doc.)
iJ List of speakers (deadline for registration: Tuesday 11 October, 12:00) (!)

Amendments (deadline for tabling: Monday 10 October, 16:00) ld Vote on ... 0 5 Wednesday 12 October 2016 Sitting No.

32 (10:00-13.00) 13.

[Possibly 2nd round] Elections (10:00-13:00) 13.1.

Judges to the European Court of Human Rights 14.

Debate 14.1.

Sport for all: a bridge to equality, integration and social inclusion 0 Presentation by: o Ms Carmen QUINTANILLA (Spain, EPP/CD), Rapporteur AS/Cult (Doc.
14127) 0 Statement by: o Mr Thomas BACH, President of the International Olympic Committee iJ List of speakers (deadline for registration: Tuesday 11 October, 19:00) (!)

Amendments (deadline for tabling: Tuesday 11 October, 10:30) /d.

Vote on a draft resolution (Doc.

14127) 15.

Address (12:00-13:00) 15.1.

Mr Mevlllt QAVU$0GLU, Minister for Foreign Affairs ofTurkey Speech (12:00-12:20) Questions and replies (12:20-13:00) iJ Questions Sitting No.

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[Possibly 2nd round] Elections (continued) (15:30-17:00} 16.1.

Judges to the European Court of Human Rights 17.

Joint debate 17.1.

Political consequences of the conflict in Ukraine 0 Presentation by: ___ .. __ · - - - - - - o Ms Kristyna ZELIENKOVA (Czech Republic, ALDE), Rapporteur AS/Pol (Doc.

14130) 17.2.
14130) 17.2.

Legal remedies for human rights violations on the Ukrainian territories outside the control of the Ukrainian authorities 0 Presentation by: o Ms Marieluise BECK (Germany, ALDE), Rapporteur AS/Jur (Doc. )

II List of speakers (deadline for registration: Wednesday 12 October, 12:00) (!)

Amendments (deadline for tabling: Tuesday 11 October, 16:00) !d Vote on a draft resolution (Doc.

14130) G Vote on ... () 18.

Debate 18.1.


Co-operation with the International Criminal Court: towards a concrete and expanded commitment 0 Presentation by: o Mr Alain DESTEXHE (Belgium, ALOE), Rapporteur AS/Jur (Doc.

14136) 11 List of speakers (deadline for registration: Wednesday 12 October, 12:00) (!)

Amendments (deadline for tabling: Tuesday 11 October, 16:00) Q.

Vote on a draft resolution (Doc.

14136) 6 Thursday 13 October 2016 Sitting No.

34 (10:00-13:00) 19.


[Possibly] Debate under urgent procedure or current affairs debate3 Sitting No.

35 (15:30-20:00) 20.

Debate 20.1.

Female genital mutilation in Europe 0 Presentation by: o Ms Beatrice FRESKO-ROLFO (Monaco, EPP/CD), Rapporteur AS/Ega (Doc.

14135) o Ms Liliane MAURY PASQUIER (Switzerland, SOC), Rapporteur for opinion AS/Soc (Doc.)

iJ List of speakers (deadline for registration: Thursday 13 October, 12:00) (!)
Amendments (deadline for tabling: Wednesday 12 October, 16:00) Q, Vote on a draft resolution (Doc.

14135) 21.

Debate 21.1.

Harmonising the protection of unaccompanied minors in Europe 0 Presentation by: o Mr Manlio Dl STEFANO (Italy, NR), Rapporteur AS/Mig (Doc.)

o Mr Valeriu GHILETCHI (Republic of Moldova, EPP/CD), Rapporteur for opinion AS/Soc (Doc.)

iJ List of speakers (deadline for registration: Thursday 13 October, 12:00) (!)
Amendments (deadline for tabling: Wednesday 12 October, 16:00) Q, Vote on ... () 3.

Subject to a decision by the Assembly.

7 Friday 14 October 2016 Sitting No.

36 (10:00-13.00) 22.

Debate 22.1.

The impact of European population dynamics on migration policies CJ Presentation by: o Ms Kristin 0rmen JOHNSEN (Norway, EPP/CD), Rapporteur AS/Mig (Doc.)
!iii List of speakers (deadline for registration: Thursday 13 October, 19:00) (l) Amendments (deadline for tabling: Thursday 13 October, 1 0:30) ;J, Vote on ... () 23.

Debate 23.1.

Free debate ill List of speakers (deadline for registration: Thursday 13 October, 19:00) 24.

Progress report (continued) 25.

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!illll .... llll .... iiitiiiiit .... lllllllllllllli!liiW_IW__ CONSEIL DE LEUROPE Draft Agenda of meetings of the Committees of the Assembly, the Bureau and Political Groups 4th part of the 2016 Session: 10-14 October Also available on the internet site :http:/assembly.coe.lnt Date and time Meeting SUNDAY 9 OCTOBER 2016 05/10/2016 version Room Languages • 15:00 to 17:30 Meeting of the Presidential Committee Room 17 (E/ES) • 18:30 to 20:00 Selection Panel meeting of the VAclav Havel Human Rights Prize Room 17 (English only) MONDAY 10 OCTOBER 2016 • 08:00 to 09:30 Bureau of the Assembly Room?
• 08:30 to 09:30 Women Working Group~ Socialist Group Room9 (E/F) • 09:30 to 11:30 Group of the Unified European Left • 09:30 to 11:30 Group of the European People1s Party • 09:30 to 11:30 European Conservatives Group • 09:30 to 11 :30 Socialist Group • 09:30 to 11 :30 Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe Room3 RoomS RoomS Room9 Room 10 • 10:00 to 11:30 Meeting of the Secretaries ofNational Delegations Room 11 (E/F) • 11:30 * * * * * A S S EM B L Y S ITT IN G * * * * * • 14:00 to 15:00 Committee on Equality and Non-Discrimination Room3 • 14:00 to 15:00 Committee on Social Affairs, Health and Sustainable Development Room 7 • 14:00 to 15:00 Committee on Political Affairs and Democracy • 14:00 to 15:00 Committee on Legal Affairs and Human Rights Room 9 Room I 0 • 14:00 to 15:00 Committee on the Honouring of obligations and commihnents by member states Room 11 of the Council of Europe (Monitoring Committee) Page 1 of 4 Date and time Meeting Room Languages • 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 •17:00to 19:00 Socia1istGroup • 17:00 to 19:00 Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe Room3 RoomS Room 8 Room9 Room 10 TUESDAY 11 OCTOBER 2016 • 08:30 to 10:00 Committee on Political Affairs and Democracy Room 1 • 08:30 to 10:00 SubMCommittee on Media and Infonnation Society of the Committee on Culture, Science, Education and Media Room6 (E/F) • 08:30 to 10:00 Committee on Social Affairs, Health and Sustainable Development Room 7 • 08:30 to 10:00 Committee on Rules of Procedure, Immunities and Institutional Affairs RoomS • 08:30 to 10:00 Committee on Legal Affairs and Human Rights Room 10 • 08:30 to 10:00 Committee on the Honouring of obligations and commitments by member states Room 11 of the Council of Europe (Monitoring Committee) • 09:00 to I 0:00 SubMCommittee on Disability and Inclusion of the Committee on Equality and NonM Discrimination Room3 (ElF) • 10:00
 *****ASSEMBLY SITTING***** • 14:00 to 15:30 Joint hearing with the Committee on Political Affairs and Democracy and the Committee on Legal Affairs and Human Rights on 11TeiTorism: #NoHateNoFear11 Room1 • 14:00 to 15:30 Committee on Equality and NonMDiscrimination • 14:00 to 15:30 Committee on Culture, Science, Education and Media Room 3 Room 6 • 14:00 to 15:30 Committee on Social Affairs, Health and Sustainable Development Room 7 • 14:00 to 15:30 Committee on Migration, Refugees and Displaced Persons Room 8 • 14:00 to 15:30 Ad hoc Sub-Committee on Conflicts between Member States of the Council of Room 11 (E/F) Europe of the Committee on the Honouring of obligations and commitments by member states of the Council of Europe (Monitoring Committee) • 15:30 *****ASSEMBLY SITTING***** Page 2 of 4 Date and time Meeting Room Languages WEDNESDAY 12 OCTOBER 2016 • 08:30 to 10:00 Group of the Unified European Left • 08:30 to 10:00 Group of the European People's Party • 08:30 to 10:00 Socialist Group • 08:30 to 10:00 Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe • 09:00 to 10:00 European Conservatives Group • 10:00 *****ASSEMBLY SITTING***** • 14:00 to 15:00 Committee on Equality and Non-Discrimination • 14:00 to 15:30 Committee on Culture, Science, Education and Media • 14:00 to 15:30 Committee on Migration, Refugees and Displaced Persons Room3 Room5 Room9 Room 10 RoomS Room3 Room6 Room 8 • 14:00 to 14:30 Sub-Committee on the Middle East and the Arab World of the Committee on Political Affairs and Democracy Room9 (E/F) • 14:00 to 15:15 Committee on Legal Affairs and Human Rights • 14:30 to 15:30 Committee on Political Affairs and Democracy Room 10 Room9 • 15:00 to 15:30 Committee on Social Affairs, Health and Sustainable Development Room3 • 15:15 to 15:30 Sub-Committee on Human Rights of the Committee on Legal Affairs and Human Rights Room 10 (E/F) • I5:30 *****ASSEMBLY SITTING***** THURSDAY 13 OCTOBER 2016 • 08:30 to 10:00 Joint meeting of the Committee on Equality and
 Non-Discrimination and the Committee on Culture, Science, Education and Media Room6 • 08:30 to 09:00 Sub-Committee on the European Social Charter of the Committee on Social Affairs, Health and Sustainable Development Room 7 (E/F) • 08:30 to 10:00 Committee on Political Affairs and Democracy • 08:30 to 10:00 Committee on Legal Affairs and Human Rights Room 9 Room 10 • 08:30 to 10:00 Committee on the Honouring of obligations and cmmnitments by member states Room 11 of the Council of Europe (Monitoring Committee) • 09:00 to I 0:00 Committee on Social Affairs, Health and Sustainable Development Room 7 Page 3 of 4 • Date and time Meeting Room languages • 10:00 *****ASSEMBLY SITTING***** • 14:00 to 14:45 Committee on Equality and Non-Discrimination • 14:00 to 15:30 Committee on Culture, Science, Education and Media Room 3 Room 6 • 14:00 to 15:30 Committee on Social Affairs, Health and Sustainable Development Room 7 • 14:00 to 15:30 Committee on Migration, Refugees and Displaced Persons Room 8 • 14:45 to 15:30 Parliamentary Network women free from violence, Committee on Equality and Room 3 Non-Discrimination • 15:30 *****ASSEMBLY SITTING***** • 20:00 Meeting of the Presidential Committee Strasbourg (E/ES) FRIDAY 14 OCTOBER 2016 • 08:30 to 10:00 Bureau oftl1e Assembly Room 7 • 10:00 * * * **ASSEMBLY S 1 T TIN G * * * * * · - - - - - - - · - - - - - - - - - - - - - · Page 4 of 4 ASIMon (2016) OJ 07 rev.
6 October 2016 amonoj07rev_2016 Committee on the Honouring of Obligations and Commitments by Member States of the Council of Europe (Monitoring Committee) Revised draft agenda for the meeting to be held in camera in STRASBOURG on • Monday 10 October 2016 from 2.00 pm to 3.00 pm (room 11) • Tuesday 11 October 2016 from 8.30 am to 10.00 am (room 11) ·Thursday 13 October 2016 from 8.30 am to 10.00 am (room 11) Please also note the meeting of the ad hoc Sub-Committee on Conflicts between Member States of the Council of Europe: Tuesday 11 October 2016 from 2.00 p.m to 3.30 p.m .• room 11 Monday 10 October 2016 from 2.00 pm to 3.00 pm (room 11) 1.
Draft agenda [AS/Mon (2016) OJ 07 rev] Adoption of the draft agenda 2.

Draft minutes [AS/Mon (2016) PV 06] Approval of the draft minutes of the meeting held in Tirana on 22-23 September 2016 3.

Venice Commission [recent VC opinions] Exchange of views with Mr Gianni Buquicchio, President of the Venice Commission 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 1 0.'
Copy to Secretaries of national delegations, of observer and partner for democracy delegations and of political groups Meet1ng documents are published on the Parliamentary Assembly extranet website (restncted area for national delegations): http://assembly.coe.int/extranet.
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(2016) OJ07rev 4.


Post-monitoring dialogue with Bulgaria Co-rapporteurs: Mr Frank Schwabe, Germany, SOC, and Mr Zsolt Nemeth, Hungary, EPP/CD [AS/Man (2016) 28] Consideration of an information note by the co-rapporteurs on their fact-finding visit to Sofia (8-9 June 2016) Tuesday 11 October 2016 from 8.30 am to 10.00 am (room 11) 5.
Russian Federation Co-rapporteurs: Ms Theodora Bakoyannis, Greece, EPP/CD, and Ms Liliane Maury Pasquier, Switzerland, SOC [AS/Man (2016) 29 +press releases] Exchange of views on the functioning of democratic institutions with the participation of: Alexander Cherkasov, Memorial Human Rights Centre Rachel Denber, Human Rights Watch John Dalhuisen, Amnesty International Consideration of an information note Thursday 13 October 2016 from 8.30 am to 10.00 am {room 11) 6.

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Post-monitoring dialogue with Turkey Co-rapporteurs: Ms lngebj0rg Godskesen, Norway, EC, and Ms Natasa Vuckovic, Serbia, SOC [AS/Monllnf (2016) 14 rev] Exchange of views on recent developments Ad hoc sub-committee on conflicts between Council of Europe member States [AS/Mon/adhocCMS (2016) OJ 03] Oral report by Mr Stefan Schennach on the meeting held on Tuesday 11 October 2016 Georgia Co-rappor1eurs: Mr Boriss Cilevics, Latvia, SOC, and Ms Kerstin Lundgren, Sweden, ALOE [Press releases] Exchange of views on the parliamentary elections of 8 October 2016 9.
World Forum for Democracy (Strasbourg, 7-9 November 2016) [Draft programme] Appointment of members to the ad hoc Committee of the Bureau to participate in the Forum 10.

Authorisation of fact-finding visits 11.

Other business Information documents: State of procedures [AS/Monllnf (2016) 15] Work programme [AS/Mon/lnf (2016) 16] 12.
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:EUROPE AS/Pol (2016) OJ 07 30 September 2016 Apoj07_16 Committee on Political Affairs and Democracy Draft agenda of the meetings to be held in Strasbourg, Palais de I' Europe, on: .

Monday 10 October 2016, 14:00-15:00, room 9 .

Tuesday 11 October 2016, 08:30- 10:00, room 1 .

Tuesday 11 October 2016, 14:00-15:30, room 1 .

Wednesday 12 October 2016, 14:30-15:30, room 9 .


Thursday 13 October 2016, 08:30-10:00, room 9 Please also note the meeting of the Sub-Committee on the Middle East and the Arab World, on Wednesday 12 October 2016, 14:00 -14:30, room 9 (see separate draft agenda) Monday 10 October 2016, 14:00-15:00, room 9 1.

Agenda [AS/Pol (2016) OJ 07] Adoption of the agenda 2.

Minutes [AS/Pol (2016) PV 06] Approval of the minutes of the meeting held in Reykjavik, Iceland, on 26 September 2016 3.
Open discussion on current issues .Statement by Mr Nils Muiznieks, Commissioner for Human Rights, on his visit to Turkey from 27 to 29 September 2016 [Statements of 20.07.2016 and 26.07.2016] .Exchange of views I 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.
F-f;61075 Strash:b'j.rrg Cedex l-:aSsembly@coe.int i- -Tej: + 33 3 && 41 2:®0- f Fax: +33 ~ 88 41 29 44 AS/Pol (2016) OJ 07 Tuesday 11 October 2016, 08:30- 10:00, room 1 4.
Call for a Council of Europe Summit to defend and promote democratic security in Europe Rapporteur: Mr Michele Nicoletti, Italy, SOC [AS/Pol/lnf(2016) 13, Programme colloquium 12.09.2016] .Statement by the Rapporteur .Statement by Mr Rene Rouquet, Chairperson of the French delegation to the Assembly, on the colloquium on "Is the idea of the defence of human rights in Europe outdated?

The Council of Europe is more necessary that ever before", organised by the delegation in Paris on 12 September 2016 5, 6.
.Exchange of views Lessons from the "Panama Papers" to ensure fiscal and social justice Rapporteur for opinion: Mr Dirk Van der Mae/en, Belgium, SOC [AS/Pol (2016) 13, Doc.
14141] Consideration and approval of the Committee's opinion Enlarged Debate on the Activities of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) in 2015-2016 with the participation of delegations of national parliaments of OECD member States which are not members of the Council of Europe, and cit the European Parliament [Report of the Secretary General of the OECD] .Statement by Ms Theodora Bakoyannis, Chairperson of the Sub-Committee on relations with the OECD and the EBRD .Exchange of views with the delegations of the national Parliaments of OECD member States which are not members of the Council of Europe, and of the European Parliament 7.
The relations of the Council of Europe with Kazakhstan Rapporteur: Mr Axel Fischer, Germany, EPPICD [AS/Pol (2016) 14] Consideration of an introductory memorandum 8.
Sub-Committee on External Relations Statement by the Chairperson of the Sub-Committee on the preparation of the meeting at the United Nations Headquarters in New York from 7 to 9 December 2016 Tuesday 11 October 2016, 14:00-15:30, room 1 9, Joint debate with the Committee on Legal Affairs and Human Rights on the Terrorism: #NoHateNoFear initiative [Speech by the President of the Assembly, Webpage of the initiative] Opening by Mr Pedro Agramunt, President of the Parliamentary Assembly with the participation of: - Ms Luciana Milani and Mr Antoine Leiris, whose daughter and wife respectively were killed in the Bataclan attack on 13 November 2015 - Mr David Anderson Q.C.
(Queen's Counsel), Independent Reviewer of the United Kingdom's Anti Terrorism Legislation 2 AS/Pol (2016) OJ 07 Wednesday 12 October 2016, 14:30-15:30, room 9 10.

Political consequences of the conflict in Ukraine Rapporteur: Ms Kristyna Zelienkova, Czech Republic, ALOE [Doc.
14130, Amendments] Consideration of the amendments to the draft resolution Deadline for tabling amendments: Tuesday 11 October 2016, 16:00 Debate in the Assembly: Wednesday 12 October 2016, 15:30 Thursday 13 October 2016, 08:30- 10:00, room 9 11.

Situation in Lebanon and challenges for regional stability and European security Rapporteur: Mr Tobias Zech, Germany, EPP!CD [AS/Pol (2016) 11 rev] Consideration of a revised preliminary draft report 12.

Open discussion on current issues (continued) 13.


Work programme [AS/Pol (2016) WP 07] • Appointment of Rapporteurs [AS/Polllnf (2016) 01 revS] - Counter-Narratives to Terrorism [Doc.

14032] - Setting minimal standards for electoral systems in order to offer the basis for free and fair elections [Doc.

14072] -The political transition in Egypt [Doc.


12866] • Call for candidates (subject to the referral by the Assembly) Evaluation of the partnership for democracy in respect of the Parliament of Morocco • World Forum for Democracy on Democracy and equality- does education matter?

(Strasbourg, 7-9 November 2016) [Programme] Proposal of members to the ad hoc Committee of the Bureau to participate in the Forum 14.

Authorisations by the Committee 15.

Changes in the composition of the Sub-Committees 16.
Other business 17.

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Minutes [AS/Mig (2016) PV 06] Approval of the draft minutes of the meeting held in Paris on 22 September 2016 3.

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Statement by the Chair of the Committee [AS/Bur/CB (2016) 10] The impact of European population dynamics on migration policies Rapporteur: Ms Kristin 0rmen Johnsen, Norway, EPP/CD [Doc.

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****] Consideration and approval of an addendum to the report Consideration and adoption of one amendment proposed by the rapporteur on behalf of the Committee 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.inVextranet ff- 67b7~ 511-asbouhl ~ex j assem}:i}y'@coe.
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'7, Possible ways to improve the emergency refugee situations funding Rapporteur: Mr Cezar Florin Preda, Romania, EPPICD [AS/Mig (2016) 10] Exchange of views with Mr Rolf Wenzel, Governor, Council of Europe Development Bank Integration of refugees in times of critical pressure: learning from recent experience and examples of best practice Rapporteur: Ms Susanna Huovinen, Finland, SOC [AS/Mig (2016) 26] Consideration of an Introductory Memorandum Meeting of the Sub-Committee on Integration (Berlin, 15 December 2016), subject to the authorisation of the Bureau [AS/Mig/In!
(2016) .... ] Statement by Ms Tineke Strik (Netherlands, SOC), Chairperson of the Sub-Committee 8.

Meeting of the Sub-Committee on Co-operation with non-European countries of origin and transit (22 September 2016, Paris) Statement by Mr Andrea Rigoni (Italy, ALOE), Chairperson of the Sub-Committee and exchange of views with Mr Jean-Marie Heydt, President of the North-South Centre of the Council of Europe 9.
Training for parliamentarians and visit of a detention centre in Vienna (15-16 November 2016) [AS/Mig/lnf (2016) ••••] State of play 10.

Promotion of child-friendly age assessment practices for unaccompanied minors [AS/Mig/lnf (2016) 25] Consideration and adoption of a draft motion for a resolution to be tabled on behalf of the Committee 11.

World Forum for Democracy (Strasbourg, Council of Europe, 7-9 November 2016) [Draft programme] Appointment of members 12.
Round table on "Age assessment of unaccompanied asylum-seeking and refugee children in Europe" in the framework of the Parliamentary Campaign to end immigration detention of children [AS/Mig/lnf (2016) 23 REV] Exchange of views with the participation of: ./ Mr Philip lshola, Chair of the Age Assessment Strategic Oversight Group, ADCS, United Kingdom ./ Ms Denise Graf, Asylum Coordinator, Amnesty International, Switzerland ./ Mr Serge Lipski, Doctor, Medecins du monde, international network 2 AS/Mig (2016) OJ 07 13.
Harmonising the protection of unaccompanied minors in Europe Rapporteur: Mr Manlio DiStefano, Italy, NR [Doc.

14142) [Doc.

***- opinion] [Amendments to Doc.

14142) Consideration of possible amendments tabled to the draft resolution [Assembly debate: Thursday, 13 October 2016 at around 5.30 pm] [Deadline for tabling amendments: Wednesday, 12 October 2016 at 4.00 pm] 14.

The impact of European population dynamics on migration policies Rapporteur: Ms Kristin 0rmen Johnsen, Norway, EPPICO [Doc.
**** and Doc.

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****] Consideration of possible amendments tabled to the draft resolution [Assembly debate: Friday, 14 October 2016 at 10.00 am] [Deadline for tabling amendments: Thursday, 13 October 2016 at 10.30 am] 15.

Follow-up to Resolution 2088 (2016) on "The Mediterranean Sea: a front door to irregular migration" Rapporteur: Ms Daphne Dumery, Belgium, NR [Resolution 2088 (2016)] Statement by the rapporteur and exchange of views 16.
How to encourage the migration of international students across Europe Rapporteur: Alexander [The Earl of] Dundee, United Kingdom, EC [AS/Mig (2016) *'"') Consideration of an Introductory Memorandum 17.

Sub-Committees in 2017 [AS/Mig (2016) 25] Exchange of views on the work of the Sub-Committees 18.
Work programme [AS/Mig/WP (2016) 07) Representation of the Committee at various events Appointment Meeting on "end childhood statelessness in Europe" organised by the European Network on Statelessness (ENS) and the European Parliament, 22 November 2016, Strasbourg Statement Migration and Law Conference organised by the Queen Mary University, 27-28 June 2016, London: statement by Ms Tineke Strik (Netherland, SOC) 3 '' AS/Mig (2016) OJ 07 19.
Composition of the Sub-Committees [AS/Mig/List (2016) 06] Possible modifications of the composition of the Sub-Committees 20.

Free debate 21.

Other business 22.
Next meeting • Paris, 7 December 2016 4 44 AS/Soc {2016) OJ 07 27 September 2016 Asocoj07 _2016 Draft agenda 1 for the meeting to be held in Strasbourg on Monday, 10 October 2016, from 2 to 3 pm [Room 7] Tuesday, 11 October 2016, from 8.30 to 10 am [Room 7] Tuesday, 11 October 2016, from 2 to 3.30 pm [Room 7] Wednesday, 12 October 2016, from 3 to 3.30 pm [Room 3] Thursday, 13 October 2016, from 9 to 10 am [Room 7] Thursday, 13 October 2016, from 2 to 3.30 pm [Room 7] [Sub·Committee on the European Social Charter, room 7 Thursday, 13 October 2016, from 8.30 to 9 am] Monday, 10 October 2016, from 2 to 3 pm {Room 71 1.
Agenda [AS/Soc (2016) OJ 07] Adoption of the draft agenda 2.

Minutes [AS/Soc (2016) PV 06, AS/Soc (2016) PV 06add] .

Approval of the draft minutes of the meeting held in Paris on 21 September 2016 .
Approval and declassification of the minutes of the hearing on "Developments in the social functioning of trade unions I An urgent call for increased solidarity: the right to work, the right to strike" held in Paris on 21 September 2016 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 ,p -67Q.758trasbourg cedex.
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Harmonising the protection of unaccompanied minors in Europe Rapporteur: Mr Valeriu Ghiletchi, Republic of Moldova.

EPPICD [Doc.14142, AS/Soc (2016) 36] Consideration and approval of a draft opinion 4.

Committee's work programme [AS/Soc (2016) 01 rev6, AS/Soc (2016) 02rev6] 4.1.

Appointment of rapporteurs: [Doc.


14039, Doc.13971, Doc.14033] For report v' The provision of elderly and palliative care in Europe v' Striking a balance between the best interest of the child and the need to keep the families together v' A potential threat to European countries imposed by the nuclear power plant in Belarus 4.2.
Appointment of Committee representatives to external events: .The United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP 22), 7-18 November 2016, Marrakesh, (participation limited to three Morocco, including a parliamentary meeting on 13 November 2016 days); .16th 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), 22-25 November 2016, INTERPOL headquarters, Lyon, France (participation limited to three days); .10th plenary meeting of the Committee on Bioethics (DH-BIO), 5-8 December 2016, Strasbourg (participation limited to three days); 4.3.
Reports from Committee representatives to external events: .

37'h session of the Steering Committee of the Parliamentary Conference of the WTO, 28 September 2016, Geneva, Switzerland: Mr Ogmundur J6nasson (Iceland, UEL); .1" meeting of the Ad hoc Committee for the Rights of the Child (CAHENF), 28-29 September 2016, Strasbourg: Ms Sevinj Fataliyeva (Azerbaijan, EC); 4.4.
World Forum for Democracy, Strasbourg, 7-9 November 2016 [Concept paper, Draft programme] Information on the Forum and appointment of members to the ad hoc Committee of the Bureau 4.

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Consideration of draft motions for a resolution/recommendation with a view to adoption by the Committee for tabling [AS/Soc (2016) 39] v' Inquiry into the growing drug-resistant tuberculosis epidemic in Europe 4.

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Consideration of Committee priorities for 2017 and beyond [AS/Soc (2016) 40] Tuesday, 11 October 2016, from 8.30 to 10 am [Room 71 5.

Lessons from the "Panama Papers" to ensure fiscal and social justice Rapporteur: Mr Stefan Schennach, Austria, SOC [Doc.

14141, Amendments] Consideration of amendments 2 AS/Soc (2016) OJ 07 6.
Reinforcing social dialogue as an instrument for stability and decreasing social and economic inequalities Rapporteur: Mr Ogmundur J6nasson, Iceland, UEL [AS/Soc (2016) 37] .Consideration of a preliminary draft report .Exchange of views with Mr Dave Prentis, General Secretary of the "UNISON" trade union, United Kingdom Tuesday, 11 October 2016, from 2 to 3.30 pm [Room 71 7.

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Children's rights related to surrogacy Rapporteur: Ms Petra De Sutter, Belgium, SOC [Doc.
14140, Amendments] Consideration of amendments Ensuring access to healthcare for all children in Europe Rapporteur: Ms Stella Kyriakides, Cyprus, EPPICD [AS/Soc (2016) 32rev] Consideration of a revised draft report and adoption of a draft resolution Wednesday, 12 October 2016, from 3 to 3.30 pm [Room 31 9.
The exploration and exploitation of non-conventional hydrocarbons in Europe Rapporteur: Mr Geraint Davies, United Kingdom, SOC [AS/Soc (2016) 35] Consideration of a draft report and adoption of a draft resolution Thursday, 13 October 2016, from 9 to 10 am [Room 71 10.

Detention of Palestinian minors in Israeli prisons Rapporteur: Ms Maury Pasquier, Switzerland, SOC [AS/Soc (2016) 34] Consideration of an introductory memorandum 11.
Genetically engineered human beings Rapporteur: Ms Petra De Sutter, Belgium, SOC [AS/Soc (2016) 38] Consideration of an introductory memorandum 12.

Changes in the Sub-Committees [List of the Sub-Committees] 13.

Sub-Committee on the Environment and Energy Report of the Chairperson of the Sub-Committee on its meeting held in L viv, Ukraine on 29 September 2016 3 AS/Soc (2016) OJ 07 Thursdav, 13 October 2016, from 2 to 3.30 pm [Room 71 14.
Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP) and its implications for social rights, public health and sustainable development Rapporteur: Mr Geraint Davies, United I<Jngdom, SOC [AS/Soc(2016) 31] Hearing with the participation of: .

Mr Sam Fowles, Researcher in International Law at the Centre for Commercial Law Studies, Queen Mary University of London, visiting lecturer in Trade Law at the University of London Institute in Paris .

NN expert, Greenpeace, Netherlands 15.


Sub-Committee on the European Social Charter Report of the Chairperson of the Sub-Committee on its meeting held in Strasbourg on 13 October 2016 16.

Any other business National developments 17.


Date and place of next meetings Plenary committee: Wednesday, 30 November 2016, UNICEF Innocenti Research Centre, Florence, Italy; Network of Contact Parliamentarians to stop sexual violence against children: Thursday, 1 December 2016, UNICEF Innocenti Research Centre, Florence, Italy; Sub-Committee on the European Social Charter: Friday, 28 October 2016, Paris, France.

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Agenda lAS/Cult (2016) OJ 07] Adoption of the agenda for the meeting Minutes [AS/Cult (2016) PV 05 add; AS/Cult (2016) PV 05] Approval of the addendum of the minutes of the meeting held in Strasbourg on 21, 22 and 23 June 2016 and approval of the minutes of the meeting held in Kyiv on 19-20 September 2016; matters arising from the minutes Sport for all: a bridge to equality, integration and social inclusion Rapporteur: Ms Carmen Quintanilla, Spain, EPP!CD [Doc 14127] Debate in the Assembly: Wednesday 12 October morning (tbc) Deadline for amendments: Tuesday 11 October at 10.30 am (tbc) Consideration of amendments to the draft resolution 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): http://assembly .coe.inUextranet.
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Education and culture: new partnerships to support personal development and cohesion Rapporteur: Mr Thomas Feist, Germany, EPP [Doc.

14042] Exchange of views with Prof. Dr Susanne Keuchel, Director, Academy of Arts Education of the Federal Republic and the Land of North-Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, and Dr. Birgit Wolf, freelance expert, Berlin 5.

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Online media and journalism: challenges and accountability Rapporteur: Ms Adele Gambaro, Italy, ALOE [AS/Cult (2016) 26] Consideration of a draft report and of a draft resolution Parliamentary scrutiny over corruption: parliamentary co-operation with investigative media Rapporteur: Ms GO/sUn Bilgehan, Turkey, SOC [AS/Cult (2016) 24] Consideration of a draft report and of a draft resolution Attacks against journalists and media freedom in Europe Rapporteur: Mr Volodymyr Ariev, Ukraine, EPP/CD [AS/Cult (2016) 25] Consideration of a preliminary draft report 8.
The legitimacy crisis in international sports governance Rapporteur: Mr Mogens Jensen, Denmark, SOC Exchange of views with the participation of Ms Paquerette Girard Zappelli, Chief Ethics and Compliance Officer, IOC 9.
Technological convergence, artificial intelligence and human rights Rapporteur: Mr Jean-Yves Le Deaut, France, SOC [AS/Cult (2016) 21 rev] Exchange of views with the participation of Gerard Lommel, Vice-President of the Consultative Committee of the Convention for the Protection of Individuals with regard to Automatic Processing of Personal Data, Council of Europe Thursday 13 October 2016 from 8.30 a.m. to 9.30 a.m. !R6om 61 4 Joint nl~<lting of it\~ Commitlel!

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The role of education in promoting gender equality Hearing with the participation of Ms Nathalie Tournyol du Clos, Director of Training, National School of Administration (ENA), France, and Ms Carmen Leccardi, Cultural sociology teacher, Milan-Bicocca University, Italy 11.

Religions and peace Hearing with the participation of experts 2 AS/Cult (2016} OJ 07 12.
The protection and promotion of Regional or Minority Languages in Europe Rapporteur: Ms Rozsa Hoffmann, Hungary, EPPICD [AS/Cult (2016) 27] Consideration of an information memorandum 13.

World Forum for Democracy- Strasbourg, 7·9 November 2016 [SWFD (2016) Draft programme; List ad hoc committee] 14.

References to the committee and appointment of rapporteurs 1 Appointment of rapporteurs following references for opinion': Restricting rights to protect national security- how far can States go?

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14044) and Legal challenges arising from the hybrid war (Doc.

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Replies from the Committee of Ministers' Reply from the Committee of Ministers (Doc .... ) to Recommendation 2088 (2016) on Towards a framework of competences for democratic citizenship 16.

Membership of the sub-committees4 [AS/Cult (2016) 02 bil- Oct] 17.
Committee work programme4 [AS/Cult (2016) 01 -Oct] 17.1 Reports on recent meetings 17.2 Approval of rapporteurs' fact finding visits 17.3 Designation of representatives for forthcoming events 17.4 Sub-Committees [AS/Cult/CDH (2016) 01] 18.

Other business 19.
Next meetings Sub-committees meetings: Sub-Committee an Education, Youth and Sport, Monaco on 3-4 November 2016 Committee meetings: Paris, 8-9 December 2016 1 This item may be taken at any time 2 Subject to Bureau's decision and ratification by the Assembly 3 This item may be taken at any time 3 lLJ;"-- Parliamentary Assembly mi~ Assemblee parlementaire ~..,-;~ 37"t~~MM§i#$M1 - - - MM(t AS/Jur (2016) OJ 07 16 September 2016 ajoj07 2016 Committee on Legal Affairs and Human Rights Draft Agenda for the meetings to be held in Strasbourg (Palais de I'Europe) on: - Monday 10 October 2016 at 2pm-3pm (Room 10) - Tuesday 11 October 2016 at 8.30am-1 Oam (Room 1 0) - Tuesday 11 October 2016 at 2pm-3.30pm (Room 1) - Wednesday 12 October 2016 at 2pm- 3.15pm (Room 10)] - - Thursday 13 October 2016 at 8.30am- 10am (Room 10) [Wednesday 12 October 2016 at 3.15pm-3.30pm (Room 10)]1 Monday 10 October 2016 at 2pm-3pm (Room 10) 1.
Agenda [AS/Jur (2016) 07] Adoption of the agenda 2.

Minutes [ASIJur (2016) PV 06] Approval of the minutes of the meeting held in Paris on 6 September 2016.

1 The Sub-Committee on Human Rights will meet on Wednesday 12 October 2016 in Room 1 0 from 3.15-3.3Dpm.
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:l/assembly.coe.int!extranet.

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Appointment of rapporteurs [Rapporteur table Doc.


14045 For opinion: The need for fiscal and social justice, and public trust in our democratic, financial and tax system (Rapporteur for the Committee on Social Affairs, Health and Sustainable Development: Mr Stefan Schennach (Austria, SOC) 4.
The need for fiscal and social justice, and public trust in our democratic, financial and tax system Rapporteur for opinion: to be appointed at the meeting on 10 October meeting 2016 Rapporteur for the Committee on Social Affairs, Health and Sustainable Development: Mr Stefan Schennach, Austria, SOC Rapporteur for opinion of the Committee on Political Affairs and Democracy: to be appointed [AS/Jur (2016) ... Doc .... ] Consideration of a report tabled by the Committee on Social Affairs, Health and Sustainable Development Consideration and approval of the Committee's opinion 5.
"141 h World Day against the Death Penalty", 10 October 2016 Intervention by the General Rapporteur on the abolition of the death penalty: Ms Meritxell Mateu, (Andorra, ALOE) and possible approval of a statement by the Committee Tuesday 11 October 2016 from 8.30am-10am (Room 10) ***** 6.

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Securing access of detainees to lawyers Rapporteur: Ms Marietta Karamanli, France, SOC [AS/Jur (2016) ... ] Consideration of a preliminary draft report Jurisdictional immunity of international organisations and rights of their staff Rapporteur: Mr Volker Ullrich, Germany, EPPICD [AS/Jur (2016) ... ] Consideration of an introductory memorandum Appointment of rapporteurs [Rapporteur table Doc.

14044: Doc.

14048] For report: Restricting rights to protect national security- how far can States go?
Legal challenges arising from the hybrid war (two motions to be combined into one report) 2 AS/Jur (2016) OJ 07 For opinion: The status of journalists in Europe (Rapporteur for the Committee on Culture, Science, Education and Media: Ms Elvira Drobinski-Weil>, Germany, SOC) 9.

[Call for rapporteurs] [Doc .... ] 10.

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Replies from the Committee of Ministers to recommendations emanating from the Committee [AS/Jur (2016) ...

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Participation of members in conferences, meetings, seminars etc Reports by the following representative: Mr Philippe Mahoux, (Belgium, SOC)- Venice Commission 10-11 June 2016 13.

World Forum for Democracy rconcept Paper; Programme] Proposal of members to the ad hoc committee of the Bureau attending the World Forum on Democracy on 7-9 November 2016 in Strasbourg ***** Tuesday 11 October 2016 from 2pm-3.30pm (Room 1) 14.
Joint hearing with the Committee on Political Affairs and Democracy Joint hearing on "Terrorism: #NoHateNoFear" under the chairmanship of Mr Pedro Agramunt, PACE President, and with the participation of: Mr Antoine Leiris, whose wife was killed in the Bataclan attack on 13 November 2016 Mr David Anderson, Q.C.

tasked with reviewing the operation of the United Kingdom's anti-terrorism laws Wednesday 12 October 2016 from 2pm- 3.15pm (Room 10) 15.
Legal remedies to human rights violations on the Ukrainian territories outside the control of the Ukrainian authorities Rapporteur: Ms Marieluise Beck, Germany, ALOE [Doc .... +amendments] · Consideration of amendments to the draft resolution 3 AS/Jur (2016) OJ 07 16.

Co-operation with the International Criminal Court: towards a concrete and expanded commitment Rapporteur: Mr Alain Destexhe.
Belgium, ALOE [Doc .... +amendments] Consideration of amendments to the draft resolution ***** Wednesday 12 October 2016 from 3.15pm-3.30pm (Sub-committee on Human Rights -for information!

(Room 10) Thursday 13 October 2016 from 8.30am -10am (Room 10) ***** 17.

Sub-Committee on Human Rights [ASIJuriDH (2016) OJ 04] Report by the Chairperson of the Sub-Committee on the meeting held in Strasbourg on Wednesday 12 October 2016 18.
Compatibility of Sharia law with the European Convention on Human Rights: can States Parties to the Convention be signatories of the "Cairo Declaration"?

Rapporteur: Ms Meritxe/1 Mateu, Andorra, ALOE [AS/Jur (2016) ... ] Consideration of an introductory memorandum 9am -10am Hearing 19.
25 years of the CPT, achievements and improvements needed Rapporteur: Mr Jordi X ucla, Spain, ALOE [AS/Jur (2016) 21] With the participation of: Mr Latif H. HOseynov, former Chairperson of the European Committee for the prevention of torture and inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment (CPT), Azerbaijan Mr Trevor Stevens, former Executive Secretary of the European Committee for the prevention of torture and inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment, France 20.

Other business (continuation) 21.
Next meetings Plenary Committee: -- Paris, 8 November 2016 (Council of Europe Office) Paris, 13 December 2016 (Council of Europe Office) ***** 4 SUB-COMMITTEE MEETINGS DURING THE 4th PART-SESSION: Sub-Committee on Human Rights: • Strasbourg, Wednesday 12 October 2016 (3.15-3.30pm) (Room 10) AS!Jur (2016) OJ 07 5 lU?- Parliamentary Assembly tfK~ Assemblee parlementaire ~~ - ~ -Wlll<mlliilillllRAornl•iil!i!iliui _____________ CONSEILDE rEUROPE 2016 ORDINARY SESSION Fourth part 10-14 October 2016 TEXTS ADOPTED BY THE ASSEMBLY Provisional versions Table of contents Resolutions Resolution 2130 (2016) Resolution 2131 (2016) Lessons from the "Panama Papers" to ensure fiscal and social justice (Doc.
14141) Sport for all: a bridge to equality, integration and social inclusion (Doc.

14127) Resolution 2132 (2016) Political consequences of the Russian aggression in Ukraine (Doc.

14130) Resolution 2133 (2016) Resolution 2134 (2016) Legal remedies for human rights violations on the Ukrainian territories outside the control of the Ukrainian authorities (Doc.

14139) Co-operation with the International Criminal Court: towards a concrete and expanded commitment (Doc.
14136) Resolution 2135 (20 16) Female genital mutilation in Europe (Doc.

14135) Resolution 2136 (2016) Resolution 2137 (2016) Harmonising the protection of unaccompanied minors in Europe (Doc.

14142) The impact of European population dynamics on migration policies (Doc.

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Resolution 2130 (2016)1 Provisional version Lessons from the "Panama Papers" to ensure fiscal and social justice Parliamentary Assembly The so-called "Panama Papers" scandal exposed how shadow companies and secret accounts are 1. used by many to hide taxable income and assets in tax havens.
The revelations intensified public outrage which had been simmering for years: citizens no longer wish to tolerate legal systems which allow taxation to be easily avoided by major companies and very rich people as well as ill-gotten gains to be stashed away, while they pay taxes on stagnant or even falling incomes.
The "Panama Papers" led to a fall in people's trust in democratic, financial and tax systems as a whole, posing a threat to the fundamental values of European society- including fiscal and social justice.

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The Parliamentary Assembly is very much concerned about the scope of tax avoidance, tax evasion, and even tax fraud in modern societies, now even demonstrably involving well-known companies and public personalities, who should be role models of ethical behaviour.
The Assembly considers that a higher standard of ethics in politics and in the business world is essential to uphold our economic, social and democratic systems.

The Assembly calls for measures to ensure transparency in the business activities of politicians, since opaque relationships between business and politics undermine the people's trust in democratic structures.

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The right of access to information is a fundamental right applying to data held by government bodies and in certain circumstances by private bodies, as guaranteed by the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, and the European Convention on Human Rights (ETS No.

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In this regard, the Assembly urges the investigators to make available all data, referred to as the "Panama Papers", with a view to allowing the national law- enforcement bodies to launch their own national investigations and bring to justice those involved in illegal activities, including corruption and tax evasion.

The Assembly stresses the importance of "whistle-blowers".

Their protection is of paramount 4. importance for reinforcing the fight against corruption.
The Assembly recalls its Resolution 1729 (2010) and Resolution 2060 (2015) on the protection of "whistle-blowers", and urges all Council of Europe member States to properly protect individuals who report any wrongdoing to the benefit of our societies.

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The Assembly considers that the fight against tax fraud, tax evasion and tax avoidance requires new legal or technical standards; what is urgent, however, is the effective implementation of the existing ones.
The Assembly, thus, recommends that the member States: ensure an effective follow-up to its Resolution 1881 (2012) on promoting an appropriate policy 5.1. on tax havens; 1.

Assembly debate on 11 October 2016 (31st Sitting) (see Doc.

14141 and Addendum, report of the Committee on Social Affairs, Health and Sustainable Development, rapporteur: Mr Stefan Schennach; and Doc.
14165, opinion of the Committee on Political Affairs and Democracy, rapporteur: Mr Dirk Van der Maelen; opinion of the Committee on Legal Affairs and Human Rights, rapporteur.

Mr Mart van de Ven).

Text adopted by the Assembly on 11 October 2016 (31st Sitting).

pwq ~;;:~ ·~- z:d £L$.i1 2 Resolution 2130 (2016) join the Global Forum on Transparency and Exchange of Information for Tax Purposes of the 5.2.
Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), if they have not yet done so, and implement Automatic Exchange of Financial Account Information in Tax Matters on a multilateral basis and via multilateral instead of bilateral agreements; provide sound, transparent, stable and fair national tax systems, limiting "red-tape" bureaucracy 5.3. and fighting corruption to encourage companies and individuals to keep their assets in their country of residence; 5.4. increase transparency by setting up a publicly accessible central register of ultimate beneficial owners of all companies, foundations and trusts, requiring changes to the beneficial ownership structure to be reflected in this register within a reasonable period of time, subject to dissuasive penalties for non-compliance; 5.5. maintain close co-operation with the International Monetary Fund, the OECD, the United Nations and the European Commission on improving the existing tax models and addressing emerging challenges; commit more resources to financial investigation at national level and strengthen the training in 5.6. modern financial investigative techniques of relevant police officers, prosecutors and judges; increase the international exchange of information and good practices on financial investigative 5.7. techniques; consider the need for legislative amendments to harmonise access to financial information at 5.8. sufficiently early stages of investigations into criminal proceeds; 5.9. develop stronger sanctions for banks and legal entities that assist in tax fraud, including the temporary suspension or withdrawal of operating licences as well as the freezing of accounts and assets; 5.1 0. make the OECD Base Erosion Profit Shifting (BEPS) Guidelines on tax challenges and tax standards, that have already been agreed by OECD countries and the G20, the new global norm; 5.11. encourage the OECD, together with the Council of Europe, to review their joint Convention on Mutual Administrative Assistance in Tax Matters (ETS No.
127) with the aim of facilitating the creation of an international tax co-ordinating body under the auspices of the OECD, capable of imposing sanctions; 5.12. also develop new international rules jointly with the OECD to enable the direct taxation of the income and assets of tax haven companies, thus bypassing the individuals and companies that set thern up and overruling existing legal impediments to such direct taxation, either by a new convention or in the framework of the revision of the existing Convention on Mutual Administrative Assistance in Tax Matters; 5.13. sign and ratify the Convention on Mutual Administrative Assistance in Tax Matters and its 2010 Amending Protocol (GETS No.
208) if they have not yet done so.

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States: 6.1. ratify, if they have not yet done so, and ensure an effective implementation of the Council of Europe Convention on Laundering, Search, Seizure and Confiscation of the Proceeds from Crime and on the Financing of Terrorism (GETS No.
198, "Warsaw Convention"); ensure effective implementation and the existing anti-money 6.2. laundering standards, such as the Recommendations adopted in 2012 by the Financial Action Task Force and Directive (EU) 2015/849 (the 4th European Directive) in the legal, law-enforcement and financial sectors; technical compliance with pursue rigorously the process of anti-money laundering risk assessment and bring concerns 6.3. about possible shortcomings to the attention of the relevant authorities; ensure the existence of effective and independent national Financial Intelligence Units (FlUs), 6.4. which are free of any political interference in their operational decision-making; 6.5. ensure that banks and other financial institutions apply the highest level of enhanced due diligence with regard to complex international business cases and potentially high-risk customers; the opinion of the Compliance Department should be decisive during the decision-making process; 2 Resolution 2130 (2016) acknowledge the 6.6. increase the amount of importance of international co-operation and information that is spontaneously disclosed to foreign authorities without international co-operation requests.
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The Assembly acknowledges the need to restore citizens' trust in the European democratic system, inter alia by preventing Politically Exposed Persons from using secrecy jurisdictions, and therefore calls on member States to: 7.1. ensure that financial institutions and the Designated Non-Financial Business Professions take particular care to identity Politically Exposed Persons, their family members and close associates and that necessary enhanced measures are applied rigorously (including ascertainment of the sources of wealth); 7.2. ensure that such accounts are continuously subject to enhanced monitoring, and are actively followed up by regulators in supervisory visits, while applying proportionate dissuasive sanctions where failures are identified; 7.3. maintain Politically Exposed Persons transactions under enhanced surveillance for at least five years following the end of the duties justitying this status.
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Resolution 2131 (2016)1 Provisional version Sport for all: a bridge to equality, integration and social inclusion Parliamentary Assembly Sport is one of the most popular activities in our societies and is by far the most prevalent in the 1. voluntary sector.
In addition to the improvement in physical and mental well-being brought about by engaging in physical activity, sport plays an important role for social cohesion by providing opportunities for people of different gender, abilities and nationality or from different cultures to meet and exchange ideas, thereby strengthening the culture of"living together".

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The Parliamentary Assembly notes, however, that sport for all is not yet a reality and wishes to encourage the adoption of a more integrated and a more dynamic approach to promoting access to sport in the Council of Europe member States.

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To this end, the Assembly recommends that member States: refocus the priorities of their sports policies to highlight the contribution of sport to achieving the 3.1. objectives of other policies, including those on health, social cohesion, education, youth, non discrimination, and the reception and integration of migrants; 3.2. strengthen the collaboration of public institutions working in these areas, especially when they are in contact with young people and vulnerable groups, and increase the synergies between their activities and those of sports organisations so that the various stakeholders together play an active role in combating all forms of discrimination in sport.
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In this context, public authorities should in particular: involve school and university sports to a greater extent in the promotion of "sport for all", in co 4.1. operation with sports organisations, especially in order to reach a younger population and reduce "dropping out of sport"; 4.2. support associations and organisations which promote activities that afford an opportunity, through sport for all, to bring together different sections of the population, in particular girls and boys, people with and without disabilities, people from different communities, people who are isolated and those who are socially integrated; establish, in close co-operation with sports organisations, mechanisms for regular and 4.3. systematic monitoring of discrimination in the field of sport, including incidents of discrimination based on a person's disability, racial, cultural or ethnic identity, age, religion, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression or sexual characteristics, in order to improve risk analysis in this area, explore targeted prevention strategies, facilitate the lodging of individual complaints and ensure that they are properly investigated; 1.
Assembly debate on 12 October 2016 (32nd Sitting) (see Doc.

14127, report of the Committee on Culture, Science, Education and Media, rapporteur: Ms Carmen Quintanilla).

Text adopted by the Assembly on 12 October 2016 (32nd Sitting).
£L£u@- = Resolution 2131 (2016) involve equality bodies and national human rights institutions to a greater extent in combating 4.4. discrimination in sport, promote their co-operation in running awareness-raising activities, and authorise these bodies to participate in legal actions brought against perpetrators of discrimination; 4.5. initiate deliberations, together with sports organisations, on a better way of redistributing revenues generated by top-level professional sport- especially by the major sports events that attract large television audiences - in order to allocate a percentage of those revenues to projects aimed at improving access to sport for all; 4.6. pay particular attention to the gender dimension; in this respect: 4.6.1. in sports; seek to reduce the gender-based remuneration gap and award disparities; recognise women athletes' achievements and encourage young women to participate 4.6.2. significantly increase media visibility of women in sport, notably by devoting more public service broadcasting airtime on women's sport and by promoting a non-sexist view of sport; recognise the importance of increasing the number of women board members in sports 4.6.3. organisations at all levels in order to remedy the current gender imbalance within these sports organisations; ensure provision of "girl-friendly" sports facilities in disadvantaged neighbourhoods that 4.6.4. would allow girls and young women to have access to sport without fear, free from violence or apprehension with regard to the way they are perceived in the neighbourhood; 4.6.5. encourage girls and women to become coaches and leaders in all fields of sport; 4.6.6. commit to eradicating all forms of discrimination and stigmatisation based on gender, gender expression or sexual orientation in all aspects of sport, including policies, practices, administration, funding, programming and training; in particular, hold individuals accountable for the use of sexist language in sports competitions; intensify efforts towards the inclusion in sports
 activities of persons with disabilities and support 4.7. a wider media broadcasting of sports events involving them; seek practical solutions that enable irregular migrants to access sport, including by making 4.8. sports facilitators available; broaden the scope of action in all areas that have an impact on access to sport, making it more 4.9. inclusive; in particular, encourage investment in accessible infrastructure; include sports associations and non-governmental organisations 4.1 0. processes that affect urban planning in order to enhance access to sport for all; in the decision-making 4.11. foster the establishment of sports clubs in rural and disadvantaged urban areas and take measures to provide accessible, affordable and youth-friendly public services in the field of sport, as requested by Committee of Ministers Recommendation CM/Rec(2015)3 on the access of young people from disadvantaged neighbourhoods to social rights; 4.12. encourage the training of sports instructors in the principles and good practices of citizenship education, respect for diversity in a multicultural society, awareness of and ways of fighting all forms of gender bias and discrimination, and inclusion of people with disabilities; 4.13. promote the concept of "sport on prescription" at local level, in co-operation with the local and regional authorities; 4.14. support wide-ranging research on sport and social inclusion, in order to promote evidence-based policies and well-informed decisions in the field of sport.
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The Assembly calls on member States to support the work of the Council of Europe Enlarged Partial Agreement on Sport (EPAS) on access to sport for all and invites the countries that are not yet members of this partial agreement to consider joining it.

The Assembly highlights the benefits which could be gained from establishing a European "sport for all" 6. label endorsing projects set up for the development of inclusive sports activities.

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The Assembly recognises the fundamental role of the International Olympic Committee (lOG) in fostering equal access to sport for all and in changing mentalities, as well as the roles of the International Paralympic Committee (lPG) and the International and European Federations of Adapted Physical Activity 2 (IFAPA and EFAPA) in co-ordinating research and information.
The Assembly therefore calls on the IOC to develop a comprehensive programme for the promotion of sport for all and the fight against all forms of discrimination, in close co-operation with the national Olympic committees, international sports federations, athletes and lOG-accredited organisations, also seeking the active involvement and support of media broadcasters and sports brands, through partnership agreements with them.
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Resolution 2132 (2016)1 Provisional version Political consequences of the Russian aggression in Ukraine Parliamentary Assembly 1.
More than two years after the outbreak of the Russian aggression in Ukraine, the Parliamentary Assembly is deeply concerned about its political consequences both for Ukraine itself and for the overall stability and security in Europe.

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For Ukraine, the conflict has resulted in the violation of its sovereignty and territorial integrity.
This started, in the aftermath of the Euromaidan, with the illegal annexation of Crimea by the Russian Federation and has continued with Russia's support to separatists in eastern Ukraine and its growing role in the ongoing conflict.

Since mid-April 2014, more than 9 300 people have been killed, more than 21 500 people have been injured and almost one and a half million people have left their homes as a result of the conflict.

Hundreds are held captive or are reported missing.


The Assembly reaffirms its commitment to the principle of peaceful settlement of disputes and to the 3. independence, sovereignty and territorial integrity of Ukraine, within its internationally recognised borders.

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As regards Crimea, the Assembly reiterates its condemnation of the illegal annexation of the peninsula and its continuing integration into the Russian Federation, in breach of international law and the Statute of the Council of Europe (ETS No.

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It regrets that, despite the continuing refusal of the international community to recognise Crimea's annexation by the Russian Federation and the application of various types of sanctions against the Russian Federation and Russian citizens, not only has the annexation not been reversed, but the human rights situation in the peninsula continues to deteriorate.
In particular, the Assembly: 4.1. condemns the illegal Duma elections held on 18 September in occupied Crimea and considers their results null and void.
The incorporation of Ukrainian sovereign territory into Russian federal constituencies and the creation of four single-member constituencies are blunt violations of international law and effectively compromise the legitimacy of the Russian Parliament; 4.2. is deeply concerned about actions against critical media outlets, acts of intimidation and harassment against opponents, cases of disappearances and threats of abduction and the repression of persons belonging to minorities, in particular the Crimean Tatars, in the application of the law on extremism; considers the banning of the Mejlis of the Crimean Tatar People, declared to be "an extremist 4.3. organisation", to be a harsh repressive measure targeting the whole Crimean Tatar community and calls for this measure to be reversed; calls for full and unrestricted access to the Crimean Peninsula of all human rights bodies of the 4.4.
Council of Europe in order for them to carry out their monitoring activities unimpeded and in accordance with their mandates; calls on the Russian authorities to reverse the illegal annexation of Crimea and allow Ukraine to 4.5. regain control of the peninsula.

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Assembly debate on 12 October 2016 (33rd Sitting) (see Doc.

14130, report of the Committee on Political Affairs and Democracy, rapporteur: Ms Kristyna Zelienkova).

Text adopted by the Assembly on 12 October 2016 (33rd Sitting).
Resolution 2132 (2016) As regards the ongoing conflict in eastern Ukraine, the Assembly is deeply concerned about the 5. continuing violations of the ceasefire, in breach of the Minsk Agreements and the Package of Measures for their Implementation of February 2015.

The escalation of violence along the contact line in Donbas has resulted in the movement of positions of the two sides closer to the contact line and in an increase in the number of civilian casualties caused by shelling.
The Assembly also regrets increasing violations of weapon withdrawal commitments and restrictions on the freedom of movement of the Special Monitoring Mission of the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE).

The Assembly reiterates its support for a peaceful solution to the conflict and for the Minsk process.
It 6. asks once again: the Russian Federation to withdraw its troops from the territory of Ukraine and stop military 6.1. supplies to the separatists; 6.2. all sides to implement, responsibly and in good faith, the commitments undertaken under the Minsk Agreements and the Package of Measures for their Implementation, starting with the full respect of the ceasefire.

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The Assembly regrets that, against a security situation that has deteriorated and in the absence of a sustainable ceasefire, there has been no progress in the implementation of the political aspects of the Package of Measures for the Implementation of the Minsk Agreements.

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As regards, in particular, the issue of local elections to be organised in Donbas, the Assembly underlines that for such elections to be in line with Ukrainian legislation and international standards on free and fair elections there is need to ensure: an improved security environment, full access for the OSCE Special Monitoring Mission throughout the entire territory of Donbas, with the border sealed and controlled by the Special Monitoring Mission following the complete withdrawal of Russian troops, mercenaries and weapons, and safe storage of weapons under international supervision; the possibility for all Ukrainian parties to participate in the elections and for Ukrainian media to broadcast in Donbas during the campaign; and respect of the right of people from Donbas who are internally displaced in Ukraine or have sought asylum in the Russian Federation to take part in the vote.
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The Assembly welcomes the release of one of its members, Ms Nadiia Savchenko, after repeated calls by the international community, including more recently in Assembly Resolution 2112 (2016) on the humanitarian concerns with regard to people captured during the war in Ukraine.

It also welcomes the release of Mr Yuri Soloshenko and Mr Gennady Afanasyev and of other prisoners.
These releases are not only important humanitarian gestures, but also offer an opportunity to build trust between the sides to the conflict and provide the Minsk process with positive momentum.

The Assembly reiterates its call for the release of all captured persons in line with Resolution 2112 (2016).

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The Assembly joins the Council of Europe Commissioner for Human Rights in his call to ensure accountability for serious human rights violations committed during the conflict as a key to the reconciliation process.

Perpetrators of grave crimes, such as unlawful killings, enforced disappearances and torture on both sides of the contact line, must be brought to account.

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Only a democratic Ukraine with stable, efficient and accountable institutions, a pluralist political environment and free media, following through at last with the promises of the Euromaidan to reform a corrupt and oligarchic system, will be a strong and prosperous Ukraine, capable of stopping external aggression and restoring peace.
Therefore, the Assembly: 11.1. deeply concerned to observe the regular pressure imposed on political opposition and independent media, calls on the Ukrainian authorities to follow international democratic standards, including media pluralism and the existence of independent political opposition; 11.2. calls on the Ukrainian authorities to establish a national dialogue and to harmonise relations between different ethnic, linguistic and religious groups in Ukrainian society; 11.3. while welcoming the adoption of constitutional amendments on the judiciary, urges the Ukrainian authorities to implement effectively the new measures, resolutely combat all forms of corruption, including at the highest political level, ensure the effective functioning of the newly established anti corruption reform on decentralisation; the constitutional institutions and further pursue including reforms, 11.4. calls on the Ukrainian authorities to consider positively the recommendation of the European Commission for Democracy through Law (Venice Commission) to implement its recommendations on the Lustration law and to ensure further reforms in line with European standards; 2 Resolution 2132 (2016) 11.5. calls on the Ukrainian authorities to ensure that the investigations and proceedings related to the violent incidents during the Euromaidan demonstrations, as well as to the tragic events in Odessa in May 2014, are accelerated and carried out impartially so as to deliver justice and enhance public confidence in the criminal justice system, in line also with the recommendations by the International Advisory Panel set up by the Secretary General of the Council of Europe; 11.6. welcomes the intensified support that the Council of Europe offers to Ukraine, notably through the Council of Europe Action Plan 2015-2017, and calls on member States to consider further funding, including through voluntary contributions.
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Beyond Ukraine, the Assembly regrets that the conflict and the Russian Federation's actions in this respect have undermined the overall stability and security on the continent as well as the achievements towards a strategic partnership with the Russian Federation over the last decades.

The European Union should also draw its own lessons and reflect upon strategies for the future of the region which will de-escalate the current tensions and help to rebuild confidence in its neighbourhood.

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Concerning the economic consequences of the conflict, the Assembly notes that they are considerable not only for Ukraine itself and for the Russian Federation, but also for the European Union and several European countries which have been affected to varying but significant degrees by the sanctions against the Russian Federation and Russian counter-sanctions.

The debate over sanctions divides the European Union and threatens its cohesion.
However, international pressure, including sanctions, must be maintained until Russian aggression has ceased and the sovereignty and territorial integrity of Ukraine within its internationally recognised borders has been fully restored.
The Assembly urges Council of Europe member States to do everything in their power to support the 14. peace process in Ukraine so as to avoid a further escalation of violence, with dangerous consequences for civilians living in the conflict area, or the development into a "frozen" or "semi-frozen" conflict, prolonging instability and insecurity in Ukraine and the whole of Europe.
For its part, the Assembly could serve as a unique platform for dialogue and inter-parliamentary co 15. operation and make a positive contribution to the peaceful solution of the conflict, notably by helping to build confidence.
It regrets that it has so far been unable to play its natural role of parliamentary diplomacy, mainly due to the fact that Russian parliamentarians have not participated in its activities for two consecutive years and have ceased co-operation with the Assembly's monitoring procedure.
Regardless of the divergences on the origin of the crisis, the Assembly reiterates its call on the Russian authorities to implement the demands of the Assembly formulated in Resolution 1990 (2014) on the reconsideration on substantive grounds of the previously ratified credentials of the Russian delegation, Resolution 2034 (2015) on the challenge, on substantive grounds, of the still unratified credentials of the delegation of the Russian Federation, and Resolution 2063 (2015) on the consideration of the annulment of the previously ratified credentials of the delegation of the Russian Federation, and resolves that only significant and measurable progress towards their implementation can form the basis for restoration of a fully-fledged, mutually respectful dialogue with the Assembly.
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The Assembly resolves to continue to follow closely the political and humanitarian consequences of the conflict in Ukraine as well the human rights and rule of law-related challenges it raises in areas under or outside Ukrainian Government control and to consider these issues at its October 2017 part-session, provided there is no emergency requiring that it be done sooner.
3 lLJ/-- Parliamentary Assembly ttfl~ Assemblee parlementaire ~~~ ~~ 4'~/.m-~~zm.~-~ ...................................... ... CONSEil DE lEUROPE Resolution 2133 (2016)1 Provisional version Legal remedies for human rights violations on the Ukrainian territories outside the control of the Ukrainian authorities Parliamentary Assembly The Parliamentary Assembly is deeply worried about the human rights situation in Crimea and in the 1. self-proclaimed "people's republics" of Donetsk and Luhansk ("DPR" and "LPR").
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It reaffirms its position that the annexation of Crimea by the Russian Federation and the military intervention by Russian forces in eastern Ukraine violate international Jaw and the principles upheld by the Council of Europe, as stated in Assembly Resolution 2112 (2016), Resolution 2063 (2015), Resolution 1990 (2014) and Resolution 1988 (2014).

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The "DPR" and "LPR", established, supported and effectively controlled by the Russian Federation, do not enjoy any legitimacy under Ukrainian or international law.

This applies to all their "institutions", including the "courts" established by the de facto authorities.

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Under international law, the Russian Federation, which exercises de facto control over these territories, is responsible for the protection of their population.
Russia must therefore guarantee the human rights of all inhabitants of Crimea and of the "DPR" and "LPR".

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Regarding Crimea, Russian military presence and effective control have been officially acknowledged by the Russian authorities.
Regarding the "DPR" and the "LPR", effective control is based on the well documented crucial role of Russian military personnel in taking over and maintaining control of these regions, against the determined resistance of the legitimate Ukrainian authorities and on the complete dependence of the "DPR" and "LPR" on Russia in logistical, financial and administrative terms.

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Both in Crimea and in the conflict zone in the Donbas region, serious human rights violations have occurred, and are still occurring, as documented by numerous reports of, inter alia, the Council of Europe's Commissioner for Human Rights, the United Nations Human Rights Monitoring Mission for Ukraine, the Special Monitoring Mission to Ukraine of the Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights of the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE/ODJHR), as well as leading Ukrainian and international non-governmental human rights organisations.
These violations include extrajudicial killings, treatment, unlawful detentions and enforced disappearances, disproportionate restrictions of the freedom of expression and information.

inhuman and degrading torture and 7.
Victims of human rights violations have no effective internal legal remedies at their disposal: 7.1. as far as the residents of the "DPR" and "LPR" are concerned, local "courts" lack legitimacy, independence and professionalism; the Ukrainian courts in the neighbouring government-controlled areas to which jurisdiction for the non-controlled areas was transferred by Ukraine are difficult to reach, cannot access files left behind in the "DPR" and "LPR" and cannot ensure the execution of their judgments in these territories; 1.
Assembly debate on 12 October 2016 (33rd Sitting) (see Doc.

14139, report of the Committee on Legal Affairs and Human Rights, rapporteur: Ms Marieluise Beck).

Text adopted by the Assembly on 12 October 2016 (33rd Sitting).
Resolution 2133 (2016) as far as the residents of Crimea are concerned, the climate of intimidation also affects the 7.2. independence of the courts and, in particular, the willingness of the police and the prosecution service to hold to account perpetrators of crimes against perceived or actual Ukrainian loyalists.

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In Crimea, Ukrainians in general, and Crimean Tatars in particular, have been severely intimidated by the above-mentioned human rights violations and the fact that they remain largely unpunished.

Many were forced to leave Crimea.

In parallel, all inhabitants of Crimea have been placed under immense pressure to obtain Russian passports and renounce their Ukrainian nationality in order to have access to health care, housing and other essential services.
The Crimean Tatars, following the recent decision of the Supreme Court of the Russian Federation on banning the Mejlis and its local branches, have lost their traditional democratic representation.

Tatar media and the Tatar's Muslim religious practice were also targeted.

The cumulative effect of these repressive measures is a threat to the Tatar community's very existence as a distinct ethnic, cultural and religious group.
Moreover, in accordance with reports of authoritative international and non-governmental organisations 9.

(in particular Freedom House, Amnesty International, Human Rights Watch and many others), there are signs of violations of the provisions of the International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination by the Russian Federation in occupied Crimea in relation to Crimean Tatars.
In the conflict zone in the Don bas region, the civilian population as well as a large number of 10. combatants suffered violations of their rights to life and physical integrity and to the free enjoyment of property, by war crimes and crimes against humanity including the indiscriminate or even intentional shelling of civilian areas, sometimes provoked by the stationing of weapons in close proximity.

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Numerous inhabitants of the conflict zone in the Donbas, on both sides of the contact line, still suffer on a daily basis from numerous violations of the ceasefire agreed in Minsk.

These violations are documented daily by the OSCE Special Monitoring Mission in Ukraine, despite the restrictions on access imposed mainly by the de facto authorities of the "DPR" and "LPR".
The inhabitants also suffer from the prevailing climate of impunity and general lawlessness due to the absence of legitimate, functioning State institutions, and in particular of access to justice in line with Article 6 of the European Convention on Human Rights (ETS No.

5).

They also endure severe social hardship worsened by restrictive measures imposed by the Ukrainian authorities regarding pension and social assistance payments.
The legal and humanitarian situation of ordinary detainees sentenced to prison terms before the conflict {about 5 000 persons in the "LPR" alone) is unacceptable: decisions by the Ukrainian judicial authorities on early release (probation, amnesty) are routinely ignored by the de facto authorities, who subject prison inmates to forced labour and various forms of inhuman and degrading treatment.
Finally, persons displaced from the "DPR" and "LPR" face expropriation of the properties they left behind due to the unlawful re-registration requirements imposed by the de facto authorities.

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The Ukrainian authorities have begun prosecuting alleged perpetrators of war crimes and other human rights violations on the side of pro-government forces.The Assembly takes note of the constructive co operation of Ukraine with relevant international monitoring mechanisms, such as the European Committee on Prevention of Torture and the United Nations Subcommittee on Prevention of Torture, in particular in the context of that committee's recent visit to Ukraine, and calls on all parties involved to allow external monitors regular and unhindered access to all places of deprivation of liberty, in accordance with their mandates.
The Minsk Agreements include amnesty clauses for the participants in the armed conflict in the Don bas 13. region.

The Assembly recalls that under international law, such clauses cannot justify impunity for the perpetrators of serious human rights violations.

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Regarding the elections foreseen in the Minsk Agreements, the Assembly considers that as long as the present situation in the "DPR" and "LPR", characterised by a climate of insecurity, intimidation and impunity and a lack of freedom of expression and information, prevails, free and fair elections (as guaranteed by Article 3 of the Protocol to the European Convention on Human Rights (ETS No.

9)) are not possible in these regions.

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The Assembly regrets that neither the Russian Federation nor Ukraine have ratified the Rome Statute establishing the International Criminal Court (ICC), whilst noting that Ukraine has accepted the ICC's jurisdiction in its declarations of 17 April2014 and 8 September 2015 under Article 12.3 of the Rome Statute.
The Assembly welcomes the changes to the Constitution of Ukraine, finally adopted by the Ukrainian Parliament, by which the ratification of the Rome Statute will be possible.

At the same time, the Assembly is concerned that these changes will come into effect only in three years' time, and not as soon as possible, as was recommended by the Assembly.

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The Assembly welcomes the activities of the Joint Investigation Team (JIT) and its preliminary report of 28 September 2016 on the criminal investigation into the downing of flight MH17 in Donbas.
The Assembly takes note of the JIT's findings that flight MH17 was shot down from territory controlled by Russian-backed militants by a BUK missile system which had been brought in from the territory of the Russian Federation and which was returned to Russian Federation territory after launch.

The Assembly calls on all parties involved to co-operate fully with the criminal investigation in order to bring those responsible to justice.

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The Assembly therefore urges: 17.1. the competent authorities, both in Ukraine and in the Russian Federation, to: 17.1.1. effectively investigate all cases of serious human rights violations allegedly committed in all areas under their effective control; 17.1.2. prosecute their perpetrators, thereby also discouraging any such violations in future; 17.1.3. compensate their victims to the extent possible; 17.1.4. accede to the Rome Statute of the ICC; 17.1.5. fully implement the Minsk Agreements; 17.2. the Russian authorities to: 17.2.1. end their repressive actions against people loyal to the Ukrainian authorities in all areas under their effective control, including Crimea; in particular, to restore the historical rights of the Crimean Tatar people and to enable the re-establishment of the rule of law in the whole of eastern Ukraine; 17.2.2. meanwhile, ensure the protection of the fundamental rights of all inhabitants of the "DRP" and the "LPR" and the fulfilment of their basic needs, and exercise their influence with the de facto authorities to this end; 17.2.3. territories under their effective control, including Crimea; facilitate the independent monitoring of the human rights situation in all Ukrainian 17.2.4. use all available legal means to repeal the decision of the Supreme Court of the Russian Federation to outlaw the Mejlis, and to allow the Crimean Tatar people to choose their own self-governing institutions; 17.2.5. ensure unrestricted access by representatives of international organisations and consular officers of Ukraine to convicted persons displaced from territories temporarily not under Ukrainian control to penitentiary institutions in the territory of the Russian Federation; 17.2.6. transfer to Ukraine all convicted Ukrainian citizens who express such a wish, in order that they may serve the remainder of their sentences in territories controlled by the Ukrainian authorities; 17.2.7. bring an end to the displacement from the territory of Crimea to the territory of the Russian Federation of persons who have no Russian citizenship, including those sentenced to imprisonment, who have, whatever the circumstances, found themselves under the control of the Russian Federation in Crimea; 17.3. the Ukrainian authorities to make easier, as far as is in their power, the daily life of the inhabitants of the territories outside of their control and of the displaced persons from these areas by reducing administrative burdens in access to pensions and social allowances and by facilitating the inhabitants' access to justice by adequately equipping and staffing the courts in government-controlled areas to which jurisdiction for the non-controlled areas has been transferred; review and reconsider Ukraine's derogation from the International Covenant on Civil and Political 17.4.
Rights and the European Convention on Human Rights on a regular basis with respect to necessity, proportionality and non-discrimination; the international community to continue focusing on the human rights and humanitarian situation 17.5. of the people living in the territories of Ukraine not under the control of the Ukrainian authorities and refrain from placing demands on Ukraine the fulfilment of which would cement the unlawful status quo; the ICC to exercise its jurisdiction to the extent that is legally possible following the declarations 17.6. filed by Ukraine.
3 Resolution 2133 (2016) The Assembly resolves to continue observing the human rights situation in the conflict zone in the 18.

Don bas region and in Crimea as a matter of priority.

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Resolution 2134 (2016)1 Provisional version Co-operation with the International Criminal Court: towards a concrete and expanded commitment Parliamentary Assembly 1.
The Parliamentary Assembly recalls its previous resolutions calling for the ratification of the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court (ICC or "the Court") and full co-operation with the latter as well as effective implementation of the Rome Statute, in particular Resolutions 1300 (2002) on risks for the integrity of the Statute of the International Criminal Court, Resolution 1336 (2003) on threats to the International Criminal Court and Resolution 1644 (2009) on co-operation with the International Criminal Court (ICC) and its universality.
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The Assembly reiterates its firm commitment to fight against impunity and to support the ICC, the first ever permanent independent judicial institution with jurisdiction over individuals accused of "the most serious crimes of concern to the international community as a whole": genocide, crimes against humanity and war crimes.

It is the firm conviction of the Assembly that there cannot be genuine respect, promotion and protection of human rights under the European Convention on Human Rights (ETS No.
5) and the Universal Declaration of Human Rights in situations in which there is impunity for the most serious violations of international law encompassing gross human rights violations which are as serious as crimes against humanity or genocide and for the gravest breaches of international humanitarian law amounting to war crimes.
Similarly, impunity for the crime of aggression - which characterised all the perpetrators of aggressive wars that took place after the Second World War- is certainly not conducive to the realisation of peaceful societies in which fundamental human rights are respected.

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The Assembly believes that the universal ratification of the Rome Statute of the ICC is essential in order to avoid having situations referred to the Court by the United Nations Security Council, as these decisions might often succumb to double standards and politicisation.

It notes that, since its adoption in 1998, the Rome Statute has been ratified by 124 States across the world.
Regrettably, six member States of the Council of Europe (Armenia, Azerbaijan, Monaco, the Russian Federation, Turkey and Ukraine), one Council of Europe observer State (the United States), one State with observer status with the Assembly (Israel) and two States whose parliaments have partner for democracy status with the Assembly (Kyrgyzstan and Morocco) have not yet ratified it.
The Assembly welcomes the changes to the Constitution of Ukraine, finally adopted by the Ukrainian Parliament, by which the ratification of the Rome Statute will be possible.

At the same time, the Assembly is concerned that these changes will come into effect only in three years' time, and not as soon as possible, as was recommended by the Assembly.
The Assembly welcomes the fact that, in 2010, the States Parties to the Rome Statute adopted two 4. amendments to it ('Kampala amendments") - one criminalising the use of certain weapons in non international armed conflicts under the scope of the definition of "war crimes" and the other introducing the definition of crime of aggression as well as the system of exercise of jurisdiction over this crime by the ICC.
The Assembly notes that, so far, almost half of the Council of Europe's member States have ratified these amendments.

Among the States that are already Party to the Rome Statute, so far 17 States of the Council of Europe (Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Denmark, France, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Republic of Moldova, Montenegro, Norway, Portugal, Romania, Serbia, Sweden and United Kingdom), three 1.

Assembly debate on 12 October 2016 (33rd Sitting) (see Doc.
14136, report of the Committee on Legal Affairs and Human Rights, rapporteur: Mr Alain Destexhe).

Text adopted by the Assembly on 12 October 2016 (33rd Sitting).

Resolution 2134 (2016) Council of Europe observer States (Canada, Japan and Mexico) and one State whose parliament has partner for democracy status with the Assembly (Jordan) have not yet ratified the Kampala amendment on the Crime of Aggression.
Moreover, among the States that are already Party to the Rome Statute, so far, 17 member States of the Council of Europe (Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Denmark, France, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, the Republic of Moldova, Montenegro, Portugal, Romania, Serbia, Sweden and the United Kingdom), three Council of Europe observer States (Canada, Japan and Mexico), and two States whose parliaments have partner for democracy status with the Assembly (Jordan and Palestine) have not yet ratified the Kampala amendment on war crimes.
The Assembly also recalls the importance of ratifying the Agreement on the Privileges and Immunities 5. of the ICC, which facilitates the Court's independent operation by providing the Court officials with the legal status necessary, as civil servants of an international judicial institution, to conduct investigations efficiently, and urges the States that have not yet done so to ratify or accede to this treaty.
So far, among the States that are already Parties to the Rome Statute, two member States of the Council of Europe (the Republic of Moldova and San Marino), one observer State (Japan), and one State whose parliament has partner for democracy status with the Assembly (Jordan) have not acceded to this instrument.

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The Assembly recalls that the ICC is based on the principle of complementarity, assuming jurisdiction only as a last resort.
Therefore, the States Parties to the Rome Statute should adopt its national legislation to fully implement the Statute, especially by incorporating the Rome Statute crimes and general principles of law into their domestic criminal law systems.

The Assembly urges the States that have not done so to fully implement the Rome Statute.
So far, among the States that are already Party to the Rome Statute, four member States of the Council of Europe (Albania, Hungary, Italy and San Marino), and two States whose parliaments have partner for democracy status with the Assembly (Jordan and Palestine) have not fully implemented those crimes and general principles of law into their domestic criminal law systems.

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The Assembly also stresses the importance of States' co-operation with the ICC in investigating and prosecuting crimes within its jurisdiction, in particular as regards the arrest and surrender of suspects or accused persons, the seizure of assets of crime and the collection and preservation of evidence.
In this regard, the Assembly calls on the member States of the Council of Europe that have not yet done so to establish in their national legislation the mechanism to efficiently co-operate with the ICC as well as to sign the so-called "voluntary co-operation agreements" with the ICC (Enforcement of Sentences pronounced in the ICC's judgments, Interim and Final Release, Protection and Relocation of Witnesses).
Among the States that are already Party to the Rome Statute, so far five member States of the Council of Europe (Albania, Andorra, Hungary, the Republic of Moldova and San Marino), one observer States (Mexico) and two States whose parliaments have partner for democracy status with the Assembly (Jordan and Palestine) have not established in their national legislation the mechanism to efficiently co-operate with the ICC.

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The Assembly recalls Resolution 2091 (2016) on foreign fighters in Syria and Iraq, and the testimony of Nadia Murad, the 2016 recipient of the Vaclav Havel Human Rights Prize.
The Assembly reiterates its urgent call on member States to fulfil their positive obligations under international law to prevent the ongoing genocide in Syria and Iraq, and to ensure the prosecution of those responsible for committing acts of genocide and other serious war crimes against Yazidis, Christians and other religious minorities in the region, especially where the perpetrators are citizens of member States and/or arrive on European soil.
The Assembly deeply laments the fact that hardly any prosecution has been brought against these perpetrators of genocide and crimes against humanity.

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The Assembly welcomes the work of Parliamentarians for Global Action, a non-profit, non-partisan international network of committed legislators, which informs and mobilises parliamentarians in all regions of the world to advocate for human rights and the rule of law.
Through its Campaign for the Universality and Effectiveness of the Rome Statute, it has contributed to 77 of the 124 ratifications and provided technical assistance for full implementation of the Rome Statute to several of its members.

The Assembly also stresses the decisive role played by civil society, in particular the Coalition for the ICC which gathers together some 2 500 NGOs coming from more than 150 countries, which should be highly praised.

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The Assembly notes with concern that the integrity and independence of the ICC has recently been called into question by some member States of the African Union.

It considers that any attempt to undermine the authority of the Court as an independent permanent international judicial institution should be stopped.

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The Assembly therefore urges the Council of Europe's member States, its observer States, Assembly observer States and States whose parliaments have partner for democracy status with the Assembly to reaffirm their commitment to the ICC by: Resolution 2134 (2016) 11.1. signing and ratifying without further delay the Rome Statute, the Kampala amendments and the Agreement on the Privileges and Immunities of the ICC, if they have not yet done so; 11.2. adopting effective legislation to implement the Rome Statute, in particular by introducing the crimes and general principles of law defined therein into their domestic criminal legislation and establishing procedures allowing full and effective co-operation with the Court; fully co-operating with the ICC and providing judicial assistance to it, in line with the obligations 11.3. stemming from the Rome Statute, for example by appointing a special focal point for co-operation with the ICC; 11.4. concluding co-operation agreements with the Court to facilitate the investigation and prosecution of crimes within its jurisdiction as well as the enforcement of the sentences pronounced in its judgments, protection and relocation of witnesses and interim and final release of persons; 11.5. providing mutual legal assistance in matters falling within the scope of the Rome Statute; 11.6. providing the ICC with effective budgetary resources in order to allow it to fulfil its tasks in an independent and efficient manner while respecting the autonomy of the Office of the Prosecutor in determining the situations that deserve investigation and prosecution under the Rome Statute and avoiding interference with her mandate through budgetary policies; 11.7. organising training for judges, prosecutors, lawyers and members of police and armed forces on issues related to the implementation of the Rome Statute; 11.8. organising seminars and conferences with members of parliament in collaboration with parliamentary networks such as Parliamentarians for Global Action in order to generate awareness and political will as well as to provide the national parliamentarians and their staff with the necessary tools to advance the process of ratification of the Rome Statute, the Kampala amendments and the Agreement on the Privileges and Immunities as well as the full implementation of these international treaties; taking necessary awareness-raising measures to promote knowledge about the ICC among the 11.9. general public; 11.1 0. providing political as well as financial support to non-governmental organisations combating impunity, promoting the universality and effectiveness of the Rome Statute system and the compliance of States with the Rome Statute obligations, as well as providing assistance to victims of the most serious crimes of international concern; 11.11. taking any other action to protect the integrity and the independence of the ICC, especially in respect of policies of other regional organisations, such as the African Union; 11.12. making meaningful financial contributions to the ICC's Trust Fund for Victims, thereby signalling that the ICC is not only delivering retributive and preventative justice, but also restorative justice.
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The Assembly welcomes the referral of situations such as those in Darfur (Sudan) or Libya, by the United Nations Security Council to the ICC.

It regrets that the situations in Syria and Iraq have not yet been referred to the ICC by the United Nations Security Council.

It calls on the United Nations Security Council to fulfil its responsibilities to implement the decisions and orders of the Court and to provide it with sufficient financial resources to fulfil its tasks.
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Security Council, namely Russia, the United Kingdom, France, the United States, Spain, Ukraine and Japan, to collaborate and, within two months, to put a resolution to the United Nations Security Council which ensures the effective prosecution of those responsible for acts of genocide, crimes against humanity and war crimes in Syria and Iraq.
The Assembly also calls on the ICC Prosecutor to reconsider her decision of April 2015 not to initiate 14. preliminary examinations into crimes committed by Daesh foreign fighters, in the light of new and overwhelming evidence available to her, and to expeditiously recognise her jurisdiction over the perpetrators of genocide, crimes against humanity, and war crimes in Syria and Iraq as far as it is possible.

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;......o"J Resolution 2135 (2016)1 Provisional version Female genital mutilation in Europe Parliamentary Assembly 1.

As of 2016, some 200 million women and girls in the world have undergone genital mutilation.

These practices take place primarily in certain countries of Africa and Asia, but they also occur in Europe.
Every day, women and girls who are nationals of or resident in Council of Europe member States are at risk of being subjected to genital mutilation.

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The Parliamentary Assembly first condemned these practices back in 2001 in Resolution 1247 (2001) on female genital mutilation and again in 2013 in Resolution 1952 (2013) on children's right to physical integrity.
However, despite growing international awareness of the seriousness of female genital mutilation, the practice persists and remains rooted in the cultures and traditions of the practising communities.

The Assembly points out in this connection that no religious text prescribes female genital mutilation.

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The Assembly underlines the fact that female genital mutilation is an act of violence against women and children and a flagrant violation of human rights.
It causes serious physical and mental harm, and is a violation of the prohibition of cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment and of the right to health.

As mutilation is practised in most cases during childhood, it also constitutes a violation of children's rights.

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The Assembly is convinced that prevention must lie at the heart of all efforts to eradicate female genital mutilation and must involve all the players concerned, whether the practising communities, grass-roots organisations, social and education services, the police, the justice system or health-care professionals.
Awareness-raising, information and education campaigns must include both women and men in the communities concerned and dissociate these practices from religion, gender stereotypes and the cultural beliefs which perpetuate discrimination against women.

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In the light of the above, the Assembly calls on Council of Europe member States to: recognise female genital mutilation as violence against women and children and systematically 5.1. include this issue in national procedures and policies to combat violence, as well as to publicly condemn female genital mutilation, including through relevant legislation; run public awareness-raising and information campaigns on combating female genital mutilation, 5.2. provide information in the languages most spoken by the communities practising female genital mutilation, and support, including financially, the initiatives of non-governmental organisations in this field; raise awareness among victims and their families of the fact that, contrary to their beliefs, female 5.3. genital mutilation is not an issue of honour but an act of violence against women and girls, and an act against the human right to health; 5.4. criminalise the fact of subjecting a woman or girl to genital mutilation or coercing her into undergoing it, and the fact of inciting a girl to undergo such an act, including where this is practised by health-care professionals, or providing her with the means required for this purpose; 1.
Assembly debate on 13 October 2016 (35th Sitting) (see Doc.

14135, report of the Committee on Equality and Non Discrimination, rapporteur: Ms Beatrice Fresko-Rolfo; and Doc.

14148, opinion of the Committee on Social Affairs, Health and Sustainable Development, rapporteur: Ms Liliane Maury Pasquier).

Text adopted by the Assembly on 13 October 2016 (35th Sitting).
4 fS&W: £~-- J&lii ~ ~ Resolution 2135 (2016) take all necessary measures to prevent girls from being subjected to genital mutilation when 5.5. travelling to their parents' countries of origin and, to this end, step up international judicial and police co operation; 5.6. ensure extraterritorial jurisdiction for domestic courts so that criminal prosecutions can be initiated when mutilation has been committed abroad on, or by, nationals or residents of Council of Europe member States; 5.7. sign and/or ratify the Council of Europe Convention on Preventing and Combating Violence against Women and Domestic Violence (GETS No.
210, "Istanbul Convention"), fully apply its provisions and co-operate to the closest possible extent with the Group of Experts on Action against Violence against Women and Domestic Violence (GREVIO) and the Committee of the Parties in monitoring implementation of this convention; 5.8. provide women and girls who have been subjected to or are at risk of being subjected to genital mutilation with access to emergency services, such as free helplines and shelters, and to health-care and advice services; 5.9. arrange and co-ordinate the collection, at national level and in line with a common methodology, of data on cases of female genital mutilation, ensure they are disseminated to the authorities involved in the fight against these practices, with due regard for international data protection and confidentiality standards, and on this basis frame appropriate and targeted policies to bring an end to female genital mutilation; 5.1 0. train health-care professionals, teachers, the police, social workers and those working in reception centres for asylum seekers in how to detect female genital mutilation in a culturally sensitive manner without diminishing the seriousness of the practice, and set up mechanisms making it possible to identify girls at risk or those having been subjected to genital mutilation; 5.11. encourage the reporting of women or girls at risk by providing adequate legal protection to professionals where reporting is mandatory; 5.12. provide training for health-care professionals to enable them to diagnose female genital mutilation and provide appropriate care for women and girls suffering from the physical and psychological consequences of this mutilation; 5.13. recognise female genital mutilation, or the well-founded fear of female genital mutilation, as persecution within the meaning of the 1951 Geneva Convention relating to the Status of Refugees, introduce gender-sensitive asylum procedures and incorporate the female genital mutilation issue into individual interviews with women coming from countries where this is practised; include the fight against female genital mutilation in international co-operation and development 5.14. aid activities.
The Assembly encourages national parliaments to support action to prevent female genital mutilation at 6. national level and through their international co-operation activities.

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The Assembly welcomes and supports the Sustainable Development Goals adopted by the United Nations which include the eradication of female genital mutilation by 2030 and encourages all Council of Europe member States to make an active contribution to the implementation of the Goals.
Lastly, the Assembly recognises that female genital mutilation is linked to other harmful traditional 8. practices, in particular early and forced marriages, a subject which warrants separate consideration.

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Resolution 2136 (2016)1 Provisional version Harmonising the protection of unaccompanied minors in Europe Parliamentary Assembly 1.
Almost 90 000 unaccompanied minors applied for asylum in European Union countries in 2015 and in 2016 there are no signs of a reversal of the trend, as the total number of minors applying for asylum in the month of June 2016 alone stood at 30 000.
The present migration and refugee crisis in Europe has exacerbated the challenges of how to treat and assist these children on the move, and generated new problems with the realisation that large numbers of children are going missing at different stages of their journey, especially directly after arrival at reception centres.

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New challenges to child protection have also emerged during the recent phases of the crisis, especially in the context of the partial or total closure of routes across Europe, followed by the first effects of the European Union-Turkey agreement of 18 March 2016.
The international public was made aware of a major concern when the European Union law-enforcement agency Europol announced in January 2016 that 10 000 migrant minors were missing in Europe, and there is reason to believe that actual figures were much higher.

In May this year, the total number for Germany alone rose to about 9 000, according to the German Federal Criminal Police.

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The Parliamentary Assembly has voiced its concern about the situation of unaccompanied migrant minors in Europe on several occasions and made proposals for solutions, in particular in its Recommendation 1969 (2011) and Resolution 1810 (2011) "Unaccompanied children in Europe: issues of arrival, stay and return", which proposes 15 common principles for handling unaccompanied migrant children, with particular focus on the need to treat unaccompanied children first and foremost as children, not as migrants.
The Assembly regrets that, in the majority of member States, there is no legal definition of "missing children" as a separate category in national legislation.

The Assembly also regrets the fact that the absence of a legally binding definition of missing children has had a major negative impact on investigations, waiting times and levels of alarm.
The Assembly deeply regrets that the European Union has discontinued the funding of the hotline (116 000) for missing children, established in almost all EU member States, even though 54% of the staff were volunteers.

Unfortunately, the number of calls has also decreased dramatically.

Related issues, such as the determination of children's age and ending immigration detention of 4. children were taken up in Recommendation 2056 (2014) on alternatives to immigration detention of children.
These texts were the basis for the launching of the ongoing Parliamentary Campaign to End Immigration Detention of Children.

in Resolution 1996 (2014) "Migrant children: what rights at 18?"

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The Assembly recalls that the general principle of respect for migrant minors' rights first and foremost as children implies that they should benefit from special protection, including social and health care which ensure their physical and psychological integrity and development, sufficient and child-friendly information, education and empowerment.
On observation of the situation in member States, it is clear that these conditions are far from systematically afforded to unaccompanied migrant minors.

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Assembly debate on 13 October 2016 (35th Sitting) (see Doc.

14142, report of the Committee on Migration, Refugees and Displaced Persons, rapporteur: Mr Manlio DiStefano; and Doc.14174, opinion of the Committee on Social Affairs, Health and Sustainable Development: Mr Valeriu Ghiletchi).

Text adopted by the Assembly on 13 October 2016 (35th Sitting).
Resolution 2136 (2016) The Assembly refers to the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child, specifically Article 3 6. on the best interests of the child, Articles 19 and 20 on special protection and assistance from the State for unaccompanied and separated children, Article 22 on the rights of children seeking refugee status and General Comment No.
6 (2005) on the treatment of unaccompanied and separated children outside their country of origin, to the New York Declaration for Refugees and Migrants adopted by the United Nations General Assembly on 19 September 2016, as well as to the European Convention on the Exercise of Children's Rights (ETS No.

160), the Council of Europe Convention on Action against Trafficking in Human Beings (CETS No.
197) and the Council of Europe Convention on the Protection of Children against Sexual Exploitation and Sexual Abuse (CETS No.

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The Assembly reiterates the principles set out in the European Commission Principles on integrated child protection systems, the Seven Point Plan for Refugee and Migrant Children of the United Nations Children's Emergency Fund (UNICEF), the Guidelines of the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) on Determining the Best Interests of the Child and other guidelines designed to serve as models for the treatment of unaccompanied migrant minors, 8.
The Assembly urges member States to work on a national and regional level and through international co-operation to improve the protection of unaccompanied migrant minors and to avoid them going missing, in particular by: 8.1. in the context of international co-operation, including with countries of origin: 8.1.1. ensuring that national police forces co-operate to constitute reliable, comprehensive and regularly updated databases on unaccompanied children who go missing, involve Europol that might harm and exploit and Frontex unaccompanied children, as well as fully co-operating in efforts to track missing children and to support the further development of the Schengen Information System (SIS); investigations against criminal groups in 8.1.2. assuring security protection of children from trafficking and criminal activities to which they are particularly vulnerable and stepping up co-operation with the countries of origin and transit in this area; 8.1.3. representatives and a common definition of their mandate and role; rules concerning harmonising the the establishment of guardians and legal 8.1.4. upholding the right to family reunion in the case of separated migrant minors, in accordance with each child's right to live with their parents, as enshrined in Article 22 of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child; 8.1.5. reacting to violations; recalling that a rights-based approach to the protection of children also involves 8.2. in the context of national and regional policies and action: ensuring that all unaccompanied migrant children are adequately registered upon 8.2.1. arrival in Europe, and that registration data are exchanged between the various authorities involved in their reception and care; assigning responsibilities 8.2.2. in charge of implementing programmes for the protection of unaccompanied migrant minors and for supervising and co ordinating their asylum procedures involving various public authorities and services as well as civil society organisations; institutions specifically to 8.2.3. ensuring that unaccompanied migrant minors are treated first and foremost as children immediately on arrival in Europe, and that they are allocated dedicated accommodation, protection against any form of violence and abuse (including sexual abuse and exploitation and human trafficking), avoidance of immigration detention in any situation, as promoted by the Parliamentary Campaign to end immigration detention of children, access to health care and sanitary conditions which are conducive to their rapid recovery from physical and psychological hardship; 8.2.4. providing child-friendly information and trained interpretation and counselling for children on arrival to avoid confusion, re-traumatisation and misunderstandings at the outset, which, added to substandard reception conditions, are a push factor in children's decisions to abscond from reception centres; 2 8.2.5. in cases where a child's age cannot be established by identity documents and only where there is doubt as to the individual's status as a minor, carrying out early and non-intrusive age assessment in full respect for the dignity and integrity of children.
The procedure should be multidisciplinary and carried out by independent professionals, familiar with their ethnic, cultural and developmental characteristics.
Similar principles should apply when there is a dispute over the country of origin; Resolution 2136 (2016) improving or for 8.2.6. unaccompanied minors, including the early designation of sufficiently trained guardians and legal representatives who can assist children and who are each allocated a small number of migrant children; asylum application accelerated procedures introducing 8.2.7. ensuring that children have access to education on registration and throughout waiting periods, then facilitating their entry into mainstream education systems once the procedures for asylum or other forms of regularisation are engaged; 8.2.8. allocating sufficient funding to the structures put in place for care and protection of unaccompanied migrant minors, in particular associations and other civil society bodies, but also ensuring that domestic legislation and regulations are adapted to provide specific administrative procedures for lone child migrants; to prevent unaccompanied migrant children 8.2.9. from going missing, ensuring that responsibilities are transferred seamlessly during the different stages from reception to integration of migrant minors, in order to minimise the risk of unaccompanied minors "slipping through the gaps" in protection and absconding; 8.2.1 0. identifying and implementing durable solutions for unaccompanied children, based on a thorough assessment of the best interests of the child, on her or his right to safety, protection and development and on the definition of a life project with each child, and establishing monitoring procedures on compliance with the best interests of the child in case of return of the children; 8.2.11. in all cases, ensuring that unaccompanied or separated migrant minors are never refused entry into a country, in accordance with the non-refoulement obligations deriving from international human rights, humanitarian and refugee law.
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The Assembly also calls on the European Union to continue taking into account the need for special protection for unaccompanied migrant minors when implementing the review of the Dublin Ill Regulation, in particular by introducing a provision on asylum applications for unaccompanied minors in the country where they are located, to avoid adding unnecessary transfers to their already traumatising journeys.
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Resolution 2137 (2016)1 Provisional version The impact of European population dynamics on migration policies Parliamentary Assembly The significant changes in the dynamics of the European population in the 21st century call for an 1. assessment of their impact on future migration policies in Europe.

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The 47 member States of the Council of Europe have a total of 826 million inhabitants, which represents 11.3% of the world population.

The average population density in Europe is 35 inhabitants per km', which is lower than the world average (55 inhabitants per km2).

There is therefore potential for population growth.

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Furthermore, in contrast to other world regions, the Council of Europe countries are particularly concerned by a "demographic winter": owing to the decline in fertility, the average birth rate of 1.5 children born per woman is the lowest in the world.

The demographic winter varies in intensity from one country to another, engendering diverging population trends.
At the same time, Council of Europe countries have the oldest population in the world, with the highest 4. percentage of people aged 65 and over, and this situation will accelerate in the future also as a result of increasing life expectancy.

The resulting reduction in the proportion of the European population of working age creates a need to consider more actively how to attract young skilled migrants to the European labour market.

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The Parliamentary Assembly believes that to make better use of the current substantial migration influx in Europe, countries of immigration need to develop long-term political strategies based on the needs of the labour market, responding to integration challenges and encouraging their rapid entry into the labour market.

The Assembly is also concerned about the negative impact of labour migration from some eastern 6.
European countries on their population dynamics and on the social situation of migrant families.

These countries should counterbalance the negative effects of emigration on development by combating the main push factors for people leaving the country, such as corruption, bad governance and a lack of fair justice systems.

Special support should be provided to vulnerable families, including children who have been left behind by their parents.

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The Assembly is convinced that in order to respond to the present population challenges in Europe, a cross-sectorial approach to social, labour market and immigration policies should be applied, and that the human rights and dignity of all people should be put at the forefront of all related policies.

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The Assembly therefore invites the Council of Europe member States concerned to: 8.1. develop policies to address the European demographic winter by: 8.1.1. wish; promoting social policies which encourage couples to have as many children as they 1.

Assembly debate on 14 October 2016 (36th Sitting) (see Doc.

14143 and Addendum, report of the Committee on Migration, Refugees and Displaced Persons, rapporteur: Ms Kristin 0rmen Johnsen).

Text adopted by the Assembly on 14 October 2016 (36th Sitting).
Resolution 2137 (2016) 8.1.2. developing policies to strike a better balance between family and working life, including in favour of women's and men's greater participation in the labour market by providing the necessary training programmes, flexible working hours, parental leave systems and family planning assistance, as well as material incentives; 8.1.3. and family life, including childcare at inconvenient hours; introducing national childcare strategies to encourage young people to combine work 8.2. develop special policies to curb the negative effects of population ageing by: 8.2.1. citizens, when necessary; introducing labour market reforms in order to encourage the employment of senior 8.2.2. senior citizens more attractive, when necessary; implementing salary and pension system reforms in order to make the employment of 8.2.3. exodus of young people; developing employment policies which appeal to young people and preventing the rural 8.2.4. workers; supporting life-long learning initiatives aimed at increasing the proportion of skilled 8.2.5. fostering health-care policies to increase healthy life expectancy; develop, as required, forward-looking migration policies, including safe transport of persons, to 8.3. attract qualified migrants, in particular by: 8.3.1. shortage of skilled labour; conducting sectorial analyses of the labour market to identify where there is a real 8.3.2. refugees into the labour market; ensuring that all obstacles are eliminated frorn national legislation for the rapid entry of 8.3.3. creating access to employment for regular migrants, responding both to the needs of host societies and eliminating the black labour market with its associated trafficking and exploitation of migrants; 8.3.4. equivalent to those of national workers; taking appropriate measures to ensure that migrant workers have pay and conditions 8.3.5. market; promoting vocational training for refugees to encourage their integration into the labour 8.3.6. facilitating the recognition of the educational diplomas and vocational skills of migrants; 8.3.7. migrant women; further developing vocational training and language courses for migrants, especially for 8.3.8. promoting the successful integration of migrants and their families by revising integration policies to ensure that migrants are not segregated in the host society and that they are involved in the social and cultural life of local communities; 8.3.9. diversity for society.
enhancing public information on the economic benefits of legal migration and cultural 9.
The Assembly encourages the development of policy co-ordination between the Council of Europe member States in relation to demographic trends and their influence on economic development It also encourages the relevant international organisations (the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), the International Organization for Migration (10M) and the European Union, for instance) to collect data on population dynamics in European countries and carry out comparative studies on population and migration-related issues.
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Finally, the Assembly decides to come back to this issue on a regular basis.

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Association parfmtea.taire Canada-Em~ 4th Part of the 2016 Ordinary Session of the PACE, Strasbourg, France Mission to the next country that will hold the rotating Presidency of the Council of the EU, Val etta, Malta October 10-20, 2016 CANADIAN PARLIAMENTARY DELEGATION PARLEMENTAIRE CANADIENNE Head of Delegation Caucus: Liberal Constituency: Coast of Bays - Central - Notre-Dame Province/Territory: Newfoundland and Labrador Simms Web Site: http.//www hberal.ca/mp/ Hon./L'hon.
Percy Downe, Senator/Senateur Caucus: Liberal Senatorial Designation: Charlottetown Overview of Senator Downe Web Site: http.//sen parl.gc ca/pdowne/ First elected to Parliament in 2004 President of Canada-Europe Parliamentary Association Member of the Committee: Fisheries and Oceans (Chair) Appointed to the Senate in 2003 Member of the Executive Committee of Canada Europe Parl iamentary Association Member of the Committee: Foreign Affairs and International Trade (Vice Chair) Internal Economy, Budgets and Administration Caucus: Conservative Senatorial Designation: Newfoundland and Labrador Overview of Senator Wells http://www.davtdwells ca Appointed to the Senate in 2013 Member of Canada-Europe Parliamentary Association Member of the Committee: Internal Economy, Budgets and Administration Rules, Procedures and the Rights of Parliament -• Caucus: New Democratic Party Constituency: Vancouver Kingsway Province/Territory: British Columbia http://www.
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ca/Parliamentarians/en/ members/Don-Davies(59325) dondav1es ndp ca First elected to Parliament in 2008 Member of Canada-Europe Parliamentary Association Member of the Committee on: Health (Vice-Chair) Caucus: Conservative Constituency: Dufferin - Caledon Province/Territory: Ontario First elected to Parliament in 2004 Member of the Executive Committee of Canada Europe Parl iamentary Association http://www.parl.gc ca/Parliamentanans/en/ Citizenship and Immigration (Vice-Chair) members/David-Tilson(25461 ) Member of the Committee on: Web Site:www.davidtilson ca Mr./M.
Nick Whalen, M.P./ Depute First elected to Parliament in 2015 Member of Canada-Europe Parliamentary Association Member of the Committee on: Government Operations and Estimates Caucus: Liberal Constituency: St-John's East Province/Territory: Newfoundland and Labrador http://www.
parl.gc ca/Parl1amentanans/en/ members/Nick-Whalen(88296l Web Site: nwhalen .hberal.ca ACCOMPANYING STAFF Guyanne Lalande Desforges Maxime-Oiivier Thibodeau Secretary to the Delegation/ Secretaire de Ia delegation Web: Canada-Europe - Overv1ew Analyst, Canada-Europe Parliamentary Association/ Analyste, Association parlementaire Canada-Europe Library of Parliament/Bibl iotheque du Parlement Web: Library of Parliament As of September 21, 2016