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___________________________ Raymond Scicluna Skrivan tal-Kamra 1st Part of 2018 Ordinary Session of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe 21 – 26 January 2018 Strasbourg, France Hon Emanual Mallia, MP Hon David Stellini, MP Hon Jason Azzopardi, MP Hon Etienne Grech, MP Hon Stefan Zrinzo Azzopardi, MP CONSEJL DE t'EUROPE DELEGATION TO THE PARLIAMENTARY ASSEMBLY OF THE COUNCIL OF EUROPE First Part-Session- 22 to 26 January 2018 The Assembly brings together 324 men and women from the parliaments of the Council of Europe's 47 member states.
Though it contains many voices, reflecting political opinion across the continent, its mission is to uphold the shared values of human rights, democracy and the rule of law that are the "common heritage" of the peoples of Europe.
Delegates Attending the First-Part Session 2018:- Hon Emanuel Mallia- Head- 22 to 26 January Hon David Stellini- Member- 22 to 26 January Hon Jason Azzopardi - Substitute Member - 23 - 26 January Hon Etienne Grech- Substitute Member - 22- 23 January Hon Stefan Zrinzo Azzopardi -Substitute Member- 21-23 January Jolm Vella- delegation secretary- 22 to 26 January 2018 Annex A- Agenda of Plenary and Committees Annex B - Resolutions and Recommendations adopted by the Assembly Annex C- Synopsis of Committee Meetings Annex D- CVs of candidates for Human Rights Commissoner Annex E- Motion for a Resolution no.
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727 to the Committee of Minister Assembly Election of President of Assembly: The Assembly elected Mr Michele Nicolietti (Italy, SOC) as President of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe for 2018 in line with the existing rotation agreements between the political groups.
In brief, the Plenary Session discussed and passed the following recommendations and resolutions, the text of which are at Annex B: Recommendation 2118 (2018) The protection and promotion of regional or minority languages in Europe (Doc.

14466); Recommendation 2119 (2018) Humanitarian consequences of the war in Ukraine (Doc.

14463); Recommendation 2120 (2018) Working towards a framework for modern sports governance (Doc.
14464 + Addendum); Recommendation 2121 (2018) The case for drafting a European convention on the profession oflawyer (Doc.

14453); ,, ,, " '' Recommendation 2122 (2018) Jurisdictional immunity of international organisations and rights oftheir staff (Doc.

1444 3); Recommendation 2123 (2018) Strengthening international regulations against trade in goods used for torture and the death penalty (Doc.

14454); Resolution 2196 (2018) The protection and promotion of regional or minority languages in Europe (Doc.
14466); Resolution 2197 (2018) The case for a basic citizenship income (Doc.

14462); Resolution 2198 (2018) Humanitarian consequences of the war in Ulaaine (Doc.

14463); Resolution 2199 (2018) Working towards a framework for modem sports governance (Doc.

14464 +Addendum); Resolution 2200 (2018) Good football governance (Doc.

14452); Resolution 2201 (2018) The honouring of obligations and commihnents by Bosnia and Herzegovina (Doc.
14465); Resolution 2202 (2018) The Israeli-Palestinian peace process: the role of the Council of Europe (Doc.

14484); Resolution 2203 (2018) The progress of the Assembly's monitoring procedure (January December 2017) and the periodic review of the honouring of obligations by Estonia, Greece, Hungary and Ireland (Doc.

14450 Parts 1-5); Resolution 2204 (2018) Protecting children affected by rumed conflicts (Doc.
14461); Resolution 2205 (2018) Challenge on procedural grounds of the still umatified credentials of the parlirunentary delegation of Andorra (Doc.

14475); and Resolution 2206 (2018) Jurisdictional immunity of international organisations and rights of their staff (Doc.

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Under cun·ent affairs debate, the Assembly discussed 'Turkish military intervention in Syria'; whereas under urgent procedure debated 'Israeli-Palestinian peace proce~~: the role of the Council of Europe'.
During this part-session, the Assembly was addressed by the Crown Princess of Denmark; Mr Serzh Sargsyan, President of Annenia; Mr Lars Lokke Rasmussen, Prime Minister of Demnark; ru1d Mr Alexander van der Bell en, President of Austria.

Mr Thorbjom Jagland, Secretary General of the Council of Europe, presented his communication to Assembly Members, and Mr Anders Srunuelsen, Danish Foreign Minister, informed the Assembly in the context of the Chainnanship of the Committee of Ministers.
Election o.fnew Human Rights Commisssioner: On Wednesday, the Assembly elected Ms Dunja Mijatovic (Bosnia and Herzegovina) as the Council of Europe Commissioner for Human Rights for a non-renewable tenn of six years starting on 1 April 2018.

In the second round of voting, she obtained a relative majority of votes,107, whereas Mr Pierre-Yves Le Borgn' (France) obtained 103 votes and Mr Goran Klemencic (Slovenia) obtained 19 votes (CVs at Allilex D).
On Monday, Mr Pierre-Yves Le Borgn' visited the office of our delegation to brief delegates about his candidacy for the post of Council of Europe Cmrunissioner for Human Rights.

On Wednesday aftemoon, at the request of the current/outgoing Commissioner for Human Rights, Mr Nils Muiznieks, Hon Emanuel Mallia, Hon Jason Azzopardi and Hon David Stillini met and discussed, among others: . '

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(a) Violence against women also in the context ofthe bill which was before our parliament; (b) Access for women to legal, affordable and safe abortion: the Commissioner said that from a human rights perstective and according to conventions in force, life starts at bitih and that notwithstanding that abortion may be illegal in some states, women still resorted to abmiion either clandestinely, with the dangers associated with it, or by travelling overseas.
He added that proponents of abortion were feeling rather restricted or subdued in making their voice heard.

Our delegates stated that abortion is not a major issue in Malta, that womens' sexual and reproductive health and rights had to be balanced with the rights of the unborn child and added that those in favour of abortion might feel that their voice is not being heard enough because the vast majority of the public is against the legalisation of abortion.
(c) The media and defamation bill: the Commissioner opined that the fines contemplated were rather excessive whereas our delegates, while stating that the fines were deemed quite reasonable, stressed that the current bill before parliament had the approval of both sides of the House, as in the process Govenunent took on board most of the Opposition's proposals.
The Commissioner presented the delegation with the following three publications: Women's sexual and reproductive health and rights in Europe- published December 2017; Time for Europe to get migrant integration right- published May 2016; and Realing the right to family reunification of refugees in Europe- published June 2017.
Committees Our delegates, besides attending the plenary, took part in the meetings of their respective political grouping and participated in the proceedings of the following Committees, the agenda and synopsis of which are at Annexes A & C:- Hon Emanuel Mallia- the Legal Affairs and Human Rights Committee; and (as subsititute) the Political Affairs and Democracy Conunittee.
Hon David Stellini- the Committee on Migration, Refugees and Displaced Persons; and (as substitute) the Committee on Culture, Science, Education and Media.

Hon Jason Azzopardi- the Political Affairs and Democracy Committee and (as substitute) the Conunittee on Migration, Refugees and Displaced Persons.

Hon Etimme Grech- the Committee on Social, Health and Sustainable Development; and (as substitute) the Conunittee on Equality and Non-Discrimination.
Hon Stefan Zrinzo Azzopardi- the Committee on Culture, Science, Education and Media; and (as substitute) on the Legal Affairs and Human Rights Cmmnittee.

Hon Etienne Grech, Hon Stefan Zrinzo Azzopardi and Hon Jason Azzopardi also attended sessions of the Assembly substituting Hon Rosiam1e Cutajar who could not attend this part session.

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Ad Hoc Committee on 'The Role and Mission of the Parliamentary Assembly': As Head of Delegation, Hon Emanuel Mallia, participated also at the meeting of his committee set up with the following twofold task: (a) to reflect on, and if possible prepare, proposals aimed at hannonising the rules governing participation and representation of member States in both statutory organs, while fully respecting the autonomy of the two bodies; and (b) to prepare proposals as regard the role and mission of the Parliamentary Assembly as a statutmy organ of the Com1cil of Europe and a pan-European forum for interparlaimentary dialogue which aims at having an impact in all Council of Europe member States.
Side Event On Monday 22 January 2018, between lpm and 1.45pm at Room No 10 in the Palais de !
'Europe in Strasbourg, a side-event about the 'Assassination of Maltese investigative journalist Daphne Caruana Galizia', co-sponsored by Mr Pieter Omtzigt (EPP Netherlands), Mr Frank Schwabe (SOC-Gennany) and Ms Atme Brasseur (ALOE Luxembourg), and supported by various organisations, was held, during which, a presentation was made by the tlu·ee sons of Ms Caruana Galizia on their mother's investigative work and why her murder investigation demanded close international scrutiny.
The presentation was followed by a question and answer session.

Hon Etienne Grech and Hon David Stellini attended this event, whereas Hon Emanuel Mallia and Hon Stefan Zrinzo Azzopardi were at the same time engaged in scheduled talks with FIF A representatives on two repotis before the Assembly concerning sports and football govemance, as mentioned above.
A motion for a resolution titled "Daphne Caruana Galizia's assassination and the rule oflaw in Malta and beyond: ensuring that the whole truth emerges" was presented at the Table Office of PACE, co-signed by 114 members- Annex E. On the 17th January 2018, written question no.
727 had been made by Mr Pieter Omtzigt to the Committee of Ministers about this same theme- Annex F. On Monday, the following side-meetings took place: Side Meetings (i) (ii) the Delegation with our Permanent Representative to the Council of Europe, Dr Joseph Filletti, and his deputy, Dr Kathleen Vella on the issues before the P ACE/Cooocil of Europe; Hon Emanuel Mallia and Hon Stefan Zrinzo Azzopardi with Ms Annaliza Tsakona and Ms Myriam Burkhand representiog FIF A, about issues of concern to FIF A with regard to two repmis before the Committee for Culture, Science, Education and Media and the Assembly titles 'Working towards a framework for modem sports governance' and 'Good football governance"; and i :.
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(iii) Hon Emanuel Maiiia and Hon Stefan Zrinzo Azzopardi with Mr Nasser Razii, from the National Council of Resistance oflran, about the recent popular protests in Iran and the ensuing arrests, political prisoners and persons killed in respect of which a motion was being tabled at the PACE.

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14451 prov 1 18 December 2017 First part of the 2018 Ordinary Session {22-26 January 2018) Draft agenda1 1.

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I I 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 Man: Committee on the Honouring of Obligations and Commitments by Member States of the Council of Europe (Monitoring Committee) Pro: Committee on Rules of Procedure, Immunities and Institutional Affairs Cdh: Committee on the Election of Judges to the European Court of Human Rights EPP/CD: Group of the European People's Party SOC: Socialists, Democrats and Greens Group EC: European Conservatives Group ALOE: Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe UEL: Group of the Unified European Left FOG: Free Democrats Group NR: Representatives not belonging to a political group Symbols tl C9 I 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 Monday 22 January 2018 Sitting No.1 (11:30-13:00) 1.
Opening of the part-session 1.1.

Examination of the credentials 1.2.

Election of the President of the Assembly 1.3.

Election of the Vice-Presidents of the Assembly 1.4.

Appointment of members of committees 1.5.

Request(s) for current affairs debate or debate under urgent procedure 1.5.1.

Urgent procedure debate: "Rising anti-Semitism, Europe: a threat to European values" lslamophobia and xenophobia in 1.5.2.
Urgent procedure debate: "The Israeli-Palestinian peace process: the role of the Council of Europe" 1.5.3.

Urgent procedure debate: "Energising the Israeli-Palestinian peace process: contribution of the Council of Europe" 1.6.

Adoption of the agenda 1.7.

Approval of the minutes of proceedings of the Standing Committee (Copenhagen, 24 November 2017) 2.

Debate 2.1.

Progress report ofthe Bureau and the Standing Committee D Presentation by: o Ms Stella KYRIAKIDES (Cyprus, EPP/CD), Rapporteur AS/Bur (Doc.
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3) Ill List of speakers (deadline for registration: Monday 22 January, 10:00) ld [possibly] Vote Sitting No.2 (15:00-17:00} 3.

Address (15:00-16:00) 3.1.

Communication from the Secretary General of the Council of Europe D Presentation by: o Mr Thorbj0rn JAGLAND Ill Questions 4.

Debate 4.1.

Free debate 11 List of speakers (deadline for registration: Monday 22 January, 12:00) i t' I i ~ , " I I I I Tuesday 23 January 2018 Sitting No.3 (10:00-13:00) 5.

Elections (10:00-13:00) 5.1.


Council of Europe Commissioner for Human Rights 0 List of candidates: o (Doc.

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Judge to the European Court of Human Rights 0 List of candidates in respect of: o Spain 6.

Debate 6.1.

The protection and promotion of regional or minority languages in Europe o Presentation by: o Ms Rozsa HOFFMANN (Hungary, EPP/CD), Rapporteur AS/Cult (Doc. )

o Ms Elvira KOVACS (Serbia, EPP/CD), Rapporteur for opinion AS/Ega (Doc. )
II List of speakers (deadline for registration: Monday 22 January, 16:00) (!)

Amendments (deadline for tabling: Monday 22 January, 16:00) Q, Vote on ... () 7.

Address(12:00) 7.1.

HRH The Crown Princess of Denmark Sitting No.

4 (15:30-20:00) 8.

Elections (continued) (15:30-17:00) 8.1.

Council of Europe Commissioner for Human Rights 8.2.

Judges to the European Court of Human Rights 9.

Address (15:30-16:30) 9.1.


Communication from the Committee of Ministers 0 Presentation by: o Mr Anders SAMUELSEN, Minister for Foreign Affairs of Denmark, Chairman of the Committee of Ministers II Questions (!)

Written questions (deadline for tabling: Monday 15 January, 11 :30) 10.

Debate 10.1.

The case for a basic citizenship income o Presentation by: o Ms Nunzia CATALFO (Italy, NR), Rapporteur AS/Soc (Doc.)

II List of speakers (deadline for registration: Tuesday 23 January, 12:00) (!)
Amendments (deadline for tabling: Monday 22 January, 16:00) Q, Vote on ... () 11.

Debate 11.1.

Humanitarian consequences of the war in Ukraine o Presentation by: o Mr Egidijus VAREIKIS (Lithuania, EPP/CD), Rapporteur AS/Mig (Doc.)

I List of speakers (deadline for registration: Tuesday 23 January, 12:00) (';) Amendments (deadline for tabling: Monday 22 January, 16:00) Q, Vote on ... () ' ' . '

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[Possibly 2nd round] Elections (10:00-13:00) 12.1.

Council of Europe Commissioner for Human Rights 12.2.

Judges to the European Court of Human Rights 13.

Joint debate 13.1.

Working towards a framework for modern sports governance Cl Presentation by: o Mr Mogens JENSEN (Denmark, SOC), Rapporteur AS/Cult (Doc. )

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Good football governance Cl Presentation by: o Ms Anne BRASSEUR (Luxembourg, ALDE), Rapporteur AS/Cult (Doc.
14452) ~ List of speakers (deadline for registration: Tuesday 23 January, 19:00) <!l Amendments (deadline for tabling: Tuesday 23 January, 1 0:30) ld Vote on ... () ld Vote on a draft resolution (Doc.

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Address (12:00-13:00) 14.1.

Mr Serzh SARGSYAN, President of Armenia Speech (12:00-12:20) Questions and replies (12:20-13:00) ~ Questions Sitting No.6 (15:30-20:00) 15.

[Possibly 2nd round] Elections (15:30-17:00) 15.1.

Council of Europe Commissioner for Human Rights 15.2.
Judges to the European Court of Human Rights 16.

Address (15:30-16:30) 16.1.

Mr Lars Lokke RASMUSSEN, Prime Minister of Denmark Speech (15:30-15:50) Questions and replies (15:50-16:30) ~ Questions 17.

Debate 17.1.

The honouring of obligations and commitments by Bosnia and Herzegovina Cl Presentation by: o Mr Tiny KOX (Netherlands, UEL), Co-Rapporteur AS/Mon (Doc. )

o Sir Roger GALE (United Kingdom, EC), Co-Rapporteur AS/Mon (Doc. )
~ List of speakers (deadline for registration: Wednesday 24 January, 12:00) <!l Amendments (deadline for tabling: Tuesday 23 January, 16:00) G Vote on ... () 18.

Debate 18.1.

The case for drafting a European convention on the profession of lawyer 0 Presentation by: o Ms Sabien LAHAYE-BATTHEU (Belgium, ALDE), Rapporteur AS/Jur (Doc.
14453) II List of speakers (deadline for registration: Wednesday 24 January, 12:00) C9 Amendments (deadline for tabling: Tuesday 23 January, 16:00) Q, Vote on a draft recommendation (Doc.

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Debate under urgent procedure or current affairs debate2 20.

Address (12:00-13:00) 20.1.

Mr Alexander Vander SELLEN, President of Austria Speech (12:00-12:20) Questions and replies (12:20-13:00) II Questions Sitting No.
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Address (15:30-16:30) 21.1.

Annual activity report 2017 by the Council of Europe Commissioner for Human Rights D Presentation by: o Mr Nils MUIZNIEKS, Council of Europe Commissioner for Human Rights II Questions 22.

Debate 22.1.

The progress of the Assembly's monitoring procedure (January-December 2017) and the periodic review of the honouring of obligations by Estonia, Greece, Hungary and Ireland 0 Presentation by: o Mr Cezar Florin PREDA (Romania, EPPICD), Rapporteur AS/Mon (Doc.)
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Amendments (deadline for tabling: Wednesday 24 January, 16:00) Q Vote on ... () 23.

Debate 23.1.

Protecting children affected by armed conflicts D Presentation by: o Ms Sevinj FATALIYEVA (Azerbaijan, EC), Rapporteur AS/Soc (Doc. )
II List of speakers (deadline for registration: Thursday 25 January, 12:00) (l) Amendments (deadline for tabling: Wednesday 24 January, 16:00) Q Vote on ... () Friday 26 January 2018 Sitting No.9 (10:00-13:00) 24.

Debate 24.1.

Jurisdictional immunity of international organisations and rights of their staff tl Presentation by: o MrVolker ULLRICH (Germany, EPP/CD), Rapporteur AS/Jur (Doc.

14443) o Mr Stefan SCHENNACH (Austria, SOC), Rapporteur for opinion AS/Soc (Doc. )
8 List of speakers (deadline for registration: Thursday 25 January, 19:00) C9 Amendments (deadline for tabling: Thursday 25 January, 10:30) ld Votes on a draft resolution and a draft recommendation (Doc.

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Strengthening international regulations against trade in goods used for torture and the death penalty tl Presentation by: o Mr Vusal HUSEYNOV (Azerbaijan, EPP/CD), Rapporteur AS/Jur (Doc.
14454) 8 List of speakers (deadline for registration: Thursday 25 January, 19:00) C9 Amendments (deadline for tabling: Thursday 25 January, 10:30) ld Vote on a draft recommendation (Doc.

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Progress report 26.1.

Progress report of the Bureau and the Standing Committee (continued) 27.

Constitution of the Standing Committee 28.

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:);J;:if-;f,';;),')f(/it:~~ ·.·i: .~c·:-:' ' ;.•>.··d CONS Ell DE tEUROPE Draft Agenda of meetings of the Committees of the Assembly, the Bureau and Political Groups 1st part of the 2018 Session: 22-26 janvier Also available on the internet site: http:/fassembly.coe.int Date and time Meeting SUNDAY 21 JANUARY 2018 19/01/2018 version Room Languages • 14:30 to 18:00 Introductory Seminar for new members of PACE National delegations Room 10 (E/F/D) • 15:00 to 17:30 Meeting of the Presidential Committee MONDAY 22 JANUARY 2018 Room 17 (E only) --- - - - - - - - - - - --- - - - • 08:00 to 09:30 Bureau of the Assembly Room7 • 08:30 to 09:30 Group of the Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe Room 10 (No interpretatio n) • 08:30 to 09:30 Women Working Group- Socialist Group Room II (E/F) • 09:30 to 11:30 Group of the Unified European Left • 09:30 to II :30 Group of the European People's Party Room3 RoomS • 09:30 to II :30 Free Democrats Group Room6 (E/F/I/TR) • 09:30 to 11:30 European Conservatives Group • 09:30 to II :30 Socialists , Democrats and Greens Group RoomS Room9 • 09:30 to II :30 Group of the Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe Room 10 • I 0:00 to I I :30 Meeting of the Secretaries of National Delegations Room II (E/F) • I I :30 * * * * * AS S EM B L Y S IT T I N G * * * * * • 14:00 to 15:00 Committee on Equality and Non-Discrimination • 14:00 to 15:00 Committee on Culture, Science, Education and Media Room3 Room6 Page 1 of 5 [' I I. I . '
' ' I, l I Date and time Meeting Room Languages • I 4:00 to 15:00 Committee on Social Affairs, Health and Sustainable Developnient • 14:00 to 15:00 Committee on Political Affairs and Democracy • 14:00 to 15:00 Committee on Legal Affairs and Human Rights • 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 Room 7 ~ Room9 Room 10 Room3 RoomS • 17:00 to 19:00 Free Democrats Group Room6 (E/F/IfTR) • 17:00 to 19:00 European Conservatives Group • 17:00 to I 9:00 Socialists , Democrats and Greens Group Room8 Room9 • 17:00 to 19:00 Group of the Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe Room 10 TUESDAY 23 JANUARY 2018 • 08:30 to 10:00 Joint hearing on sexist hate speech of the Parliamentary Network Women Free from Violence and the No Hate Parliamentary Alliance Room 3 • 08:30 to 10:00 Committee on Culture, Science, Education and Media • 08:30 to 10:00 Committee on Migration, Refugees and Displaced Persons • 08:30 to 10:00 Committee on Legal Affairs and Human Rights Room 6 Room 8 Room 10 • 08:30 to I 0:00 Committee on the Honouring of obligations and commitments by member states Room 11 of the Council of Europe (Monitoring Conunittee) • 10:00 *****ASSEMBLY SITTING***** • 14:00 to 15:30 Committee on Equality and Non-Discritnination • 14:00 to 15:30 Committee on Culture, Science, Education and Media Room3 Room6 • 14:00 to 15:30 Conunittee on Social Affairs, Health and Sustainable Development Room?
• 14:00 to 15:30 Committee on Migration, Refugees and Displaced Persons • 14:00 to 15:30 Conunittee on Political Affairs and Democracy Room8 Room9 • 15:00 to 15:10 Sub-Committee on Human Rights of the Committee on Legal Affairs and Human Room I 0 Rights (E/F) Page 2 of 5 Date and time Meeting Room Languages • 15:10 to 15:20 Sub-Committee on Crime Problems and the Fight against Terrorism of the Committee on Legal Affairs and Human Rights Room 10 (E/F) •15:20to 15:30 Sub-Committee on the implementation of judgments of the European Court of Human Rights of the Committee on Legal Affairs and Human Rights Room 10 (E/F) • 15:30 *****ASSEMBLY SITTING***** •17:00to IS:OO Ad hoc Committee of the Bureau on The role and mission of the Parliamentary Room?
Assembly (E/F) WEDNESDAY 24 JANUARY 2018 • OS:30 to 10:00 Group of the Unified European Left • OS:30 to 10:00 Group of the European People's Party Room3 RoomS • OS:30 to 10:00 Free Democrats Group Room6 (E/F/IfTR) • OS:30 to I 0:00 Socialists , Democrats and Greens Group • OS:30 to 10:00 Group of the Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe • 09:00 to 10:00 European Conservatives Group • 10:00 *****ASSEMBLY SITTING***** Room9 Room 10 RoomS • 14:00 to 15:30 Committee on Rules of Procedure, Immunities and Institutional Affairs Room6 • 14:00 to 14:45 Conunittee on Migration, Refugees and Displaced Persons • 14:00 to 15:30 Committee on Political Affairs and Democracy • 14:00 to 15:00 Committee on Legal Affairs and Human Rights RoomS Room9 Room 10 • 14:00 to 15:30 Committee on the Honouring of obligations and commitments by member states Room 11 of the Council of Europe (Monitoring Committee) • 14:45 to 15:30 Committee on Social Affairs, Health and Sustainable Development Room?
• 14:45 to 15:00 Sub-Committee on Integration of the Committee on Migration, Refugees and Displaced Persons RoomS (E/F) •15:00to 15:15 Sub-Committee on Refugee and Migrant Children and Young People of the Committee on Migration, Refugees and Displaced Persons RoomS (E/F) • 15:00 to 15:15 Sub-Committee on Human Rights of the Committee on Legal Affairs and Human Room 10 Rights (E/F) • 15:15 to 15:30 Sub-Committe on Diasporas of the Committee on Migration, Refugees and Displaced Persons RoomS (ElF) • 15:15 to 15:30 Committee on the election of judges to the European Court of Human Rights Room 10 (E/F) Page 3 of 5 ~ I I I. r· ,, r, . '
" : l I I I Date and time Meeting Room Languages • 15:30 *****ASSEMBLY SITTING***** • 17:00 to 18:00 Meeting of the Chairpersons and members of ad hoc committees for the RoomS (ElF) observation of elections THURSDAY 25 JANUARY 2018 • 08:30 to 09:40 Committee on Equality and Non-Discrimination Room3 • 08:30 to 08:45 Sub-Committee on Culture, Diversity and Heritage of the Committee on Culture, Room 6 Science, Education and Media • 08:30 to 08:45 Sub-Committee on the Europe Prize of the Committee on Social Affairs, Health Room 7 and Sustainable Development (E/F) (E/F) • 08:30 to 10:00 Committee on Migration, Refugees and Displaced Persons • 08:30 to 10:00 Committee on Political Affairs and Democracy Room 8 Room 9 • 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) • 08:45 to 09:00 Sub-Committee on Media and Information Society of the Committee on Culture, Room 6 Science, Education and Media (E/F) • 08:45 to 09:00 Sub-Committee on the European Social Charter of the Committee on Social Affairs, Health and Sustainable Development Room7 (E/F) • 09:00 to 10:00 Sub-Committee on Education, Youth and Sport of the Committee on Culture, Science, Education and Media Room6 (E/F) • 09:00 to 09:30 Sub-Committee on Children of the Committee on Social Affairs, Health and Sustainable Development Room?
(E/F) • 09:15 to 10:00 Committee on Legal Affairs and Human Rights Room 10 • 09:30 to 10:00 Sub-Committee on Public Health and Sustainable Development of the Committee on Social Affairs, Health and Sustainable Development Room7 (E/F) • 09:40 to 09:50 Sub-Committee on disability and multiple and intersectional discrimination of the Conunittee on Equality and Non-Discrimination Room3 (E/F) • 09:50 to 10:00 Sub-Committee on the rights of minorities of the Committee on Equality and Non-Discrimination Room3 (E/F) • 10:00 *****ASSEMBLY SITTING***** • 14:00 to 15:30 Committee on Culture, Science, Education and Media Room6 • 14:00 to 15:30 Committee on Social Affairs, Health and Sustainable Development Room?
• 14:00 to 15:30 Committee on Rules of Procedure, Immunities and Institutional Affairs RoomS • 14:00 to 14: 10 Sub-Committee on the Middle East and the Arab World of the Committee on Political Affairs and Democracy Room9 (E/F) • 14:00 to 15:00 Committee on Legal Affairs and Human Rights Room 10 Pa~e 4 of 5 Date and time Meeting Room Languages • 14:00 to 15:00 Committee on the Honouring of obligations and commitments by member states Room 11 of the Council of Europe (Monitoring Committee) • 14: 10 to 14:20 Sub-Committee on External Relations of the Committee on Political Affairs and Room 9 Democracy • 14:20 to 14:30 Sub-committee on relations with the OECD and the EBRD of the Committee on Room 9 Political Affairs and Democracy • 15:00 to 15:30 • 15:30 Sub-Committee on Conflicts between Member States of the Council of Europe of Room 11 the Committee on the Honouring of obligations and commitments by member states of the Council of Europe (Monitoring Committee) * * * * * ASSEMBLY SITTING * * * * * (ElF) (E/F) (E/F) • 20:00 Meeting of the Presidential Committee Strasbourg (E only) FRIDAY 26 JANUARY 2018 • 08:30 to 10:00 Bureau of the Assembly Room7 • I 0:00 * * * * * A S S E M B L Y S I T T I N G * * * * * PageS of 5 I '' " I I 1 I I t Parliamentary Assembly Assemblee parlementaire ~~ AS/Pol (2018) OJ 01 10 January 2018 Apoj01_18 ~ rt$i!<:rr.e:tt-1o-:&IiiHll'Ls!.!.'Blli;e;!i:iill!
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Opening of the meeting by the oldest member present Election of the Bureau of the Committee [List of the members of the Committee] .Election of the Chairperson .Election of the Vice-Chairpersons 3.

Agenda [AS/Pol (2018) OJ 01] Adoption of the agenda 4.

Minutes [AS/Pol (2017) PV 09] 5.

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Approval of the minutes of the meeting held Paris on 14 December 2017 Reconstitution of Sub-Committees The situation in Libya: prospects and role of the Council of Europe Rapporteur: Mr Attila Korodi, Romania, EPP/CD [AS/Pol (2018) 01] Consideration of a draft report and vote on a preliminary draft resolution and a preliminary draft recommendation The political transition in Egypt Rapporteur: Mr Jordi Xucla, Spain, ALOE [AS/Pol (2018) 05] Consideration of an information memorandum by the Rapporteur on his fact-finding visit to Egypt, 6-7 December 2017 This draft agenda, addressed to full members of the Committee and their alternates, is the convocation to the meeting Copy to Secretaries of national delegations, of observer and partner for democracy delegations and of political groups Meeting documents are published on the Parliamentary Assembly extranei website (restricted area for national delegations): http://assembly.coe.int/extranet.
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Strengthening co-operation with the United Nations Rapporteur: Mr Adao Silva, Portugal, EPPICD [AS/Polllnf (2017) 22] Statement by 11-12 December2017 the Rapporteur on his fact-finding visit to the United Nations, Geneva, 9.
Call for candidates -The situation in Syria and its effects upon surrounding countries -The activities of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) in 2018-2019 (subject to the decision by the Assembly) Tuesday, 23 January 2018, 14:00-15:30, room 9 10.
Debate under urgent procedure: The Israeli-Palestinian peace process: the role of the Council of Europe (subject to the decision by the Assembly) Rapporteur: Mr Titus Corlafean, Romania, SOC [AS/Pol (2018) ... ] Consideration of a draft report and vote on a preliminary draft resolution 11.
Work programme [AS/Pol (2018) WP 01, AS/Pol/lnf (2018) 01] • Appointment of Rapporteurs - Identity, role and mission of the Parliamentary Assembly as a statutory organ of the Council of Europe, and a pan-European forum for inter-parliamentary dialogue -The situation in Syria and its effects upon surrounding countries -The evaluation of the partnership for democracy in respect of the Parliament of Jordan -The evaluation of the partnership for democracy in respect of the Parliament of the Kyrgyz Republic - Protecting and supporting the victims of terrorism [Doc.
14271 J -The activities of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) in 2018-2019 (subject to the decision by the Assembly) • Appointment of the institutional representatives of the Committee -Council for democratic elections of the Venice Commission -European Commission against Racism and Intolerance (ECRI) 12.

Open discussion on current issues Wednesday, 24 January 2018.

14:00-15:30, room 9 13.


A commitment to introduce rules to ensure fair referendums in Council of Europe member States Rapporteur: Ms Cheryl Gillan, United Kingdom, EC [AS/Pol (2018) 03, CDL-AD(2007)008rev] .Hearing with the participation of Mr Alan Renwick, Deputy Director of the Constitution Unit, Department of Political Science, University College London .Consideration of an introductory memorandum 2 AS/Pol (2018) OJ 01 14.
Assessing political consequences of foreign funding of Islam in Europe Rapporteur: Ms Doris Fiala, Switzerland, ALOE [AS/Pol (2018) 04] Consideration of an introductory memorandum Thursday, 25 January 2018, 8:30-10:00. room 9 15.
Debate under urgent procedure: The Israeli-Palestinian peace process: the role of the Council of Europe (subject to the decision by the Assembly) Rapporteur: Mr Titus Corliifean, Romania, SOC [Doc .... ] Consideration of amendments to the draft resolution Deadline for amendments: ...

Debate in the Assembly: ... 16.

Funding of the terrorist group Daesh Rapporteur: Mr Phil Wilson, United Kingdom, SOC [AS/Pol (2018) 02] Consideration of a draft report and vote on a preliminary draft resolution 17.
Composition of the Sub-Committees [Lists of candidates] Approval of the composition of the Sub-Committees 18.

Authorisations by the Committee 19.

Other business .Vaclav Havel Human Rights Prize 2018: call for nominations 20.
Next meetings Paris, 12 March 2018 Strasbourg, during the Assembly's 2nd part-session, 23-27 April 2018 Athens, Greece, 22 May 2018 Strasbourg, during the Assembly's 3rd part-session, 25-29 June 2018 Paris, 11 September 2018 Strasbourg, during the Assembly's 4th part-session, 8-12 October 2018 Paris, 13 November 2018 Paris, 13 December 2018 Please also note the reconstitution ~eatings of the Sub-Committees': Thursday, 25 January 2018, room 9 14:00-14:10: Sub-committee on the Middle East and the Arab World 14:10-14:20: Sub-committee on External Relations 14:20-14:30: Sub-committee on relations with the OECD and the EBRD (separate draft agendas) 1 Subject to the decision by the Committee on Monday 22 January 2018.
3 r, " f' ' ' ' ' Parliamentary Assembly Assemblee parlementaire - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - CONSEil DE tEUROPE AS/Jur (2018) OJ 01 Rev 19 January 2018 ajoj01 2018 Rev Committee on legal Affairs and Human Rights Draft Agenda 1 for the meetings to be held in Strasbourg (Palais de !
'Europe) on: -Monday 22 January 2018 at 2-3pm (Room 10) -Tuesday 23 January 2018 at 8.30-10am (Room 10) -[Tuesday 23 January 2018 at 3-3.30pm (Room 10)2 ] -Wednesday 24 January 2018 at 2-3pm (Room 10) - [Wednesday 24 January 2018 at 3-3.15pm (Room 1 0)3 -Thursday 25 January 2018 at 9.15-10am (Room 10) -Thursday 25 January 2018 from 2-3pm (Room 10) ] Monday22 January2018 from 2-3pm (Room 10) 1.

Opening of the meeting by the oldest member present 2.

Election of the Chairperson of the Committee 3.


Election of the three Vice-Chairpersons of the Committee 1 Committee documents are published on the PACE extranet website (restricted area for PACE Members) when they become available: http://assembly.coe.int/extranet.

PACE IT Unit staff (it.unlt@coe.int) remains at your disposal for any technical assistance.

This draft agenda contains hyper/inks to some Assembly documents.
2 Sub-Committee meetings will take place on Tuesday 23 January 2018 in Room 10 as follows: 3-3.1 Opm: 3.1 0-3.20pm 3.20-3.30pm 3 The Sub-Committee on Human Rights will meet again on Wednesday 24 January 2018 in Room 10 from 3 - 3.15pm Sub-Committee on Human Rights Sub-Committee on Crime Problems and the Fight against Terrorism Sub-Committee on the implementation of judgments of the European Court of Human Rights 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 l. I , ' ' \ AS/Jur (2018) OJ 01 Rev 4.
Agenda [AS/Jur (2018) OJ 01 Rev] Adoption of the agenda 5.

Minutes [AS/Jur (2017) PV 09] Approval of the minutes of the meeting held in Paris on 12 December 2017 6.

Constitution of sub-committees i. ii.

iii Sub-Committee on Human Rights Sub-Committee on Crime Problems and the Fight against Terrorism Sub-Committee on the implementation of judgments of the European Court of Human Rights 7.
State of emergency: proportionality issues concerning derogations under Article 15 of the European Convention on Human Rights Rapporteur: Mr Raphael Comte, Switzerland, ALOE [AS/Jur (2018) 01] Consideration of a draft report and adoption of a draft resolution and recommendation 8.
Appointment of representatives of the Committee Appointment of members and substitutes to represent the Committee at meetings of the following bodies in 2018 in the framework of the Assembly's institutional representation (proposals to be submitted to the Bureau): i. ii.

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European Commission for Democracy through Law ("Venice Commission") Council for Democratic Elections (of the Venice Commission) Group of States against Corruption (GRECO) Moneyva\ 9.
Appointment of rapporteurs [Appointment procedure document Rapporteur table Doc 13970] For opinion: The status of journalists in Europe Rapporteur for the Committee on Culture, Science, Education and Media: Ms Elvira Drobinski WeiB, Germany, SOC (appointed on 20.04.2016) Re-appointement following the departure of Mr Philippe Mahoux, Belgium, SOC from the Assembly 10.

Vaclav Havel Human Rights Prize 2018: call for nominations [Wtclav Havel Human Rights Prize website Vaclav Havel information sheet] 11.
Current human rights issues Open exchange of views l 2 AS/Jur (2018) OJ 01 Rev Tuesday23 January2018 from 8.30-10am (Room 10} ***** 12.

Composition of the sub-committees: [lists] Sub-Committee on Human Rights i. ii.

Sub-Committee on Crime Problems and the Fight against Terrorism iii.

Sub-Committee on the implementation of judgments of the European Court of Human Rights 13.
Exchange of views with the Secretary General of the Council of Europe on the judgment of the European Court of Human Rights of 2014 regarding the llgar Mammadov v. Azerbaijan case 14.

The implementation of judgments of the European Court of Human Rights -10'" report Rapporteur: Mr Evangelos Venizelos, Greece, SOC [AS/Jur (2018) 04] Consideration of an introductory memorandum Hearing 9.15-10am 15.

How can inappropriate restrictions on NGO activities in Europe be prevented?
Rapporteur: Mr Yves Cruchten, Luxembourg, SOC Protecting human rights defenders in Council of Europe member States Rapporteur: Mr Egidijus Vareikis, Lithuania, EPP/CD [AS/Jur (2018) 05] Consideration of an introductory memorandum Hearing with the participation of: Mr Nils Muiznieks, Commissioner for Human Rights of the Council of Europe Ms Anna Rurka, President of the Conference of the INGOs of the Council of Europe Mr Konstantin Baranov, member of the board of the International Youth Human Rights Movement, Russia ***** Tuesday 23 January 2018 from 3pm-3.30pm (Room 1 0) (for information Sub-Committee meetings) Sub-Committee on Human Rights (3-3.10pm) i. ii.
Sub-Committee on Crime Problems and the Fight against Terrorism (3.10-3.20pm) iii.

Sub-Committee on the implementation of judgments of the European Court of Human Rights (3.20-3.30pm) ***** 3 '' ' " '' I I i I AS/Jur (2018) OJ 01 Rev Wednesday 24 January 2018 at 2-3pm 16.

The case for drafting a European Convention on the profession of lawyer Rapporteur : Ms Sabien Lahaye-Battheu, Belgium, ALOE [Doc.

14453 +amendments] Consideration of amendments to the draft resolution 17.
Fighting organised crime by facilitating the confiscation of illegal assets Rapporteur: Mr Mart van de Ven, Netherlands, ALOE [AS/Jur (2018) 03] Consideration of a draft report and adoption of a draft resolution Wednesday 24 January 2018 at 3-3.15pm (Sub-committee on Human Rights for information) (Room 10) ***** Thursday25 January2018 from 9.15-10am (Room 10) ***** 18.
Sub-Committee on Human Rights [AS/Jur/DH (2018) OJ 02 Rev] Report by the Chairperson of the Sub-Committee on the meeting held in Strasbourg on Wednesday 24th January 2018.

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Ombudsman Institutions in Europe- the need for a set of common standards Rapporteur : Lord Richard Balfe, United Kingdom, EC [AS/Jur (2018) 02] Consideration of an introductory memorandum Exchange of views with Mr Jan Helgesen, member of the Venice Commission in respect of Norway and Chair of the Scientific Council 20.
Work programme of the Committee: Priorities for 2018 [AS/Jur/lnf (2018) 02] Exchange of views 21.

Replies from the Committee of Ministers to recommendations emanating from the Committee [AS/Jur (2018) 06, Doc.

14445] 22.

Other business AS/Jur/lnf (2018) 01 AS/Jur/lnf (2018) 03.

4 AS!Jur (2018) OJ 01 Rev Thursday25 Januarv2018 from 2-3pm (Room 10) 23.

Jurisdictional immunity of international organisations and rights of their staff Rapporteur: Mr Volker Ullrich, Germany, EPP/CD [Doc.
14443+ amendments Doc .... (opinion AS/SOC)] Consideration of amendments to the draft resolution 24.

Strengthening international regulations against trade in goods used for torture and the death penalty Rapporteur: Mr Vusal Huseynov, Azerbaijan, EPPICD [Doc.

14454 +amendments] Consideration of amendments to the draft resolution 25.
Next meetings Plenary Committee: Paris, 14 March 2018 (Council of Europe Office) Strasbourg, during the Assembly's 2nd part-session of 2018 (23-27 April 2018) Place and date in May 20t 8 to be confirmed, (subject to approval by the Bureau and the availability of funds) Strasbourg, during the Assembly's 3'' part-session of 2018 (25-29 June 2017) Paris, 10 September 2018 (Council of Europe Office) (to be confirmed) Strasbourg, during the Assembly's 4'" part-session of 2018 (8-12 October 2018) Paris, 12 November 2018 (Council of Europe Office) (to be confirmed) Paris, 11 December 2018 (Council of Europe Office) (to be confirmed) ***** SUB-COMMITTEE MEETINGS DURING THE ASSEMBLY'S 151 PART-SESSION: Sub-Committee on Human Rights: • Strasbourg, Tuesday 23 January 2018, 3-3.1 Opm (Room 1 O) • Strasbourg, Wednesday 24 January 2018, 3-3.15pm (Room 1 0) Sub-Committee on Crime Problems and the Fight against Terrorism: • Strasbourg, Tuesday 23 January 2018, 3.10-3.20pm (Room 10) Sub-Committee on the implementation of judgments of the European Court of Human Rights • Strasbourg, Tuesday 23 January 2018, 3.20-3.30pm (Room 1 0) 5 I " .. " 1 r ' r W Parliamentary Assembly tffL~ Assemblee parlementaire ~~ =-~ ~ di'lAAmJm;mt:>rot.m®:n,aa±W¥ 44 AS/Soc (2018) OJ 01 10 January 2018 AsocojO 1_ 2018 I ~,.,.H, A' , '"' i!i' ~•wmitttt ~n =itiill ~, JJ!nh ,",~i!lth Inti ~JYIL!nft!!
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Opening of the meeting by the oldest member present Election of the Bureau of the Committee Chairperson and Vice-Chairpersons Agenda (AS/Soc (2018) OJ 01] Adoption of the draft agenda 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 I, .. i' I ' I I I I AS/Soc (2018) OJ 01 4.
Minutes [AS/Soc (2017) PV 08, AS/SOC PV 08 add] .

Approval of the draft minutes of the meeting held in Paris on 6 December 2017 .

Approval and declassification of the draft minutes of the hearing on "Nuclear safety and security in Europe" held in Paris on 6 December 2017 5.

Jurisdictional immunity of international organisations and rights of their staff Rapporteur: Mr Stefan Schennach, Austria, SOC [Doc.

14443, AS/Soc (2018) 04] Consideration and approval of a draft opinion 6.
Committee's work programme and priorities [AS/Soc (2018) 01, AS/Soc (2018) 02, AS/Soc (2017) 47] 6.

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Consideration of draft motions for a resolution/recommendation with a view to adoption by the Committee for tabling: [AS/Soc (2017) 48rev, AS/Soc (2018) 03] ./ Stepping up co-operation between European initiatives for better child protection against sexual violence ./ Tuberculosis in Europe 6.

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Reply of the Committee of Ministers: [Doc.


14457, Recommendation 2112 (2017), AS/Soc (2018) 06] Consideration of the Committee of Ministers' reply to the Assembly's Recommendation on "The "Turin process": reinforcing social rights in Europe" 6.3.

Institutional representation of PACE in 2018- nomination of Committee representatives: The European Centre for Global Interdependence and Solidarity- Council of Europe North-South Centre 6.4.
Appointment of Committee representatives to external events: ./ Symposium on "Access and diversity of medically assisted reproduction in Europe", 22-23 February 2018, Strasbourg, France; ./ 4th Meeting of the Ad hoc Committee for the Rights of the Child (CAHENF), 21-23 March 2018, Strasbourg, France; ./ 13th Plenary meeting of the Committee on Bioethics (DH-BIO), 22-25 May 2018, Cyprus; 6.

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Reports from Committee representatives to external events: ./ 30th World Day for the Eradication of Poverty organised by the Conference of INGOs of the Council of Europe, 17 October 2017, Strasbourg: Mr Jean-Pierre Grin (Switzerland, ALOE); ./ Conference on "Ending sexual exploitation and abuse of children: Towards a world of trust", 24-25 October 2017, Strasbourg; and 19th meeting of the Committee of the Parties to the Convention on the Protection of children against Sexual Exploitation and Sexual Abuse ("Lanzarote Committee"), 25-27 October 2017, Strasbourg: Baroness Doreen Massey (United Kingdom, SOC); ./ 3'd meeting (CAHENF), 22- 24 November 2017, Strasbourg: Mr Jean-Pierre Grin (Switzerland, ALOE); ./ European Committee on Democracy and Governance (CDDG), 4-5 December 2017, Strasbourg: Ms Milica Markovic (Bosnia and Herzegovina, FDG); ./ Presidium Meeting of the Association of Towns awarded the Europe Prize, 7-9 December 2017, Altiitting, Germany: Mr Tobias Zech (Germany, EPP/CD).
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The case for a basic citizenship income Rapporteur: Ms Nunzia Catalfo, Italy, NR [Doc 14462, amendments] Consideration of amendments Protecting children affected by armed conflicts Rapporteur: Ms Sevinj Fataliyeva, Azerbaijan, EC [Doc.14461, AS/Soc (2018) 08] Consideration and approval of amendments to be tabled on behalf of the Committee Detention of Palestinian minors in Israeli prisons Rapporteur: Ms Liliane Maury Pasquier, Switzerland, SOC [AS/Soc (2018) 07] Consideration of a preliminary draft report 10.
Inquiry into growing antimicrobial resistance in Europe Rapporteur: Mr Serhii Kiral, Ukraine, EC [AS/Soc (2017) 38] Statement by the Rapporteur on his fact-finding visit to Norway Wednesday.

24 Januarv 2018, from 2.45 to 3.30 pm [Room 71 11.
The provision of palliative care in Europe Rapporteur: Mr Ronan Mullen, Ireland, EPPICD [AS/Soc (2017) 40] Hearing with the participation of: Mr Philip Larkin, Professor of Clinical Nursing (Palliative Care), University College Dublin and Our Lady's Hospice and Care Services Ms Tiina Saarto, Professor of Palliative Medicine, Chief Physician, Palliative care center, Comprehensive Cancer Center, Helsinki University Hospital, Helsinki University Mr Henri de Rohan-Chabot, Executive director, Fondation France Repit 12.
Constitution of Sub-Committees [List of the Sub-Committees] Approval of Sub-Committee lists Thursday, 25 January 2018, from 2 to 3.30 pm [Room 71 13.

Protecting children affected by armed conflicts Rapporteur: Ms Sevinj Fataliyeva, Azerbaijan, EC [Doc.

14461, amendments] Consideration of amendments 14.

Gender equality and child maintenance Rapporteur: Ms Liliane Maury Pasquier, Switzerland, SOC [Doc .... , AS/Soc (2018) 05] Consideration and approval of a draft opinion 15.
Nuclear safety and security in Europe Rapporteur: Ms Emine Nur GOnay, Turkey, EC [AS/Soc (2017) 28, AS/Soc (2017) 28add, AS/Soc (2017) 28add2, AS/Socllnf (2017) 08] Hearing with the participation of experts 3 I j ,. "

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Committee's work programme and priorities [AS/Soc (2018) 01, AS/Soc (2018) 02, AS/Soc (2017) 47] 16.1.

Appointment of rapporteurs: 16.2.

References transmitted to the Committee for information: 17.
Sub-Committee on the Europe Prize Report by the Chairperson of tjle Sub-Committee on its meeting in Strasbourg on 25 January 2018 18.

Sub-Committee on the European Social Charter Report by the Chairperson of the Sub-Committee on its meeting in Strasbourg on 25 January 2018 19.

Sub-Committee on Children Report by the Chairperson of the Sub-Committee on its meeting in Strasbourg on 25 January 2018 20.
Sub-Committee on Public Health and Sustainable Development Report by the Chairperson of the Sub-Committee on its meeting in Strasbourg on 25 January 2018 21.

Other business National developments 22.
Date and place of next meetings Plenary committee: Tuesday 20 March 2018, Paris (Council of Europe Office); Second part-session 2018 of the Assembly, 23-27 April 2018, Strasbourg Friday 8 June 2018, Paris (Council of Europe Office), to be confirmed; Third part-session 2018 of the Assembly, 25-29 June 2018, Strasbourg; Monday 17 September and Tuesday 18 September 2018, meetings of the Plenary Committee and of one of the Sub-Committees, Lisbon (Portugal); Fourth part-session 2018 of the Assembly, 8-12 October 2018, Strasbourg; Tuesday 4 December 2018, Paris (Council of Europe Office).
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Opening of the meeting by the oldest member present Election of the Committee's Bureau [AS/Mig/List (2018) 01 Part I] Election of the Chairperson Election of the three Vice-Chairpersons 3.
Agenda [AS/Mig (2018) OJ 01] Adoption of the agenda This draft agenda, addressed to full members of the Committee and their alternates, is the convocation to the meeting Copy to secretaries of delegations and political groups Meeting documents are published on the Parliamentary Assembly extranei website (restricted area for national delegations): http://assembly.coe.int/extranet.

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Minutes [AS/Mig (2017) PV 08] Approval of the draft minutes of the meeting held in Paris on 8 December 2017 Statement by the Chair of the Committee [AS/Bur/CB (2017) 13] [AS/Bur/CB (2018) 01] Constitution of Sub-Committees [Terms of reference of the S/C on Diasporas] ./ Sub-Committee on Integration ./ Sub-Committee on Refugee and Migrant Children and Young People ./ Sub-Committee on Diasporas Humanitarian consequences of the war in Ukraine Rapporteur: Mr Egidijus Vareikis, Lithuania, EPPICD [Doc.
14463] [Amendments to Doc.
14463] Consideration of possible amendments tabled to the draft resolution and the draft recommendation [Assembly debate: Tuesday 23 January 2018 afternoon] [Deadline for tabling amendments: Monday 22 January at 4.00 pm] How to encourage the migration of international students across Europe Rapporteur: Alexander [The Earl of] Dundee, United Kingdom, EC [AS/Mig (2018) *"] Consideration of a draft report and vote on a preliminary draft resolution Search and rescue operations in the Mediterranean Sea [Letter from Ms Gafarova to the Chairperson of the PACE Delegation of Italy] [Letter from the CoE HR Commissioner to the Minister of Interior of Italy] [Reply of the Minister of Interior of Italy to the CoE HR Commissioner] Statement by Ms Tineke Strik (Netherlands, SOC) 10.
Work programme [AS/Mig/WP (2018) 01] Meeting of the Committee in Jordan (21-22 March 2018- tbc) Appointment of a rapporteur for report A legal status for "climate refugees" [Doc.

14413] Appointments of rapporteurs for reports (subject to the referral of these motions to the Committee for reports by the Assembly) Violence and discrimination against religious minorities in refugee camps across Europe [Doc.

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Parliamentary Campaign to End Immigration Detention of Children Statement by Ms Doris Fiala (Switzerland, ALDE), General Rapporteur of the Parliamentary Campaign "End Immigration Detention of Children" and round table on the implementation of alternatives to immigration detention of children with the participation of experts (tbc) 12.
Development aid: a tool for preventing migration crises Rapporteur: Mr Pierre-Aiain Fridez, Switzerland, SOC [AS/Mig (2017) 23] Hearing with the participation of Ms Isabelle Chevalley, Member of the National Council, Parliament, of Switzerland, Bern 13.
The legal and practical requirements for extra-territorial processing of asylum claims Rapporteur: Mr Domagoj Hajdukovi6, Croatia, SOC [AS/Mig (2017) 21] Hearing with the participation of: ./ Mr Volker Turk, Assistant High Commissioner for Protection, UNHCR (tbc) ./ Mr Giulio DiBlasi, Member of the Cabinet of HR!VP Federica Mogherini, European Commission (tbc) 14.

Human rights impacts of the "external dimension" of European Union asylum and migration policy: out of sight, out of rights?
Rapporteur: Ms Tineke Strik, Netherlands, SOC [AS/Mig (2017) 22] Hearing with the participation of: ./ Mr Othman Belbeisi, Head of the IOM Mission in Libya (tbc) ./ Mr Giulio DiBlasi, Member of the Cabinet of HRIVP Federica Mogherini, European Commission (tbc) 15.
Composition of Sub-Committees [AS/Mig/List (2018) Part II] Approval of the composition of Sub-Committees: ./ Sub-Committee on Integration ./ Sub-Committee on Refugee and Migrant Children and Young People ./ Sub-Committee on Diasporas 3 I' ~· '' " I I I I AS/Mig (2018) OJ 01 iftlu~day, 25 January Z018 (8.39 to 10.QO am} 16.
Addressing the humanitarian needs of internally displaced persons: recent lessons and future challenges in Europe Rapporteur: Mr Killion Munyama, Poland, EPP/CD [AS/Mig (2018) ... ] Consideration of a preliminary draft report 17.

Integration, empowerment and protection of migrant children through compulsory education Rapporteur: Ms Petra De Sutter, Belgium, SOC [AS/Mig (2018) ... ] Consideration of a preliminary draft report 18.
Implications of the 2018 PACE Budget situation on Committee's work Exchange of views 19.

Parliamentary Network on Diaspora Policies [AS/Mig/Dia (2018 01]] Statement by the Coordinator, Mr Andrea Rigoni (Italy, ALOE) on the next meeting of the Network in Rabat (8 February 2018, tbc) 20.
Recommendation 2108 (2017) on "A comprehensive humanitarian and political response to the migration and refugee crisis and the continuing flows into Europe" (Rapporteur: Mr Duarte Marques, Portugal, EPP/CD) and Recommendation 2109 (2017) on "Migration as an opportunity for European Development" (rapporteur: Mr Andrea Rigoni, Italy, ALOE) [Rec.

2108 (2017)] [Rec 2109 (2017)] [Doc.


14456] Consideration of the joint reply from the Committee of Ministers to Recommendation 2108 (2017) and Recommendation 2109 (2017) 21.

European Law Students' Association (ELSA) Statement by representatives of the Association 22.

Priorities of the Committee in 2018 [AS/Mig (2017) 26] [List of reports] Consideration and approval of the priorities of the Committee 23.
Composition of the Sub-Committees [AS/Mig/List (2018) 01] Possible modifications of the composition of the Sub-Committees 24.

Free debate 25.

Other business 4 AS/Mig (2018) OJ 01 26.
Next meetings • Amman (Jordan), 21-22 March 2018 (tbc) • Strasbourg, during the 2nd part-session 2018 (23-27 April) • Paris, 24 May 2018 (tbc) • Strasbourg, during the 3rd part-session 2018 (25-29 June) • Paris, 18 September 2018 (tbc) • Strasbourg, during the 4th part-session 2018 (8-12 October) • Paris, 5 December 2018 {tbc) Others • Rabat (Morocco), 8 February 2018 (tbc), Meeting of the Sub-Committee on Diasporas in the framework of the Regional meeting of the Parliamentary Network on Diaspora policies • London, 26 March 2018 {tbc), joint meeting of the Sub-Committee on Refugee and Migrant Children and Young People and the Sub-Committee on Culture, Diversity and Heritage (of the Committee on Culture, Science, Education and Media), subject to the authorisation of the Bureau I '' I I f I 5 Parliamentary Assembly lftL~ Assemblee parlementaire l.L/?- ~~ - ~ ,P'lmlT/~------------------- AS/Cult (2018) OJ 01 rev 17 January 2018 AAC OJ01rev_18 Committee on Culture, Science, Education and Media Revised draft agenda of the meeting to be held in Strasbourg, Palais de I' Europe, on: Monday, 22 January 2018 from 2 pm to 3 pm (Room 6) Tuesday, 23 January 2018 from 8.30 am to 10 am (Room 6) Tuesday, 23 January 2018 from 2 pm to 3.30 pm (Room 6) Thursday, 25 January 2018 from 2 pm to 3.30 pm (Room 6) Please note: Thursday, 25 January 2018 from 8.30 am to 8.45 am (Room 6): Meeting of the Sub-Committee on Culture, Diversity and Heritage Thursday, 25 January 2018 from 8.45 am to 9 am (Room 6): Meeting of the Sub-Committee on Media and Information Society Thursday, 25 January 2018 from 9 am to 10 am (Room 6): Meeting of the Sub-Committee on Education, Youth and Sport Mondav, 22 January 2018 from 2 pm to 3 pm CRoom 6) 1.
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Opening of the meeting by the most senior member present Election of the Chairperson [AS/Cult (2018) 02 prov bill Election of the three Vice-Chairpersons [AS/Cult (2018) 02 prov bil] Agenda [AS/Cult (2018) OJ 01 rev] Adoption of the agenda 5.
Minutes [AS/Cult (2017) PV 08] Approval of the minutes of the meeting held in Budapest on 4 and 5 December 2017; matters arising from the minutes 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.inVextranet.
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Working towards a framework for modern sports governance Rapporteur: Mr Mogens Jensen, Denmark, SOC [ASIGtJit (20Hl) 03; ABICtJit (2&Hl) 94; Dee.

t4464) Adoption of committee's amendments to the draft resolution and draft recommendation and approval of an addendum to the report 7.
Good football governance Rapporteur: Ms Anne Brasseur, Luxembourg, ALOE [AS/Cult (2018) 05; Doc.

14452; AS/Cult/lnf (2017) 15rev; AS/Cult/lnf (2017) 16rev] Adoption of committee's amendments to the draft resolution Tuesday.

23 January 2018 from 8.30 am to 1 0 am (Room 6) 8.

The protection and promotion of Regional or Minority Languages in Europe Rapporteur: Ms Rozsa Hoffmann, Hungary, EPP/CD Rapporteur AS/Ega for opinion: Ms Elvira Kovacs, Serbia, EPP/CD [Doc.
14466; AS/Cult/lnf (2017) OBrev; Doc .... ] Debate in the Assembly: Tuesday 23 January morning (tbc) Deadline for amendments: Monday 22 January at 4 pm (tbc) Consideration of amendments to the draft resolution and draft recommendation 9.

References to the committee and appointment of rapporteurs 1 Appointment of new rapporteurs: The protection of editorial integrity (Doc.

13964) - Education and culture: new partnerships to support personal development and cohesion (Doc.
13972) Appointment of rapporteurs following references for report: Strengthening the link between popular sports events and cultural heritage (Doc.

14218) Football governance and ethics: business or values?

(Doc.

14447)2 - Media education in the new media environment (Doc.

14448)2 Tuesday.

23 January 2018 from 2 pm to 3.30 pm (Room 6) 10.

Working towards a framework for modern sports governance Rapporteur: Mr Mogens Jensen, Denmark, SOC [Doc.
14464; Doc .... ] Debate in the Assembly: Wednesday 24 January morning (tbc) Deadline for amendments: Tuesday 23 January at 10.30 am (tbc) Consideration of amendments to the draft resolution and draft recommendation 11.

Good football governance Rapporteur: Ms Anne Brasseur, Luxembourg, ALOE [Doc.
14452; AS/Cult/lnf (2017) 15rev; AS/Cult/lnf (2017) 16rev] Debate in the Assembly: Wednesday 24 January morning (tbc) Deadline for amendments: Tuesday 23 January at 10.30 am (tbc) Consideration of amendments to the draft resolution 1 This item may be taken at any time 2 Subject to Bureau's decision and ratification by the Assembly 2 AS/Cult (2018) OJ Olrev 12.

Reconstitution of sub-committees [AS/Cult (2018) 02 bil] 13.
Appointment of General Rapporteurs3 Appointment of the: - General Rapporteur on Science and Technology Impact Assessment - General Rapporteur on Media Freedom and Safety of Journalists 14.
Assembly's institutional representation 3 Appointment of representatives to the: European Centre for Global Interdependence and Solidarity- North-South Centre European Commission against Racism and Intolerance- ECRI Council of Europe Committee for Works of Art Europa Nostra- Pan-European Federation for Heritage Committee of the Parties of the Convention on Offences relating to Cultural Property Thursday.

25 January 2018 from 2 pm to 3.30 pm <Room 6) 15.


Creation of the position of "Internet Ombudsman" in charge of assessing the legal or illegal nature of internet contents through screening procedures Rapporteur: Mr Frederic Reiss, France, EPPICD Exchange of views with Mr Dan Shefet, lawyer at the Court of Appeal of Paris 16.

Replies from the Committee of Ministers3 Reply from the Committee of Ministers (Doc.
14468) to Recommendation 2111 (2017) "Political influence over independent media and journalists" 17.

Committee work programme3 [AS/Cult (2018) 01 -January] 17.1.

Extension of references 17.2.

Reports on recent meetings 17.3.

Approval of rapporteurs' fact-finding visits 17.4.

Designation of representatives for forthcoming events 17.5.

Draft motions for a resolution/recommendation 17.6.

Sub-Committees 18.

Other business 19.
Next meetings Meetings of the committee: Paris, 22 March 2018 (tbc) Strasbourg, 2nd part-session (23-27 April 2018) Paris, 25 May 2018 (tbc) Strasbourg, s•d part-session (25-29 June 2018) Tbilisi, September 2018 (dates to be confirmed, subject to Bureau's authorisation) Strasbourg, 41 Paris, 6-7 December 2018 (tbc) " part-session (8-12 October 2018) Meetings of the Sub-Committees: London, 26 March 2018, Sub-Committee on Culture, Diversity and Heritage and Sub-Committee on Refugee and Migrant Children and Young People (of the Committee on Migration, Refugees and Displaced Persons) (tbc, subject to Bureau's authorisation) 3 This item may be taken at any time 3 I' •• " " " " . '
CONSEIL DE lEUROPE AS/Ega (2018) OJ 01 9 January 2018 Aegaoj01_2018 Committee on Equality and Non-Discrimination Draft agenda of the meeting to be held in Strasbourg on Monday 22 January 2018, from 2 to 3pm, room 3: committee meeting Tuesday 23 January 2018, from 8.30 to 10am, room 3: joint hearing of the Parliamentary Network Women Free the No Hate Parliamentary Alliance from Violence and Tuesday 23 January 2018, from 2 to 3.30pm, room 3: committee meeting Thursday 25 January 2018, from 8.30 to 9.40am, room 3: committee meeting [Sub-Committee on Disability and Multiple and Intersectional Discrimination, room 3 on Thursday 25 January 2018, from 9.40 to 9.50am Sub-Committee on the Rights of Minorities, room 3 on Thursday 25 January 2018, from 9.50 to 10am] This draft agenda, addressed to full members of the Committee and their alternates, is the convocation to the meeting Copy to secretaries of delegations and political groups Meeting documents are published on PACE extranei website (restricted area for PACE Members) when they become available: http://assemblv.coe.int/extranet tf- st075 Strasb®rS cedex !
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" I ' I o AS/Ega (2018) OJ 01 Monday 22 January 2018, from 2 to 3 pm, room 3 1.

Opening of the meeting by the oldest member present 2.

Election of the Bureau of the Committee [List of members of the Committee] Election of the Chairperson; Election of the three Vice-Chairpersons.

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Agenda [AS/Ega (2018) OJ 01] Adoption of the draft agenda.

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4.

Minutes [AS/Ega (2017) PV 08] Approval of the draft minutes of the meeting of the committee held in Paris on 7 December 2017.

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Work programme i.

Consideration of a draft motion for a resolution with a view to adoption by the Committee for tabling: Achievements and challenges in implementing the Istanbul Convention on violence against women.

[AS/Ega (2017) 45] 6.

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The protection and promotion of regional and minority languages in Europe Rapporteur for opinion: Ms Elvira Kovacs, Serbia, EPP/CD [AS/Ega (2018) 01] [Doc ... ] Consideration and approval of the Committee's opinion on the report by the Committee on Culture, Science, Education and Media.

Alleged extreme discrimination and crimes against homosexuals in the Chechen Republic (Russian Federation) Rapporteur: Mr Pie!
de Bruyn, Belgium, NR [AS/Ega (2018) 02] Consideration of an introductory memorandum.
Tuesday 23 January 2018, from 8.30 am to 10 am, room 3: joint hearing of the Parliamentary Network Women Free from Violence and the No Hate Parliamentary Alliance Joint hearing on Sexist hate speech with the participation of: Ms Jurgita PeciOriene, Programme Coordinator, Gender-based Violence, European Institute for Gender Equality (EIGE); - Ms Isabel Ventura, member of the European Women's Lobby, Portuguese Women's Studies Association/Women without borders (APEM/MSF).
See separate draft agendas 2 Tuesday 23 January 2018, from 2 to 3.30pm, room 3 AS/Ega (2018) OJ 01 8.

9.

Forced marriage in Europe Rapporteur: Ms Beatrice Fresko-Rolfo, Monaco, EPP/CD [AS/Ega (2018) 05] Consideration of an information memorandum.

Migration from a gender perspective: empowering women as key actors for integration Rapporteur: Ms Gabriela Heinrich, Germany, SOC [AS/Ega (2018) 03] Communication from the Rapporteur on her fact-finding mission to Italy (Milan) on 2 November 2017.

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10.

Work programme [AS/Ega/In!

(2018) 01; AS/Ega (2017) 04] i.

Structures of the Committee and proposal for the setting up of a new general rapporteur on women in politics; [AS/Ega/lnf (2018) 06; AS/Ega (2017) 40rev; AS/Ega/lnf (2017) 20rev; AS/Ega/lnf (2017) 04rev2] ii.
Appointment of rapporteurs for opinion on: Compatibility of Sharia law with the European Convention on Human Rights: can States Parties to the Convention be signatories of the "Cairo Declaration"?, motion for a resolution tabled by Mr Pieter Omtzigt (Netherlands, EPP/CD), and other members of the Assembly; [Doc.
13965] Protecting the rights of people with psychosocial disabilities with regard to involuntary measures in psychiatry, motion for a resolution tabled by Ms Stella Kyriakides (Cyprus, EPP/CD) and other members of the Assembly; [Doc.

14334] iii.

Call for candidatures for report on: Stop hate speech and acts of hatred in sport, motion for a resolution tabled by Mr Goran Beus Richembergh (Croatia, ALDE) and other members of the Assembly; [Doc.

14427] 11.
14427] 11.

Assembly's institutional representation Appointment of a Committee representative and a substitute to the European Commission against Racism and Intolerance (ECRI) for 2018.

12.

Meeting in Copenhagen (1 and 2 March 2018) [AS/Ega/lnf (2018) 03] [AS/Ega/lnf (2018) 04] Consideration of a draft programme of the meeting to be held in Copenhagen on 1 and 2 March 2018.

3 I I I " ~ ' ' i' '' AS/Ega (2018) OJ 01 13.


Reporting back Ms GOlsOn Bilgehan (Turkey, SOC) in her capacity as General Rapporteur on violence against women for her participation in the Inter-parliamentary Committee Meeting of the European Parliament organised on the occasion of the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women 2017 on "The Istanbul Convention: combating violence against women at national and EU level", held in Brussels on 21 November 2017.

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14.

Appointment of representatives Thursday 25 January 2018, from 8.30 to 9.40am, room 3 15.

Reconstitution and composition of the Sub-Committees [Lists; terms of reference] 16.

Detainees with severe disabilities in Europe Rapporteur: Mr Manuel Tornare, Switzerland, SOC [AS/Ega (2018) 06; AS/Ega/lnf (2018) 05] Communication from the Rapporteur on his fact-finding visits to France (8 December 2017) and Belgium (10-11 January 2018).

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17.

Promoting diversity and equality in politics Rapporteur: Mr Killion Munyama, Poland, EPPICD [AS/Ega (2017) 07] Consideration of an information memorandum.

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Free debate 19.

Any other business 20.


Next meetings Plenary Committee Copenhagen, 1-2 March 2018; Strasbourg, during the 2nd part-session 2018 of the Assembly (23-27 April); Paris, 23 May 2018 (Council of Europe Office); Strasbourg, during the 3'd part-session 2018 of the Assembly {25-29 June); Paris, 19 September 2018 (Council of Europe Office); Strasbourg, during the 41" part-session 2018 of the Assembly {8-12 October); Paris, 3 December 2018 (Council of Europe Office).
Thursday 25 January 2018, from 9.40 to 10am, room 3: meetings of the Sub Committees Meeting of the Sub-Committee on Disability and Multiple and Intersectional Discrimination Meeting of the Sub-Committee on the Rights of Minorities See separate draft agendas 4 t Parliamentary Assembly Assemblee parlementaire ~~ ~::::::::-- -~~~~· ·!
!llmllllllll _____________ CONSEIL DE I.:EUROPE Bureau of the Assembly AS/Bur/MR-PA (2018) 01 9 January 2018 Ad hoc committee on The role and mission of the Parliamentary Assembly TERMS OF REFERENCE " .. ' ; . '

f' 1H 67075 Slras$uyg c@Efx I ass~rribly@cde.l!it I t~l: +33 3 88 ~1 ~ood T If ax: +33 3 8)34-1 ?776 The Bureau of the Assembly decides', subject to ratification by the Assembly through its Progress Report, under Article 44.4.c.
of the Rules of Procedure to set up an ad hoc Committee of the Bureau on The role and mission of the Parliamentary Assembly with the following terms of reference, composition and timetable.

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Terms of reference To make proposals to the Bureau of the Assembly on the implementation of paragraphs 16-18 of Resolution 2186 (2017) on Call for a Council of Europe summit to reaffirm European unity and to defend and promote democratic security in Europe.
The ad hoc committee will notably have a twofold task: to reflect on, and if possible prepare, proposals aimed at harmonising the rules governing of member States in both statutory organs, while fully participation and representation respecting the autonomy of the two bodies; to prepare proposals as regards the role and mission of the Parliamentary Assembly as a statutory organ of the Council of Europe and a pan-European forum for interparliamentary dialogue which aims at having an impact in all Council of Europe member States.
The ad hoc committee will carry out its work in the two official languages (English and French).

Its report, once presented to the Bureau, will provide useful input into the report under preparation by the Committee on Political Affairs and Democracy on the Identity, role and mission of the Parliamentary Assembly as a statutory organ of the Council of Europe and a pan-European forum for interparliamentary dialogue.

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Composition Since Resolution 2186 (2017) states that "For this process to be credible and fruitful, the whole Assembly and every single member State should do their utmost to ensure that all member States of the Organisation will be fully represented in the process on both the parliamentary and intergovernmental sides in strict compliance with their respective obligations and resolutions" (paragraph 17), the ad hoc committee will be composed of: The President of the Assembly; The Chairpersons of Political Groups or, in their absence, a member representing the group concerned; The Chairpersons of national delegations or, in their absence, a member of the delegation duly designated; The Chairpersons of the general committees listed in Rule 44.1. of the Rules of Procedure of the Assembly or, in their absence, one of the vice-chairpersons of the committee concerned; The Rapporteur of the Committee of Political Affairs and Democracy on Identity, role and mission of the Parliamentary Assembly as a statutory organ of the Council of Europe and a pan European forum for interparliamentary dialogue as well as the Rapporteur for opinion of the Committee on Rules of Procedure, Immunities and Institutional Affairs on this subject.
3.

Timetable The ad hoc committee should present its report to tile Bureau, at the latest, at its December 2018 meeting. '

Decision taken by the Bureau in Paris on 15 December 2017, subject to ratification by the Assembly on 22 January 20j8, through its Progress Report.
·t ~ • 2 2018 ORDINARY SESSION First part 22-26 January 2018 TEXTS ADOPTED BY THE ASSEMBLY Provisional versions ' I ' ,, " i ' I ' Table of contents Recommendations Recommendation 2118 (2018) The protection and promotion of regional or minority languages in Europe (Doc.

14466) Recommendation 2119 (2018) Humanitarian consequences of the war in Ukraine (Doc.

14463) Recommendation 2120 (2018) Working towards a framework for modern sports governance (Doc.
14464 +Addendum) Recommendation 2121 (2018) The case for drafting a European convention on the profession of lawyer (Doc.

14453) Recommendation 2122 (2018) Jurisdictional immunity of international organisations and rights of their staff (Doc.

14443) Recommendation 2123 (2018) Strengthening international regulations against trade in goods used for torture and the death penalty (Doc.

14454) Resolutions Resolution 2196 (2018) The protection and promotion of regional or minority languages in Europe (Doc.
14466) Resolution 2197 (2018) The case for a basic citizenship income (Doc.

14462) Resolution 2198 (2018) Humanitarian consequences of the war in Ukraine (Doc.

14463) Resolution 2199 (2018) Working towards a framework for modern sports governance (Doc.

14464 +Addendum) Resolution 2200 (2018) Good football governance (Doc.

14452) Resolution 2201 (2018) Resolution 2202 (2018) Resolution 2203 (2018) The honouring of obligations and commitments by Bosnia and Herzegovina (Doc.
14465) The Israeli-Palestinian peace process: the role of the Council of Europe (Doc.

14484) The progress of the Assembly's monitoring procedure (January-December 2017) and the periodic review of the honouring of obligations by Estonia, Greece, Hungary and Ireland (Doc.

14450 Parts 1-5) Resolution 2204 (2018) Protecting children affected by armed conflicts (Doc.
14461) Resolution 2205 (2018) Resolution 2206 (2018) Challenge on procedural grounds of the still unratified credentials of the parliamentary delegation of Andorra (Doc.

14475) Jurisdictional immunity of international organisations and rights of their staff (Doc.
14443) ">< Recommendations 2118to2123 I ' I ' I ' Recommendation 2118 (2018)1 Provisional version The protection and promotion of regional or minority languages in Europe Parliamentary Assembly In accordance with the European principle "Unity in diversity", the Parliamentary Assembly considers 1. the protection and use of minority languages to be an integral part of the process for the extension of democracy.

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With reference to Resolution 2196 (2018) on the protection and promotion of regional or minority languages in Europe, the Assembly considers it important to raise awareness of the fact that, in all countries, people belonging to regional or minority linguistic groups are citizens with the same rights as the speakers of the majority language.
The goal that should be achieved by the member States of the Council of Europe is to ensure that the 3. speakers of regional or minority languages can freely use their mother tongue in individual or social communication without discrimination, and consequently that they receive all the support required during their schooling from official bodies and local communities.

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The Assembly therefore calls on the Committee of Ministers to: 4.1. encourage each member State to take the necessary steps to ratify the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages (ETS No.
148), if they have not already done so, or in the event that they have already ratified the Charter, to ensure that it is put into practice and that they broaden the scope of their commitments; 4.2. devise a procedure under which it authorises the Committee of Experts of the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages to carry out, after issuing a preliminary warning, the monitoring procedure in respect of States which lag far behind in submitting the report provided for under Article 15 of the Charter; 4.3. report to the Parliamentary Assembly on the procedure for monitoring the application of the Charter, paying particular attention to the execution of States' obligation to present a report, as well as the results obtained; 4.4. create a prize, to be awarded once a year by means of a competition, for countries which actively promote the use of regional or minority languages, with the conditions relating to the award of the prize being decided upon jointly by the Committee of Experts of the Charter and the Parliamentary Assembly; 4.5. implement further solutions for the application of the Charter, hold regional seminars on good practices and obstacles to its effective use, promote scientific co-operation between national research workshops, and suggest that working groups specialising in issues relating to the situation of regional or minority languages be set up in the member States; I I ~ , ' ' ._] 1.
Assembly debate on 23 January 2018 (3rd Sitting) (see Doc.

14466, report of the Committee on Culture, Science, Education and Media, rapporteur: Ms Rozsa Hoffmann).

Text adopted by the Assembly on 23 January 2018 (3rd Sitting) .

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~~~ '' Recommendation 2118 (2018) 4.6. co-operate with the relevant institutions and bodies of the European Union, in particular the Directgrste-General for Neighbourhood and Enlargement Negotiations, the Directorate-General for Education, Youth, Sport and Culture and the European Parliament, on the subject of the protection and promotion of regional or minority languages within the European Union.
t Parliamentary Assembly Assemblee parlementaire :>'>~ ~#@us,~!~V~~ffi~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~·£$~ Recommendation 2119 (2018)1 Provisional version Humanitarian consequences of the war in Ukraine Parliamentary Assembly The Parliamentary Assembly refers to its Resolution 2198 (2018) on the humanitarian consequences of 1. the war in Ukraine.

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The Assembly commends the Committee of Ministers on the activities to protect the rights of internally displaced persons which have been implemented in the framework of the Council of Europe Action Plan for Ukraine 2015-2017 and encourages the Committee of Ministers to continue its efforts to assist Ukraine in solving IDP problems in the framework of the Action Plan 2018-2021, which is currently being debated by the Committee of Ministers.

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Assembly debate on 23 January 2018 (4th Sitting) (see Doc.
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The Parliamentary Assembly, referring to its Resolution 2199 (2018) on working towards a framework for modern sports governance, stresses the need to set up a global framework for good governance in sport that would respect the principles of democracy, transparency, accountability and integrity and uphold the sports ethics values of fair-play, respect for human rights and human dignity, solidarity, diversity and rejection of any form of discrimination.
The Assembly welcomes the final resolutions of the 14th Council of Europe Conference of Ministers 2. responsible for Sport (Budapest, 28-30 November 2016), notably the recommendations made in the Resolution "Towards better governance in sport through enhanced co-operation between governmental bodies and stakeholders in sport", and the action already taken thereupon.

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In this context, the Assembly commends the work which is already carried out by the Council of Europe's Enlarged Partial Agreement on Sport (EPAS); in particular, it welcomes the elaboration of a new Committee of Ministers' recommendation to member States on the promotion of good governance in sport, the collection and publication of good practices in sports governance and the creation of a database on alleged cases of corruption.
It calls on the Committee of Ministers to urge all member States to join EPAS.

4.

It further commends the role of the Council of Europe, notably through the active involvement of EPAS in setting up the International Partnership against Corruption in Sport (IPACS) and in assuming leadership of its Task Force on compliance with good governance principles in the context of sport.

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In light of the above, the Assembly calls on the Committee of Ministers: 5.1. as regards improving the legislative framework, to: take into consideration the Assembly's recommendations as outlined in paragraph 17 5.1.1. of Resolution 2199 (2018) in the preparation of the Committee of Ministers' recommendation to member States on the promotion of good governance in sport, and in particular, urge all member States not to tolerate any impunity and to take measures to be able to prosecute and sanction corrupt behaviour in the context of sport; as a further step, consider elaborating a Council of Europe convention on good 5.1.2. governance in sport in order to complement the Organisation's existing conventional basis relating to sports ethics and the fight against corruption and fraud, and enable efficient monitoring of compliance with the convention; as regards the harmonisation of standards of sports governance, to take the lead within I PACS promoting the elaboration of common good governance standards, taking into account 5.2.1. the comparative study of 15 major codes and standards on good governance in sport presented in the Appendix to this resolution; 5.2. in: 1.
Assembly debate on 24 January 2018 (5th Sitting) (see Doc.

14464 and addendum, report of the Committee on Culture, Science, Education and Media, rapporteur: Mr Mogens Jensen).

Text adopted by the Assembly on 24 January 2018 (5th Sitting).

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'' Recommendation 2120 (2018) 5.2.2. setting up a multi-stakeholder round table within the Task Force on Good Governance in Sport, including but not limited to the 15 international and national bodies responsible for the codes and standards mentioned in the above-mentioned study, with a view to launching discussions on elaborating an certification standards of the International Standardization Organisation (ISO) on governance of sports organisations; 5.3. as regards compliance with standards, to: 5.3.1. introduce monitoring of the recommendation to member States on the promotion of good governance in sport, including systematic review system of the national policies of good governance in sport and their implementation, and produce a dashboard of the available monitoring results with a view to their critical analysis; 5.3.2. rating system of sports organisations; support, at international level, the setting up of a professional and independent ethics 5.4. as regards knowledge-sharing and participation in multi-stakeholder platforms, ask EPAS to: 5.4.1. continue collecting information on best practices and to create online resources that are regularly updated, thereby allowing the Council of Europe to assume the role of an international clearing house on this matter; 5.4.2. conduct trend analyses, based on the collection of alleged cases of corruption in sport, on information collected by the Group of States against Corruption (GRECO) and on the monitoring dashboard, and submit them to it, together with proposals, once a year; 5.4.3. governance and integrity.
participate actively in the work of all relevant multi-stakeholder platforms on sports ; ... liJf- Parliamentary Assembly ~~ Assemblee parlementaire ~~ ~ 4®~/E-~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~mm~~mm~~mm~ CONS Ell DE tEUROPE Recommendation 2121 (2018)1 Provisional version The case for drafting a European convention on the profession of lawyer Parliamentary Assembly The Parliamentary Assembly concurs with the view of the European Court of Human Rights that the 1. specific role of lawyers gives them a central position in the administration of justice, as protagonists and intermediaries between the public and the courts.
They play a key role in ensuring that the courts, whose mission is fundamental in a State based on the rule of law, enjoy public confidence.

For members of the public to have confidence in the administration of justice they must have confidence in the ability of the legal profession to provide effective representation.

The Assembly subscribes 2. in Committee of Ministers' Recommendation No.

R (2000) 21 to member States on the freedom of exercise of the profession of lawyer.
It recalls that these standards, although non-binding, are intended to elaborate upon and give practical effect to principles flowing from binding obligations, notably those of the European Convention on Human Rights (ETS No.5).
the minimum standards set out to It is therefore a matter of utmost concern that harassment, threats and attacks against lawyers continue 3. to occur in many Council of Europe member States and are even increasing in some of them, where they have become widespread and systematic and are apparently the result of deliberate policy.
These include, amongst other things: killings, which are sometimes inadequately investigated by the authorities; physical violence, including by public officials; threats, unjustified public criticism and identification of lawyers with their clients, including by leading politicians; abuse of criminal proceedings to punish lawyers or remove them from certain cases; violation of legal professional privilege through unlawful monitoring of clients' consultations with their lawyers, search and seizure in the course of unlawful investigations, interrogation of lawyers as witnesses in their clients' criminal cases; abuse of disciplinary proceedings; and various structural and procedural failures to establish and implement-effective guarantees of lawyers' independence.
The Assembly considers· that this situation shows the need 4. legal status of Recommendation No.

R (2000) 21 by translating its provisions into a binding instrument in the form of a convention, with an effective control mechanism.

Such a convention could also become a source of binding standards on the wider international level by allowing non-member States to accede to it to reinforce the 5.
Given the role of lawyers in the day-to-day protection of individual rights, including in ongoing judicial proceedings, the Assembly considers that there is also a need for an early-warning mechanism to respond to immediate threats to their safety and independence and to their ability to perform their professional duties effectively.
It recalls the Council of Europe's existing Platform to promote the protection of journalism and safety of journalists and considers that a similar mechanism would be of equal practical effectiveness, procedural efficiency and technical feasibility in the present context 6.

The Assembly therefore calls on member States of the Council of Europe to fully respect, protect and promote the freedom of exercise of the profession of lawyer, including by effective implementation of Recommendation No.

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Assembly debate on 24 January 2018 (6th Sitting) (see Doc.

14453, report of the Committee on Legal Affairs and Human Rights, rapporteur: Ms Sa bien Lahaye-Battheu).

Text adopted by the Assembly on 24 January 2018 (6th Sitting).

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The Parliamentary Assembly calls on the Committee of Ministers to: draft and adopt a convention on the profession of lawyer, baseti on the standards set out in 7.1.

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R (2000) 21, and in doing so; 7.1.
1. take account also of other relevant instruments, including the Charter of Core Principles of the European Legal Profession of the Council of Bars and Law Societies of Europe, the Turin Principles of Professional Conduct for the Legal Profession in the 21st Century of the Union internationale des avocats and the Standards for the Independence of the Legal Profession, the International Principles on Conduct for the Legal Profession and the Guide for Establishing and Maintaining Complaints and Discipline Procedures of the International Bar Association; 7.1 .2. ensure that guarantees in relation to fundamental issues such as access to a lawyer and lawyers' access to their clients, legal professional privilege, civil and criminal immunity for statements made in the course of their professional duties and the confidentiality of lawyer client communications are reinforced as necessary in order to respond to developments in the surrounding legal and regulatory context, including measures introduced to counter corruption, money laundering and terrorism; 7.1.3. include an effective control mechanism, giving particular consideration to the option of a committee of experts examining periodic reports submitted by States parties, with the possibility for civil society organisations, including lawyers' associations, to make submissions; 7.1.4. consider opening the convention to accession by non-member States; establish an early-warning mechanism to respond to immediate threats to lawyers' safety and 7.2. independence and to their ability to perform their professional duties effectively, modelled on the Platform to promote the protection of journalism and safety of journalists.
In this connection, the Assembly reiterates the call made in its Recommendation 2085 (2016) "Strengthening the protection and role of human rights defenders in Council of Europe member States" to establish a platform for the protection of human rights defenders, which would include lawyers; set up activities, including bilateral co-operation activities, to enhance implementation of 7.3.

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R (2000) 21 pending ratification of a new convention by member States; 7.4. fully implement Recommendation 2085 (2016).
l/L?-- Parliamentary Assembly rtfL~ Assemblee parlementaire ~~~ ::::;;::;::~ rt"fflliflf!~~~m@i¥¥¥ 4£4~t < wU CONSEIL DE lEUROPE Recommendation 2122 (2018)1 Provisional version Jurisdictional immunity of international organisations and rights of their staff Parliamentary Assembly Referring to its Resolution 2206 (2018) on jurisdictional immunity of international organisations and 1. rights of their staff, the Parliamentary Assembly calls on the Committee of Ministers to: 1.1. encourage the international organisations to which the member States of the Council of Europe are Parties to look at whether "reasonable alternative means of legal protection" are accessible in the event of disputes between international organisations and their staff; invite those international organisations to bring about greater transparency of their staff policies 1.2. and ensure that information on employment disputes is available to their staff; 1.3. initiate reflection on: 1.4.1. ways to ensure that the Administrative Tribunal of the Council of Europe is also accessible to trade unions; 1.4.2. whether the Administrative Tribunal of the Council of Europe should be complemented by an appellate judicial body, either within the Council of Europe itself or by pooling resources with other international organisations in order to create a joint appeals body for several administrative tribunals; 1.5. carry out a comparative study of the extent to which the internal remedy systems in international organisations are compatible with Article 6 of the European Convention on Human Rights (ETS No.
5) and with other relevant human rights (including social rights), and, where appropriate, make recommendations on how these systems can be improved with a view to attaining a higher level of protection of these rights.

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The Assembly welcomes the work carried out by the Council of Europe's Committee of Legal Advisers on Public International Law (CAHDI) on the jurisdictional immunity of international organisations and encourages it to look into these issues in greater detail, in particular in the context of disputes between international organisations and their staff.

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Assembly debate on 26 January 2018 (9th Sitting) (see Doc.
14443, report of the Committee on Legal Affairs and Human Rights, rapporteur: Mr Volker Ullrich; and Doc.

14487, opinion of the Committee on Social Affairs, Health and Sustainable Development, rapporteur: Mr Stefan Schennach).

Text adopted by the Assembly on 26 January 2018 (9th Sitting).

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Recommendation 2123 (2018)1 Provisional version Strengthening international regulations against trade in goods used for torture and the death penalty Parliamentary Assembly The absolute prohibition of torture and inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment in all 1. circumstances is a peremptory norm of international law, incorporated into numerous treaties including Article 3 of the European Convention on Human Rights (ETS No.
5, "the Convention"), Article 7 of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights and the United Nations Convention Against Torture.

This prohibition is so strict as to require States to take into account consequences of their actions that may occur in other countries.

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The death penalty is now unlawful in all Council of Europe member States.

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6 to the European Convention on Human Right (ETS No.
114), which abolishes the death penalty in peacetime, has been ratified by all member States except the Russian Federation, whose Constitutional Court has nevertheless instituted a moratorium; and Protocol No.

13 to the European Convention on Human Rights (ETS No.

187), which abolishes the death penalty in all circumstances, has been ratified by all member States except Armenia, Azerbaijan and the Russian Federation.
Recognising and building on this progress, in 2010, the European Court of Human Rights ruled that the death penalty amounted to inhuman or degrading treatment and thus fell within the prohibition set out in Article 3 of the Convention.

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The Parliamentary Assembly considers that on the basis of these existing legal obligations, Council of Europe member States are required to take effective measures to prevent activity within their jurisdictions that might contribute to or facilitate capital punishment, torture and inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment in other countries, including by effectively regulating the trade in goods that may be used for such purposes.

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The trade in goods used for the death penalty, torture or inhuman of degrading treatment or punishment can contribute to the incidence of capital punishment and torture or serious ill-treatment by providing those responsible with the means to act.
The European Union's prohibition of sales of pharmaceutical products that could be used for capital punishment to third countries where it is known that the products will be used for that purpose, for example, has seriously hampered the ability of several States of the United States of America to execute the death penalty.

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The Assembly cannot accept that companies or other individuals or entities in Council of Europe member States are involved in the trade in goods used for the death penalty, torture or inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment.

It is concerned that the trade in goods used for the death penalty, torture or inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment continues to take place in some member States.

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The Assembly takes note of the Council of the European Union's Regulation (EC) No.
1236/2005 concerning trade in certain goods which could be used for capital punishment, torture or other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment, as amended by Regulation (EU) No.

2016/2134.

This regulatory regime is the most advanced and effective in the world.

It represents an approach that can and should be 1.

Assembly debate on 26 January 2018 (9th Sitting) (see Doc.

14454, report of the Committee on Legal Affairs and Human Rights, rapporteur: Mr Vusal Huseynov).
Text adopted by the Assembly on 26 January 2018 (9th Sitting).

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Since information sharing and technical co-operation, which are fundamental parts of any intern?tional regulatory mechanism, depend on normative and procedural compatibility, it is important to harmonise the regulatory systems of all the Council of Europe member States.

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The Assembly welcomes and fully supports the Global Alliance to end trade in goods used for capital punishment and torture (the Global Alliance), launched by the European Union, Argentina and Mongolia on 18 September 2017, and its Political Declaration adopted by 58 countries, including 41 Council of Europe member States, and the European Union.
The Declaration recalls the essential principles of international law, condemns the trade in goods used for the death penalty, torture or inhuman or degrading treatment of punishment, commits States to taking regulatory action at national level and to co-operating at international level, and establishes a basic framework to facilitate this.

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For the purposes of the present recommendation, the expression "goods used for the death penalty, torture or inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment" should be considered to cover items falling within the following categories, as defined in Annexes II, Ill and Ill. a of Regulation No.
1236/2005, as revised in 2014 and 2016: goods which have no practical use other than for the purposes of the death penalty, torture or 8.1. inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment, the trade in which should be prohibited, including: 8.1.1. components; goods specifically designed for the execution of human beings, and certain of their 8.1.2. law-enforcement authorities; goods designed to restrain human beings but which are not suitable for such use by 8.1.3. purpose of riot control or self-protection; portable devices which are not suitable for use by law-enforcement authorities for the 8.1.4. certain types of whips; 8.2. goods designed for legitimate use by police or security forces but which could be abused for the purpose of torture or inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment, the trade in which should require authorisation, including: 8.2.1. certain goods designed for restraining human beings; 8.2.2. certain weapons designed for the purpose of riot control or self-protection; 8.2.3. certain weapons and equipment disseminating incapacitating or irritating chemical substances for the purpose of riot control or self-protection and certain related chemical substances; 8.2.4. injection.
products which could be used for the execution of human beings by means of lethal 9.

The term "trade" in goods used for the death penalty, torture or inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment should be considered to cover the following activities, as defined in Regulation No.
1236/2005, as amended in 2016: 9.1. import and export of regulated goods; 9.2. transit of regulated goods through national territory; 9.3. brokering of transfers of regulated goods between third countries; 9.4. provision of technical assistance in relation to regulated goods; 9.5. training in the use of regulated goods; 9.6. promotion of regulated goods at trade fairs; 9.7. buying from or selling to parties in third countries any form of advertising for regulated goods.
The Parliamentary Assembly invites the Committee of Ministers to call on the member States of the 10.
Council of Europe, insofar as it is not already done, to: Recommendation 2123 (2018) introduce legislation regulating the trade in goods used for the death penalty, torture or inhuman 1 0.1. or degrading treatment or punishment, prohibiting trade in goods defined in paragraph 8.1 and requiring authorisation of trade in goods defined in paragraph 8.2, such authorisation to be withheld when there are reasonable grounds for believing that they might be used for capital punishment or torture or inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment in a third country; 1 0.2. take full account of information from a range of sources, including the reports of international and regional human rights mechanisms and independent civil society bodies, on the situation regarding the death penalty, torture and inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment in third countries when examining requests for authorisation of trade in relevant goods; 1 0.3. publish annual reports on their regulatory activities in this area, including details of decisions given on requests for authorisation of trade in specific goods and the reasons for those decisions; 10.4. on the basis of such annual reports and through direct contacts, take account of other member States' decisions on requests for authorisation of trade in specific goods, especially refusals to grant such authorisation; join the Global Alliance, make full use of and contribute to the global network of Focal Points for 1 0.5. sharing information, including on decisions on requests for authorisation of trade in specific goods, and best practice, and where necessary seek the technical assistance of other members of the Global Alliance for the design and implementation of relevant legislation; ratify Protocols Nos.
6 and 13 to the European Convention on Human Rights and request that 1 0.6. the European Committee for the Prevention of Torture and Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment (CPT) make public any unpublished reports concerning them.

The Parliamentary Assembly invites the Committee of Ministers to call on the European Union and its 11. institutions, as appropriate, to: 11.1. encourage its member States that have not yet done so to publish the annual reports required of them under Regulation No.
1236/2005, ensuring that the European Commission's own future annual report is a comprehensive review of the situation across the European Union; 11.2. consult independent civil society bodies with particular expertise in the field when preparing the European Commission's review of implementation of Regulation No.
1236/2005, including with respect to possible amendment of the Regulation and revision of its Annexes II and Ill; 11.3. continue promoting the Global Alliance throughout the world, and co-operate with the Council of Europe to this end as regards the latter's member States.

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The Council of Europe is a global pioneer in abolition of the death penalty and enforcement of the prohibition on torture and along with its member States should continue to play a leading role in this field.
The Parliamentary Assembly therefore calls on the Committee of Ministers to: 12.1. encourage those Council of Europe member States that have not yet done so to join the Global Alliance; 12.2. provide recommendation through co-operation activities with those member States that request it; technical support in relation to implementation of paragraph 10 of the present 12.3. consider adopting a recommendation to member States setting out technical guidance on how to establish and implement an effective regulatory regime, whose effect would be to extend the scope of the approach taken by Regulation No.
1236/2005 through harmonised national systems in non European Union member States, and which should include a mechanism to monitor progress made in implementing the recommendation; 12.4. co-operate with the European Union to these ends.

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Linguistic diversity is part of the common European cultural heritage; protection and support for the development of these languages is therefore a fundamental European value.

Once again, the Parliamentary Assembly confirms that the protection of the historical regional or 2. minority languages of Europe, some of which are in danger of eventual extinction, contributes to the maintenance and development of Europe's cultural wealth and traditions.
In this connection, the Assembly draws attention to Recommendation 1201 (1993), Recommendation 1492 (2001 ), Resolution 1770 (201 0) and Resolution 1985 (2014), all of which concern the rights of national minorities.

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The Assembly notes that language is in itself a value and one of our cultural assets.
It is therefore fundamentally important that the use of language ensures a community's cultural reproduction, enables individuals and the community to take part in political and cultural life, and in this way become integrated into economic and social processes.

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These objectives are the goals of the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages (ETS No.

148), which has played a unique role in protecting and supporting regional or minority languages over the last two decades.
The Assembly appreciates the work which the Committee of Experts of the Charter has carried out over the last two decades with this aim in mind.

The Assembly regrets that, to date, only 25 of the 47 member States have ratified the Charter and eight 5. have signed it.

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The Assembly is concerned about the fact that several States have still not submitted their reports on the application of the Charter; some States have even failed to carry out an entire monitoring cycle, which hinders the work of the Committee of Experts or the Committee of Ministers on protecting and promoting support for regional or minority languages.

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In the light of these considerations, the Assembly calls on the member States to: 7.1. sign and/or ratify the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages, if they have not already done so, and refrain from acts which would go against the principles defined by the Charter, irrespective of their status with regard to the Charter; 7.2. take the necessary steps to ensure that the right to use regional or minority languages is recognised in all aspects of the life of the community and, wherever possible, that those languages are raised to the status of second official language in the regions where such languages are traditionally used, bearing in mind the particular conditions and historical traditions specific to each region; 1.
Assembly debate on 23 January 2018 (3rd Sitting) (see Doc.

14466, report of the Committee on Culture, Science, Education and Media, rapporteur: Ms Rozsa Hoffmann).

Text adopted by the Assembly on 23 January 2018 (3rd Sitting).

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I i i I ' r, r , i I ' '' Resolution 2196 (2018) submit the national report without further delay, in accordance with Article 15 of the Charter, and 7.3. take a constructive part in the monitoring carried out by the Committee of Experts; adapt the commitments relating to each language provided for in the Charter to the socio- 7.4. linguistic situation of the languages concerned in conformity with the spirit of the Charter; apply a structured approach to fulfilling these commitments, involving all levels of institutions, local and regional authorities, and provide a clear definition of responsibilities and 7.5. including implementing powers; 7.6. study and use States' best practices.
The Assembly invites the member States Parties to the Charter, pursuant to their commitments under 8. the Charter, to: 8.1. with regard to education: 8.1.1. rights of national minorities in Europe; comply with paragraphs10.4.2 to 10.4.5 of Resolution 1985 (2014) on the situation and 8.1.2. evaluate, where possible before children begin school, what the child's mother tongue is and ensure that both the regional or minority language and the official language are taught by using appropriate methods; 8.1.3. ensure that it is possible to study in the regional or minority language for the entire duration of schooling, from preschool, primary and secondary education through to vocational training and higher education, at least for pupils whose families so wish; ensure that those who speak a regional or minority language as their mother tongue 8.1.4. have the opportunity to learn the official language sufficiently, by incorporating good practices from the teaching of foreign and second languages into the methodological approach adopted for teaching the official language of the State; 8.1.5. in the language in question; ensure that people living in widely scattered settlements receive appropriate education 8.1.6. apply them with the necessary flexibility in light of the interests of the community; define preferential thresholds in the learning of regional or minority languages and 8.1.
7. guarantee that young people speaking regional or minority languages can sit exams in appropriate conditions, offering them the same opportunities as the majority in the public and higher education system; 8.1.8. organise systems with suitable funding for training highly committed teachers, and apply specific incentives to ensure that pupils opt for the regional or minority languages in question or for training courses provided in these languages; endeavour in a proactive manner to produce textbooks that meet the requirements of 8.1.9. the speakers of regional or minority languages, and - if that proves to be impossible - enable such people to use textbooks from other countries published in those languages, in co-operation with educational regulation bodies of the countries where regional or minority languages are used; 8.1.1 0. ensure that education reforms do not impact on teaching in regional or minority languages or on the teaching of these languages in a disproportionately disadvantageous manner and that they fully respect the level of acquired rights; 8.1.11. allow communities which speak a regional or minority language to organise teaching in that language under their own authority and in their own institutional system, in the context of a given education system, as is already the case in several countries of Europe; 8.2. vis-a-vis the administrative authorities and public service organisations, allow the use of the language, irrespective of the language threshold, in the areas where its speakers are traditionally present and where there is an interest in using the language, in line with good practices in many countries, and in this context: 8.2.1. actively promote users' real exercise of this right; ensure that citizens are informed of the possibilities of using the language and to Resolution 2196 (2018) 8.2.2. ensure that the employees of public administrations or services which communicate with users are able to provide information and services in the respective regional or minority languages; 8.2.3.
 promote and encourage the use of regional or minority languages at local and regional level; with this aim in mind, actively encourage municipal authorities to ensure the use of the language in practice in particular through an adequate employment policy, providing language training for employees and making information and services available on the internet in relevant languages; 8.2.4. ensure that place names and all topographical indications are written in their proper form, including on signs indicating entry into or exit from built-up areas and on all other road signs providing information; 8.2.5. ensure that companies and bodies offering public services also use the regional or minority language in question; ensure, even in cases where the member State has made the weakest undertaking defined in Article 10.3 of the Charter, that a sufficient number of employees speak the language in question in the institution offering the service and that the necessary information for obtaining access to the service is also provided in the language in question; if none of the above-mentioned solutions is possible, the user should be offered the assistance of an interpreter; 8.3. with regard to the media: 8.3.1. standards, as well as by means of appropriate incentives in their media policy; promote the use of regional or minority languages by adopting legal and regulatory 8.3.2. translation obligations and mandatory quotas for programmes in the official language, etc.
; refrain from prescribing restrictive legal and political measures, such as subtitling/ 8.3.3. ensure appropriate funding or grants for organisations or media which represent minorities to enhance the quality of content, so that they can draw the attention of the majority community to the identity, language, history and culture of the minority; 8.3.4. interfaces; allow and promote the presence of regional or minority language media on online 8.4. with regard to culture: 8.4.1. take into consideration the national and regional proportion of speakers and the number of communities of regional or minority languages when preparing the part of the budget allocated to culture, consult these communities when allocating budgetary means and, depending on possibilities, also provide the necessary resources for developing the cultural life of the minority(ies) in question; ensure that a reasonable proportion of places in national and regional bodies 8.4.2. responsible for the cultural content of the media are allocated to representatives of regional or minority languages; 8.4.3. take into consideration, when drafting legal norms and other regulations concerning cultural grants, all artistic works written in the minority language and not make it compulsory for such publications to be translated into the national language; 8.4.4. in areas where the speakers of regional or minority languages are traditionally present; ensure the availability of staff speaking the language in question in cultural institutions 8.4.5. culture, and consequently take them concerning the thrust and priorities of the State's foreign cultural policy.
consider speakers of regional or minority languages as a factor enriching the national in decisions into consideration and include them The Assembly calls on member States to ensure mutual comprehension between all linguistic groups in 9. each country in order to foster the broadest possible co-operation and cohabitation among communities of member States.
The Assembly invites national parliaments to consider creating a special working group with the task of 10. studying practical solutions to better protect and promote regional or minority languages.

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Resolution 2197 (2018)1 Provisional version CONSEIL DE tEUROPE The case for a basic citizenship income Parliamentary Assembly 1.
Modern Europe has built impressive prosperity through development centred on human needs and rights.

Its social model is now under strain following changes in economic structures, the nature of work and demographic profiles, with poverty and increasing inequalities undermining human dignity ever more.

European States must shoulder their reform responsibilities so that present and future generations can continue to enjoy decent living conditions and adequate social protection.
It is in this context that the case for a basic, or so-called citizenship, income has been put forward in the public debate.

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The Parliamentary Assembly considers that a decent standard of living for all is a cornerstone of social justice and human dignity.
Whereas most European countries have put in place income support mechanisms to guarantee a strict minimum for the needy, nearly all of them have been asked to improve their systems in response to criticism from the European Committee of Social Rights.
The latter has repeatedly highlighted faults in the de facto commitment of States Parties to the European Social Charter to ensure a decent standard of living for all sections of their population, including the more vulnerable groups (such as children, young people and the elderly, the unemployed and the working poor, and disabled people and sick people).
Basic, or citizenship, income is a form of social security that can provide each citizen with a regular sum 3. of money to live on: it is "paid by a political community to all its members on an individual basis, without means test or work requirements" [Van Parijs].
Defined as universal, individual, unconditional and sufficient to ensure living in dignity and participation in society, a basic income would relieve absolute poverty whilst removing disincentives to work (as it is not withdrawn when the person earns other revenue).

Moreover, it would supplement earnings for those engaged in non-standard forms of work and job-sharing, those who are underemployed or those in unpaid work (such as caring for children or elderly and sick people in one's family).

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The Assembly believes that introducing a basic income could guarantee equal opportunity for all more effectively than the existing patchwork of social benefits, services and programmes.

However, the Assembly is fully aware of the practical difficulties of such a radical change in social policy.

An in-depth debate is necessary in each country to determine the modalities for such a permanently guaranteed income and the ways of funding it as part of a new social contract between citizens and the State.
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As a matter of priority, the Assembly urges Council of Europe member States to improve the adequacy of their existing minimum income schemes and to ensure in particular that national reference baskets of goods and services cover individuals' full participation in society.

Where appropriate, countries could also consider adopting the "at-risk-of poverty or social exclusion" indicator (AROPE) used by the European Union institutions.

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Assembly debate on 23 January 2018 (4th Sitting) (see Doc.
14462, report of the Committee on Social Affairs, Health and Sustainable Development, rapporteur: Ms Nunzia Catalfo), Text adopted by the Assembly on 23 January 2018 (4th Sitting).
I' ' I, t ' ' ' '' Resolution 2197 (2018) Considering that a possible introduction of a basic income requires intermediary steps to make it the Assembly in national social protection and taxation systems, 6. affordable through bold revisions recommends that the member States: study the past and present initiatives of field-testing different formulas of basic income at local, 6.1. regional or national level; 6.2. enhance support to the vulnerable categories of the population by: 6.2.1. review of tax levels, breaks and credits so as to identify positive transfers; proceeding with the consolidation of existing income support schemes and a critical 6.2.2. and overlaps; streamlining the existing social support systems in order to remove inefficiencies, gaps 6.2.3. wealthy individuals and reallocating funds thus recuperated to social policy priorities; expanding efforts to curb tax evasion and avoidance by multinational enterprises and 6.3. where appropriate, re-examine their income support schemes in the light of the conclusions of the European Committee of Social Rights; involve all social partners in the process of setting a national benchmark on a minimum 6.4. subsistence level that enables every citizen to have an income above the poverty line; carry out an impact assessment of national minimum income schemes and consider further 6.5. steps to improve them; 6.6. enhance the coverage and take-up of existing minimum income schemes by: 6.6.1. access to minimum income support; ensuring that young people over the age of 18 who seek to live on their own have 6.6.2. granting income support on a national and local scale; reducing administrative hurdles and eliminating discrimination and arbitrariness in 6.6.3. regularly reviewing national minimum income schemes with a view to making them more simple, cost-effective, transparent, efficiently managed and better co-ordinated with employment services and integration agencies; 6.6.4. functions; separating social work and the granting of income support from control and oversight 6.6.5. income support; increasing flexibility and eliminating punitive conditionality in examining requests for 6.6.6. improving information systems on entitlements and expanding field work for active outreach towards potential recipients of income support among the most fragile categories of the population; pursue social dialogue and explanatory work with the population on the risks and opportunities 6.
7. inherent in the adoption of basic income; strengthen income support schemes and other measures of active social inclusion, notably pro- 6.8. employment policies and quality public services; stimulate a national public debate on a basic citizenship income in order to prepare the ground 6.9. for and launch national experiments on a basic income.

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:EUROPE Resolution 2198 (2018)1 Provisional version Humanitarian consequences of the war in Ukraine Parliamentary Assembly 1.

The Parliamentary Assembly is alarmed by the humanitarian situation which is a consequence of the ongoing Russian war against Ukraine, which is taking place in certain areas of the Donetsk and Luhansk regions, and of the occupation and attempted annexation of Crimea by the Russian Federation.

More than 4 million people are in need of humanitarian assistance.
The armed conflict has taken the lives of more than 10 ODD people.

The number of people injured during the war has reached more than "24 ODD.

In addition, more than 1.6 million people are internally displaced and almost half a million people are seeking asylum in other countries, most of them in the Russian Federation.

The Assembly calls on all member States to step up their political co-operation in order to put an end to this conflict and the suffering of the civil population.

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The Assembly is particularly concerned about the alarming humanitarian situation in the occupied territories in the Donetsk and Luhansk regions which has been aggravated by the restrictions imposed by the illegal armed groups on the freedom of movement and humanitarian access.

The affected population suffers from lack of security, problems with water and energy supplies and access to social benefits and medical care.
The Assembly takes note of the new Law of Ukraine "On the peculiarities of the State policy to ensure 3. the State sovereignty of Ukraine over the temporarily occupied territories in Donetsk and Luhansk" adopted by the Ukrainian Parliament on 18 January 2018.
This law defines the State policy of restoring Ukraine's sovereignty over the temporarily occupied territories, facilitates the protection of the rights and freedoms of the citizens of Ukraine who live in these territories in the Donetsk and Luhansk regions, including the satisfaction of their social, economic and cultural needs, and safeguards the rights of Ukrainian citizens over their properties in the temporarily occupied territories.

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The Assembly regrets that no significant progress has been achieved since the adoption of its Resolution 2067 (2015) on the exchange and liberation of captured persons during the war in Ukraine.

The process of exchange of captured persons has been highly politicised and blocked by the representatives of the illegal armed groups of the Donetsk and Luhansk regions in the working group on humanitarian issues of the Minsk Trilateral Contact Group on Ukraine.
There is no mechanism ensuring support to people who have been released from captivity, or to the families of captured persons.

The Assembly welcomes the efforts of the Ukrainian authorities to solve the issue of captured persons by the unilateral release of some of these people.
At the same time, the Assembly welcomes the long-awaited exchange of captured persons between Kyiv and Russia-led forces in December 2017 and encourages all sides to continue the negotiation process with a view to enabling all captives to return to their homes in a short while.

The Assembly expresses its regret that the Russian Federation continues to ignore Resolution 2133 5.

(2016) and has not implemented any of the requests to the Russian authorities made therein.
The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) estimates that around 1 500 people have gone 6. missing since the beginning of the war and over 650 cases remain unsolved.

The Assembly welcomes the submission of the draft law on the status of missing persons to the Ukrainian Parliament and hopes for its swift 1.

Assembly debate on 23 January 2018 (4th Sitting) (see Doc.

14463, report of the Committee on Migration, Refugees and Displaced Persons, rapporteur: Mr Egidijus Vareikis).
Text adopted by the Assembly on 23 January 2018 (4th Sitting).

See also Recommendation 2119 (2018).

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It also expresses its appreciation to the ICRC for its assistance to the families of missing persons, as well as the important work done as regards tracing, exhumation, identification of remains and collection of forensic information.

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The Assembly strongly condemns the Russian policy of shifting the demographic composition of the population of illegally annexed Crimea by forcing the pro-Ukrainian population and, in particular, the Crimean Tatars to leave their homeland, while at the same time increasing migration of the Russian population to the peninsula, and calls on the Russian Federation to put an end to this repression.
The Assembly stresses that this Russian policy should be viewed as a violation of Article 49 of Geneva Convention IV, according to which individual or mass forcible transfers, as well as deportations of protected persons from occupied territory to the territory of the Occupying Power or to that of any other country, occupied or not, are prohibited, regardless of their motivation.
Since the occupation in 2014, 44 Ukrainians have disappeared in Crimea: 6 of them were found dead, 17 were released from detention, 2 people have been convicted and 19 are still considered missing.

The problem of private property in Crimea has become a very acute issue, in particular for people who bought their houses or apartments before the Russian occupation.

Around 600 people in Sevastopol received court decisions cancelling their purchase contracts.
This practice is a flagrant violation of international humanitarian law.

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The Assembly considers that the situation of people who have been displaced as a consequence of the war and of the annexation of Crimea by the Russian Federation remains a crucial challenge for the Ukrainian Government.
It also believes that the adoption of a comprehensive strategy for internally displaced persons (lOPs), ensuring their political and social rights as well as their integration, should be one of the government's priority tasks.

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The Assembly therefore calls on all sides of the war to: respect the civilian nature of infrastructure and ensure the protection of civilians and their full 9.1. access to essential services; release and exchange all prisoners of war and people captured during the war, and exchange all 9.2. mortal remains; provide the families of missing persons with the necessary assistance in finding and, where 9.3. appropriate, identifying the remains of their loved ones, in close co-operation with the ICRC; 9.4. establish a joint working group to deal with the issue of missing persons, and ensure its effective functioning, including representatives of Ukraine, the Russian Federation, the ICRC and the illegal armed forces of the Donetsk and Luhansk regions; take urgent measures to mark all areas contaminated with explosive remnants of war and 9.5. organise special operations for their removal; 9.6. open new crossing points, in particular a checkpoint at Zolote in the Luhansk region.
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The Assembly urges the Russian authorities to: 1 0.1. cease all financial and military support to the illegal armed groups in the Donetsk and Luhansk regions; 1 0.2. cease recognition of the passports and any other documents, including court decisions and documents confirming property rights, issued on the territories controlled by the illegal armed groups of the Donetsk and Luhansk regions; 1 0.3. uphold all its obligations under applicable international law as an occupying Power and to ensure respect for the human rights and the security of all people living in occupied Crimea; lift the ban on the Mejlis of the Crimean Tatar People, as ordered by the International Court of 10.4.
Justice on Provisional Measures in the Ukraine v. Russia case (19 April 2017), as well as the entry bans on its leaders, as the Mejlis is the legitimate self-representative organ of the Crimean Tatar community; release all Ukrainian prisoners captured and imprisoned in the Russian Federation and in 1 0.5. annexed Crimea in the context of the war, while respecting their rights and freedoms, and, until they are released, allow the monitoring of their state of health and conditions of detention by independent international monitors and international organisations; 1 0.6. ensure unhindered access to annexed Crimea to international organisations, international mnnitnrinn hnrliPc: ::lnrl h1 1m :::ron rinht~ nnn-nn\JPrnmPnt:::r.l nrn:::mic::::~tinnc:· Resolution 2198 (2018) 10.
7. use its inftuence over the armed groups controlling the territories of the Donetsk and Luhansk oblasts to urge the release of all captured persons; 1 0.8. cease the policy of shifting the demographic composition of the population of annexed Crimea by moving its own population from Russian territory to the peninsula; 10.9. abandon the forcible issue of Russian passports to the Ukrainian citizens living in annexed Crimea and stop the forcible deportation of Ukrainian citizens without Russian passports from annexed Crimea; 10.10. execute in full all the demands contained in Assembly Resolutions 2132 (2016) and 2133 (2016) to stop military aggression against Ukraine and restore its territorial integrity; 10.11. execute in full all the demands contained in Assembly Resolutions 1990 (2014), 2034 (2016) and 2063 (2015) to ensure the rights of minorities in Crimea.
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The Assembly urges the Ukrainian authorities to: 11.1. bring the Criminal Code and Code on Criminal Procedure of Ukraine into line with the provisions of international humanitarian law and international criminal law; 11.2. ratify the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court as soon as possible, which will allow effective investigations into concrete cases of violations of international humanitarian law during the war in Ukraine to be carried out; release all Russian prisoners and persons captured by the illegal armed groups of the Donetsk 11.3. and Luhansk regions and imprisoned in Ukraine in the context of the war, while respecting their rights and freedoms, and, until they are released, allow the monitoring of their state of health and conditions of detention by independent international monitors; revise the Law "On the peculiarities of the State policy to ensure the State sovereignty of 11.4.
Ukraine over the temporarily occupied territories in Donetsk and Luhansk regions", to be based on the Minsk agreements and to fully guarantee the social protection and the basic humanitarian needs of the civilian population in the temporarily occupied territories of the Donetsk and Luhansk regions; 11.5. adopt legislation on humanitarian de-mining actions; revise the Law on humanitarian assistance to facilitate the delivery of humanitarian assistance to 11.6. the war-affected territories; 11.7. accord the necessary financial resources to local administrations responsible for assistance to IDPs and other victims of the war; 11.8. adopt a governmental programme of assistance to the families of missing and captured persons during the war in Ukraine, as well as the families of people captured and imprisoned by the Russian authorities in annexed Crimea and on the territory of the Russian Federation in the context of the war; 11.9. develop, adopt and finance the State programme on psychological assistance to military and civilian people who suffer from post-traumatic stress disorder; 11.1 0. develop a national mechanism of compensation for civilian victims who were injured or whose families were killed during the war; 11.11. provide mechanisms for ensuring the voting rights of IDPs in all elections, including at local level; 11.12. make available information to Ukrainian citizens on legalisation and international protection procedures for migrants and asylum seekers in Europe; 11.13. ensure the right to adequate housing and resolve housing matters as an integral part of the sustainable solutions for IDPs, including the adoption of a legal framework for the introduction and implementation of different types of housing programmes; 11.14. simplify the procedure for receiving social and pension payments by disconnecting them from the IDP registration process, in particular by amending Cabinet of Ministers Resolutions Nos.
365, 505 and 637, as well as any other relevant normative acts; 11.15. introduce administrative procedures for Ukrainian citizens living in the temporarily occupied territories for the regularisation of their civil documentation; I I I ' " . '

i l. t ' Resolution 2198 (2018) 11.16. develop a mechanism to ensure the rights of people who left Ukraine after the outbreak of the war in 2014 and, in particular, ensure that they are not at risk of statelessness.

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The Assembly asks the Council of Europe Development Bank to create affordable loan programmes to be used to support housing projects for vulnerable persons in Ukraine, including IDPs in need of permanent housing, reconstruction projects and health and education facilities in the most devastated areas.
The Assembly encourages the Ukrainian Government to consider the possibility of joining the Council 13. of Europe Development Bank, and before that to co-operate with other member States of the Bank in developing assistance projects to support the housing needs of IDPs in Ukraine.
The Assembly calls on the Council of Europe member States to ensure the fair and non-discriminatory 14. consideration of applications for international protection of Ukrainian nationals in Europe, taking into account all individual circumstances, in particular the specific needs of vulnerable people escaping war or repression.
The Assembly calls on the international community to convene an international humanitarian 15. conference on Ukraine to raise funding for the humanitarian relief plan and devise strategies for the co ordination of humanitarian assistance. '

' l.U/-- Parliamentary Assembly ~~ Assemblee parlementaire iibb~ ~~ dT~t.~rn-rn.m·~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ CONSEIL DE tEUROPE Resolution 2199 (2018)1 Provisional version Working towards a framework for modern sports governance Parliamentary Assembly 1.
The Parliamentary Assembly deplores the fact that the recent scandals around doping, match-fixing, cases of corruption, including bribery, vote-buying for major events bidding, financial malpractice, money laundering, tax evasion, illegal betting, human exploitation or trafficking of young athletes have tarnished the image of international sport and brought into the spotlight the lack of transparency and accountability in major sports governing bodies.

The crisis in confidence seems far from over.


The failures are systemic and call for a major overhaul of sports governance structures and practices.

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The Assembly underlines the importance for sports to enjoy autonomy; yet autonomy triggers responsibility and should be allowed to flourish only where there is good governance in practice.

The Assembly believes that the sports movement cannot be left to resolve its failures alone.
It needs to accept to take on board new stakeholders to embrace the necessary reforms.

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The Assembly acknowledges the reform path already embarked upon by several major international sports federations, including the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF), the International Federation of Football Associations (FIFA), the Union of European Football Associations (UEFA) or the International Cycling Union (UCI); however, more needs to be done.
The International Olympic Committee (IOC) needs to demonstrate bolder leadership and make headway in speeding up reforms.

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Restoring public trust begins with ending impunity and bringing to justice those responsible for crimes.

Above all, the sports movement itself needs to demonstrate that it is able and willing take proactive measures in rooting out the culture of corruption and lawlessness within its ranks and to bring to justice those who commit crimes.

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The Assembly maintains that it is also the responsibility of governments to create a robust legislative framework that would enable the prosecution of sports leadership for acts of bribery, embezzlement of funds or other forms of corruption; foster effective investigation, prosecution and mutual legal assistance with police and judicial co-operation; and impose conditionality of awarding public funds for sports events to comply with good governance standards.
The Assembly commends the Government of Switzerland - home to over for having introduced complex legislation that allows prosecution for 60 international sports federations - private corruption in sport and classifies leaders of sports organisations as "politically exposed persons", thus allowing investigators to examine their financial holdings and transactions.

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While there is no one-size-fits-all solution for sports governance, common basic criteria of good governance should apply to all -from the smallest clubs to international umbrella organisations.

These basic criteria significantly overlap with the governance principles applied in the corporate, public and non-profit sectors.
Given the specificities of sport, the regulatory framework must nevertheless be complemented by sports-specific rules and regulations that protect athletes, guarantee the integrity of sports events and social and environmental responsibility, and introduce strict control mechanisms on the allocation and use of development funds.

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Assembly debate on 24 January 2018 (5th Sitting) (see Doc.

14464 and addendum, report of the Committee on Culture, Science, Education and Media, rapporteur: Mr Mogens Jensen).
Text adopted by the Assembly on 24 January 2018 (5th Sitting).

See also Recommendation 2120 (2018).

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The Assembly commends the initiatives taken by national and international sports governing bodies to introduce codes and standards of good governance.

However, apart from a few mandatory national codes, only the JOG BasTe Universal PrTncTples are binding on the Olympic movement and may give rise to sanctions.
Moreover, these principles, introduced a decade ago, need to be brought into line with modern governance standards.
In order to allow proper monitoring and compliance assessment of good governance standards across 8. the sports sector, the Assembly strongly calls for the development and implementation of a solid set of harmonised good governance criteria, which should be drawn up through the system of a globally recognised and indisputable standardisation body such as the International Organization for Standardization (ISO), by creating an ISO certification standard on governance of sports organisations.
Member States should be encouraged to request that their national sports organisations be certified to the currently applicable ISO 37001 (anti-bribery) and ISO 20121 (event sustainability) standards.

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At the European level, the Assembly sees the necessity to build on the same set of harmonised good governance criteria a Council of Europe convention on good governance in sport.
This new convention could complement the existing conventional basis covering doping, match-fixing and spectator violence, bind its member States by the observance of the same harmonised standards and enable a monitoring of their implementation.

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The Assembly strongly believes that the global harmonisation of standards goes hand in hand with the introduction of a proper monitoring and compliance assessment system of the implementation of these standards.
To this end, it welcomes the exercise of self-evaluation recently carried out by the Association of Summer Olympic International Federations (ASOI F) of its 28 international federations as a first step in the right direction.

However, it remains convinced that self-evaluation, like any "ticking-the-boxes" exercise based on filling out a questionnaire, is far from being a sufficient basis for achieving long-term goals of good governance in sport.
The Assembly also underscores that, whereas the adoption of harmonised standards and the 11. monitoring and assessment of their implementation are fundamental elements of ensuring good governance, they cannot on their own instigate the change needed for successful governance reform in sport, or help sports organisations to overcome some of the major issues they are currently facing, including damage to their reputation, mistrust from key stakeholders, etc.

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The Assembly therefore urges the sports world to set up an independent sports ethics rating system, which should be created and operated by third-party professional agencies with an impeccable international reputation, similar to existing environmental, social and governance rating agencies.

In the same way as in the corporate world, introducing rating would enable sports organisations to prove and make visible their efforts towards enhanced governance and management strategies.
The sports ethics rating would be the first tool to enable systematic assessment of organisational culture change.

The Assembly believes that the lead in setting up such a rating system should be taken by an inclusive 13. international multi-stakeholder platform or alliance, which could be responsible for monitoring, assisting and consulting.
In this context, the Assembly welcomes the recent launch of the International Partnership against Corruption in Sport (IPACS) and the Sports Integrity Global Alliance (SIGA).

However, it further recalls that monitoring should be kept strictly apart from compliance control, which, for the sake of guaranteeing full independence, must be carried out by an external professional and fit-for-purpose agency.

Advisors must not act as judges.

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The Assembly welcomes the adoption of an ever-growing number of codes of ethics and the setting up of an increasing number of ethics and disciplinary committees within international sports governing bodies.

It recalls that independence is the key component of any such body, and urges sports organisations where such committees have been created, to grant these bodies full structural, budgetary and operational independence.
Members of these committees must be free from any undisclosed, actual or potential conflict of interest.

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The diversity of stakeholders in sport is particularly large.

In order to bring about change in governance culture, all these different groups need to take a public stand on integrity issues.

This applies in particular to sponsors of athletes, teams or sporting events, who must be encouraged to introduce good governance clauses in their sponsorship contracts.

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Sports governance needs to become inclusive of different societal groups, in particular with regard to empowering young people and women to be involved in the decision-making process and to take leadership positions in sports governing bodies.
Resolution 2199 (2018) In light of the above, the Assembly calls on Council of Europe member and observer States and States 17. whose parliaments enjoy observer status with the Parliamentary Assembly, to: foster good governance of sports organisations acting on their territory and adopt binding 17.1. national codes, based on the recommendations presented in the Appendix to this resolution; 17.2. encourage the leaders of national sports movements to actively promote good governance while acting within the framework of international sports organisations; 17.3. make the award of public grants to sports organisations and for sports events conditional on compliance with good governance standards; implement the final resolutions of the 14th Council of Europe Conference of Ministers 17.4. responsible for Sport (Budapest, 28-30 November 2016), in particular as regards adopting and effectively enforcing clear criminal provisions on the crackdown of private corruption applicable to sport, protection of whistle-blowers and provisions on the fight against money laundering and corruption in the field of sport, for example by encouraging financial institutions to consider some leaders of sports organisations as "politically exposed persons"; 17.5. support the work of the Council of Europe Enlarged Partial Agreement on Sport (EPAS) and in particular the preparation of the draft recommendation of the Committee of Ministers to member States on the promotion of good governance in sport and the collection and publication of good practices in sports governance.
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The Assembly calls on the International Olympic Committee to step up modern governance reforms and uphold changing governance culture by: revising its Basic Universal Principles of Good Governance within the mandate of its Agenda 18.1.
2020, by bringing them into line with the ASOIF Key Governance Principles and Basic Indicators and the recommendations presented in the Appendix to this resolution; 18.2. supporting and actively participating in the elaboration of an ISO certification standard on governance of sports organisations; 18.3. developing a comprehensive good governance implementation and compliance strategy, including external professional compliance assessment; assistance to terms of counselling, training, financial aid and capacity building; and a fair rewards and sanctions system; federations in further strengthening its Code of Ethics and removing any ambiguities of conflict of interest 18.4. within the structures of its Ethics Commission, which should have the power to investigate ex officio cases of ethical misconduct and to apply appropriate sanctions, and have sufficient and secured financial resources and an independent secretariat; 18.5. consolidating the rules and building firewalls into the procedures that have recently proved to have serious lacunae, for example bidding rules for major sporting events, ticketing rules, etc.
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The Assembly urges the ASOIF leadership to publish detailed data on the assessment of all its indicators and the results of the second round so as to compare them with an independent external assessment carried out by the Sports Governance Observer or other non-governmental bodies.

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The Assembly further calls on international multi-stakeholder platforms to: 20.1. include in their work as varied a range of stakeholders as possible in order to foster fresh thinking, innovative ideas and modern approaches in facing new challenges; besides individually offering new complementary dynamics and solutions to the issues of sports governance and integrity, to draw upon their strengths and synergies and co-operate actively with one another; 20.2. undertake a broad-based discussion on harmonising good governance standards and elaborating an ISO certification standard on governance of sports organisations; 20.3. offer monitoring, consultancy and coaching to sports organisations of various sizes in order to help them through institutional reforms; 20.4. as a prerequisite for securing independent oversight over governance of sport and getting truthful, objective and credible results of the evaluation, to establish an independent compliance assessment of the implementation of the accepted common standards, in particular through developing a sports ethics rating system that would be implemented by (a) professional fit-for-purpose agency(ies).
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The Assembly invites stakeholders, including sports governing bodies, governments, non-governmental bodies, sports industry, sponsors, etc., to jointly set up a global sports governance foundation with its own multT-stakeholder board of advisors, a proper board of directors and independent funding.
This foundation could, inter alia, focus on the creation and evolution of the rating model and offer grants to sports organisations that are willing to voluntarily solicit their rating and to governments or sports governing bodies who wish to commission unsolicited rating of any sport organisation.

The Assembly also encourages the European Sponsorship Association to promote making financial 22. support conditional on the assessed practice of good governance principles.

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The Assembly is willing to strengthen its co-operation with intergovernmental partner organisations such as the European Union, the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) and the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) and encourages them to shoulder - within their remits - international initiatives fostering good governance and integrity in sport.
In particular, it invites the European Commission to support, through its Erasmus+ programme, the promotion of global sports governance standards, notably as regards the harmonisation of core governance criteria and the setting up of a modern sports ethics rating system.

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Finally, the Assembly regrets that there is little co-ordinated parliamentary action or international parliamentary partnership that would allow parliamentarians to have a credible stakeholder voice in the current debate on sports governance and integrity outside the scope of individual reports.
To this end, the Assembly invites its Committee on Culture, Science, Education and Media to consider setting up a parliamentary alliance for good governance and integrity in sport with the aim of bringing together national parliaments and international parliamentary bodies around a meaningful discussion on sports governance and integrity issues.
This alliance could have as a first task to contribute to the preparations of the 15th Council of Europe Conference of Ministers responsible for Sport in October 2018 in Tbilisi and to hold a parliamentary conference on the margins of this event.

Appendix 1.
Sports organisations at local, national and international level are called upon to: 1.1. concerning transparency: make public their vision/mission/values and a strategy plan that specifies how to achieve them; Resolution 2199 (2018) make public their statute, rules and regulations on their website; make public the list of members and the basic information of their officials; make public the agenda and minutes of the their General Assembly meetings; make public reports/decisions taken by executive bodies and commissions; make public an annual general activity report on their websites; make public an annual financial report, externally audited according to recognised international standards, including compensation, benefits and/or salary of its president, board members, executive staff and senior officials (where applicable); 1.2. concerning democracy: hold regular, transparent, free and fair elections of the governing bodies.
These have to be based on a detailed electoral regulation, including secret ballots, term limits, eligibility check carried out by a specific independent committee, opportunities for the candidates to present their programme/manifesto, guarantees for gender equality on the board and with regard to the leading officials; ensure that the distribution of representative positions in governing bodies reflects gender balance and encourages, to the extent possible, diversity and fair geographical representation; put in place a clear governance structure, taking into account the principle of separation of powers; establish procedural guarantees for a democratic decision-making process: meeting of their General Assembly at least once a year; meeting of the governing bodies on a regular basis; written reports on the basis of the bodies' decisions, with sound regulations for open or secret ballots be used depending on the need either to ensure higher transparency or to safeguards anonymity of choices; set up guarantees for an efficient decision-making process: clear and auditable separation of functions between executive, administrative and commercial activities; appointment of the management (e.g.
directors and top officials) on the basis of objective criteria (integrity, relevant knowledge, skills and experience) and an impeccable professional history; internal management communication and coordination; develop external cooperation with governments, Olympic movement, international and non governmental agencies on integrity issues; 1.3. concerning integrity: set up independent audit and compliance committees, responsible for: ensuring the adequacy of the organisation's financial reporting and the integrity of the Organisation's financial statement; assisting the board for the compensation of company executives in the absence of a remuneration committee; checking the organisation's nominations and appointments and carrying out the eligibility check for the elective offices in the absence of a nomination committee; elaborating risk management strategy and processes; conduct an ethical and disciplinary control based on: ethics/integrity code, inspired by the IOC Code of Ethics; clear rules on conflicts of interests; disciplinary rules to combat match-fixing and doping; independent bodies (Ethics and Disciplinary Committees) and a mechanism to manage comments and allegations by whistle-blowers; ensure internal appeal mechanisms and external channel of complaint and dispute resolutions; 1.4. concerning development and responsibility: adopt a financial redistribution policy and programmes for their main stakeholders; I I ' I' . '
l ' " Resolution 2199 (2018) set up an environmental and social responsibility strategy or programme(s), including social and sporting legacy requirements for those (countries, cities, communities) hosting all their events and a close cooperation with governmental and non-governmental agencies on social responsibility issues; elaborate an athletes' policy comprising: a clear anti-discrimination policy; education programmes and assistance during and after career; specific actions to promote health and safety, in accordance with the relevant regulations on the protection of the athletes, spectators, workers, children, youth and other vulnerable groups; Sport has other specific sides that need to be taken into consideration when developing proactive 2. policies and regulatory frameworks.
These concern ensuring: level playing field and protection of athletes, including against doping, match-fixing, illegal betting, abuse or trafficking; minimum requirements for athletes' contracts; youth development in sport; the integrity of sports events, including bidding processes and selection of event hosts, ticket pricing and distribution, selection of sponsors, granting media broadcasting rights, building event infrastructure for major events, respect of the bidder and its commercial partners to human rights and labour standards.
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Following in the steps of the new 2016 IOC Code of Ethics, the core criteria of good governance in sport should explicitly refer to the respect for international conventions on protecting human rights, notably but not exclusively as regards the respect of human dignity, rejection of discrimination of any kind on whatever grounds and rejection of all forms of harassment, be it physical, professional or sexual, and any physical or mental injuries.

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When elaborating the core criteria of good governance in sport, convergence should also be sought with the United Nations Convention against Corruption, the Council of Europe conventions on corruption [the Criminal Law Convention on Corruption (ETS No.

173), the Civil Law Convention on Corruption (ETS No.

174), the Additional Protocol to the Criminal Law Convention on Corruption (ETS No.

191) as well as with the G20/0ECD Principles of Corporate Governance.
l.LL;?-- Parliamentary Assembly ttfL~ Assemblee parlementaire :->">~ ~~ 4P~t.m.~mm,~rnrn~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Resolution 2200 (2018)1 Provisional version Good football governance Parliamentary Assembly 1.

Too little money harms football, too much is killing it We need to prevent football from self-destructing.

There is far more to football than scoring goals and winning matches and titles.
The Parliamentary Assembly believes that sports governance, and especially the governance of football, must be based on the values of democracy, human rights and the rule of law, as well as the values of living together, such as tolerance, respect, fair play and solidarity.
In order for football - and sport in general - to be a vehicle for the transmission of these values and contribute to their protection and dissemination, everyone involved, namely senior officials, players, agents, sponsors and business partners amongst others, as well as the representatives of public authorities, must be above suspicion and their conduct must be beyond reproach.
However, the reality is completely different Doping, illegal betting and the manipulation of sports 2. results, violence and racist speech, sexual harassment and gender discrimination, questionable connections between sport and the top levels of politics, corruption, financial malpractices, cases of tax evasion and other scandals continue to make front-page headlines.

Often considerations of a geopolitical order influence decision-making.
Football cannot be a lawless zone; action must be taken to deal with and eradicate these scourges.

This requires greater effort and determination by all partners.

It is necessary to ensure genuine independence of the bodies responsible for detecting and punishing breaches of sports ethics, because this independence is indispensable to the good governance of sport.

Football does not belong to one person; it belongs to everybody.
The public authorities have to face up 3. to their responsibilities to put an end to the financial excess to which football strays.

It is necessary to end the tendency to conceal, ignore, play down and trivialise overindulgences.

The excesses we are witnessing are not only socially unacceptable, but they are also creating imbalances so pronounced that they are undermining the very foundations of footbalL All the parties concerned must co-operate in order to achieve a change of culture.
The Assembly is determined to work with all stakeholders in order to advocate this change of culture and to prevent football from self-destruction.

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Confronted with the power of sports organisations and the colossal economic issues at stake, the public authorities are wavering.
On one hand, they are reluctant to take action on the pretext of the autonomy of sport, although this principle cannot justify sport being a lawless zone; on the other hand, they are forgetting that principle when their representatives sit on sports governing bodies.

Moreover, they are prepared to make exceptions to the law and agree to conditions imposed by organisers in order to be able to host major sports events.
It is therefore crucial to examine the interactions and connections between politics, business and sport.

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The Assembly notes that progress has been made with regard, amongst others things, to the systems of governance of the International Federation of Football Associations (FIFA) and the Union of European Football Associations (UEFA), their commitment in combating discrimination and in promoting mutual tolerance and respect, their gender-equality policies and their social responsibility programmes.
However, the Assembly also notes that a number of problems remain.

It is necessary to ensure that the reforms are properly implemented and supplemented, including by seeking to bring about a radical change in the culture 1.

Assembly debate on 24 January 2018 (5th Sitting) (see Doc.

14452, report of the Committee on Culture, Science, Education and Media, rapporteur: Ms Anne Brasseur).

Text adopted by the Assembly on 24 January 2018 (5th Sitting).
I I I ' ' ' f I I ' I Resolution 2200 (2018) of governance at all levels so that it is firmly based on respect for human rights and the rule of law, internal democracy and participation, transparency and responsibility, the unreserved upholding of the highest ethical values, solidarity and concern for the common good.

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The Assembly welcomes the progress made by FIFA and UEFA in incorporating human rights into their system of governance, including criteria concerning the protection of human rights in the processes of choosing host countries for major sports events and in the tendering procedures for the selection of commercial partners.

The Assembly is satisfied with the action taken in response to its Resolution 2053 (2015) on the reform of football governance.

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Responsibility for the effective protection of human rights lies primarily with the public authorities; however, all sports organisations have a role to play in this regard and must exert a positive influence on the attitude of countries that host sports events.

The Assembly welcomes the specific initiatives taken by FIFA to monitor and improve the working conditions at the construction sites of the World Cup in Russia in 2018 and Qatar in 2022.
However, the situation of immigrant workers in Qatar remains a concern, even though some progress has been noted at the 2022 World Cup construction sites.

Problems concerning the rights of workers also exist in Russia.

The Assembly is confident that FIFA will continue its endeavours to consolidate these improvements in these two countries and ensure that they benefit all workers and not only those employed at the football sites.

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The Assembly believes that all partners should work together to promote human rights in and by sport and accordingly advocates closer co-operation between sports organisations and international organisations operating in the field of human rights, at both global and regional level.
It welcomes the creation of a Human Rights Advisory Board within FIFA and hopes that co-operation can take place with the Council of Europe and the Assembly itself on the protection of minors, combating racism and discrimination and the promotion of gender equality.
The Assembly also welcomes the negotiations underway on the conclusion of a memorandum of understanding between UEFA and the Council of Europe and is prepared to work together on the measures to be implemented to strengthen the protection of human rights and promote good governance and sports ethics in Europe.

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In order to make progress in these areas, the Assembly counts on the co-operation not only of FIFA and UEFA but also of other key partners, such as the Association of European Professional Football Leagues (EPFL), the European Club Association (EGA) and the International Federation of Professional Football Players (FIFPro).

The Assembly thanks these five organisations for their contributions to its work.

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With regard to the requirement to ensure that the decision-making bodies within sports organisations are independent of the political authorities, and also that the internal supervisory bodies are genuinely independent of the decision-making bodies, the Assembly recommends that FIFA, UEFA, the International Olympic Committee (IOC) and the international sports organisations: include in their statutes a rule prohibiting any individual who is a member of a government or 1 0.1. holds a government office to sit on their decision-making bodies; 1 0.2. review their regulations on the supervisory bodies which ensure compliance with standards of ethics and good governance, in order to safeguard the independence in practice - in both procedural and substantive terms - of the members of these bodies, especially their chairpersons.
In this connection, there should be open, transparent and objective procedures for selecting candidates for these offices, and the role of management boards in appointment and removal procedures should be limited; in addition to providing for a limitation on terms of office, the principle of partial renewal should apply so as to have at least one third of members in office at each renewal, to ensure the continuity of the work of these bodies; take swift action to punish those responsible for malpractices and exerting undue influence, and 1 0.3. ensure that effective mechanisms are introduced to combat corruption.
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With regard to the protection of human rights, and in particular the protection of minors and the promotion of gender equality and the human development of all football players, the Assembly recommends: 11.1. that FIFA: 11.1.1. encourage the Qatari authorities to ensure that the worker welfare standards applicable to workers employed at the 2022 World Cup construction sites apply to all workers; 11.1.2. design support programmes - particularly the Forward Programme - in such a way as to promote the human development of players, by linking the allocation of funds distributed under these programmes to the obligation to give young footballers an education and vocational training; 11.2. that FIFA and UEFA, each within its sphere of responsibility: Resolution 2200 (2018) 11.2.1. that apply to host major football competitions and by their national associations; introduce effective checks on compliance with the obligations entered into by countries 11.2.2. insist with the governments of the host countries on the necessity of protecting the fundamental civil and political rights, and in particular the freedom of expression - including the freedom of the med'1a - and the freedom of peaceful meetings, and not only in connection with their competitions but beyond; 11.2.3. ensure that all cases of serious breaches of human rights, including the rights of workers, by private companies involved in the organisation of their competitions, beginning with those who build stadiums and infrastructures, are made public and that effective penalties are applied when the measures of follow-up recommended by supervisory bodies are not implemented; the governments of the host countries must accept this responsibility; 11.2.4. ensure compliance with the transfer rules in order to prevent "trading in children" and consider, in collaboration with the Council of Europe's Group of Experts on Action against Trafficking in Human Beings (GRETA), the mechanisms and measures required to put a stop to the chain of "forced transfers" of underage players, which falls within the definition of human trafficking; launch a process of reflection on the protection of minors and the promotion of their 11.2.5. education, as well as the promotion of gender equality in and by football, by taking account of the specific proposals in the report on "Good football governance" and of Recommendation CM/Rec(2012)10 of the Committee of Ministers to member States on the protection of child and young athletes from dangers associated with migration; 11.2.6. promote the adoption by their member associations of rules enshrined in their statutes in order to ensure that the composition of their executive boards and standing committees includes a number of women at least proportional to the number of female members registered, with a minimum number of places reserved for women in all cases; 11.2.
7. educational projects launched by national associations; increase the funds allocated to education programmes and the financial support for 11.2.8. strengthen their financial support for training programmes to promote leadership for women at national level and to increase the number of female coaches and referees; 11.2.9. use a higher percentage of their resources to promote women's football, particularly in countries whose associations are less wealthy, by studying forms of co-operation with the national associaf1ons; 11.2.1 0. launch an discrimination.
information campaign to combat sexual harassment and gender 12.

The Assembly asks FIFA to take swift action and shed full light on the latest procedures for the award of the World Cup and in particular the procedure concerning the 2022 World Cup in Qatar, which appears to be seriously flawed.

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The Assembly calls on FIFA and UEFA not to lose sight of its previous recommendations to which there In particular, FIFA and, more generally, all major sports has not yet been a satisfactory response.
organisations should consider separating their regulatory powers and commercial operations, with the establishment of a subsidiary undertaking responsible for the management of commercial operations.

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With regard to the promotion of good governance and sporting values, the protection of professional players' rights and reflection on financial excesses in the world of football, the Assembly considers it essential for all partners to work together on these matters.
It calls on FIFA and UEFA to set up a joint working table to discuss financial fair play, player ownership, the status of agents or intermediaries and other issues, by involving other stakeholders.

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The Assembly calls on the European Commission and on the Enlarged Partial Agreement on Sport (EPASJ to participate in this working table once it has been set up and confirms its willingness tc contribute to a joint reflection.

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The Assembly asks FIFA, UEFA and the bodies representing leagues, clubs and players at national and international levels to take the expertise of the Group of States against Corruption (GRECO) into consideration with a view to improving, where applicable, their internal control procedures and also stepping up supervision in relation to dubious transfer transactions.

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The Assembly calls on the authorities of the European Union, in concertation with the IOC, FIFA, UEFA and the Council of Europe, to examine the feasibility and promote the establishment of an independent observatory entrusted with assessing the governance of football by placing the emphasis on, amongst other things, ethics and the integrity of elections.
This would not confer on this observatory the power to govern the sport but to ensure that the principles of good governance are being effectively implemented and shared.

The Assembly asks the public authorities to work with the international sports bodies, especially FIFA 18. and UEFA, to ensure that the ordinary law is applied with regard to financial and taxation matters.

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Bosnia and Herzegovina joined the Council of Europe on 24 April 2002.

Since then, the authorities have implemented all the formal commitments entered into upon accession.

To date, Bosnia and Herzegovina has signed and ratified 90 Council of Europe conventions.
The Parliamentary Assembly congratulates the authorities of Bosnia and Herzegovina on the adoption 2. of an ambitious reform agenda in July 2015 and on officially submitting in February 2016 its application for membership of the European Union.
The Assembly also welcomes the long-awaited publication in 2016 of the 2013 population and 3. household census, and implementation of the revised strategy for the the implementation of Annex VII to the Dayton Peace Agreement on the return of refugees and internally displaced persons.

the progress made in The Assembly considers that the issue of missing persons should remain high on the authorities' 4. agenda and expects the Missing Persons Institute to receive the necessary budgetary means.

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The Assembly regrets the slow pace of implementation of the 2009 National War Crime Strategy: the 2015 deadline for the most complex cases was not met, and investigations into alleged war crimes against at least 7 000 people remain to be resolved by December 2023.

The Assembly urges both the Entities and the State to ensure that the judiciary is sufficiently funded.

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The Assembly is pleased to note that the Central Election Commission organised the 2014 general elections and the 2016 local elections in a professional and efficient manner and constantly strives to promote further technical improvements-to-the voting procedures.

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However, the Assembly notes that the 2014 elections were held for the second time under a legal and constitutional framework which is in violation of the European Convention on Human Rights (ETS No.
5) since the 2009 judgment in the case of Sejdit and Finci: once again, only Serbs, Croats and Bosniaks could run for the State Presidency or be elected/appointed to the State House of Peoples.

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No constitutional amendments to solve this fundamental issue have been adopted to date.
The Assembly urges once again all political stakeholders to shoulder their responsibilities and to adopt the necessary changes both in the Constitution and in the Election Law at the latest six months before the next general election in October 2018.

The residency requirement for the election of the tripartite State Presidency should also be removed in accordance with the judgment of the European Court of Human Rights in the Pilav case.

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Assembly debate on 24 January 2018 (6th Sitting) (see Doc.
14465, report of the Committee on the Honouring of Obligations and Commitments by Member States of the Council of Europe (Monitoring Committee), co-rapporteurs: Mr Tiny Kox and Sir Roger Gale).

Text adopted by the Assembly on 24 January 2018 (6th Sitting).

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The Assembly also urges the authorities of Bosnia and Herzegovina to adopt the changes required by the implementation of decisions by the Constitutional Court on the election system for the cily of Mos!ar and on the composition of the Federation House of Peoples.

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For the Assembly, it is highly problematic that the authorities cannot muster the political will to end a situation where the citizens of Mostar have been prevented for over eight years from exercising their right to choose their representatives in the City Council.

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The Assembly considers it a matter of urgency to implement the Constitutional Court's decision of 1 December 2016 on the composition of the Federation House of Peoples (the so-called Ljubi6 case) well ahead of the next general elections in 2018, as otherwise there is a serious risk that government formation both at Federation and at State level after the elections will be blocked.

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The Assembly urges the authorities in both Entities to adopt amendments to their Constitutions: it is highly regrettable that the Constitution of Republika Srpska still provides for the death penalty and that the Federation's Constitution still contains provisions related to an Ombudsman institution that was abolished in 2008.
In four cantons of the Federation, constitutional amendments to the respective cantonal constitutions are required to guarantee the status of "constituent people" to the Serbs living there.

The Assembly considers that the authorities of Bosnia and Herzegovina should step up efforts to 13. implement the country's remaining accession commitments and its membership obligations.
While respecting the Entities' and the Brcko District's autonomy, the necessary reforms should be implemented in a spirit of constructive dialogue between the various levels of authority.

State structures in key areas should be reinforced and not undermined.

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While accepting that the institutional framework of the country is a complex one, the Assembly regrets that complicated decision-making processes in the State Parliament (such as the requirement of Entity voting, a double qualified majority needed for the adoption of all decisions, or the invocation of the Vital National Interest protection clause) considerably slow down the legislative reform process.

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The Assembly also regrets that nationalistic and ethnic rhetoric still dominates the political discourse throughout the country, particularly ahead of elections.

There should be zero tolerance for hate speech or the glorification of war criminals.

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The Assembly is very concerned about the increasing disrespect for the rule of law in Bosnia and Herzegovina and urges the competent authorities to abide by decisions of the Constitutional Court and the State Court, which are final and binding.
It regrets in particular the decision of Republika Srpska not to implement a decision of the State Court on the State-level registration of defence property located on its territory, the decision to hold a referendum on the Republika Srpska national day despite a ruling by the Constitutional Court banning it and the protracted delay by the State Parliament in implementing the decision of the Constitutional Court on Mostar.

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As regards the strengthening of democratic institutions, the Assembly calls on the authorities of Bosnia and Herzegovina to: 17.1. strengthen recommendations of the Congress of Local and Regional authorities of the Council of Europe; in Bosnia and Herzegovina local self-government line with in the 2012 17.2. adopt a new law on the prevention of conflicts of interest at State and Entity level, in accordance with international standards, and strengthen the bodies monitoring conflicts of interest as well as the asset disclosure regime; 17.3. further improve the law on the financing of political parties and implement all outstanding recommendations contained in the Third evaluation round of the Group of States against Corruption (GRECO) concerning the transparency of party funding both at State and at Entity level; 17.4. complete the establishment of a unified public service broadcasting system with State-level management, set up the corporation of public broadcasting services and adopt legislation ensuring permanent funding of the three public broadcasters; 17.5. adopt legislation aimed at ensuring transparency is the ownership of media outlets; 17.6. ensure that the law on access to information is effectively implemented and take measures to increase the safety of journalists who have been subjected to death threats and other intimidation measures in recent years; Resolution 2201 (2018) 17.
7. pursue the reform of the State-level Ombudsman institution in line with the recommendations of the European Commission for Democracy through Law (Venice Commission) and ensure sufficient funding for the institution, notably to enable it to comprehensively monitor the implementation of the 2009 law on prohibition of discrimination.

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As regards the rule of law, the Assembly calls on the authorities to: 18.1. step up the fight against corruption within the judicial and prosecution system, the police and the administration, sanction political corruption, bribery and trading in influence both at State and Entity level and harmonise the various applicable legislations; strengthen the institutional capacity of the anti corruption agency; 18.2. adopt without further delay the remammg laws and by-laws on anti-money laundering and counter terrorist financing in order for the country to be removed from the Financial Action Task Force's "light grey list"; 18.3. adopt a new Law on Courts and set up either a Supreme Court at State level or an Appellate Court within the existing State Court, in line with the recommendations of the Venice Commission; adopt a new the the High Judicial and Prosecutorial Council recommendations of the Venice Commission; continue efforts to harmonise the four existing legal systems in the country.
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As regards the protection of human rights, the Assembly calls on the authorities to: 19.1. continue with the harmonisation across the country of the legal framework for the execution of criminal sanctions and ensure better co-operation between the three existing separate prison administrations.
19.2. establish fully independent police complaint bodies to investigate allegations of inmates' ill treatment, in line with the recommendations made by the European Committee for the Prevention of Torture and Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment (CPT); 19.3. continue to implement measures to foster the integration of the Roma community in society; 19.4. continue to implement measures to deal with the phenomenon of trafficking in human beings, particularly children; take as a matter of priority all necessary steps to implement their accession commitment to 19.5. eliminate segregation and assimilation in education.
The Assembly, while welcoming progress made in a number of areas since the adoption of its 20.

Recommendation 2025 (2013) on the functioning of democratic institutions in Bosnia and Herzegovina, remains concerned about the lack of progress in the field of constitutional reform and reform of the Election Law, which threatens the political stability and progress of Bosnia and Herzegovina.
Therefore, pending the implementation of this and previous resolutions and recommendations, it resolves to pursue its monitoring of the honouring of obligations and commitments by Bosnia and Herzegovina.

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The Parliamentary Assembly recalls its Resolution 1940 (2013) on the situation in the Middle East, where it "reiterates its support for a two-State solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, based on the 1967 borders, which, in view of the new realities on the ground, could be accompanied by limited land swap, as has recently been accepted by the Arab countries".
It adds that Jerusalem could well become the capital of both the State of Israel and the future Palestinian State, as a result of direct negotiations between Israelis and Palestinians.

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The Assembly regrets the declaration of the President of the United States of America on 6 December 2017 that it was "time to officially recognise Jerusalem as the capital of Israel" and that preparations would start "to move the American embassy from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem".
At the same time, the Assembly notes that in the same declaration, the US President stated that the United States was "not taking a position of any final status issues" and underlined that "those questions are up to the parties involved", and that "the United States would support a two-State solution if agreed to by both sides".

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The Assembly recalls the relevant United Nations Security Council resolutions and the necessity for all parties involved to abide by their legal obligations and responsibilities under international law and to refrain from any unilateral measures that undermine the prospects of the peace process, including the status of Jerusalem, which should be decided by common agreement between the Israelis and the Palestinians, taking into consideration the Hashemite historical custodianship over Christian and Islamic holy sites in Jerusalem.
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The international community as a whole expressed serious concerns about the consequences of this declaration on Jerusalem for the relationship between Israelis and Palestinians and the prospects for a solution to their conflict.

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The Parliamentary Assembly shares such concerns and regrets that the peace process has been discontinued.

It no longer seems to be a priority for the United States, for Europe and for some Arab States.
It feels however that the present context could provide an opportunity to re-launch the peace process.

It is the responsibility of the international community, including the Council of Europe, to act decisively in order to create the proper conditions to attain this goal.

The role of the United States as a serious broker in the peace process was undoubtedly undermined by 6. the declaration of its President on Jerusalem.
Its future role should be based on a renewed attitude of neutrality in the peace process.

In this context, Europe should play a major role in the sponsorship and resumption of the peace process.

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The Assembly is aware of the fact that this is a complex issue and that the Council of Europe continues to take an interest in the progress of the peace process and could play a helpful role.
The Parliamentary Assembly is unique, having both an Israeli observer delegation and a Palestinian partner for democracy delegation.

It also has contacts with other parliaments in the area, such as those of Jordan, which also has partner for democracy status, Egypt and Lebanon.

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Assembly debate on 25 January 2018 (7th Sitting) (see Doc.

14484, report of the Committee on Political Affairs and Democracy, rapporteur: Mr Titus Corlatean).

Text adopted by the Assembly on 25 January 2018 (7th Sitting).
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The Assembly regrets that the Palestinian reconciliation, announced so many times, has not yet produced concrete results, thus undermining the prospects of re-launching negotlatlons.

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also regrets !he ongoing building of Israeli settlements in the occupied territories, including East Jerusalem, thus undermining the feasibility of the two-State solution.
The Assembly therefore reiterates its Resolution 1940 (2013), in particular, its support for two equally 9. legitimate aspirations: Israel's right to be recognised and live in security, and the Palestinians' right to have an independent, viable and contiguous State, and: 9.1. calls on the Israeli authorities to stop the building of new settlements and the extension of old ones, cease all home demolitions, forced evictions and confiscation of land in the occupied territories, including in East Jerusalem.
9.2. calls on all Palestinian forces to conclude, without further delay and in a transparent manner, the reconciliation, already announced several times, between Fatah and Hamas, based on the Quartet principles, thus also enhancing the credibility of the Palestinian side in the negotiations with Israel, and cease support for those imprisoned following convictions for terrorist acts and their relatives; 9.3. resolves to continue to promote dialogue and confidence building between representatives of the Knesset and the Palestinian National Council, in particular in the framework of the Sub-Committee on the Middle East and the Arab World, and to make available to both representative bodies its own experience in the field of human rights, democracy and the rule of law.
For this purpose it could consider using the tripartite forum referred to in Resolutions 1420 (2005) and 1550 (2007), allowing parliamentarians from those two delegations and the Parliamentary Assembly to sit together on an equal footing and engage in meaningful dialogue leading to concrete proposals.
The Assembly should therefore find ways of concretely supporting the re-launching of the peace process including through contacts with the directly concerned parties and other stakeholders of the process, mainly in the fields of competence of the Council of Europe.
·,· Resolution 2203 (2018)1 Provisional version The progress of the Assembly's monitoring procedure (January-December 2017) and the periodic review of the honouring of obligations by Estonia, Greece, Hungary and Ireland Parliamentary Assembly The Parliamentary Assembly acknowledges the work carried out by the Committee on the Honouring of 1.
Obligations and Commitments by Member States of the Council of Europe (Monitoring Committee) in fulfilling its mandate as defined in Resolution 1115 (1997) (modified by Resolution 1431 (2005), Resolution 1515 (2006), Resolution 1710 (2010), Resolution 1936 (2013) and Resolution 2018 (2014)).
It commends the committee on its work in accompanying the 10 countries under a monitoring procedure sensu stricto (Albania, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Georgia, the Republic of Moldova, the Russian Federation, Serbia, Turkey and Ukraine), and the three countries engaged in a post-monitoring dialogue (Bulgaria, Montenegro and "the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia") in their efforts to fully comply with the obligations and commitments they entered into upon accession to the Council of Europe, as well as the monitoring of the membership obligations of all other member States through its periodic review process.
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The Assembly deplores that in 2017, again, the co-rapporteurs for the monitoring procedure have not been able to visit the Russian Federation due to the boycott by the Russian delegation of the work of the Assembly.

It recalls in this context that co-operation with the monitoring procedure is an explicit accession commitment of the country.

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The Assembly recalls that, in the light of the ongoing developments in Turkey, and the concerns expressed in that regard, it decided to re-open the monitoring procedure sensu stricto in respect of Turkey so as to intensify its co-operation with the Turkish authorities and all stakeholders in the country.

The Assembly welcomes and commends the Sub-committee on Conflicts between Council of Europe 4.

Member States for the work it has undertaken.

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The Assembly welcomes the positive developments and the progress made during the reporting period in a number of countries under a monitoring procedure or engaged in a post-monitoring dialogue.
In particular in: Albania: the holding of parliamentary elections in line with European standards following the 5.1. agreement between the main political forces; as well as the continuing efforts to reform the justice system and to ensure the integrity of all persons appointed or elected to public functions; 5.2.

Armenia: the improved political climate and far-reaching reforms, including in the judiciary, to implement the new Constitution; 1.

Assembly debate on 25 January 2018 (8th Sitting) (see Doc.
14450 Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, Part 4 and Part 5, report of the Committee on the Honouring of Obligations and Commitments by Member States of the Council of Europe (Mon-itoring Committee), rapporteur: Mr Cezar Florin Preda).

Text adopted by the Assembly on 25 January 2018 (8th Sitting).

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Azerbaijan: the recent release of some "political prisoners"/"prisoners of conscience"; and the ongoing dialogue with !he Azerbaijani authorities in the framework of the Assembly's monitoring procedure; 5.4.
Georgia: the close co-operation with the European Commission for Democracy through Law (Venice Commission) during the drafting of the constitutional amendments, which are an overall improvement of the country's constitutional order; Serbia: the commitment of the new government to addressing the Assembly's concerns with 5.5. regard to the reform of the judiciary and the media environment; 5.6.
Ukraine: the ambitious reform programme put in place after the "Revolution of Dignity" despite the challenging environment as a result of the Russian aggression in eastern Ukraine and the illegal annexation of Crimea; Bulgaria: the amendments introduced to the electoral framework which resulted in an improved 5.7. electoral climate for the 2017 parliamentary elections, and the many positive changes to the judicial system introduced by the amendments to the Judicial System Act; 5.8.
Montenegro: reform recommendations of, inter alia, the Assembly; the efforts to the judiciary and the justice system in line with "The former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia": the end of the political crisis that erupted in April 5.9.

2014 and dominated the political agenda of the country; 5.1 0.
Turkey: the establishment of the Inquiry Commission on State of Emergency Measures, which the Assembly expects to provide effective remedies for dismissed civil servants, as well as for associations and media outlets that were closed on the basis of the emergency decrees.

time, At the same its concern about developments and remaining 6. shortcomings in a number of countries under a monitoring procedure or engaged in a post-monitoring dialogue.
These shortcomings undermine the democratic consolidation in those countries and are at odds with their obligations and accession commitments: the Assembly expresses the continuing polarisation between the main political parties as well as the 6.1.

Albania: parliamentary boycott by the main opposition party, which have affected the reform programme and have resulted in considerable delays in the implementation of important reforms, including with regard to the judiciary; 6.2.
Armenia: allegations of widespread vote buying and reports of abuse of administrative resources during the 2017 parliamentary elections; recurrent reports of disproportionate and excessive use of force by the police, especially in the context of protests and demonstrations, accompanied by a sense of impunity for such actions; 6.3.
Azerbaijan: the lack of independence and impartiality of, and interference by the executive in, the justice system; the repressive actions against independent media; the lack of an independen~ impartial and effective system to investigate allegations of ill-treatment by law-enforcement officials; Bosnia and Herzegovina: the failure of the authorities of Bosnia and Herzegovina and its 6.4. parliamentary delegation to provide comments on the preliminary draft report on the honouring of obligations and commitments by Bosnia and Herzegovina, in violation of the country's obligation to co operate with the Monitoring Committee; the continued failure since 2009 to implement the judgments of the European Court of Human Rights related to ethnic- and residency-based limitations to the right to stand for elected offices; the continued failure to address the issue of segregation along ethnic and religious lines in education; 6.5.
Georgia: the postponement of the introduction of a fully proportional election system in the country until after the next parliamentary elections, which undermined the possibility for a broad political consensus on the constitutional amendments; 6.6.
Russian Federation: the ongoing military aggression against Ukraine in Donbas and the illegal occupation of the Autonomous Republic of Crimea and the city of Sevastopol; the decision by the Constitutional Court of the Russian Federation not to allow compensation of Yukos shareholders as ordered by the European Court of Human Rights, in violation of the obligation incumbent on all Council of Europe members States to unconditionally honour the judgments of the European Court of Human Rights; the designation of the Jehovah's Witnesses as an extremist organisation by the Russian Supreme Court, underscoring the abuse of extremist legislation to curtail freedom of expression and Resolution 2203 (2018) assembly, as well as freedom of worship, in the Russian Federation; the reports of abductions, unlawful detentions, torture and killings of men .in the Chechen Republic based on their sexual orientation and gender identity; the continuing human rights violations in occupied Crimea; Serbia: the insufficient implementation of existing media legislation, undermining a balanced 6.
7. media coverage, especially in the framework of elections; Turkey: the undermining of the separation of powers and independence of the judiciary, as well 6.8. as a diminishing system of checks and balances, as a result of the adoption of constitutional amendments that are not in line with European standards and under conditions that raise questions about the democratic nature of the process; the lifting of immunity and pretrial detention of members of including the massive parliament; the disproportionate effect of the emergency decree laws - dismissals of civil servants, judges, prosecutors and academics and the closing down of media and non-governmental organisations (NGOs)- as well as limited access to judicial remedies; the repeated violations of freedom of expression and freedom of the media and the situation of local administrations in south-east Turkey, leading to a serious deterioration of the functioning of democratic institutions; 6.9.
Ukraine: the hardening of political discourse following the Euromaidan events and the Russian aggression in eastern Ukraine, and the polarisation of the media environment, leading to unacceptable attacks on journalists and media outlets; the insufficient balance between the official language and the languages of national minorities in the new law on education in Ukraine, leading to a reduction in rights in comparison to previous legislation; the pervasive corruption that undermines public trust in the political and judicial system as a whole; the lack of balanced composition of the Central Election Committee according to the recommendations of the Council of Europe, by proportional representation of all parliamentary political factions; 6.1 0.
Bulgaria: the weak structure for accountability of the Prosecutor General and the frequent use of racist and xenophobic language during the election campaign, as well as allegations of vote buying and organised voting, especially among vulnerable groups the 2017 parliamentary elections; in Bulgarian society, during 6.11.
Montenegro: the continuing boycott of the parliament by the opposition, which is hindering reforms; the concerns about the state of freedom of expression and freedom of the media in the country; "The former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia": the storming of the parliament by protesters and 6.12. the continuing ethnic divisions in the country.
Consequently, the Assembly urges all the countries that are under a monitoring procedure or engaged 7. in a post-monitoring dialogue to step up their efforts to fully honour all membership obligations and accession commitments to the Council of Europe.
In particular, it calls on: the Albanian authorities and all political forces in the country to overcome the political the implementation of the vetting process of judges and 7.1. polarisation and to ensure the full implementation of the decriminalisation law; 7.2. all Armenian political forces to continue improving the political environment in the country through dialogue and co-operation; the Armenian authorities to fully investigate all reports of disproportional and excessive use of force by the police and to establish a genuinely independent police complaints mechanism as recommended, inter alia, by the Assembly; and to adopt legislation to effectively combat vote buying and the abuse of administrative resources during elections; the Azerbaijani authorities to liberate the remaining "political prisoners"/" prisoners of conscience" 7.3. and to amend the legal framework governing NGOs with a view to bringing it into line with European standards and to promptly ensure the full implementation of the decisions of the European Court of Human Rights, including with regard to llgar Mammadov, taking note of the decision of the Committee of Ministers to refer to the Court, in accordance with Article 46.4 of the Convention, the question whether the Republic of Azerbaijan has failed to fulfil its obligation under Article 46.1; the Georgian authorities to consider implementing the change of electoral system before the implement the Venice Commission recommendations 7.4. next parliamentary elections and to contained in the opinion on the constitutional amendments; fully the Moldovan authorities to fully implement the recommendations of the Venice Commission 7.5. contained in their upcoming opinion on "The legal framework governing the funding of political parties and campaigns, as well as the recent amendments to the electoral legislation in the Republic of ' I •• I I ~ I " " '' Resolution 2203 (2018) 7.6. the authorities of the Russian Federation to implement all the Assembly's resolutions related to the mffitary aggression against Ukraine; !o haf!
!he abuse of extremist legislation to curtail freedom of expression and assembly in the Russian Federation; to fully recognise the supremacy of judgments of the European Court of Human Rights and to unconditionally execute the judgments of the Court; to fully investigate unlawful detentions, torture and killings of men in the Chechen Republic based on their sexual orientation and gender identity, to hold any perpetrators of such heinous acts accountable and to take effective measures to protect the life, liberty and security of gay and bisexual people throughout the Russian Federation; the Serbian authorities to fully implement the remaining recommendations of the Assembly with 7.7. regard to the media environment; to revise the constitutional provisions pertaining to the judiciary and to implement the necessary reforms to depoliticise judicial institutions, strengthen the rule of law and increase trust in State institutions; the Turkish authorities to fully address concerns and implement recommendations contained in 7.8. the Venice Commission opinions on the emergency decree laws; to end the pressure on journalists, human rights defenders and opposition politicians; the Ukrainian authorities to fully implement the recommendations of the Venice Commission in 7.9. its opinion on the new Law on Education; to increase the pace of the reforms to fight the pervasive corruption in the country and to ensure that these reforms lead to tangible and concrete results; 7.10. the Bulgarian authorities to implement the recommendations of the Venice Commission in its opinions on the Judicial System Act as well as on the Electoral Code and to strengthen the accountability of the Prosecutor General; the Montenegrin authorities to fully implement the legislation aimed at guaranteeing the genuine 7.11. independence and professionalism of the judiciary and to provide the Agency for the Prevention of Corruption with the necessary means to carry out its mandate efficiently; to strengthen the Special Prosecutor's Office and its Special Police Unit in order to allow them to deal with the high number of cases before them; the opposition to end its boycott of the parliament and to engage in the reform process, including in relation to the electoral framework ahead of the 2018 presidential elections; the authorities of "the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia" and all political force to address 7.12. the ongoing polarisation and ethnic tensions in the country, to depoliticise the State institutions and regulatory bodies and to ensure an efficient, impartial and independent judiciary.
With regard to the preparation of the report on the functioning of democratic institutions in Poland, the 8.

Assembly takes note of the visit of the co-rapporteurs to Warsaw.

In this context, the Assembly calls on the Polish authorities to ensure that the ongoing reforms, and in particular that of the justice system, are fully in line with European standards.
To this end, the Assembly calls on the Polish authorities to continue requesting Venice Commission opinions on these reforms and to address the recommendations and concerns contained therein.

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The Assembly reaffirms the importance of the parliamentary monitoring procedure, and the work of the Monitoring Committee in the democratisation and institution-building processes in all Council of Europe member States.
In that respect, it especially welcomes the periodic reviews on the honouring of the membership obligations to the Council of Europe by countries that are not subject to a monitoring procedure sensu stricto or engaged in a post-monitoring dialogue with the Assembly.
The Assembly takes note of the periodic review reports on the honouring of their membership 10. obligations to the Council of Europe in respect of Estonia, Greece, Hungary and Ireland, which are presented as part of the report on the progress of the Assembly's monitoring procedure (January-December 2017).

It endorses the findings and conclusions in these periodic review reports and encourages the respective authorities to implement its recommendations.
In particular, the Assembly: 1 0.1. with respect to Estonia: 1 0.1.1. commends Estonia's extraordinary e-governance policy and the considerable achievements regarding transparency and accessibility of government and its cyberdefence expertise; i ' Resolution 2203 (2018) 1 0.1.2. welcomes Estonia's adherence to the principles of the rule of law and congratulates the country on its score in the Corruption Perception Index, which reflects a low perception of corruption by the population.
To further strengthen this public perception, the Assembly encourages the authorities to promptly implement the outstanding recommendations of the Group of States against Corruption (GRECO); 10.1.3. while taking note of the specific historic context in Estonia, and while welcoming the significant steps taken by the Estonian authorities concerning the situation of stateless persons/ "persons with undetermined citizenship", the Assembly recommends further steps to reduce their number by increasing access to citizenship for long-term residents; 1 0.1.4. encourages the authorities to continue promoting the use of minority languages and calls on Estonia to sign and ratify the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages (ETS No.
148); 1 0.1.5. while commending the efforts made by the authorities to integrate the Russian minority, recommends that further measures be taken to reduce unemployment and social exclusion among ethnic minorities in the country; 10.1.6. calls on the Estonian Parliament to ratify Protocol No.

12 to the European Convention on Human Rights (ETS No.
177) and encourages the authorities to implement the outstanding recommendations of the European Commission against Racism and Intolerance (ECRI) regarding racist speech and discrimination against Roma; 10.2. with respect to Greece: 1 0.2.1. social rights, especially those of the most disadvantaged groups of the population; takes note of the adverse impact of the recession and austerity policies on people's 1 0.2.2. warmly welcomes in this context the ratification of the European Social Charter (revised) (ETS No.
163) in 2016 and encourages the authorities to make a declaration enabling national NGOs to submit collective complaints; 1 0.2.3. stresses that corruption represents one of the root causes that contributed to the economic and sovereign debt crisis in the country.
The Assembly therefore commends the Greek authorities for the measures they have taken to ensure transparency of party funding and to fight corruption and calls on them to fully implement the recommendations of GRECO; 10.2.4. recalls that Greece has faced a major migration crisis in recent years, for which it had to assume a large share of the financial burden and for which it should be lauded.
It calls, however, on the Greek authorities to end the practice of detention of immigrant children and to intensify efforts to improve living conditions and the integration of refugees and migrants in line with Assembly Resolution 2174 (2017) on the human rights implications of the European response to transit migration across the Mediterranean and with the recommendations issued by the Council of Europe Commissioner for Human Rights and the European Committee for the Prevention of Torture and Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment (CPT); 1 0.2.5. notes with regret that the combination of an economic and migration crisis has provided fertile ground for extremist ideas to flourish in Greece.
The Assembly therefore urges the Greek authorities to take resolute action to combat racism and intolerance, ensure the effective implementation of anti-hate crime legislation and implement the recommendations of ECRI and the Commissioner for Human Rights.

It calls on the Greek Parliament to ratify Protocol No.

12 to the European Convention on Human Rights (ETS No.
177) without further delay; 1 0.2.6. with respect to the rights of minorities, reiterates its call on Greece to ratify the European Charter for Regional Minority Languages and the Framework Convention for the Protection of National Minorities (ETS No.
157) and fully implement the judgments of the European Court of Human Rights to enhance the rights of minorities; 10.2.7. calls on the Greek authorities to enhance the transparency and accountability of the judicial system as requested by GRECO; remains concerned by the persistent problem of police ill-treatment as highlighted by 10.2.8. the CPT and the Commissioner for Human Rights and urges the authorities to take determined action and to reinforce preventive measures to tackle this systemic problem, including the establishment of an effective and fully independent police complaints body; I I " ' ' ,, I' Resolution 2203 (2018) 1 0.2.9. encourages the authorities to further enhance the independence of the media and urges them to continue to refrain from undue political interference in the media environment; 1 0.2.1 0. calls on the Greek Parliament to ratify the Council of Europe Convention on Preventing and Combating Violence against Women and Domestic Violence (GETS No.
210) signed in 2011 in order to combat violence against women, which remains a serious and widespread problem in Greek society; 1 0.2.11. applauds the introduction into force of Law 4511/2018, which abolishes the obligatory application of sharia law in all civil and inheritance matters of the Muslim minority of Thrace and stipulates that Greek civil law shall apply and Greek civil courts shall have jurisdiction, unless all parties concerned explicitly agree otherwise; 1 0.3. with respect to Hungary: the Hungarian authorities of repeated expressions by 1 0.3.1. while welcoming unquestionable commitment to Europe and its community of values, expresses its concern about reforms that have raised questions with regard to attempts to establish political control of most key institutions while in parallel weakening the system of checks and balances; the reiterates its concern about increasing 1 0.3.2. stigmatisation of NGOs, in particular by the recently adopted law on the transparency of organisations receiving foreign funding, which causes disproportionate and unnecessary interference with freedom of expression and association, and calls for amendments to the law in order to bring it into line with European standards; the recent developments showing an 1 0.3.3. urges the Hungarian authorities to reverse the country's decline in ratings regarding media freedom and the strong political intervention in the Hungarian media market.
In this context, the Assembly calls on the Hungarian authorities to decriminalise defamation and to take appropriate measures to increase transparency and accountability regarding the right to access to information; 1 0.3.4. with regard to the judiciary, takes note of the positive steps taken to enhance the role of the national Judicial Council as a control instance; encourages the authorities to continue these reforms, including by adopting measures to minimise the risk of discretionary decisions by the President of the National Judicial Office and to increase the independence of the prosecution service; 1 0.3.5. calls on the authorities to address the issue of prison overcrowding in line with judgments of the European Court of Human Rights and CPT recommendations, and, in this context, urges the authorities to intensify their efforts to promote alternative non-custodial measures and to minimise recourse to pretrial detention; 1 0.3.6. welcomes the authorities' efforts regarding the minority language policy and the improvement of non-discrimination legislation; 10.3.7. while welcoming the progress in legislation and practice to combat hate crime and hate speech, expresses its concern about hate speech and xenophobic rhetoric in political discourse, which is not sufficiently publicly condemned.
The Assembly urges the authorities to address this issue, including by implementing the relevant recommendations of the Commissioner for Human Rights, ECRI and the Advisory Committee on the Framework Convention for the Protection of National Minorities; 10.3.8. calls on the Hungarian Parliament to ratify the Additional Protocol to the Convention on Cybercrime (ETS No.
189) concerning the criminalisation of acts of a racist and xenophobic nature committed through computer systems; reiterates its concerns about the amendments to the Act on National Tertiary Education 10.3.9. which could force the central European university to close down or move out of Hungary, and calls for the review of the legislation in compliance with Venice Commission recommendations; 1 0.3.1 0. while acknowledging the unprecedented challenge for the country deriving from migration, expresses its concern regarding the non-compliance of the asylum law and practice with European and international standards.
The Assembly urges the authorities to establish a fully human rights-compliant asylum system and to ensure that any allegation of excessive use of force by border guards is promptly investigated in an independent and impartial manner; 10.4. with respect to Ireland: Resolution 2203 (2018) 10.4.1. applauds Ireland for the innovative and participatory process started in 2012 to revise the Constitution by involving the parliament, civil society and Irish citizens, and notes that this has resulted in the organisation of several referenda on constitutional amendments; 10.4.2. welcomes, in this respect, the improvement of the legal framework and rights for lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) people, including same-sex marriages, legal recognition of transgender people and the expected extension of adoption rights to same-sex as well as cohabiting couples; 1 0.4.3. welcomes the progress made over the past decade in acknowledging responsibility for institutional abuses perpetrated against children and women, notably in the "Magdalene laundries" and the "mother and baby homes".
The Assembly encourages the Irish authorities to continue to confront and investigate past human rights abuses and to ensure that redress mechanisms are accessible to all victims, in line with the recommendations issued by the Commissioner for Human Rights and the United Nations Committee against Torture; 1 0.4.4. calls on the Irish authorities to further implement the O'Keeffe v. Ireland judgment of the European Court of Human Rights, in which the Court found that Ireland had failed to fulfil its obligation under Article 3 of the Convention to protect children from abuse, and to ratify the Council of Europe Convention on the Protection of Children against Sexual Exploitation and Sexual Abuse (GETS No.
201 ), which Ireland signed in 2007; 1 0.4.5.

In the field of gender equality, welcomes the positive efforts undertaken to promote gender mainstreaming and better participation of women in politics.
In this context, the Assembly encourages the Irish authorities to take a firm stance to promote, de jure and de facto, gender equality and expects the constitutional referenda scheduled in 2018 to result in: the removal or revision of Article 41.2.1 regarding "Woman's life within the 1 0.4.5.1. home", which engraves in the Constitution gender stereotypes which have no place in a modern democratic society; the revision of the 8th Constitutional Amendment, so as to make termination 1 0.4.5.2. of pregnancy with gestational limits lawful in Ireland, enhance women's rights to reproductive health and facilitate access to legal and safe abortion, in line with Assembly Resolution 1607 (2008) on access to safe and legal abortion in Europe; 10.4.6. calls on Ireland to ratify the Council of Europe Convention on Preventing and Combating Violence against Women and Domestic Violence and to promptly align its legislation; 10.4.7. encourages the Irish authorities to ensure an inclusive education of all pupils, irrespective of their religion or belief, notably by adopting the Education (Admission to Schools) Bill so as to ensure fairer and more transparent enrolment policies for all primary and secondary schools; 1 0.4.8. commends Ireland's efforts to fight corruption and encourages the Irish authorities to implement GRECO's recommendations, and adopt and enact the 2015 Public Sector Standards Bill and the Criminal Justice (Corruption Offences) Bill which will strengthen the anti-corruption legal framework; 1 0.4.9. also expects the swift adoption of the Judicial Council Bill to ensure inter alia the setting up of an independent statutory council for the judiciary and the adoption of a code of conduct for judges; 1 0.4.1 0. welcoming the recent recognition of the Travellers as an ethnic group by the Irish Government, encourages the authorities to further combat discrimination against Roma and Travellers; 1 0.4.11. calls on the authorities to ratify Protocol No.
12 to the European Convention on Human Rights, which it signed in 2000.

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l ' I I CONSEIL DE tEUROPE Resolution 2204 (2018)1 Provisional version Protecting children affected by armed conflicts Parliamentary Assembly 1.

Children across Europe and the world are affected by wars and armed conflicts.
They are directly concerned by having life-threatening violence inflicted upon them or by witnessing such violence, by losing or being separated from their parents or other caregivers, by being deprived of basic social services, such as health care and education, or by being recruited as child soldiers and thus forced to take part in conflicts themselves.

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From a European viewpoint, many of these children seem to be living in distant places and out of reach of European stakeholders, such as the children in the terrible conflict situations currently observed in Iraq, Syria, Yemen or Myanmar.

However, many children also live in European areas marked by so-called unresolved or frozen conflicts or by post-conflict situations.
Whatever the geographic location of conflicts, no European State can claim not to be concerned in some way or another, be it as a member of international organisations concerned, as a party to ongoing conflicts, as an economic partner of conflicting parties or as one of the countries receiving refugees arriving from conflict zones.
The Parliamentary Assembly is very concerned about the short- and long-term consequences of armed 3. conflicts on children: they are directly affected in their daily lives, their healthy development and their trust in other human beings and public institutions.

Many of them will subsequently be traumatised for their entire lives and see their life chances reduced.
Children experiencing armed conflicts are also brought up in the understanding that violence is an acceptable means of settling conflicts with other countries or between ethnic or religious groups, and may reproduce it in their later lives.
4. International law is very clear about the protection of children - any person under the age of 18 - and the need to give primary consideration to their best interest in all circumstances (as enshrined in the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child (UNCRC}}.
Children benefit from general protection to civilians and special protection granted by the 1949 Geneva Convention and its 1977 Additional Protocol, as recalled by Article 38(4} of the UNCRC calling on States Parties to "take all feasible measures to ensure protection and care of children who are affected by an armed conflict".

In the light of the evident gap observed between international obligations and their respect by all State 5.
Parties, the Assembly calls on the Council of Europe member States to: invest in the prevention of conflicts and children's involvement therein both through continuous the peaceful sustainable 5.1. political dialogue and negotiation, and by promoting and supporting development of countries involved in ongoing conflicts or threatened by the outbreak of a conflict; 5.2. intervene, wherever they have the power to do so, to put an end to ongoing conflicts by reminding conflict parties and their partners of their international commitments, bilaterally or through multilateral institutions such as the United Nations, the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE} or the Council of Europe, and by promoting the peaceful resolution of conflicts in these contexts, thus avoiding further innocent victims among the civilian population, including children; 1.
Assembly debate on 25 January 2018 (8th Sitting) (see Doc.

14461, report of the Committee on Social Affairs, Health and Sustainable Development, rapporteur: Ms Sevinj Fahiliyeva).

Text adopted by the Assembly on 25 January 2018 (8th Sitting).
I ; (' " I' 0 I Resolution 2204 (2018) 5.3. educate children and young people who have experienced traumatising armed conflicts on non violent approaches to end aggression and conflict, in order to make them resilient to the trans generational transmission of violence and allow them to grow up in a positive dialogue culture as a means of overcoming substantial differences between nationalities or ethnic groups, both through European initiatives taken by the Council of Europe or the OSCE and their field work with young people, but also through more bilateral approaches; 5.4. reinforce child protection and support mechanisms and action at all levels, by: developing welfare programmes and 5.4.1. improving socio-economic conditions and opportunities for children and their families, both in conflict countries and in countries welcoming refugees; 5.4.2. facilitating the work undertaken by international organisations and non-governmental organisations working in the field by providing political and financial support according to the actual needs and international standards (for example in terms of the number of carers guaranteed for a given number of children); 5.4.3. ensuring access to children in need and continuity of programmes within conflict zones; 5.5. support and rehabilitate child soldiers and other children actively involved in conflicts by: 5.5.1. treating them as children and not like adult offenders throughout all proceedings; 5.5.2. handing them over to the care of child protection agencies instead of placing them in detention centres, thus facilitating their reintegration into society, including normal education systems, job markets and social life; 5.5.3. experiences with other young people (while avoiding re-traumatisation); involving them in peace-building action where appropriate to allow them to share their 5.6. welcome and support children having left conflict zones by: 5.6.1. providing specialised support to child refugees, migrants and internally displaced persons who have experienced violent and traumatising situations, and children and young people returning from territories controlled by Daesh, when arriving in safe destinations, including in different European countries, and in particular by giving them psychological help and support, with appropriate therapy for post-traumatic stress, as speedily as possible after their arrival in the host country; 5.6.2. training all professionals dealing with refugee children to avoid re-traumatising these children and breaking their natural protection barriers and to enable them to create new positive life experiences for them; ensuring the children's access to the language of the host country through appropriate 5.6.3. and specific language integration programmes put in place by the host country as soon as possible; facilitating and encouraging specialised assistance to child refugees, migrants and 5.6.4. internally displaced persons though vocational training when they arrive in safe destinations, including in European countries, in order ultimately to ensure their economic and social integration in the host country.
get involved in European activities surrounding children in armed conflicts and promote existing 5.7.

Council of Europe standards in this field, such as the Council of Europe Strategy for the Rights of the Child (2016-2021), which calls for the protection of children against violence, including in armed conflicts, for the rebuilding of their trust after having experienced such violence and for the setting up of child-friendly procedures in various contexts.
t Parliamentary Assembly Assemblee parlementaire ~~ ~~ =3 tt 'i¥¥#%5##4 r :;; Resolution 2205 (2018)1 Provisional version Challenge on procedural grounds of the still unratified credentials of the parliamentary delegation of Andorra Parliamentary Assembly 1.
On 22 January 2018, at the opening of the Parliamentary Assembly session, the still unratified credentials of the parliamentary delegation of Andorra were challenged on procedural grounds, in accordance with Rule 7.1 of the Assembly's Rules of Procedure, on the ground that the delegation comprised no female representative in violation of Rule 6.2.a of the Rules of Procedure.

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The credentials of the Andorran delegation were submitted to the President of the Assembly by letter dated 18 January 2018.
On 19 January, a communication from Mr Viceng Mateu Zamora, Sindic General (Speaker of the Andorran Parliament), sent to the Secretary General of the Parliamentary Assembly, stated that the current composition of the Andorran delegation, approved "following an extraordinary election (on 18 January)", was the result of "an internal reorganisation of two parliamentary groups" and gave an assurance that the Consell General would take "the necessary measures to rectify the composition of the national delegation as soon as possible".
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The Parliamentary Assembly once again reiterates its strongest commitment to promoting the balanced representation of women and men in political and public decision-making and to applying the principle of gender equality in its internal structures, in particular by encouraging balanced representation of women and men in national delegations.

The Assembly also underlines that, in order to achieve genuine equality, the principle of equality should also apply to positions of responsibility.
It also refers to its Resolution 2111 (2016) "Assessing the impact of measures to improve women's political representation" and reasserts its support for the principle of gender parity as the ultimate goal of political representation.
The Assembly therefore finds it regrettable that it must remind national parliaments, through the 4. challenge of credentials procedure, of what, nonetheless, is a very minimal requirement as regards the representation of women in the Assembly, namely the presence of at least one woman as a representative in each delegation.

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The Assembly notes that the composition of the Andorran delegation does not fulfil the conditions laid down in Rule 6.2.a of the Rules of Procedure and that its credentials have been legitimately challenged.

It notes that the delegation has stated that it undertakes to ensure full compliance with the condition laid down by the Rules of Procedure at the earliest opportunity.

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Accordingly, the Assembly decides to ratify the credentials of the Andorran parliamentary delegation, but to suspend the voting rights of its members in the Assembly and its bodies in accordance with Rule1 0.1.c of the Rules of Procedure, with effect from the beginning of the Assembly's April 2018 part-session, if the composition of the delegation has not been brought into conformity with Rule 6.2.a of the Rules of Procedure by then- and comprises, at a very minimum, one member of the under-represented sex as a representative and until conformity is achieved.
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Assembly debate on 25 January 2018 (8th Sitting) (see Doc.

14475, report of the Committee on Rules of Procedure, Immunities and Institutional Affairs, rapporteur: Ms Petra De Sutter; and Doc.

14481 ,opinion of the Committee on Equality and Non-Discrimination, rapporteur: Ms Elvira Kovacs).

Text adopted by the Assembly on 25 January 2018 (8th Sitting).

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' ' lL£;?- Parliamentary Assembly ~~ Assemblee parlementaire ~-,~ ~~<mrn~JR~~~"i~~~~m .. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~m Resolution 2206 (2018)1 Provisional version Jurisdictional immunity of international organisations and rights of their staff Parliamentary Assembly The Parliamentary Assembly refers to its Resolution 1979 (2014) on accountability of international 1. organisations for human rights violations, which underlines the fact that international organisations are subject to the obligations inherent in human rights.
The Assembly notes that international civil service law is not codified and employment disputes are 2. dealt with in accordance with the rules governing the functioning of those international organisations, contained in the latter's statutes or regulations, and not with national law.

The Assembly notes that international organisations enjoy jurisdictional immunity, which is a "functional" 3. immunity and one which can be waived only in exceptional circumstances.
In accordance with the established case law of the European Court of Human Rights in cases concerning employment disputes opposing staff to international organisations, waiving this immunity can be an option only if there are no other "reasonable alternative means" of protecting the rights of those concerned.

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The Assembly stresses that the staff of international organisations benefit from the human rights and fundamental freedoms as guaranteed by the European Convention on Human Rights (ETS No.
5, "the Convention"), and in particular the right of access to a tribunal and a fair trial in the event of a dispute with their employers (Article 6 of the Convention) and the right to freedom of association (Article 11 of the Convention), as well as the European Social Charter (ETS Nos.

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Nonetheless, it notes that there is frequently a lack of democratic and media scrutiny of the functioning of international organisations, which can result in the concealment of certain abuses, especially in the context of employment disputes.

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The Assembly considers that the Council of Europe member States should exercise greater scrutiny of the functioning of international organisations and focus thought on whether the human rights and fundamental freedoms of staff are upheld, and in particular whether staff have access to a "tribunal" within the meaning of Article 6 of the Convention.
In the light of the above, the Assembly recommends that member States of the Council of Europe and 6. the international organisations to which they are Parties: introduce, in the international organisations, "reasonable alternative means of legally protecting" 6.1. the rights of staff, in accordance with Article 6 of the Convention, in all cases where such means of redress are not yet available (if appropriate, especially for smaller international organisations, by submitting to the jurisdiction of tribunals established within other international organisations); ensure that these means of redress are also available to trade unions or other groups (such as 6.2. staff committees and staff associations) working to protect the rights of staff; 1.
Assembly debate on 26 January 2018 (9th Sitting) (see Doc.

14443, report of the Committee on Legal Affairs and Human Rights, rapporteur: Mr Volker Ullrich; and Doc.

14487, opinion of the Committee on Social Affairs, Health and Sustainable Development, rapporteur: Mr Stefan Schennach).

Text adopted by the Assembly on 26 January 2018 (9th Sitting).

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lJ£;-- Parliamentary Assembly ttfL~ Assemblee parlementaire ~~ ~~ ti ~1taTI:U.bktff,.v--\!~m&&¥ '~~~~~~DR~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 11 #ti CONSEIL DE ~EUROPE E SECRETARIAT AS/Cult (2018) CB 01 29 January 2018 To the members of the Committee on Culture, Science, Education and Media Synopsis of the meeting held in Strasbourg on 22, 23 and 25 January 2018 The Committee on Culture, Science, Education and Media, meeting in Strasbourg with Lord George Foulkes (United Kingdom, SOC), senior member present, and Ms Marfa Concepcion de Santa Ana, (Spain, EPP/CD) in the Chair, • on Monday 22 January 2018 from 2 pm to 3 pm, as regards: Election of the Chairperson: took note that the EPP/CD political group had not appointed a Chairperson and had to cancel the sitting and to postpone the items on the agenda to Tuesday; • on Tuesday 23 January 2018 from 8.30 am to 10 am, as regards: Composition of the bureau of the committee: elected by acclamation: Ms Marfa Concepcion de Santa Ana (Spain, EPP/CD) Chairperson, Ms GOlsOn Bilgehan (Turkey, SOC) 1 ' 1 Vice-Chairperson, in her absence; Working towards a framework for modern sports governance (Rapporteur: Mr Mogens Jensen, Denmark, SOC): adopted unanimously eight amendments from the committee to the draft resolution and three amendments from the committee to the draft recommendation and approved an addendum to the report; Good football governance (Rapporteur: Ms Anne Brasseur, Luxembourg, ALOE): adopted unanimously three amendments from the committee to the draft resolution; The protection and promotion of Regional or Minority Languages in Europe (Rapporteur: Rozsa Hoffmann, Hungary, EPP/CD): took position on 19 amendments to the draft resolution and one amendment to the draft recommendation; References to the committee and appointment of rapporteurs: appointed: Mr Volodymyr Ariev (Ukraine, EPP/CD) rapporteur on The protection of editorial integrity (Doc.
13964) and heard his declaration of absence of conflict of interest, Mr Mogens Jensen (Denmark, SOC) rapporteur on Education and culture: new partnerships to support personal development and cohesion (Doc.

13972), subject to his declaration of absence of conflict of interest, Mr Georgios Mavrotas (Greece, SOC) rapporteur on Strengthening the link between popular sports events and cultural heritage (Doc.
14218) and heard his declaration of absence of conflict of interest, Mr Mogens Jensen (Denmark, SOC) rapporteur on Football governance and ethics: business or values?

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14448) and heard her declaration of absence of confiTcl offnleresl; • on Tuesday 23 January 2018 from 2 pm to 3.30 pm, as regards: Working towards a framework for modern sports governance (Rapporteur: Mr Mogens Jensen, Denmark, SOC): took position on eight amendments to the draft resolution and three amendments to the draft recommendation; Good football governance (Rapporteur: Ms Anne Brasseur, Luxembourg, ALOE): took position on three amendments to the draft resolution; Composition of the bureau of the committee: elected by acclamation Mr Constantinos Efstathiou (Cyprus, SOC) 2"' Vice-Chairperson, in his absence; Reconstitution of sub-committees: reconstituted its three sub-committees' on: Culture, Diversity and Heritage, Education, Youth and Sport, Media and Information Society; Appointment of General Rapporteurs: appointed: Mr Stefan Schennach (Austria, SOC) as General Rapporteur on Science and Technology Impact Assessment, Lord George Foulkes (United Kingdom, SOC) as General Rapporteur on Media Freedom and Safety of Journalists; Designation of institutional representatives: designated the following representatives to be appointed by the Bureau of the Assembly: Mr Luis Leite Ramos (Portugal, EPP/CD) as representative to the European Centre for Global Interdependence and Solidarity (North-South Centre), Mr Bertrand Sorre (France, NR) as representative to the European Commission against Racism and Intolerance (ECRI), Lady Diana Eccles (United Kingdom, EC) and Ms Adele Gambaro (Italy, FDG) as representatives to the Council of Europe Committee for Works of Art (C-ART), Mr Andries Gryffroy (Belgium, NR) as representative to Europa Nostra- Pan-European Federation for Heritage, Mr Stefan Schennach (Austria, SOC) as representative to the Committee of the Parties of the Convention on Offences relating to Cultural Property; Committee work programme: Designation of representatives for forthcoming events: appointed, subject to the availability of funds, Mr Luis Leite Ramos (Portugal, EPP/CD) to participate in the Executive Committee meeting of the North-South Centre in Strasbourg (8 February 2018); Sub-committees: heard Alexander, the Earl of Dundee concerning the invitation by the United Kingdom delegation to the Sub-Committee on Culture, Diversity and Heritage and the Sub-Committee on Refugee and Migrant Children and Young People (of the Committee on Migration, Refugees and Displaced Persons) to hold a joint meeting in London on 26 March 2018; Replies from the Committee of Ministers: took note of the Reply from the Committee of Ministers (Doc.
14468) to Recommendation 2111 (2017) "Political influence over independent media and journalists" and asked the rapporteur, Mr Stefan Schennach, and the Sub-Committee on Media and Information Society to examine the reply and prepare an analysis with proposals of follow-up, and to report back to the committee; 1 The composition appears In the appended lists as approved by the committee during the January 2018 part-session.
2 Other business: took note of the call for nominations for the 2018 Vaclav Havel Human Rights Prize, decided to open its 2018 meetings to the representatives of the Turkish Cypriot Community; • on Thursday 25 January 2018 from 2 pm to 3.30 pm, as regards: Composition of the bureau of the committee: elected by acclamation Mr Andres Herkel (Estonia, EPP/CD) 3rd Vice-Chairperson, in his absence; Reconstitution of sub-committees: approved changes in the composition of its sub-committees2; Designation of institutional representatives: designated, to be appointed by the Bureau of the Assembly, Mr Carlos Alberto Gonc;:alves (Portugal, EPP/CD) as substitute of Mr Luis Leite Ramos (Portugal, EPP/CD) to the European Centre for Global Interdependence and Solidarity (North-South Centre); Committee work programme: Approval of rapporteurs' fact finding visits: subject to the availability of funds, approved the fact finding visit by Mr Constantinos Efstathiou (Cyprus, SOC), rapporteur on Reshaping the role of education for "digital citizens", to Helsinki, Finland (12-14 February 2018); Designation of representatives for forthcoming events: appointed, with no costs for the Assembly: Ms Anne Brasseur (Luxembourg, ALOE) to participate in the Policy Dialogue on the Transnational Governance of Sports, organised by the European University Italy (22 February 2018) and in the Forum International du Sport in Limoges, France (23 March 2018); in Florence, Institute subject to the availability of funds: Ms Anne Brasseur (Luxembourg, ALOE) to participate in the Round Table Conference "Tackling Extremism and Intolerance in a Diverse Society", organised by the European Council on Tolerance and Reconciliation (ECTR) in Monaco (5-7 March 2018); Creation of the position of "Internet Ombudsman" in charge of assessing the legal or illegal nature of internet contents through screening procedures (Rapporteur: Mr Frederic Reiss, France, EPP/CD): held an exchange of views with Mr Dan Shefet, lawyer at the Court of Appeal of Paris, and heard Mr Tom
 H0yem, former Danish Minister; Other business: took note of the open letter from Lord George Foulkes, General Rapporteur on Media Freedom and Safety of Journalists, concerning the investigations into the murder of Daphne Caruana Galizia, Maltese journalist, and agreed to ask Mr Schennach to raise this issue with the Maltese authorities during his forthcoming fact-finding visit in Malta, heard Ms GOlsOn Bilgehan concerning a joint study of the PACE with the Inter-Parliamentary Union on sexism, harassment and violence against women in parliaments in Europe, heard a short personal statement by Ms Rozsa Hoffmann who will retire from the Hungarian parliament and the PACE; Next meetings: decided to hold its next meeting in Paris, on 22 March 2018.
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The Sub-Committee on Culture, Diversity and Heritage (of the Committee on Culture, Science, Education and Medla), meeting in Strasbourg on ThursdBY 25 January 2018 from 8.30 am to 8.45 am with Mr Rafael Huseynov (Azerbaijan, ALDE), senior member present, and Ms Nino Goguadze (Georgia, EC) in the Chair, as regards: Composition of the bureau of the sub-committee: elected by acclamation Ms Nino Goguadze (Georgia, EC) Chairperson, took note of Mr Andries Gryffroy's candidature to become Vice-Chairperson and, in the absence of other candidates, decided to postpone the election to March 2018 when he will be eligible; Next meeting: decided to hold its next meeting with the Sub-Committee on Refugee and Migrant Children and Young People (of the Committee on Migration, Refugees and Displaced Persons) in London, on 26 March 2018, subject to the approval by the Bureau of the Assembly.
The Sub-Committee on Media and Information Society (of the Committee on Culture, Science, Education and Media), meeting in Strasbourg on Thursday 25 January 2018 from 8.45 am to 9 am with Mr Carlos Alberto Gongalves (Portugal, EPPICD), senior member present in the Chair, *** as regards: Composition of the bureau of the sub-committee: elected by acclamation: Mr Petri Honkonen (Finland, ALDE) Chairperson, in his absence, Ms Maura Hopkins (Ireland, EPP/CD) Vice-Chairperson, in her absence; Other business: heard Lord George Foulkes, General Rapporteur on Media Freedom and Safety of Journalists, on his open letter to the committee concerning the investigations into the murder of Daphne Caruana Galizia, Maltese journalist; Next meeting: decided to leave it to the Chairperson to convene the next meeting.
*** The Sub-Committee on Education, Youth and Sport (of the Committee on Culture, Science, Education and Media), meeting in Strasbourg on Thursday 25 January 2018 from 9 am to 10 am with Lord George Foulkes (United Kingdom, SOC), senior member present, and Mr Georgios Mavrotas (Greece, SOC) in the Chair, as regards: Composition of the bureau of the sub-committee: elected by acclamation: Mr Georgios Mavrotas (Greece, SOC) Chairperson, Ms Judith Pallares (Andorra, ALDE) Vice-Chairperson; Exchange of Views with the Advisory Council of Youth (CCJ): held an exchange of views with Mr Marko Grdosic, Chairperson of the Advisor Council of Youth (CCJ) and Ms Anna Widegren, Secretary General of the European Youth Forum; Work programme of the Sub-Committee on Education, Youth and Sport- future priorities: took note of the priorities of the sub-committee for 2018; Next meeting: decided to leave it to the Chairperson to convene the next meeting Roberto Fasino, lvi-Triin Odrats, Dana Karanjac, Eugen Cibotaru 4 cc: Secretary General of the Assembly Director and all staff of the Secretariat of the Assembly Secretaries of National Delegations and of Political Groups of the Assembly Secretaries of observer and partner for democracy delegations Secretary General of the Congress Secretary to the Committee of Ministers Directors General Director of the Private Office of the Secretary General of the Council of Europe Director of the Office of the Commissioner for Human Rights Director of Communication Permanent Representations to the Council of Europe I, ! '
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Diversitv and Heritage!

Sous-commission de Ia culture.

de Ia diversite et du patrimoine (27+1) Members I Titulaires Alternates I Rem plat,; ants Chairperson I President(e) 1.

GOGUADZE, Nino [Ms] Georgia Vice-Chairperson I Vice-President(e) N.N.

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CORSINI, Paolo [Mr] DUNDEE, Alexander, [The Earl of] [-] 4.
ECCLES, Diana [Lady] EFSTATHIOU, Constantinos [M.] FOURNIER, Bernard [M.] FRESKO-ROLFO, Beatrice [Mme] GIRO, Francesco Maria [Mr] GON<;ALVES, Carlos Alberto [Mr] 5.

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GORGHIU, Alina $tefania [Ms] 11 ' GRYFFROY, Andries [Mr] 12.

HENNRICH, Michael [Mr] 13.

HUSEYNOV, Rafael [Mr] 14.

KLEINWAECHTER, Norbert [Mr] 15.

LEITE RAMOS, Luis [Mr] 16.

MIROGLU, Orhan [Mr] 17.

MOTSCHMANN, Elisabeth [Ms] 18.

O'REILLY, Joseph [Mr] 19.

POPA, lon [Mr] 20.

RUST AMY AN, Armen [M.] 21.


SCHENNACH, Stefan [Mr] 22.

SORRE, Bertrand [M.] 23.

TOPCU, ZOhal [Ms] 24.

TORNARE, Manuel [M.] 25.

VARVITSIOTIS, Miltiadis [Mr] 26.
XUCLA, Jordi [Mr] Ex-Officio Italy United Kingdom United Kingdom Cyprus France Monaco Italy Portugal Romania Belgique Germany Azerbaijan Germany Portugal Turkey Germany Ireland Romania Armenie Austria France Turkey Suisse Greece Spain CERVELLINI, Massimo [Mr] CLARK, Colin [Mr] LOUCAIDES, George [Mr] DUMITRESCU, Christian-Sarin [Mr] VERCAMER, Stefaan [Mr] KUHLE, Konstantin [Mr] HARDT, JOrgen [Mr] NICOLAE, Andrei [Mr] COMTE, Raphael [M.] ANAGNOSTOPOULOU, Athanasia [Ms] SANTA ANA, Marfa Concepcion, de [Ms] Spain 6 Sub-Committee on Education.
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Sous-commission de /'education, de Ia [eunesse et du sport (27+1) Members I Titulaires Alternates I Remplat;ants Chairperson I President( e) 1.

MAVROTAS, Georgios [Mr] Greece Vice-Chairperson I Vice-President( e) 2.

PALLARES, Judith [Ms] Andorra Members I Membres 3.

BATRINCEA, Vlad [Mr] JANIK Grzegorz [Mr] JENSEN, Mogens [Mr] BLANCHART, Philippe [M.] BRASSEUR, Anne [Mme] BZOCH, Jaroslav [Mr] CIMBRO, Eleonora [Ms] EFSTATHIOU, Constantinos [M.] FOULKES, George [Lord] 4.

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KERN, Claude [M.] 16.

KNEZEVIC, Milan [Mr] 17.

KUHLE, Konstantin [Mr] 18.

MARAS, Gordan [Mr] 19.

NISSINEN, Johan [Mr] 20.

OBRADOVIC, Zarko [Mr] 21.

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REISS, Frederic [M.] 23.

SCHAFER, Axel [Mr] 24.

SCHNEIDER-SCHNEITER, Elisabeth [Mme] 25.

SORRE, Bertrand [M.] 26.
WALLINHEIMO, Sinuhe [Mr] Ex-Officio I Ex-Officio Republic of Moldova Belgium Luxembourg Czech Republic Italy BRUYN, Pie!, De [Mr] ASCANI, Anna [Ms] LOUCAIDES, George [Mr] Cyprus United Kingdom DUNDEE, Alexander, [The Earl of] [-] Monaco ELENA, Eric [M.] Portugal Ireland Poland Denmark France Montenegro Germany Croatia Sweden Serbia Turkey France Germany Suisse France Finland ARENT, lwona [Ms] TOPCU, ZOhal [Ms] KLEINWAECHTER, Norbert [Mr] BUCHEL, Roland Rino [M.] SANTA ANA, Maria Concepcion, de [Ms] Spain 7 j ' r. ' " ~· " " I i Sub-Committee on Media and Information Societv!
Sous-cammission des medias et de Ia societe de /'information (27+1) Members I Titulaires Alternates I Remplar;ants Chairperson I President( e) 1' HONKONEN, Petri [Mr] Finland Vice-Chairperson I Vice-President(e) 2.

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ADAM, Claude [M.] ANAGNOSTOPOULOU, Athanasia [Ms] ARENT, lwona [Ms] ARIEV, Volodymyr [Mr] BARDELL, Hannah [Ms] BENNING, Sybille [Ms] BILGEHAN, GOlsOn [Mme] BRUYN, Piet, De [Mr] CEPEDA, Jose [Mr] FOULKES, George [Lord] HERKEL, Andres [Mr] HUSEYNOV, Rafael [Mr] 13.

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PLEi?OIANU, Liviu loan Adrian [Mr] REISS, Frederic [M.] SCHENNACH, Stefan [Mr] TAOUET, Adrien [M.] TORNARE, Manuel [M.] Ex-Officio I Ex-Officio Luxembourg Greece Poland Ukraine United Kingdom Germany Turkey Belgium Spain United Kingdom Italy Georgia Estonia Azerbaijan Denmark Sweden Montenegro Slovenia Croatia Czech Republic Romania France Austria France Suisse MAVROTAS, Georgios [Mr] JANIK Grzegorz [Mr] BEREZA, Boryslav [Mr] JONES, Susan Elan [Ms] SCHAFER, Axel [Mr] ONAL, Suat [Mr] GRYFFROY, Andries [Mr] ZAMPA, Sandra [Ms] J0RGENSEN, Jan E. [Mr] ROJHAN GUSTAFSSON Azadeh [Ms] TUi?A, Adriana Diana [Ms] KERN, Claude [M.] BECHT, Olivier [M.] BUCHEL, Roland Rino [M.] SANTA ANA, Maria Concepcion, de [Ms] Spain 8 SECRETARIAT ASIEga/CB (2018) 01 26 January 2018 To the members of the Committee on Equality and Non-Discrimination Synopsis of the meeting held in Strasbourg from 22 to 25 January 2018 The Committee on Equality and Non-Discrimination, meeting in Strasbourg from 22 to 25 January 2018, • • Monday 22 January 2018, from 2pm to 3pm: with Ms Maryvonne Blondin (France, SOC), oldest member present, and then Ms Elvira Kovacs (Serbia, EPP/CD) in the Chair, as regards: Election of the Bureau of the Committee: elected by acclamation: Ms Elvira Kovacs (Serbia, EPP/CD), as Chairperson, - Mr Manuel Tornare (Switzerland, SOC), as First Vice-Chairperson, Tuesday 23 January 2018, from 2 to 3.30pm: with Ms Elvira Kovacs (Serbia, EPP/CD) in the Chair, as regards: Election of the Bureau of the Committee: elected by acclamation: - Ms Filiz Kerestecioglu Demir (Turkey, UEL), as Third Vice-Chairperson; Challenge on procedural grounds of the still unratified credentials of the parliamentary delegation of Andorra: appointed the Chairperson of the Committee, Ms Elvira Kovacs, as rapporteur for opinion, and heard a declaration of absence of conflict of interest from her; considered and approved the Committee's opinion, including one amendment, on the draft resolution of the Committee on Rules of Procedure, Immunities and Institutional
 Affairs; - Alleged extreme discrimination and crimes against homosexuals in the Chechen Republic (Russian Federation) (Rapporteur: Mr Piet de Bruyn, Belgium, NR) : considered an introductory memorandum and decided to change the title of the report as follows: Alleged extreme discrimination and crimes against LGBTI people in the Chechen Republic (Russian Federation); Forced marriage in Europe (Rapporteur: Ms Beatrice Fresko-Rolfo, Monaco, EPP/CD) : considered an information memorandum; Migration from a gender perspective: empowering women as key actors for integration (Rapporteur: Ms Gabriela Heinrich, Germany, SOC): considered an information memorandum; This document is available on the Parliamentary Assembly Extranet website (restricted area for PACE Members) http://assemblv.coe.intlextranet f- 67_07q-st,rasbO:tir9' cedex I assembly@coe.int I i¢1: t:·33 3 88 •h 201Jb· I t=ax: +33 3 ®·2t-5652 I, . '
l J '' AS/Ega/CB (2018) 01 Work programme: Proposal for the setting up of a new general rapporteur on women in politics: decided unanimously to reject the proposal; • Thursday 25 January 2018, from 8.30am to 9.40am: with Ms Elvira Kovacs (Serbia, EPP/CD) in the Chair, as regards: Reconstitution and composition of the Sub-Committees: decided unanimously not to reconstitute the Sub-Committee on Gender Equality and reconstituted the Sub-Committee on the Rights of Minorities and the Sub-Committee on Disability and Multiple and Intersectional Discrimination, and approved the lists of members which are set out in Appendices 1 and 2; Detainees with severe disabilities in Europe (Rapporteur: Mr Manuel Tomare, Switzerland, SOC): heard a communication from the Rapporteur on his fact-finding visits to France (8 December 2017) and Belgium (10-11 January 2018) and took note of an information memorandum; Work programme: Appointment of rapporteur: appointed Ms Sahiba Gafarova (Azerbaijan, EC), rapporteur for opinion on Protecting the rights of people with psychosocial disabilities with regard to involuntary measures in psychiatry, and heard from her a declaration of absence of conflict of interest; Call for candidatures: called for candidates for the following report: Stop hate speech and acts of hatred in sport, motion for a resolution tabled by Mr Goran Beus Richembergh (Croatia, ALOE) and other members of the Assembly; Assembly's institutional representation: appointed Mr Damien Thiery (Belgium, ALOE) as the Committee representative and Mr David Davies (United Kingdom, EC) as its substitute to the European Commission against Racism and Intolerance (ECRI) for 2018; Reporting back: heard a report from Ms GOlsOn Bilgehan (Turkey, SOC) on her participation in the Inter-parliamentary Committee Meeting of the European Parliament organised on the occasion of the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women 2017 on "The Istanbul Convention: combating violence against women at national and EU level", held in Brussels on 21 November 2017; Appointment of representatives: appointed Mr Pie!
De Bruyn (Belgium, NR), in his capacity as General rapporteur on the Rights of LGBTI people, to participate in the conference on "Challenge without response: hate crimes against LGBT people in Ukraine" to be held in Kyiv, Ukraine, 23 February 2018 (subject to the availability of funds); Meeting of the Committee in Copenhagen (1 and 2 March 2018): took note of the draft programme; Next meetings: confirmed its next meetings as follows: Copenhagen, 1-2 March 201 8; Strasbourg, during the 2nd part-session 2018 of the Assembly (23-27 April); Paris, 23 May 2018 (Council of Europe Office); Strasbourg, during the 3'd part-session 2018 of the Assembly (25-29 June); Paris, 19 September 2018 (Council of Europe Office); Strasbourg, during the 4'" part-session 2018 of the Assembly (8-12 October); Paris, 3 December 2018 (Council of Europe Office).
***** 2 AS/Ega/CB (2018) 01 The Parliamentary Network Women Free From Violence and the No Hate Parliamentary Alliance, meeting in Strasbourg, on Tuesday 23 January from 8.30am to 10am, with Ms GOlsOn Bilgehan (Turkey, SOC) and Ms Gabriela Heinrich (Germany, SOC) in the Chair, as regards: held a joint hearing on "Sexist hate speech and violence against women" with the participation of: Ms Jurgita PeciOriene, Programme Coordinator, Gender-based Violence, European Institute for Gender Equality (EIGE); Ms Isabel Ventura, member of the European Women's Lobby, Portuguese Women's Studies Association/Women without borders (APEM/MSF).
***** The Sub-Committee on Disability and Multiple and in Strasbourg, on Thursday 25 January from 9.40 to 9.50 am, with Mr Manuel Tornare (Switzerland, SOC), oldest member present, and then Mr Adao Silva (Portugal, EPP/DC) in the Chair, as regards: Intersectional Discrimination, meeting Election of the Bureau of the Sub-Committee: elected by acclamation Mr Adao Silva (Portugal, EPP/CD) as Chairperson and, in the absence of candidates, postponed the election of the Vice Chairperson to a next meeting; Activities in 2017 and future work: took note of the activities and proposals for its future work; Date and place of the next meeting: left it to its Chairperson to propose the date and place of the next meeting.
***** The Sub-Committee on the Rights of Minorities, meeting in Strasbourg, on Thursday 25 January from 9.50 to 10 am, with Mr Jean-Pierre Grin (Switzerland, ALDE) oldest member present, and then Mr Damien Thiery (Belgium, ALDE) in the Chair, as regards: Election of the Bureau of the Sub-Committee: elected by acclamation: Mr Damien Thiery (Belgium, ALDE) as Chairperson; - Mr Goran Beus Richembergh (Croatia, ALDE), as Vice-Chairperson; Minutes of the meeting held in Bucharest on 21 November 2017: decided to declassify the minutes of the meeting, subject to the approval of the Committee at its next meeting on 1 March 2018; Activities in 2017 and future work: took note of the activities and proposals for its future work; Next meeting: decided to meet during the April part-session (23-27 April), in Strasbourg.
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L1 I I ASIEgaiCB (2018) 01 Appendix 1 List of members of the Sub-Committee on Disability and Multiple and Intersectional Discrimination Chairperson I President Mr Adao SILVA, Portugal Vice-Chairperson I Vice-President Full Members I Titulaires RIBERAYGUA, Patricia [Mme] FATALIYEVA, Sevinj [Ms] De BETHUNE, Sabine [Mme] PARVIAINEN, Olli-Poika [Mr] Andorra I Andorre Azerbaijan I Azerba'ldjan Belgium I Belgique Finland I Finlande GAILLOT, Albane [Mme] France MOTSCHMANN, Elisabeth [Ms] Germany I Allemagne MAVROTAS, Georgios [Mr] KELLEHER, Colette [Ms] CENTEMERO, Elena [Ms] PAVICEVIC, Sanja [Ms] Greece I Grece Ireland llrlande Italy I lta/ie Montenegro I Montenegro SILVA, Adao [M.] Portugal Alternates/ Remplar;ants BLANCHART, Philippe [M.] ANAGNOSTOPOULOU Athanassia [Ms] DUMITRESCU, Cristian-Sorin [Mr] Romania I Roumanie $TEFAN, Corneliu [Mr] GORROTXATEGUI Miren Edurne [Ms] TORNARE, Manuel [M.] YA9AR, Serpa [Mme] THROUP, Maggie [Ms] Ex officio Spain I Espagne Switzerland I Suisse HEER, Alfred [Mr] Turkey I Turquie 9AHIN USTA, Leyla [Ms] United Kingdom I Royaume-Uni CHOPE, Christopher [Mr] Ms Elvira KOVACS, Chairperson of the Committee on Equality and Non-Discrimination I Presidente de Ia Commission sur /'egalite et Ia non-discrimination i ' 4 ASIEgaiCB (2018) 01 Appendix 2 List of members of the Sub-Committee on the Rights of Minorities Chairperson I President Mr Damien THIERY, Belgium I Belgique Vice-Chairperson I Vice-President Mr Goran BEUS RICHEMBERGH, Croatia I Croatie Full Members I Titulaires Alternates I Rempla9ants THIERY, Damien [M.] MAGAZINOVIC, Sasa [Mr] BEUS RICHEMBERGH, Goran [Mr] KOPRIVA Frantisek [Mr] EROTOKRITOU, Christiana [Ms] PARVIAINEN, Olli-Poika [Mr] LAMBERT, Jerome [M.] HEINRICH, Frank [Mr] Belgique I Belgium De BRUYN, Piet [Mr] Bosnia and Herzegovina I Bosnie-Hew!igovine Croatia I Croatie Czech Republic I Republique tcheque Cyprus I Chypre Finland I Finlande KYRIAKIDES, Stella [Ms] France DANESI, Rene [M.] Germany I Allemagne VOGT Ute [Ms] MOTSCHMANN, Elisabeth [Ms] Germany I Allemagne
 PSYCHOGIOS, Georgios [Mr] HARANGOZO, Gabor [Mr] TROY, Robert [Mr] Greece I Gnke Hungary I Hongrie Ireland I lr!ande VARVITSIOTIS, Miltiadis [Mr] KRONBICHLER, Florian [Mr] Italy lltalie BLAZINA, Tamara [Ms] CILEVICS, Boriss [Mr] GHILETCHI, Valeriu [Mr] PAVICEVIC, Sanja [Ms] Latvia I Lettonie Republic of Moldova I Republique de Moldova Montenegro I Montenegro BADEA, Viorei-Riceard [Mr] Romania I Roumanie BENK6, Erika [Ms] GORROTXATEGUI Miren Edurne [Ms] Spain I Espagne GRIN, Jean-Pierre [M.] :;lAHIN USTA, Leyla [Ms] DONALDSON, Jeffrey [Sir] Ex officio Switzerland I Suisse LOMBARDI, Filippo [M.] Turkey I Turquie United Kingdom I Royaume-Uni YA$AR, Serap [Mme] CREASY, Stella [Ms] Ms Elvira KOVACS, Chairperson of the Committee on Equality and Non-Discrimination I Presidente de Ia Commission sur /'egalite et Ia non-discrimination 5 I I . '
L• ,,, ~ Parliamentary Assembly HfL~ Assemblee parlementaire ~~~ ~--:r """"""' ~ ~ k!,'Mlll~t1l'Ji;g}Ni1h44ili 4?#, q,w 1 j SECRETARIAT ASIJur (2018) CB 01 29 January 2018 - To the members of the Committee on Legal Affairs and Human Rights Synopsis of the meeting held in Strasbourg on 22-25 January 2018 The Committee on Legal Affairs and Human Rights, meeting in Strasbourg from 22 to 25 January 2018: • on Monday 22 January 2018 at 2pm, with Mr Mart van de Ven (Netherlands, SOC), oldest member present, then Mr Frank Schwabe (Germany, SOC) in the Chair, as regards: Election of the Bureau of the Committee: elected, by acclamation, Mr Frank Schwabe (Germany, SOC) as Chairperson and Ms Olena Sotnyk (Ukraine, ALOE) as 1st Vice-Chairperson, and decided to postpone the election of the 2"' and 3'' Vice-Chairpersons to a later meeting during the week; Constitution of Sub-Committees: agreed to constitute the Committee's three sub-committees, namely: Sub-Committee on Human Rights i. ii.
Sub-Committee on Crime Problems and the Fight against Terrorism iii Sub-Committee on the implementation of judgments of the European Court of Human Rights; State of emergency: proportionality issues concerning derogations under Article 15 of the European Convention on Human Rights (Rapporteur: Mr Raphael Comte, Switzerland, ALOE): considered a draft report and unanimously adopted a draft resolution and draft recommendation; • on Tuesday 23 January 2018 at 8.30am, as regards: Composition of Sub-Committees: approved the composition of the Committee's three sub committees (see appendix for final list including subsequent changes during the week); Appointment of representatives of the Committee: decided to propose to the Bureau the following nominations for representatives of the Committee to the following bodies for 2018: i. European Commission for Democracy through Law (Venice Commission) Mr Sergiy Vlasenko (Ukraine, EPPICD)- titular member Mr Corneliu Mugurel Cozmanciuc (Romania, EPP/CD)- substitute ii.
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Moneyval Mr Titus Corlii\ean (Romania, SOC)- titular member Mr Mart van de Ven (Netherlands, ALDE)- substitute; Appointment of rapporteurs: For opinion: The status of journalists in Europe (Rapporteur for the Committee on Culture, Science, Education and Media: Ms Elvira Orobinski-Wei/!., Germany, SOC): appointed Ms Thorhildur Sunna JEversd6ttir (Iceland, SOC) and heard from her a declaration of absence of conflict of interest; For report: The principles and guarantees of advocates: heard a declaration of absence of conflict of interest from Mr Georgii Logvynskyi (Ukraine, EPP/CD) following his appointment on 12 December 2017; Ombudsman Institutions in Europe - the need for a set of common standards: heard a declaration of absence of conflict of interest from Lord Richard Balfe (United Kingdom, EC) following his appointment on 12 December 2017; New challenges in the fight against organised crime and money-laundering - the need to improve international cooperation: heard a declaration of absence of conflict of interest from Mr Mart van de Ven (The Netherlands, ALDE) following his appointment on 12 December 2017; Vaclav Havel Human Rights Prize 2018: call for nominations: noted the procedure and deadline of 30 April 2018 for submissions of candidates, including the relevant information on the website; The implementation of judgments of the European Court of Human Rights - 10'" report (Rapporteur: Mr Evangelos Venizelos, Greece, SOC): considered an introductory memorandum and agreed to the rapporteur's request to send a letter to national delegations about the state of play of implementation of Resolution 2178 (2017) and to hold two hearings, one with the Council of Europe Commissioner for Human Rights, representatives of the Committee of Ministers and the Registry of the European Court of Human Rights, and one with representatives of the European Commission for Democracy through Law (Venice Commission), and of civil society and an academic expert, subject to the availability of funds; How can inappropriate restrictions on NGO activities in Europe be prevented?
(Rapporteur: Mr Yves Cruchten, Luxembourg, SOC) - Protecting human rights defenders in Council of Europe member States (Rapporteur: Mr Egidijus Vareikis, Lithuania, EPPICO): held a hearing with the participation of Mr Nils Muiznieks, Commissioner for Human Rights of the Council of Europe, Ms Anna Rurka, President of the Conference of the INGOs of the Council of Europe and Mr Konstantin Baranov, member of the board of the International Youth Human Rights Movement, Russia.
Heard a declaration of absence of conflict of interest from the Rapporteur for "Protecting human rights defenders in Council of Europe member States", Mr Vareikis, who was appointed in his absence at the meeting on 12 December 2017, and agreed to hold a hearing with up to three experts (subject to availability of funds) and to request the Bureau to prolong the reference for this report until 30 September 2018; • Wednesday 24 January 2018 at 2pm, as regards: Election of the 2nd and 3rd Vice-Chairpersons of the Committee: elected, by acclamation, Mr Vusal Huseynov (Azerbaijan, EPP/CD) and Mr Sam vel Farmanyan (Armenia, EPP/CD) as Vice Chairpersons, the order of precedence to be determined at a subsequent meeting; Fighting organised crime by facilitating the confiscation of illegal assets (Rapporteur: Mr Mart van de Ven, Netherlands, ALOE): considered a draft report and unanimously adopted a draft resolution; The case for drafting a European Convention on the profession of lawyer (Rapporteur : Ms Sabien Lahaye-Battheu, Belgium, ALOE): four amendments to the draft recommendation; took position on 2 Other business: - Composition of Sub-Committees: took note of further requests and modifications concerning membership of the three sub-committees (see Appendix for final list); - "Defining guidelines for international NGOs": agreed to request the Bureau to be seized for opinion on the report on "Defining guidelines for international NGOs" being prepared by the Committee on Migration, Refugees and Displaced Persons (Rapporteur: Ms Daphne Dumery, Belgium, NR); Current human rights issues: held an exchange of views on relevant issues raised by members; • Thursday 25 January 2018 at 9.15am, as regards: Vice-Chairpersons: took note of information received from the EPP/CD group regarding the order of their nominations for Vice-Chairpersons as follows: Mr Vusal Huseynov (Azerbaijan) as 2'd Vice Chairperson and Mr Samvel Farmanyan (Armenia) as 3'd Vice-Chairperson; Sub-Committee on Human Rights: heard a report by Ms Azadeh Rojhan
 Gustafsson (Sweden, SOC), Vice-Chairperson of the Sub-Committee, on the meeting held in Strasbourg on Wednesday 24 January 2018 and endorsed the proposal of the Sub-Committee concerning the list submitted by the delegation of Spain for transmission to the Bureau; Ombudsman Institutions in Europe - the need for a set of common standards (Rapporteur: Lord Richard Balfe, United Kingdom, EC): considered an introductory memorandum and held an exchange of views with the participation of Mr Jan Helgesen, member of the Venice Commission in respect of Norway and Chair of the Scientific Council; agreed to hold a further hearing with 2 experts at a future meeting, subject to the availability of funds; • on Thursday 25 January 2018 at 2pm, as regards: Jurisdictional immunity of international organisations and rights of their staff (Rapporteur: Mr Volker Ullrich, Germany, EPPICD): took position on five amendments to the draft resolution and two to the draft recommendation; Strengthening international regulations against trade in goods used for torture and the death penalty (Rapporteur: Mr Vusal Huseynov, Azerbaijan, EPPICD): took note that no amendments had been tabled to the draft recommendation; Work programme of the Committee: Priorities for 2018: held an exchange of views on and took note of the Committee's work programme for 2018; Replies from the Committee~of Ministers to recommendations emanating from the Committee: took note of the reply from the Committee of Ministers to Assembly Recommendation 2100 (2017) on "25 years of the CPT: achievements and areas for improvement"; Other business: -Information documents: took note of two newly updated Committee information documents, "Work of the Committee on Legal Affairs and Human Rights (AS/Jur): an overview" and "Overview of core Council of Europe human rights monitoring mechanisms and related activities"; - Annual ticket: agreed to accept the invitation from the delegation of Iceland to meet in Reykjavik, Iceland, on 22-23
 May 2018, subject to approval by the Bureau and the availability of funds; -"Symposium on "Religious Values, Human Rights" (Birmingham, United Kingdom, 14 February 2018): agreed to the participation of Mr Liam Byrne (United Kingdom, SOC), rapporteur on "Counter narratives to terrorism", in a symposium on "Religious Values, Human Rights" to be held in Birmingham, United Kingdom on 14 February 2018, at no cost to the Assembly; - Composition of Sub-Committees: took note of further requests and modifications concerning membership of the three sub-committees (see Appendix for final list); 3 ' I' " ' ' . '
'' Next meetings: took note of the forthcoming meetings as follows: Plenary Committee: Paris, 14 March 2018 (Council of Europe Office) Strasbourg, during the Assembly's 2"' part-session of 2018 (23-27 April2018) Reykjavik, Iceland, 22-23 May 2018, (subject to approval by the Bureau and the availability of funds) Strasbourg, during the Assembly's 3'' part-session of 2018 (25-29 June 2018) Paris, 10 September 2018 (Council of Europe Office) (to be confirmed) Strasbourg, during the Assembly's 41h part-session of 2018 (8-12 October 2018) Paris, 12 November 2018 (Council of Europe Office) (to be confirmed) Paris, 11 December 2018 (Council of Europe Office) (to be confirmed) ***** The Sub-Committee on Human Rights (of the Committee on Legal Affairs and Human Rights), meeting in Strasbourg on Tuesday 23 January 2018 at 3pm, with Ms Anne Brasseur (Luxembourg, ALDE), oldest member present, then Mr $aban Di9li (Turkey, EPP/CD) in the Chair, as regards: Election of the Sub-Committee's Bureau: elected Mr $aban Di9li (Turkey, EPP/CD) Chairperson by secret ballot, and Ms Azadeh Rojhan Gustafsson (Sweden, SOC), Vice-Chairperson, by acclamation; Next meeting: Wednesday 24 January 2018 at 3pm.
***** The Sub-Committee on Crime Problems and the Fight against Terrorism (of the Committee on Legal Affairs and Human Rights), meeting in Strasbourg on Tuesday 23 January 2018 at 3.1 Opm, with Ms Anne Brasseur (Luxembourg, ALDE) oldest member present, in the Chair, then Mr Georgii Logvynskyi (Ukraine, EPP/CD) as regards: Election of the Sub-Committee's Bureau: elected Mr Georgii Logvynskyi (Ukraine, EPP/CD) Chairperson, and Mr Corneliu Mugurel Cozmanciuc (Romania, EPP/CD), Vice-Chairperson, both by acclamation; Next meeting: left it up to the Chairperson to convene the next meeting.
***** The Sub-Committee on the implementation of judgments of the European Court of Human Rights (of the Committee on Legal Affairs and Human Rights), meeting in Strasbourg on Tuesday 23 January 2018 at 3.20pm, with Mr Boriss Cilevics (Latvia, SOC), oldest member present, in the Chair, then Ms Eka Beselia (Georgia, SOC) as regards: Election of the Sub-Committee's Bureau: elected Ms Eka Beselia (Georgia, SOC) Chairperson by acclamation and postponed the election of a Vice-Chairperson until the next meeting of the Sub committee owing to the fact that eligible candidates present were potential candidates as Vice Chairpersons for plenary committees and awaiting the outcome of these nominations by their political group; Next meeting: left it up to the Chairperson to convene the next meeting.
***** 4 The Sub-Committee on Human Rights (of the Committee on Legal Affairs and Human Rights), meeting in Strasbourg on Wednesday 24 January 2018 at 3pm, with Mr $aban Di~li (Turkey, EPP/CD) in the Chair, as regards: European Committee for the Prevention of Torture (CPT): considered the list of candidates to the CPT in respect of Spain; decided to recommend to the plenary committee that it propose to the Bureau that the list be rejected and the Spanish delegation invited to submit a new list; Next meeting: during the April part-session 2018.
Gunter Schirmer, David Milner, Agnieszka Szklanna Copy to: Secretary General of the Assembly Director and all staff of the Secretariat of the Assembly Secretaries of National Delegations and of Political Groups of the Assembly Secretaries of observer and partner for democracy delegations Secretary General of the Congress Secretary to the Committee of Ministers Directors General Director of the Private Office of the Secretary General of the Council of Europe Director of the Office of the Commissioner for Human Rights Director of Communication Permanent Representations to the Council of Europe 5 r. ' '" '' . '
I I SECRETARIAT Appendix I Annexe Composition of Sub-Committees Composition des sous-commissions Sub-Committee on Human Rights (29 seats) Sous-commission des Droits de /'Homme (29 sieges) List of members Liste des membres Titular member I Membra titulaire Alternate member I Membre remplacant DiSLi $aban (Chair/ President) ROJHAN GUSTAFSSON Azadeh (VC/VP) Turkey/Turquie Sweden/Suede Mr Mr YENEROGLU Mustafa GUNNARSSON Jonas 1.

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8 lLJ;:;-- Parliamentary Assembly ltfL~ Assemblee parlementaire ~~~ ~ d!li!m.t¥/~~'WJI\\¥<<4iitd SECRETARIAT AS/Mig (2018) CB 01 29 January 2018 **& !k'lim:itrr j£t' a;; &RAw· To the members of the Committee on Migration, Refugees and Displaced Persons Synopsis of the meeting held in Strasbourg on 23, 24 and 25 January 2018 The Committee on Migration, Refugees and Displaced Persons, meeting in Strasbourg, with first Lord Simon Russell (United Kingdom, EC), oldest member present and then Ms Doris Fiala (Switzerland, ALDE) and Mr Killion Munyama (Poland, EPP/CD) in the Chair, • on Tuesday, 23 January 2018 at 8.30 a.m., as regards: Lord Simon Russell (United Kingdom, EC) in the Chair Election of the Bureau of the Committee: elected by acclamation Ms Doris Fiala (Switzerland, ALOE), Chairperson, and postponed the election of the 3 Vice-Chairpersons; Ms Doris Fiala (Switzerland, ALDE) in the Chair Constitution of Sub-Committees: reconstituted the Sub-Committee on Integration and the Sub Committee on Refugee and Migrant Children and Young People and constituted a Sub-Committee on Diasporas; Humanitarian consequences of the war in Ukraine (Rapporteur: Mr Egidijus Vareikis, Lithuania, EPP/CD): took position on the amendments tabled to the draft resolution; Meeting of the Committee in Amman (Jordan), 21-22 March 2018: heard a statement by Mr Khaled Albakkar, Chairperson of the Jordanian Partner for Democracy Delegation to the PACE and held an exchange of views; How to encourage the migration of international students across Europe (Rapporteur: Alexander [The Earl of] Dundee, United Kingdom, EC): heard a statement by the rapporteur, took note of a draft report and adopted unanimously a preliminary draft resolution; agreed to change the title of the report as follows: "How to encourage the movement of international students across Europe"; Appointment of a rapporteur for report: A legal status for "climate refugees": appointed Ms Marie-Christine Verdier-Jouclas (France, NR) and heard from her a declaration of absence of conflict of interest; W- 67Qts Strast4>)itQ cec{eX I assem~jy@CP:e.i}it I Tel: -~;33 3 sa 41 ?Qtto I -~ax: +33 3 ·ss 41 '{.797 '' ., . '
I l AS/Mig (2018) CB 01 • on Tuesday, 23 January 2018 at 2.00 p.m., as regards: Parliamentary Campaign to End Immigration Detention of Children: heard a statement by Ms Doris Fiala (Switzerland, ALOE), and held a round table on the implementation of alternatives to the participation of Ms Lina Charasauskaite, Advisor, immigration detention of children, with International Cooperation Department, Ministry of Interior, Lithuania, Mr Geert Verbauwhede, Advisor, Immigration Office, Belgium (via video conference), Ms Annie Ortelli, Director of the Baregg centre for unaccompanied minor asylum seekers, Bern and Mr Philippe Feliser, Advisor, Section Return Bases and Return Assistance, State Secretariat for Migration, Switzerland; Development aid: a tool for preventing migration crises (Rapporteur: Mr Pierre-Alain Fridez, Switzerland, SOC): heard a statement by the rapporteur and held an exchange of views with Ms Isabelle Cheval ley, Member of the National Council, Parliament of Switzerland, Bern; • on Wednesday, 24 January 2018 at 2.00 p.m., as regards: Election of the three Vice-Chairpersons of the Committee: elected by acclamation: ./ ./ ./ Mr Killion Munyama (Poland, EPP/CD), 1st Vice-Chairperson, Mr Pierre-Alain Fridez (Switzerland, SOC), 2"' Vice-Chairperson, Ms Serap Ya~ar (Turkey, EC), 3'' Vice-Chairperson; The humanitarian situation of refugees in the countries neighbouring Syria (Rapporteur: Mr Manlio Di Stef<Jno, Italy, NR): heard a statement by the rapporteur and authorised him to carry out a fact-finding visit to Lebanon, subject to the authorisation of the Bureau and to the availability of financial resources of the Assembly; Joint hearing on "The legal and practical requirements for extra-territorial processing of asylum claims" (Rapporteur: Mr Domagoj Hajdukovi6, Croatia, SOC) and on "Human rights impacts of the "external dimension" of European Union asylum and migration policy: out of sight, out of rights?"
(rapporteur: Ms Tineke Strik, Netherlands, SOC): heard statements by the rapporteurs and held a hearing (via video conference) with the participation of Ms Carol Batchelor, Director of the Division of International Protection, UNHCR, Geneva, Mr Leonello Gabrici, Head of Division for Migration and Human Security, European External Action Service, European Commission, Brussels and Mr Othman Belbeisi, Head of the 10M Mission in Libya; subject to the availability of financial resources of the Assembly, authorised Mr Domagoj Hajdukovi6 (Croatia, SOC) to carry out a fact-finding visit to Brussels and Ms Tineke Strik (Netherlands, SOC) to carry out fact-finding visits to Turkey and Brussels; approved the request of Ms Tineke Strik to send letters to FRONTEX, EUNAFOR Med, lnmarsat pic and the Libyan Navy; Composition of the Sub-Committees: approved the list of members of the three Sub-Committees; • on Thursday, 25 January 2018 at 8.30 a.m., as regards: Priorities of the Committee in 2018: approved the Chairperson's proposal to ask in writing all members for views on national priorities in the area of migration and refugees with a view to holding a discussion during the next meeting; Addressing the humanitarian needs of internally displaced persons: recent lessons and future challenges in Europe (Rapporteur: Mr Killion Munyama, Poland, EPP/CD): heard a statement by the rapporteur, considered a preliminary draft report and held an exchange of views; Integration, empowerment and protection of migrant children through compulsory education (Rapporteur: Ms Petra De Sutter, Belgium, SOC): heard a statement by the rapporteur, considered a preliminary draft report and held an exchange of views; Search and rescue operations in the Mediterranean Sea: heard a statement by Ms Tineke Strik (Netherlands, SOC), took note of the replies by the Italian authorities, and held an exchange of views; 2 AS/Mig (2018) CB 01 The situation in Libya - prospects and role of the Council of Europe: heard a statement by Ms Tineke Strik (Netherlands, SOC) on the report being prepared by the Committee on Political Affairs and Democracy and agreed to request to the Bureau to be seized for opinion on this report; Mr Killion Munyama (Poland, E.PP/CD) in the Chair Implications of the 2018 PACE.
Budget situation on Committee's work: heard a statement by Mr Wojciech Sawicki, Secretary General of the Parliamentary Assembly, and held an exchange of views; Parliamentary Network on Diaspora policies: postponed until the next meeting the statement by Mr Andrea Rigoni (Italy, ALOE), Coordinator of the Network on the meeting of the Network in Rabat (8 February 2018) on "Which type of integration of migrants can be applied to prevent radicalisation: the role of parliaments and diaspora associations"; Sub-Committee on Diasporas (24 January, Strasbourg): postponed until the next meeting the statement by Mr Andrea Rigoni (Italy, ALOE), Chairperson of the Sub-Committee; Sub,Committee on Refugee and Migrant Children and Young People (24 January, Strasbourg): agreed to hold a meeting of the Sub-Committee in London on 26 March 2018, subject to the authorisation of the Bureau and to the availability of financial resources of the Assembly; Recommendation 2108 (2017) on "A comprehensive humanitarian and political response to the migration and refugee crisis and the continuing flows into Europe" (Rapporteur: Mr Duarte Marques, Portugal, E.PPICD) and Recommendation 2109 (2017) on "Migration as an opportunity for European Development" (rapporteur: Mr Andrea Rigoni, Italy, ALDE.
): postponed until the next meeting the consideration of the joint reply from the Committee of Ministers; Representation of the Committee at various events: Meeting of the Committee of Experts on Administrative Detention of Migrants (CJ-DAM) organised by the Council of Europe, 21-23 February 2018, Paris: appointed Ms Tineke Strik (Netherlands, SOC), subject to the availability of financial resources of the Assembly; Expert round table on hate crime against migrants, organised by the OSCE Office for Democratic institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR), 27-28 February 2018, London: appointed Mr Andrea Rigoni (Italy, ALDE), without cost for the Assembly; Appointments of rapporteurs: The implications of Brexit for migration: postponed until the next meeting the appointment of a rapporteur; Violence and discrimination against religious minorities in refugee camps across Europe: postponed until the next meeting the appointment of a rapporteur; Next meetings: • Amman (Jordan), 21-22 March 2018 • Strasbourg, during the 2nd part-session 2018 (23-27 April) • Paris, 24 May 2018 • Strasbourg, during the 3rd part-session 2018 (25-29 June) • Paris, 20 September 2018 • Strasbourg, during the 4th part-session 2018 (8-12 October) • Paris, 5 December 2018 I, . '
' ' Others • Rabat (Morocco), 8 February 2018, Meeting of the Sub-Committee on Diasporas on the occasion of the Regional meeting of the Parliamentary Network on Diaspora policies • London, 26 March 2018, joint meeting of the Sub-Committee on Refugee and Migrant Children and Young People and the Sub-Committee on Culture, Diversity and Heritage (of the Committee on Culture, Science, Education and Media), subject to the authorisation of the Bureau 3 I I ~ AS/Mig (2018) CB 01 The Sub-Committee on Integration, meeting in Strasbourg on 24 January 20Hl, with Ms Doris Fiala (Switzerland, ALOE) in the Chair, as regards: Election of a Chairperson: postponed the election until the next meeting; Election of a Vice-Chairperson: postponed the election until the next meeting; Next meeting: during the 2'' part session of the Assembly 2018.
***** The Sub-Committee on Refugee and Migrant Children and Young People, meeting in Strasbourg on 24 January 2018, with first Ms Doris Fiala (Switzerland, ALOE), and then Mr Manlio DiStefano (Italy, NR) in the Chair, as regards: Election of a Chairperson: re-elected Mr Manlio Di Stefano (Italy, NR) by acclamation; Election of a Vice-Chairperson: elected Alexander [The Earl of] Dundee (United Kingdom, EC) by acclamation; Future activities of the Sub-Committee: following an invitation by the Chairperson of the PACE Delegation of the United Kingdom to hold a meeting of the Sub-Committee jointly with the Sub Committee on Culture, Minority and Heritage, decided to hold this meeting in London on 26 March 2018, subject to the authorisation of the Bureau and the availability of financial resources of the Assembly; Next meeting: London, 26 March 2018, subject to the authorisation of the Bureau and to the availability of financial resources of the Assembly.
***** The Sub-Committee on Diasporas, meeting in Strasbourg on 24 January 2018, with first Ms Doris Fiala (Switzerland, ALOE), and then Mr Andrea Rigoni (Italy, ALDE) in the Chair, as regards: Election of a Chairperson: elected Mr Andrea Rigoni (Italy, ALOE) by acclamation; Election of a Vice-Chairperson: elected Mr Duarte Marques (Portugal, EPP/CD) by acclamation; Future activities of the Sub-Committee: heard a statement by the Chairperson on the next meeting of the Sub-Committee on the occasion of the meeting of the Parliamentary Network on Diaspora policies in Rabat (8 February 2018) on 'Which type of integration of migrants can be applied to prevent radicalisation: the role of parliaments and diaspora associations" and held an exchange of views with Ms Aicha Lablak, member of the Partner for Democracy Delegation of Morocco to the PACE; Next meeting: Rabat, 8 February 2018.
Agnieszka Nachilo, Penelope Denu, Rudiger Dassow, Olga Kostenko cc: Secretary General of the Assembly Director and all staff of the Secretariat of the Assembly Secretaries of National Delegations and of Political Groups of the Assembly Secretaries of observer and partner for democracy delegations Secretary General of the Congress Secretary to the Committee of Ministers Directors General Director of the Private Office of the Secretary General of the Council of Europe Director of the Office of the Commissioner for Human Rights Director of Communication Permanent Representations to the Council of Europe ... " 4 AS/Mig (2018) CB 01 APPENDIX I ANNEXE Composition of the Sub-Committees I Composition des sous-commissions 1.
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' ' I I SECRETARIAT AS/Pol (2018) CB 01 29 January 2018 CONSEIL DE lEUROPE To the members of the Committee on Political Affairs and Democracy Synopsis of the meetings held in Strasbourg from 22 to 25 January 2018 The Committee on Political Affairs and Democracy, meeting in Strasbourg from 22 to 25 January 2018, first with Ms Ria Oomen-Ruijten (Netherlands, EPP/CD) and Lord George Foulkes (United Kingdom, SOC), oldest members present, and then Ms Ria Oomen-Ruijten (Netherlands, EPP/CD): Monday 22 January 2018, 14:00-15:00. room 9, as regards: Election of the Bureau of the Committee: according to Rule 46.2. of the Assembly rules of Procedure, decided to postpone the election of its Chairperson, on the grounds that no candidacy had been put forward by a member belonging to the EPP/CD Group to which the Chair of the Committee was allocated; Tuesday 23 January 2018.
14:00 -15:30, room 9, as regards: Election of the Bureau of the Committee: • • • • elected, by secret ballot, Ms Ria Oomen-Ruijten (Netherlands, EPP/CD), Chairperson, elected, by acclamation, Mr Titus Corlatean (Romania, SOC), 1 '' Vice-Chairperson, elected, by acclamation, Ms Cheryl Gillan (United Kingdom, EC), 2nd Vice-Chairperson, elected, by acclamation Mr Alfred Heer (Switzerland, ALDE), 3rd Vice-Chairperson; Reconstitution of Sub-Committees: reconstituted the following standing Sub-Committees: • • • Sub-Committee on the Middle East and the Arab World, Sub-Committee on External Relations, Sub-Committee on relations with the OECD and the EBRD; Debate under urgent procedure: The Israeli-Palestinian peace process: the role of the Council of Europe (Rapporteur: Mr Titus Corlafean, Romania, SOC): approved a report and adopted a draft resolution; Wednesday 24 January 2018, 14:00-15:30. room 9, as regards: The situation in Kosovo* (Rapporteur: Mr Jordi Roca, Spain, EPPICD): heard a statement by the Rapporteur on recent developments, followed by an exchange of views with the participation of the delegations of Serbia and of the Assembly of Kosovo; *Throughout this text, all reference to Kosovo, whether to the territory, institutions or population shall be understood in full compliance with United Nations Security Council Resolution 1244 and without prejudice to the status of Kosovo.
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'' I ' '' AS/Pol (2018) CB 01 A commitment to introduce rules to ensure fair referendums in Council of Europe member States (Rapporteur: Ms Cheryl Gillan, United Kingdom, EC): heard a statement by the Rapporteur, including her declaration of absence of conflfct of interest, followed by a hearing with the participation of Mr Gianni Buquicchio, President of the European Commission for Democracy through Law (Venice Commission) and Mr Alan Renwick, Deputy Director of the Constitution Unit, Department of Political Science, University College London; considered an introductory memorandum and agreed to change the title to: Updating guidelines to ensure fair referendums in Council of Europe member States; Appointment of the institutional representatives of the Committee: in the framework of the Assembly's institutional representation, appointed the following members and substitutes, and decided to inform the Bureau of the Assembly accordingly: • Council for democratic elections of the Venice Commission (by secret ballot) .
Member: Mr Corneliu M. Cozmanciuc (Romania, EPP/CD), .

Substitute: Mr Jordi Xucla (Spain, ALDE), • European Commission against Racism and Intolerance (ECRI) (by acclamation): .
Member: Mr Titus Corla\ean (Romania, SOC); The political transition in Egypt (Rapporteur: Mr Jordi Xucla, Spain, ALOE): heard a statement by the Rapporteur on his fact-finding visit to Egypt on 6-7 December 2017, took note of his intention to hold a video exchange of views with the Minister of Education of Egypt at a forthcoming meeting, and considered an information memorandum; Thursday 25 January 2018, 08:30-10:00, room 9. as regards: Debate under urgent procedure: The Israeli-Palestinian peace process: the role of the Council of Europe (Rapporteur: Mr Titus Corlafean, Romania, SOC): took position on the 6 amendments to the draft resolution; Appointment of Rapporteurs: appointed the following Rapporteurs, subject to hearing from them a declaration of non-conflict of interest: • • • • • • Mr Tiny Kox (Netherlands, UEL) as Rapporteur on Identity, role and m1ss1on of the Parliamentary Assembly as a statutory organ of the Council of Europe, and a pan-European forum for inter-parliamentary dialogue, Ms Theodora Bakoyannis (Greece, EPPICD) as Rapporteur on The situation in Syria and its effects upon surrounding countries, Mr Mogens Jensen (Denmark, SOC) as Rapporteur on The evaluation of the partnership for democracy in respect of the Parliament of Jordan, Mr Corneliu M. Cozmanciuc (Romania, EPP/CD) as Rapporteur on The evaluation of the partnership for democracy in respect of the Parliament of the Kyrgyz Republic, Ms Marietta Karamanli (France, SOC) as Rapporteur on Protecting and supporting the victims of terrorism, Mr Ervin Bushati (Albania, SOC) as Rapporteur on The activities of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) in 2018-2019; Funding of the terrorist group Daesh (Rapporteur: Mr Phil Wilson, United Kingdom, SOC): heard a statement by the Rapporteur, agreed to change the title to: Funding of the terrorist Group Oaesh: lessons learned, approved a report and adopted a draft resolution; Strengthening co-operation with the United Nations (Rapporteur: Mr Adao Silva, Portugal, EPP/CO):
 heard a declaration of absence of conflict of interest by the Rapporteur as well as a statement on his fact-finding visit to the United Nations, Geneva on 11-12 December 2017; took note of his intention to hold a hearing on co-operation between the Council of Europe and the UN in the coming months; 2 AS/Pol (2018) CB 01 Consideration of the reply by the Committee of Ministers to Recommendations 2113 and 2114 (2017): took note of the reply of the Committee of Ministers; Composition of sub-committees: agreed the proposed membership of its standing Sub-Committees (see Appendix); Follow-up to Resolution 2172 (2017) and Recommendation 2107 (2017) on The situation in Belarus: held an exchange of views with members of the House of Representatives of the National Assembly of Belarus: Mr Andrei Naumovich, Head of the Working group on the death penalty issues, Chair of the Standing Committee on Human rights, national relations and media, and Ms Anna Kanopatskaya, member of the Working group on death penalty issues and of the Standing Committee on economic issues, respectively from the majority and from the opposition; and was informed that neither a representative of independent civil society nor of opposition political forces not represented in parliament were able to attend this part-session; Requests for extensions of references: approved the following requests: • • by Mr Attila Korodi (Romania, EPPICD), Rapporteur on The situation in Libya -prospects and role of the Council of Europe, that the reference be extended until 15 March 2018 due to lack of time to examine the report as foreseen at the beginning of the week, and decided to submit this request to the Bureau of the Assembly, by Mr Jordi Xucla (Spain, ALOE), Rapporteur on The political transition in Egypt, that the reference by extended until the end of June 2018 in order to take into account the Egyptian presidential elections, scheduled to take place on 26-28 March 2018, with a possible second round on 24-26 April
 2018, and decided to submit this request to the Bureau of the Assembly; Requests for visit authorisations: approved the request by Mr Ervin Bushati (Albania, SOC), Rapporteur on The activities of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) in 2018-2019, to attend the 61h OECD Parliamentary Days, Paris, 8-9 February 2018, subject to the availability of funds; Other business: • • • • called for candidates for a report on Democracy hacked?
How to respond, with a view to appointing a representative at its next meeting; took note of the call for nominations for the 2018 Vaclav Havel Prize, and of the fact that the deadline for applications was 30 April 2018; was informed that no delegation of elected representatives of the Turkish Cypriot community had been submitted for 2018; was encouraged to participate in a study being carried out by the Assembly jointly with the Inter Parliamentary Union on sexism, harassment and violence against women in parliaments; Next meetings: took note of the Chairperson's suggestion to change the Committee meeting in December to 11 instead of 13 December and decided on forthcoming meetings as follows: • • • • • • • • Paris, 12 March 2018 Strasbourg, during the Assembly's 2nd part-session, 23-27 April 2018 Athens, Greece, 22 May 2018 Strasbourg, during the Assembly's 3rd part-session, 25-29 June 2018 Paris, 11 September 2018 Strasbourg, during the Assembly's 4th part-session, 8-12 October 2018 Paris, 13 November 2018 Paris, 11 December 2018 (to be confirmed).
3 r, " " " ' l ' l AS/Pol (2018) CB 01 The Sub-Committee on the Middle East and the Arab World (of the Committee on Political Affairs and Democracy), meeting in Strasbourg on 25 January 2018 with first Mr Titus Corla\ean (Romania, SOC) and then Ms Kerstin Lundgren (Sweden, ALOE) in the Chair, as regards: Election of the Sub-Committee's Bureau: elected, by acclamation, Ms Kerstin Lundgren (Sweden, ALOE), Chairperson, and Mr Phil Wilson (United Kingdom, SOC), Vice-Chairperson; Future work: asked its Chairperson and the Secretariat to start preparing a meeting of the Sub Committee to be held in Israel and Palestine in 2018, subject to the availability of funds; Date and place of the next meeting: left it to the Chairperson to convene its next meeting.
****** The Sub-Committee on External Relations (of the Committee on Political Affairs and Democracy), meeting in Strasbourg on 25 January 2018 with first Mr Zarko Obradovi6 (Serbia, SOC) and then Mr Senad Sepi6 (Bosnia Herzegovina, EPP/CD) in the Chair, as regards: Election of the Sub-Committee's Bureau: elected, by acclamation, Mr Senad Sepi6 (Bosnia and Herzegovina, EPP/CD), Chairperson, and Ms Maria Guzenina (Finland, SOC), Vice-Chairperson; Future work: took note of the intention of Mr Adao Silva (Portugal, EPP/CD) to organise a hearing on co-operation between the Council of Europe and the UN, in the format of the full Committee, at one of its next meetings in Strasbourg; Date and place of the next meeting: left it to the Chairperson to convene its next meeting.
****** The Sub-Committee on relations with the OECD and the EBRD (of the Committee on Political Affairs and Democracy), meeting in Strasbourg on 25 January 2018 with first Mr Hendrik Daems (Belgium, ALOE) and then Mr Oleksii Goncharenko (Ukraine, EC) in the Chair, as regards: Election of the Sub-Committee's Bureau: elected, by acclamation, Mr Andrea Rigoni 1 (Italy, ALOE) Chairperson, and Mr Oleksii Goncharenko (Ukraine, EC), Vice-Chairperson; Future work: took note of the programme of the 6th OECD Parliamentary Days, Paris, 8-9 February 2018 and of the fact that the Committee had authorised the Rapporteur on OECD to attend, subject to the availability of funds; Date and place of the next meeting: left it to the Chairperson to convene its next meeting.
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Secretary General of the Assembly Director and all staff of the Secretariat of the Assembly Secretaries of National Delegations and of Political Groups of the Assembly Secretaries of observer and partner for democracy delegations Secretary General of the Congress Secretary to the Committee of Ministers Directors General Director of the Private Office of the Secretary General of the Council of Europe Director of the Office of the Commissioner for Human Rights Director of Communication Permanent Representations to the Council of Europe 1 In accordance with the Assembly Rules of Procedure, this election was subsequently declared invalid as Mr Rigoni had already been elected Chairperson of another Sub-Committee. '"'
'( 4 AS/Pol (2018) CB 01 APPENDIX Sub-Committee on the Middle East and the Arab World of the Committee on Political Affairs and Democracy Sous-commission sur /e Proche-Orient et /e monde arabe de Ia Commission des questions politlques et de Ia democratie 29 seats 129 sieges LIST OF MEMBERS I LISTE DES MEMBERS Chairperson I Pn\sident(e) Ms Kerstin LUNDGREN (Sweden, ALDE) Vice-Chairperson I Vice-president( e) Mr Phil WILSON (United Kingdom, SOC) Members I Membres Ms RIBERAYGUA Patricia (ALDE) Mr KOCK Eduard (EPPICD) Mr MOLLAZADE Asim (NR) Mr VAN DER MAE LEN Dirk (SOC) Mr SEPIC Senad (EPPICD) Mr LOUCAIDES Georges (UEL) Mr JENSEN Michael Aastrup (ALDE) Ms GUZENINA Maria (SOC) Mme DURANTON Nicole (EPPICD) M. ANGLADE Alexandre (NR) 1.
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" I> >I t Parliamentary Assembly Assemblee parlementaire ~"%?~ ~~~~~~&mM·~aMm,~·~~~~~~~~~~m~~~~~4£~L~±+~w-~~t~·~*~m~· AS/Soc (2018) CB 01 29 January 2018 To the members of the Committee on Social Affairs, Health and Sustainable Development Synopsis of the meeting held in Strasbourg from 22 to 25 January 2018 The Committee on Social Affairs, Health and Sustainable Development, meeting in Strasbourg: • Monday, 22 January 2018, at 2 pm, with first Lord John Prescott (United Kingdom, SOC), oldest member present, then Mr Stefan Schennach (Austria, SOC), elected Chairperson, in the Chair, as regards: Election of the Bureau of the Committee: elected by acclamation: - Mr Stefan Schennach (Austria, SOC), Chairperson; - Ms Carina Ohlsson (Sweden, SOC), second Vice-Chairperson; - Mr Ertugrul Kurkgu (Turkey, UEL), third Vice-Chairperson; Jurisdictional immunity of international organisations and rights of their staff (Rapporteur: Mr Stefan Schennach, Austria, SOC): considered and unanimously approved an opinion including five amendments to the draft resolution and two amendments to the draft recommendation tabled by the Committee on Legal Affairs and Human Rights; Committee's work programme and priorities: Consideration of draft motions for a resolution/recommendation with a view to adoption by the Committee for tabling: - - after having checked the quorum, unanimously adopted a motion for a resolution on "Stepping up co-operation between European initiatives for better child protection against sexual violence" with a view to its tabling; heard a statement by the Chairperson on the report on "Inquiry into growing antimicrobial resistance in Europe", held an exchange of views, and decided that "Drug-resistant tuberculosis in Europe" and other drug-resistant infections should not be treated in two separate reports; thus decided to change the title of Mr Kiral's report to "Drug-resistant tuberculosis in Europe", and not to consider a new motion on "Tuberculosis in Europe"; - took note of the Committee of Ministers' reply to the
 Assembly's Recommendation 2112 (2017) on "The "Turin process": reinforcing social rights in Europe"; - Other business: - - agreed to submit to the Bureau a request for an extension of the reference for the following reports until31 December 2018: - - "Nuclear safety and security in Europe" (Rapporteur: Ms Emine Nur Gunay, Turkey, EC); "Detention of Palestinian minors in Israeli Prisons" (Rapporteur: Ms Liliane Maury Pasquier, Switzerland, SOC); authorised Ms Emine Nur Gunay (Turkey, EC) to carry out a fact-finding visit to the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) in Vienna in the framework of the preparation of her report on "Nuclear safety and security in Europe" (subject to availability of funds); ,, " ,, ,, '.
··~ AS/Soc (2018) CB 01 • Tuesday, 23 January 2018, at 2 pm with first Ms Carina Ohlsson (Sweden, SOC), second Vice-Chairperson, and then Mr Stefan Schennach (Austria, SOC), Chairperson, in the Chair, as regards: Protecting children affected by armed conflicts (Rapporteur: Ms Sevinj Fataliyeva, Azerbaijan, EC): considered and approved by large majority the three amendments proposed by the Rapporteur and decided to table them on behalf of the Committee; The case for a basic citizenship income (Rapporteur: Ms Nunzia Catalfo, Italy, NR): absence of the Rapporteur, took position on the one amendment tabled to the draft resolution; in the Committee's work programme and priorities: - Institutional representation of PACE in 2018: (subject to availability of funds) proposed the following Committee representatives for the European Centre for Global Interdependence and Solidarity - Council of Europe North-South Centre for appointment by the Bureau and the Assembly: Ms Emine Nur Gi.inay (Turkey, EC) as representative; Mr Stefan Schennach (Austria, SOC) as alternate; appointed Committee representatives to external events as follows (subject to availability of funds): v' Symposium on "Access and diversity of medically assisted 22-23 February 2018, Strasbourg, France: Ms Martine Mergen (Luxembourg, EPPICD); reproduction in Europe", v' 4th Meeting of the Ad hoc Committee for the Rights of the Child (CAHENF), 21-23 March 2018, Strasbourg, France: Ms Irina Pruidze (Georgia, NR), and authorised the Chairperson to appoint a representative if she is unavailable; · - heard reports from Committee representatives to external events, as follows: v' 30th World Day for the Eradication of Poverty organised by the Conference of INGOs of the Council of Europe, 17 October 2017, Strasbourg: Mr Jean-Pierre Grin (Switzerland, ALOE); v' Conference on "Ending sexual exploitation and abuse of children: Towards a world of trust", 24-25 October 2017, Strasbourg; and 19th meeting of the Committee of the Parties to the Convention on the Protection of
 children against Sexual Exploitation and Sexual Abuse ("Lanzarote Committee"), 25-27 October 2017, Strasbourg: Baroness Doreen Massey (United Kingdom, SOC); v' 3rd meeting hoc Committee (CAHENF), 22 - 24 November 2017, Strasbourg: Mr Jean-Pierre Grin (Switzerland, ALOE); the Rights the Ad for of of the Child v' European Committee on Democracy and Governance (CDDG), 4-5 December 2017, Strasbourg: Ms Milica Markovic (Bosnia and Herzegovina, FOG); Drug-resistant tuberculosis in Europe (Rapporteur: Mr Serhii Kiral, Ukraine, EC): heard a statement by the Rapporteur on his fact-finding visit to Norway on 11-12 January 2018; • Wednesday, 24 January 2018, at 2.45 pm with Mr Stefan Schennach (Austria, SOC), Chairperson, in the Chair, as regards: Election of the Bureau of the Committee: elected by acclamation Mr Luis Leite Ramos (Portugal, EPP/CD), first Vice-Chairperson; The provision of palliative care in Europe (Rapporteur: Mr Ronan Mullen, Ireland, EPP/CD): held a hearing with the participation of: Mr Philip Larkin, Professor of Clinical Nursing (Palliative Care), University College Dublin and Our Lady's Hospice and Care Services; Ms Tiina Saarto, Professor of Palliative Medicine, Chief Physician, Palliative care center, Comprehensive Cancer Center, Helsinki University Hospital, Helsinki University; Mr Henri de Rohan-Chabot, Executive director, Fondation France Repit; 2 AS/Soc (2018) CB 01 Constitution of Sub-Committees: decided to reconstitute the following Sub-Committees as indicated in the appendix: Sub-Committee on the Europe Prize; Sub-Committee on the European Social Charter; Sub-Committee on Children; Sub-Committee on Public Health and Sustainable Development; • Thursday, 25 January 2018, at 2 pm with Mr Luis Leite Ramos (Portugal, EPP/CD), first Vice-Chairperson, in the Chair, as regards: Protecting children affected by armed conflicts (Rapporteur: Ms Sevinj Fataliyeva, Azerbaijan, EC): took position on the three amendments tabled to the draft resolution; Gender
 equality and child maintenance (Rapporteur: Ms Liliane Maury Pasquier, Switzerland, SOC): in the absence of the Rapporteur, considered and unanimously approved an opinion including seven amendments the Committee on Equality and Non-Discrimination; the draft resolution tabled by to - Committee's work programme and priorities: appointed rapporteurs as follows: For report Anonymous donation of gametes: balancing the rights of parents, donors and offspring: Ms Petra De Sutter (Belgium, SOC) (in her absence); Freedom of choice and personal style: Mr K<:lstutis Masiulis (Lithuania, EPP/CD); For opinion Missing refugee and migrant children in Europe: Baroness Doreen Massey (United Kingdom, SOC); and heard from Mr Masiulis and Baroness Massey a declaration of absence of conflict of interest; Nuclear safety and security in Europe (Rapporteur: Ms Emine Nur GOnay, Turkey, EC): held a hearing with the participation of: Mr Yves Desbazeflle, Director General of FORA TOM; Mr Jean Barbaud, Director of FORA TOM's ENISS (European Nuclear Installations Safety Standards Initiative) programme; - and authorised the Rapporteur to carry out a fact-finding visit to the Nuclear Energy Agency in Paris (subject to availability of funds); Sub-Committee on Children: heard a report from Baroness Doreen Massey (United Kingdom, SOC), Chairperson of the Sub-Committee, on the meeting held the same morning; Sub-Committee on Public Health and Sustainable Development: heard a report from Ms Martine Mergen (Luxembourg, EPP/CD), Chairperson of the Sub-Committee, on the meeting held the same morning, and endorsed the proposals of the Sub-Committee regarding the letter addressed to the Chairperson of the Turkish Delegation to the PACE on the appeal of the Environmental Platform of Mugla District, Turkey; Date and place of next meetings: subject to budgetary measures to be decided by the Bureau, agreed to cancel its meeting scheduled for 8 June 2018 in Paris.
Plenary committee: Tuesday 20 March 2018, Paris (Council of Europe Office); 3 i " '" L ' AS/Soc (201 B) CB 01 Second part-session 2018 of the Assembly, 23-27 April 2018, Strasbourg Friday 8 June 2018, Paris (Council of Europe Office), possibly to be canceled; Third-part-session 2018 of the Assembly, 25-29 June 2018, Strasbourg; Monday 17 September and Tuesday 18 September 2018, meetings of the Plenary Committee and of one of the Sub-Committees, Lisbon (Portugal); Fourth part-session 2018 of the Assembly, 8-12 October 2018, Strasbourg; - Tuesday 4 December 2018, Paris (Council of Europe Office).
**** The Sub-Committee on the Europe Prize, meeting in Strasbourg on 25 January 2018, with first Mr Ertugrul Kurkc;:u, oldest member present, and then Mr Stefan Schennach, Chairperson of the Committee on Social Affairs, Health and Sustainable Development, in the Chair; elected by acclamation Mr lonu\-Marian Stroe (Romania, EPP/CD) Chairperson, in his absence; postponed the election of the Vice-Chairperson; Evolution and modernisation of the Europe Prize: was developments; informed about the latest Date and place of the next meetings: Tuesday 20 March 2018,9.15-9.30 am, Paris (Council of Europe Office); April part-session 2018 of the Assembly, Strasbourg (date to be confirmed, to be held in camera).
**** The Sub-Committee on the European Social Charter, meeting in Strasbourg on 25 January 2018, with first Mr Jean-Pierre Grin, oldest member present, and then Ms Sevinj Fataliyeva, in the Chair: re-elected by acclamation Ms Sevinj Fataliyeva (Azerbaijan, EC) Chairperson; re-elected by acclamation Mr Jean-Pierre Grin (Switzerland, ALOE) Vice-Chairperson; Work programme: took note of the proposed work programme and agreed to propose that the General Rapporteur of the European Committee of Social Rights (ECSR) be invited to the Committee meeting on 20 March 2018 to present ECSR's annual conclusions for 2017; Date and place of the next meeting: April or June part-session 2018 of the Assembly, Strasbourg (date to be confirmed).
**** The Sub-Committee on Children, meeting in Strasbourg on 25 January 2018, with Baroness Doreen Massey, in the Chair, first in her capacity as oldest member present, then as re-elected Chairperson: re-elected by acclamation Baroness Doreen Massey Chairperson; elected by acclamation Ms Irina Pruidze (Georgia, NR), Vice-Chairperson; (United Kingdom, SOC), Follow-up to the seminar on children's mental health and child-friendly justice, organised by the British parliament in London (6-7 November 2017): considered a preliminary draft report and was invited to send any comments in writing to the Secretariat by 16 February 2018; Date and place of the next meetings: Tuesday 20 March 2018, 9.00- 9.15 am, Paris (Council of Europe Office); April part-session 2018 of the Assembly, Strasbourg (date to be confirmed).
**** 4 AS/Soc (2018) CB 01 The Sub-Committee on Public Health and Sustainable Development meeting in Strasbourg on 25 January 2018, with first Mr Joseph O'Reilly, oldest member present, and then Ms Martine Mergen, in the Chair: re-elected by acclamation Ms Martine Mergen (Luxembourg, EPP/CD) Chairperson; postponed the election of the Vice-Chairperson; Letter addressed to the Chairperson of the Turkish Delegation to the PACE on the appeal of the Environmental Platform of Mugla District, Turkey: heard a statement by the Chairperson on recent developments, agreed to seek authorisation from the plenary Committee to hold a meeting between the Sub-Committee and Committee Chairpersons and the new Chairperson of the Turkish delegation to the PACE, and to inform the Monitoring Committee; Date and place of the next meeting: April part-session 2018 of the Assembly, Strasbourg (date to be confirmed).
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14444 Communication Contents Page L Letter from the Ch<;1irperson of the Ministers' Deputies to the President of the Parliamentary Assembly, dated 23 November 2017 .............................................................................................................................. 3 2.
Decision of the Ministers' Deputies ........................................................................................................... 4 Appendix 1 - Mr Go ran KLEMENCIC ........................................................................................................... 5 Appendix 2- Mr Pierre-Yves LE BORGN' .................................................................................................. 10 Appendix 3- Ms Dunja MIJATOVIC ........................................................................................................... 14 Doc.
14444 Communication 1.
Letter from the Chairperson of the Ministers' Deputies to the President of the Parliamentary Assembly, dated 23 November 2017 Dear President, Pursuant to Article 9 of Resolution Res(99)50 on the Council of Europe Commissioner for Human Rights, I would like to inform you that, out of seven candidates submitted, the Committee of Ministers, at the 13ooth meeting of the Deputies (21-23 November 2017), has drawn up a list of three candidates following a voting procedure, the names being presented in alphabetical order so as to indicate that the Committee of Ministers does not wish to express any preference between candidates included in the list.
I enclose a copy of the decision in both official languages.

Yours sincerely, Signed: Arnold de Fine Skibsted Chairman of the Ministers' Deputies ,, '' l ' Doc.

14444 Communication 2.
Decision of the Ministers' Deputies Decisions CM!Dei/Dec(2041)1300t4.1, 23 November2017, 1300th (Budget) meeting, 21-23 November2017 4.1 Election of the Council of Europe Commissioner for Human Rights Reference documents: Resolution Res(99)50, CM(2017122, CM(2017)134, CM(2017)135, CM(2017)138, CM(2017)139, CM(2017)140, CM(2017)141 Decision The Deputies decided to transmit to the Parliamentary Assembly, in accordance with Article 9, paragraph 1, of Resolution Res(99)50, the following list of three candidates, in alphabetical order: Mr Goran KLEMENCIC (presented by Slovenia) Mr Pierre-Yves LE BORGN' (presented by France) Ms Dunja MIJATOVIG (presented by Bosnia and Herzegovina) ·'.
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14444 Communication Ljubljana, 19 October 2017 Dear Secretary General, With reference to your letter of 13 July 2017, I have the honour to submit the candidature of Mr Goran Klemencic for the post of the Council of Europe Commissioner for Human Rights.
The candidature of Mr Klemencic enjoys full support of the Government of the Republic of Slovenia.

Mr Klemencic has held the office of the Minister of Justice of the Republic of Slovenia since 2014.

He is a recognized human rights scholar and expert, well known to the Council of Europe where he has in fact started his distinguished career by working at the European Court of Human Rights.

Furthermore, he has profound and longstanding experience in various areas of human rights and the rule of law.
Importantly, Mr Klemencic was the Commissioner for the Prevention of Corruption in Slovenia (201 0-2014).

He was also a member of the European Committee for the Prevention of Torture and Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment (CPT) from 2013 to 2015, as well as an elected member of the UN Sub-Committee for the Prevention of Torture (201 0-2013).
He has consulted on projects of the Council of Europe, the United Nations, the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development, as well as the European Commission in the field of human rights and criminal law issues.

Among others he has also served as an advisor to the European Committee on Crime Problems of the Council of Europe.

A more detailed Curriculum Vitae of Mr Klemencic is attached to this letter.
I am confident that his wide-ranging expertise and experience make Mr Klemencic an outstanding and highly suitable candidate for the post of the Commissioner for Human Rights of the Council of Europe.
While approaching the 25th Anniversary of Slovenia's membership in the Council of Europe the Government of the Republic of Slovenia attaches the highest importance to this candidature, which I hope you will consider as a testament to Slovenia's continued support to the work of the organization in strengthening human rights, democracy and the rule of law throughout Europe.
Yours sincerely, (Signature) Letter of Candidacy from Mr Goran Klemencic for the Council of Europe Human Rights Commissioner I have spent my entire professional life working in the area of human rights, rule of law and anti-corruption.

Within international organisations, government, academic sphere and civil society, I have been fortunate to have had various roles throughout my career.
from almost every member state of the Council of Europe, in Central Asia, China and Latin America as a lawyer, activist, lecturer and researcher, international advisor and evaluator, public servant and finally a government minister.

In my capacity as a minister, I have been striving to put the enforcement of fundamental human rights and freedoms as one of the basic responsibilities and priorities of the Slovenian Ministry of Justice.
The most evident results can be seen in effective execution of European Court of Human Rights judgments where we had executed approximately 84% of the cases against Slovenia within only a year's time.

The other big step forward was to finally put in place the legal framework by which our human rights institution will meet all criteria for obtaining status A in accordance with the Paris Principles on the Status of State Institutions (1993), for which we have been receiving recommendations for over 20 years.
From 2010 till 2013, I held the office of President of the Commission for the Prevention of Corruption, where we implemented a number of projects on transparency, integrity, accountability and corruption prevention - one of those received the highest United Nations award in anti-corruption field.

My office initiated investigations in a number of high level officials and politicians in government as well as opposition for breaches of anti-corruption legislation.
That brought me foes and unlikely friends across the political spheres and divides, but also strengthened the character and the sense that personal integrity must prevail in the face I, t-• I " i _] . '

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14444 Communication of abuse of power.

I find my work in the anti-corruption area as an integral and natural part of my human rights resume.

Violations of human rights and public corruption are both attacks on human dignity and abuse or misuse of power- political, instifutional, economic or social.
From the end of the nineties, I was a regular external collaborator as expert or evaluator of the projects of the Council of Europe, the United Nations, OECD, Amnesty International and the European Commission, predominantly in the area of human rights protection.

For several years, I was a senior lecturer at the Faculty of Security Sciences, University of Maribor, where the main domain of my academic research included human rights, criminal law and police powers.
Furthermore, I served as an elected member on the United Nations Subcommittee on Prevention of Torture and the European Committee for the Prevention of Torture and Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment.
This diversity of working experience has given me, not only the opportunity to study, promote and stand for human rights, anti-corruption, state accountability and rule of law, but also a greater appreciation of the difficulties involved in striking an appropriate balance between collective security and individual freedom, between aspirations and realities, between law in books and law in practice, between politics and statesmanship.
Today, I'm painfully aware that we live even in a more complex, divided and insecure world than it was twenty years ago.

Human rights are faced with new pressing challenges with respect to migration, terrorism, increased economic and social inequality, populism, and information technologies that are limiting the space of privacy and individual dignity from government as well as private actors alike.

Fragmentation and weakening of international law and its primacy is a real issue.
Values for which the Council of Europe stands for are finding it increasingly hard to be heard among other pressing issues that are dominating the world's and european agenda and the "golden age" of human rights sometime seems to be in demise.

Those are but a few, but crucial challenges that are facing the human rights institutions, including the office for which I'm putting my candidacy forward.

I'm aware of them and am an optimist that those trends can be reversed and properly addressed.
My years of service in different positions and in different regions and cultures have also taught me humility and the importance of dialogue, diplomacy and respect for different positions; not however on the expense of selling out on basic principles of human dignity and equality before the law for all.

Almost twenty years ago, I had the privilege to join the Council of Europe as a staff member in the Directorate of Legal Affairs.
This coincided with the time when the Office of the Commissioner for Human Rights had just been created.

Later, I saw it grow and establish itself as an important and highly respected actor in promoting human rights in Europe and co-shaping the agenda and discourse in this area.
I have the utmost respect for this institution, its past and current Commissioners that have formed its substance, visibility, strengthened its independence and promoted the values of the Council of Europe in general and the values and mandate of the office in particular.

It would be an honour and a privilege to build and continue on those achievements and face new challenges, and I believe that I possess the requirements and abilities, together with the energy and dedication, for such a position.
Goran Klemencic Ljubljana, 19.10.2017 CURRICULUM VITAE- Mr Goran KLEMENCIC Doc.

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Personal details Name, forename: Klemencic Goran Sex: male Marital status: married I two daughters Date of birth: 28 May 1972 Nationality: Slovenian II.
Education and academic and other qualifications 2003: Irish Centre for Human Rights, National University of Ireland- Galway, Ireland (non-resident, post-graduate PhD research) 1997: Harvard Law School, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, USA (LL.M., Masters in Law) 1996: Ljubljana Law Faculty, University of Ljubljana, Ljubljana, Slovenia (LL.B., Juris Diploma) 1995: Kingston College, Kingston University, Kingston, UK (Certificate in EU Law) 1991: Gymnasium- Computer Technical High School, Kranj, Slovenia (IT Programmer/Technician Degree) Ill. Professional activities I employment 2014-present: Minister of Justice, Republic of Slovenia (independent I no-political party member) 2010-2013: President I Chief Commissioner, Independent Commission for the Prevention of Corruption (appointed by the President of the Republic after the recommendation by an expert panel of representatives of the civil society, judiciary, parliament and civil service; implemented a number of projects on transparency, integrity, accountability and corruption prevention - one of which received an UN anti corruption award; investigated a number of high level officials and politicians in government and opposition for breaches of anti-corruption legislation) 2008-2010: State Secretary, Ministry of the Interior, Slovenia (independent I no-political party member) (among others responsible for preparing legislation and measures to remedy the 'erased' persons situation and strengthening human rights and civic oversight over police) 2003-2008: Senior Lecturer, Faculty of Criminal Justice, University of Maribor, Slovenia; Associate Lecturer, European Law Faculty, Nova Gorica, Slovenia (held courses in Human Rights, Police Powers, (Comparative) Criminal Law and Procedure) 2000-2003: Project Manager I Advisor, Council of Europe, DG-1 I Legal Affairs, Strasbourg, France (working on different projects on legal reform, anti-corruption, accountability of security and law enforcement services and human rights of Council of Europe member states) 1999-2000: Counsellor to the Government, Bureau for Management and Supervision of the Police, Slovenia (responsible for strategic management of police, monitoring and identification of systemic deficiencies in view of legality and human rights) 1996: Judicial clerkship, Court of Appeal, Ljubljana, Slovenia I ' ,. "
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Activities and experience in the field of human rights 2012-2014: Member, Committee for the Prevention of Torture and Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment, Council of Europe 2009-2012: Member, Sub-committee on Prevention of Torture and other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment, United Nations 2010-2014: Head of Sloven ian delegation, GRECO, Council of Europe (*/list it here as I consider corruption as a violation of human rights) 2005-2008: Member, Advisory Board to Amnesty International- Slovenia 2004-2006: Evaluator; development and implementation of a Non-Discrimination Training Programme for Judges and Prosecutors with ETC - European Training and Research Centre for Human Rights and Democracy, Graz, Austria, NEKI Legal Defence Bureau (Hungary), VIA JURIS (Slovakia), Mirovni lnstitut (Slovenia), Irish Centre for Human Rights, Galway, Ireland 2004-2005: Expert, EU-China Human Rights Network with Irish Centre for Human Rights (Galway), Law Institute of the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, Beijing, China 2001-2008: Principal expert and contributor, Rule of law and human rights in post-conflict environments (a long term project with the United States Institute for Peace, Irish Centre for Human Rights, Office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, UN Office on Drugs and Crime and Max Planck Institute for Foreign and International Criminal Law, Freiburg, Germany which resulted in drafted and published Model Criminal code, Model Criminal Procedure Code, Model Law Enforcement Powers Act and Model Detention Act) 1998-2000: National Delegate I Expert to the UN Preparatory Commission on the drafting the Rules of Procedure & Evidence and Elements of Crime for the Rome Statute /International Criminal Court (UN, New York) Since 1996: worked as a consultant or project manager on various short and long term human rights and rule of law related projects (with focus on issues related to security services I law enforcement and human rights, government accountability & anticorruption, in conflict and post-conflict environments, prison conditions, right to privacy in information society, anti-discrimination) managed I funded by the: Council of Europe (Strasbourg), OECD (Paris), European Commission (Brussels), UNDP (New York), United States Institute for Peace (Washington), UNHCHR (Geneva), World Bank (Washington), Irish Centre for Human Rights (Galway), UNMIK (Kosovo), USAID (Washington), IRZ (German Foundation for Int.
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rule of law Regions of work/field experience: EU, Russian Federation, Eastern and South-eastern Europe, Turkey, Central Asia, China, Afghanistan, Mexico, Brasil, North Africa (Tunisia, Egypt).

V. Publications and other works Author and co-author of several books and articles on (comparative) police & security services and human rights, rule of law, government accountability, and the right to privacy in view of modern surveillance technologies.
Selected books I book chapters: Model Criminal and Police Codes for Postconflict Justice and Rule of Law (co-author & co-editor): 2007, United States Institute of Peace Press, Washington (English) Police Legitimacy (author of chapter: Rebuilding legitimacy, human rights and professionalism of the police in an emerging democracy): 2007, Russell Sage Publishing, New York, USA (English) Policing and Human Rights (co-author), Pasadena Publishing, Ljubljana, 2002 (co-author) Pravni vodnik po internetu I Kibernetski kriminal in Pravica do zasebnosti (co-author) [Internet and the Right to Privacy], GV Zalozba, 2007 (Siovenian) Ustavno kazensko procesno pravo (co-author) [Constitutional Criminal Procedure]- cases and materials .. relevant to human rights in criminal proceedings with emphasis on jurisprudence of the ECHR, US SC and ~,f'",..,.., ... a.:a., ,,;,..,..,..1 r-,.., ''""'"' ,...,: C:l I· -1 nna "'nno 0nnn D .......... ...~ ........... n, ohli.-.h: .... ,.. •• r ;,,~-o,r: ........... rcr ................ : ....... \ Komentar Ustave RS (co-author) [Commentary of the Constitution of the Republic of Slovenia], FPDES, Brdo, 2002 (Siovenian) Legal Systems of the World: A Political, Social, and Cultural Encyclopedia, ABC-CLIO, 2002 (co-author) ~~~~~~~~·~~~·Doc.
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14444 Communication Appendix 2- Mr Pierre-Yves LE BORGN' Translation Letter from Mr Jean-Yves Le Drian, Minister for Europe and Foreign Affairs of France, to Mr Thorbj0rn Jagland, Secretary General of the Council of Europe Paris, 18 October 2017 Dear Secretary-General, Referring to your letter dated 13 July 2017, and in accordance with Article 9 (2) of Resolution (99) 50 of the Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe, I have the honour to present Mr Pierre-Yves Le Borgn' as candidate of the Government of the French Republic to the office of Commissioner for Human Rights of the Council of Europe.
Given his qualifications, his experience in protection of rights and freedoms and his personal commitment in this field, I am convinced that Mr Pierre-Yves Le Borgn' will successfully fulfil the demanding functions of the Commissioner for Human Rights.

In his work as a member of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE), Mr Le Borgn' has demonstrated his passion for defending human rights.
Through the positions he has held in various parliamentary commissions and as rapporteur, he has acquired in-depth knowledge of the organization and its workings.

He has been particularly active within PACE in tangibly advancing the human rights cause.

If elected, Mr Le Borgn' will fulfil the missions of the Commissioner with commitment, high expectations and the strictest impartiality.
He will initiate constructive dialogue with the member States, members of parliament and civil society to defend and promote our common principles and values.

We are convinced that Mr Le Borgn ' has the qualities and the determination needed to continue to make the Commissioner for Human Rights an essential player in the protection of human rights in Europe.

Please find attached the CV of Mr Le Borgn', with further information on his qualifications and experience.

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14444 Communication CURRICULUM VITAE- Mr Pierre· Yves LE BORGN' I. Particulars Born on 4 November 1964 in Quimper Married to Dolores Dominguez Perez and father of 3 children of French and Spanish nationality French nationality II.
Education and academic qualifications Bachelor's degree in Law, University of Nantes (1985) Graduate of the Paris Institute of Political Studies, Sciences Po (1987) LL M European Law, College of Europe, Bruges (1989) Participant at the Academy of European Law, Florence (1999) Laureate of the General Political Science Competitions of first and second academic cycles (1984 and 1985) Ill.
Political commitments 2012-2017: Deputy in the National Assembly ofthe French Republic As Deputy for French nationals living in Central Europe and the Balkans, Pierre-Yves Le Borgn' travelled each week the 16 countries in his constituency: Albania, Austria, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Czech Republic, Germany, Hungary, Kosovo, Macedonia, Montenegro, Poland, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia and Slovenia.

His constituency office was situated in Cologne.


He was a member of the Foreign Affairs Committee and specialized in rights and freedoms, European affairs and combating global warming.

He authored 13 parliamentary reports.

He handled, among others, the ratification process of the Council of Europe Convention on Laundering, Search, Seizure and Confiscation of the Proceeds from Crime and on the Financing of Terrorism and of the Paris Climate Agreement.
His work also included a report on reforming the European Neighbourhood Policy (ENP) and an initiative report on the Western Balkans and the rule of law.

At the National Assembly and in the French national debate, Pierre-Yves le Borgn' has committed to defending the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) and its case law.

He prepared a constitutional bill on parliamentary control of the implementation of ECHR case law.

Pierre-Yves Le Borgn' chaired the parliamentary France-Germany friendship group.
He represented the National Assembly on the Board of the Franco-German Youth Office (FGYO) and, within the Office, took part in discussions that brought about the creation of the Regional Youth Cooperation Office of the Western Balkans (RYCO).

2012-2017: Member of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) Pierre-Yves Le Borgn' dedicated a considerable part of his term as a Deputy to the Council of Europe.
As a member of the PACE Committee on Legal Affairs and Human Rights (AS/Jur), he was rapporteur on the implementation of ECHR judgments.

Preparing that report involved working closely with the Commissioner for Human Rights and with rights defenders, NGOs and the authorities of many Member States.

This was also true for the report for opinion on combating terrorism while respecting the European Convention on Human Rights.
Pierre-Yves le Borgn' was an active member of the Committee on the Election of Judges to the European Court of Human Rights (AS/Cdh).

In his capacity as a member of the Committee on Culture, Science, Education and Media (AS/Cult), he presented two reports on the educational and cultural networks of communities living abroad and on integration of refugees.
He chaired the Sub-Committee on Culture, Diversity and Heritage and represented PACE within the European Commission against Racism and Intolerance (ECRI).

Pierre-Yves was a founding member of the No Hate Parliamentary Alliance, within which he represented the French Parliament.
He has regularly contributed as an orator on the rule of law, intercultural relations, and on the responsibility of contracting companies during events organized by the Council of Europe, and particularly the World Forum for Democracy.

2000-2010: Member of the Assembly of French Nationals Abroad At the Assembly of French Nationals Abroad (advisory body elected by French expatriates and chaired by the Foreign Minister), Pierre-Yves le Borgn' worked on rights, freedoms and political representation.
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He is also committed to respect for the free movement of persons in the European space and to the concrete implementation of European citizenship, working wilh !he Europeans Throughout the World federation, within which he represented the Frangais du Monde (French people throughout the world) association.

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Professional commitments 2006-2012: Vice-President, Corporate Affairs Europe, First Solar Inc. (Brussels & Mainz) Pierre-Yves Le Borgn' was responsible for developing the business in Europe.

His responsibilities covered industrial relations, particularly in the areas of recycling, the circular economy and sustainable development.

He worked on the construction of plants to produce solar panels and several major solar farms in Europe.
2000-2006: Industrial Relations Director Europe, Rohm and Haas Company (Brussels & Paris) As a member of the legal department, Pierre-Yves le Borgn' advised the company on the implementation of major European legislative provisions in the sector of speciality chemicals and took part in many industrial negotiations.

His responsibilities included competition law, environmental law and energy law.
1998-2000: Industrial Relations Director Europe, Reynolds (Brussels) Pierre-Yves le Borgn' monitored national and European legislative developments in the areas of taxation and international trade.

1995-1998: Commercial Communications Manager, PMCS (Brussels) The responsibilities of Pierre-Yves le Borgn' covered commercial communications, with a particular focus on the development of online activities.
1992-1994: Permanent Representative, Breizh Europe (Brussels) Pierre-Yves le Borgn' led the representation office for the economic activities of his native region, Brittany.

He advised Breton businesses and cooperatives on the consequences of Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) reform.
1992: Intern, Research Department, Court of Justice of the European Communities (L.uxembourg) Under the leadership of his PhD supervisor at the College of Europe, Pierre-Yves le Borgn' carried out a six month internship at the Court of Justice, dedicated to analysis of references for preliminary rulings from French courts and the drafting of annotation of case law for several judges.
1990-1992: Junior Buyer, Go Sport of USA Inc. (Los Angeles) This professional experience corresponds to the national service fulfilled by Pierre-Yves le Borgn' with the Californian subsidiary of a French sporting goods distributor.

His roles covered relations with the parent company and support for the buying department.
1989-1990: Temporary lecturer, University of Western Brittany (Brest) Pierre-Yves le Borgn' gave classes in French constitutional law, European law and public freedoms for students preparing recruitment examinations for the local and national civil service.

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14444 Communication Appendix 3- Ms Dunja MIJATOVIC Letter from Mr Predrag Grgie, Ambassador of Bosnia and Herzegovina to the Couneil of Europe, to Mr Thorbjorn Jag land, Secretary General of the Council of Europe Strasbourg, 3 October 2017 Dear Secretary General, In accordance with Resolution(99)50 and the decision made by the Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe on 5th of July 2017, I have the honor to inform you that I have received the instructions from my Government to submit the candidature of Mrs Dunja Mijatovic for the position of the Council of Europe Commissioner for Human Rights.
We firmly believe that Mrs Mijatovic is a very strong candidate taking into account her huge experience in her so far engagements in the field of human rights.

We have no doubt that our candidate, if elected, will perform the duty in a profoundly professional, independent and outstanding manner.

Please find attached herewith the Curriculum Vitae of Mrs Dunja Mijatovi6.

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14444 Communication CURRICULUM VITAE- Ms Dunja MIJA TO VIC I.
Personal details Name, forename- Mijatovic Dunja Sex- Female Date and place of birth- 08.09.1964, Sarajevo Nationality - Bosna and Hercegovina II.
Education and academic and other qualifications MA in European Studies, completed in 2002 at: University of Sarajevo; University of Sussex University of Bologna; the London School of Economics Master's Thesis: The Internet and Freedom of Expression Bachelor's degree frorn University of Sarajevo- 1987 Awards Beholder of several prizes for her work in the field of human rights, including: Freedom prize awarded by the International Peace Centre in Sarajevo- 2010.
For the work and activities on the struggle for freedom, peace and development in Bosnia and Herzegovina, Europe and the world.

Medaille Charlemagne award - 2015.

This award recognizes a European personality who has made a unique contribution within the field of media and human rights, to the process of European unification and the development of a European identity.

City of Geneva PEC Press Emblem Campaign Award- 2015.
For the work on the issue of the safety of journalists and media freedom in Ukraine during the crisis and "exceptional personal commitment for the promotion of freedom of information in the whole region.

Dialogue of Cultures award- Council of Media congress - Hermitage Museum -Saint Petersburg, Russia 2015.

For the work with young journalists.

Concordia Press Club prize, Vienna, Austria - 2015.
The Concordia Prize is awarded for outstanding journalistic achievements in human rights, democracy, focusing on freedom of the press and freedom of information.

Grand Decoration of Honour awarded by the President of Republic of Austria - 2017.

For the work as the OSCE Representative on Media Freedom and for services to the-Republic of Austria.
The decoration is given to individuals from Austria and abroad for their special contribution to the country and it is one of the greatest honours bestowed by Austrian Republic.
Ill. Professional Activities ORGANIZATION FOR SECURITY AND CO-OPERATION IN EUROPE (OSCE)- VIENNA, AUSTRIA March 2010 - March 2017 OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media (level/grade: UN Under-Secretary General) Dunja Mijatovic was the OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media for the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe and the highest-ranking female free-expression advocate in the world.
Mijatovi6 was appointed in 2010 to protect and promote free media and free expression in the 57 countries of North America, Europe and Central Asia that comprise the OSCE.

The mandate directs the Representative to provide an "early warning function and rapid response to serious non-compliance with regard to free media and freedom of expression."
The OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media is appointed in accordance with OSCE procedures by the Ministerial Council upon the recommendation of the OSCE Chairman-in-Office after consultation with the 57 participating States.

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It also includes the administration and management of the Office, the budget process and human resources.
COMMUNICATIONS REGULATORY AGENCY OF BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA (CRA)- SARAJEVO, BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA- 2001-2010 Director of Broadcasting Mitotic was a member of the team responsible for the creation and development of a legal, regulatory and policy framework for the media in a complex post-war society and further involved in setting up a self regulatory press council and directly involved in drafting and implementing Bosnia and Herzegovina's first hate speech regulation.
She was also involved in setting up the first Free Media Helpline in South East Europe.

As the member of the Council of the Forum on Digital Terrestrial Television (DTT) in Bosnia and Herzegovina (2006-2009), she was directly involved in the development of the national strategy for the introduction of digital TV and bridging digital divide in BiH and the region.
This first-hand experience in fighting and successfully regulating wide-spread hate speech in broadcasting media enabled her to gain tremendous expertise and international recognition in this field.

INDEPENDENT MEDIA COMMISSION- SARAJEVO, BIH -1998-2001 Head of Programme Standards and Complaints Dunja Mijatovi6 joined the Independent Media Commission (IMC) on its establishment in 1998, and since then she has been involved in communications and media regulation in BiH.
This Agency was established as part of the international peace effort in Bosnia and Herzegovina with the objective of being a leader in modern trends of efficient and effective communications regulation.

EUROPEAN COMMUNITY MONITORING MISSION- SARAJEVO, BIH -1996-1998 Australian Embassy Migration Office- Vienna, Austria 1994-1995 Special Assistance Task Group - processing of Refugee, Special Humanitarian and Special Assistance Category applications.

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Activities and experience in the field of human rights Dunja Mijatovic has spent more two decades working on protection of human rights combined with 7 years of leading an intergovernmental human rights institution and 12 years of leading a department of the state institution.

Her commitment to human rights was evident from the start of her career in Bosnia and Herzegovina.
She was devoted towards establishment of full respect of human rights including right of people to freely express themselves in a post war and post conflict environment.

She worked on delicate issues of post-war institution building, establishing broadcasting regulation and ways to deal with hate speech and dangerous speech to enable a political climate facilitating human rights and freedoms, peace and security.
The beginning of her career was also very much related to the establishment of culture of respect of human rights and cooperation with international organisations and civil society in that respect, among which a direct and most active and fruitful cooperation with the Council of Europe.
She was a member of CDMM, functioning at that time, as well as the member of the Standing Committee on Transfrontier Television (T-TT) and she additionally chaired the Council of Europe Group of Specialists on freedom of expression and information in times of crisis (MC-S-IC) from 2005-2007.

She has in-depth knowledge about the Council of Europe mission and tasks and the positive impact different structures make in member States, particularly during a time of transition and in the time of crisis.
In her daily work, she maintained a close liaison with other international and regional organisations such as UNHRC, UNESCO, Council of Europe and the European Union, and many other regional and national institutions.

In numerous cases, she has worked with these organisations to build consensus in highly difficult political environment.

She worked and cooperated closely on different issues with the previous and current CoE Commissioner for Human Rights.
Additionally, through her engagement with leaders of several countries, she managed to develop an atmosphere of trust to resolve some of the most acute human rights violations.

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Under her leadership, many communiques and resolutions were adopted to help raise awareness and resolve problems related to the abovementioned topics.

Dunja Mijatovi6 was President of the Board of the association "Your RIGHT" Bosnia and Herzegovina.

The association is local, non-governmental and non-profit organisation with its headquarters in Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina.
The Association was originally founded in 1996 as a network of information and legal aid centers under the auspices of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) with its mandate to ensure safe, legal, and dignified return of refugees and displaced persons to their prewar homes.
Since 1996, the Association has provided aid to some 450,000 refugees, returnees, displaced persons, minority groups, and vulnerable groups of domicile population in legal matters such as: property repossession, social, economic and cultural rights, discrimination in access to employment, utilities, education, and social welfare, as well as other human rights guaranteed by the European Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms and other international legal instruments.
Dunja Mijatovi6 is honorary director of EDUS - EDUCATION FOR ALL a non-government, not-for-profit organisation that offers advanced scientific methodology, through cooperation with public preschool and primary education institutions, for children with and without development delays.

It also assists in education and advancement of professionals in this area, education and support to parents and scientific cooperation in the wider professional community.
EDUS was founded in November 2010, by a gathering of professionals, parents and citizens, as an expression of the need to make an alliance of individuals and groups that share their vision of the full potential of each child, regardless of their stage of development.

V. Public activities EUROPEAN PLATFORM OF REGULATORY AGENCIES (EPRA)- STRASBOURG, FRANCE 2007-2010 Chairperson Dunja Mijatovi6 was both the first EPRA chair from a non-EU country and the first woman to chair this network.
EPRA is the world's largest network of 52 media regulatory authorities, while the European Commission and the Council of Europe are standing observers of the Platform.

The Secretariat of the EPRA is currently based in Strasbourg (France) and is hosted by the Council of Europe's European Audio-visual Observatory.

She was involved in bringing together EPRA and the Mediterranean Regulatory Authorities Network (RIRM) in order to start exchanging views and experience related to audio-visual matters.
RIRM was established to strengthen the historical and cultural links between Mediterranean countries, and to give the opportunity to the independent regulatory authorities from the Mediterranean area to identify, in the background of globalisation, the common challenges they have to face.
Council of Europe Group of Specialists on freedom of expression and information in times of crisis (MC-5-IC)- Strasbourg, France- 2005,2007- Chairperson For two mandates Dunja Mijatovi6 chaired the working group of experts from the Council of Europe member States.
Her leadership of the group's work resulted in two major resolutions: Declaration by the Committee of Ministers on the protection and promotion of investigative journalism and Guidelines of the Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe on protecting freedom of expression and information in times of crisis (both adopted by the Committee of Ministers on 26 September 2007 at the 1 005th meeting of the Ministers' Deputies).
Dunja Mijatovi6 was President of the Board of the association "Your Right" Bosnia and Herzegovina from 2005 to 2007.

Dunja Mijatovi6 is honorary director of EDUS - EDUCATION FOR ALL - a non-government, not-for-profit organisation that offers advanced scientific methodology, through cooperation with public preschool and primary education institutions, for children with and without development delays.

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She addressed conferences and student halls in the U.S., Russia, Italy, Western Balkan countries, -Turkey, Iceland and other countries.

She is a regular speaker at the academic forums e.g.

George Washington University - Global Internet Freedom and Human Rights Distinguished Speaker Series, numerous lectures at the Columbia University New York.
Last year she delivered annual Harriman lecture at the Harriman Institute, Columbia University of the City of New York - Free Expression in the Age of Security Threats.

She was frequently interviewed by international media (e.g., CNN, BBC, AI Jazeera etc.)

on issues related to media, access to information, security, fight against terrorism etc.
She published numerous reports and books on such issues as media and communication policy, human rights and security, human rights and fight against terrorism and violent extremism, fundamental communication rights, new media and technology, and media in transition.

She provided input into a set of annual joint declarations on the global policies on media freedom, communications and recommendations thereof.
Translated these and other publications serve the academic and political debate and are widely used in college classrooms.

Inaugural lecture - into several languages, She has in depth knowledge and expertise in strategic communications and digital platforms and new media tools including social media.

She was an early participant in the global discussion about new media and the digitalisation of journalism.
During her tenure at the OSCE, she launched several campaigns aimed at raising awareness and engaging key actors on emerging issues related to human rights violations.

These include the anti-impunity campaign "Chronicle of Threats" which received the Bronze Lion at the world's largest festival of creativity and public relations in Cannes.
She also pioneered engagement in the issues of online safety of female-journalists, dealing with abuse and hate speech, and started a discussion at the OSCE on fighting online radicalisation and terrorism while protecting human rights.

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Publications and other works A Threat to Free Speech: The Online Abuse of Female Journalists -Georgetown Journal http:// journal.georgetown.edu/a-threat-to-freespeech-the-online-abuse-of-femalejournalists/ Online threats of killing, rape and violence everyday reality for too many female journalists https:l/ www.indexoncensorship.org/2015/08/dunja-mijatovic-online-threats-of-killingrape-and-violence-everyday reality-for-too-many-female-journalists/ The fight against terror should not be a fight against basic human rights https://www.indexoncensorship.org/ 2016/09/dunja-mijatovic-fight-terror-not-fight-basichuman-rights/ What Would Anna Politkovskaya Tell Us Today?
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html Dilfamazione, progetto di Iegge da rifare II Carriere della Sera, 08/06/2014 https://www.coe.inl/sv/web/ commissioner/view/-/asset_publisher/ugj3i6qSEkhZ/contenl/defamation-in-italy-a-drafl-law-to-be-changed?
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http://www.hulfingtonpost.com/dunjamijatovic/security-the greatestthr_b_9327240.html Dunja Mijatovic: Why quality public service media has not caught on in transition societies - https:/1 www.indexoncensorship.org/2016/06/dunja-mijatovic/ It's Time for a Magna Carta for the Web http:llwww.cyberdialogue.cal20141031itstime-fora-magna-carta-for the-web-by-dunja-mijatovicl "Eternal vigilance the price of liberty online", Op-ed on Internet freedom http://www.stockholminternetforum.sel eternal-vigilance-theprice-of-liberty-onlinel Overcoming the past and role of media: War crimes as topic in BiH media: Basic trends in electronic media: use of hate language and incitement to religious and national hatred, KAS (2006) Doc.
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Languages Mother tongue- Bosnian, Serbian, Croatian Official languages English - fluent French -reading Other languages German -fluent Russian - reading Sloven ian- reading Macedonian - reading IX.

Other relevant information - Computer skills, Software and Social media Mac and PC compatible.

Experience with Microsoft Office suite and lnDesign.

Knowledge of social networking and blogging sites such as Twitter, Facebook, Linkedln, Wordpress and Google.
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14479 23 January 2018 Daphne Caruana Galizia's assassination and the rule of law, in Malta and beyond: ensuring that the whole truth emerges Motion for a resolution tabled by Mr Pieter OMTZIGT and other members of the Assembly This motion has not been discussed in the Assembly and commits only those who have signed it On 16 October 2017, Daphne Caruana Galizia was assassinated by a car bomb metres from her home, raising concerns internationally about corruption and the rule of law in Malta.
Three Maltese men have been charged for their role in executing the crime while the instigators remain at large.

Prominent subjects of Caruana Galizia's investigations, who may bear responsibility for her death, have not yet been prosecuted.

The Maltese Government also appears unwilling to hold a public inquiry on whether Caruana Galizia's assassination could have been avoided.
Daphne Caruana Galizia was "the leading light of Maltese journalism" (The Guardian); "Malta's most prominent investigative reporter" (The Washington Post); and "a one-woman Wikileaks, crusading against untransparency and corruption in Malta, an island nation famous for both" (Politico).
Caruana Galizia was investigating Maltese members of government for their use of secret Panamanian companies, a private bank with links to Maltese and international political figures, and the sale of Maltese passports and strategic State assets to opaque buyers.
The Parliamentary Assembly believes that the international community has a responsibility to monitor the ongoing investigation to ensure that all aspects surrounding the assassination are thoroughly and impartially investigated by the competent authorities, without political interference suspected by numerous Maltese demonstrators.

This must include an examination of the full context of the assassination, including institutional failures and the systematic targeting of Caruana Galizia for her work.
The Assembly should help shed some light on the background of the crime, in co-operation with the relevant Maltese authorities.

The efFective investigation of this assassination is crucial to all who seek justice and an end to impunity for those who instigate and commit the assassination of whistleblowers and journalists.

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14479 Motion fora resolution OMTZIGT Pieter, Netherlands, EPP/CD ABERG Boriana, Sweden, EPP/CD JEVARSDOTTIR Thorhildur Sunna, Iceland, SOC ALAZZAM Riad, Jordan ANDERSON Donald, United Kingdom, SOC ARIEV Volodymyr, Ukraine, EPP/CD ARNAUT Damir, Bosnia and Herzegovina, EPP/CD BADEA Viorel Riceard, Romania, EPP/CD BAKOYANNIS Theodora, Greece, EPP/CD BALFE Richard, United Kingdom, EC BARDELL Hannah, United Kingdom, NR BARNETT Doris, Germany, SOC BEREZA Boryslav, Ukraine, EPP/CD BEYER Peter, Germany, NR BOSIC Mladen, Bosnia and Herzegovina, EPP/CD BRASSEUR Anne, Luxembourg, ALOE BRUIJN-WEZEMAN Reina, de, Netherlands, ALOE BRYNJOLFSDOTTIR Rosa Bjork, Iceland, NR B0CHEL Roland Rino, Switzerland, ALOE BUSHATI Ervin, Albania, SOC BYRNE Liam, United Kingdom, SOC CHRISTENSEN Jette, Norway, SOC CHRISTOFFERSEN Lise, Norway, SOC CHUGOSHVILI Tamar, Georgia, SOC COAKER Vernon, United Kingdom, SOC COMTE Raphael, Switzerland, ALOE CORLATEAN Titus, Romania, SOC CORREIA Telmo, Portugal, EPP/CD COZMANCIUC Corneliu Mugurel, Romania, EPP/CD CREASY Stella, United Kingdom, SOC CRUCHTEN Yves, Luxembourg, SOC DAEMS Hendrik, Belgium, ALOE Dl$Li $aban, Turkey, EPP/CD DURANTON Nicole, France, EPP/CD FARMANYAN Samvel, Armenia, EPP/CD FIALA Doris, Switzerland, ALOE FRIDEZ Pierre-Aiain, Switzerland, SOC GARCIA ALBIOL Xavier, Spain, EPP/CD GASH I Afrim, "The former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia", EPP/CD GATTI Marco, San Marino, EPP/CD GERASHCHENKO lryna, Ukraine, EPP/CD GHILETCHI Valeriu, Republic of Moldova, EPP/CD GON<;ALVES Carlos Alberto, Portugal, EPP/CD GOY-CHAVENT Sylvie, France, EPP/CD GRAF Martin, Austria, NR GUTIERREZ Antonio, Spain, SOC HALICKI Andrzej, Poland, EPP/CD HARANGOZO Gabor, Hungary, SOC HEER Alfred, Switzerland, ALOE HEINRICH Gabriela, Germany, SOC HERKEL Andres, Estonia, EPP/CD HOVHANNISYAN Arpine, Armenia, EPP/CD IONOVA Mariia, Ukraine, EPP/CD 1.
ALOE: Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe EC: European Conservatives Group EPPICD: Group of the European People's Party SOC: Socialists, Democrats and Greens Group NR: Representatives not belonging to a Political Group 2 JENSEN Michael Aastrup, Denmark, ALOE JONES Susan Elan, United Kingdom, SOC KANDELAKI Giorgi, Georgia, EPP/CD KAPUR Mudassar, Norway, EPP/CD KATSARAVA Sofia, Georgia, SOC KELLEHER Colette, Ireland, NR KOC Haluk, Turkey, SOC KRISTO Borjana, Bosnia and Herzegovina, EPP/CD KROSS Eerik-Niiles, Estonia, ALOE LEITE RAMOS Luis, Portugal, EPP/CD LTBII')IA-EGNERE lnese, Latvia, EPP/CD LOGAR Anze, Slovenia, EPP/CD LOGVYNSKYI Georgii, Ukraine, EPP/CD LUNDGREN Kerstin, Sweden, ALOE MAKHMUDYAN Rustam, Armenia, EPP/CD MARQUES Duarte, Portugal, EPP/CD MARUKYAN Edmon, Armenia, ALOE MASIULIS K<i>slutis, Lithuania, EPP/CD MAVROTAS Georgios, Greece, SOC McCARTHY Kerry, United Kingdom, SOC MEHL Emilie Enger, Norway, ALOE MULDER Anne, Netherlands, ALOE MULLEN Ronan, Ireland, EPP/CD MOLLER Thomas, Switzerland, ALOE NICK Andreas, Germany, NR OOMEN-RUIJTEN Ria, Netherlands, EPP/CD O'REILLY Joseph, Ireland, EPP/CD PALLARES Judith, Andorra, ALOE PASQUIER Bernard, Monaco, ALOE POCIEJ Aleksander, Poland, EPP/CD POMASKA Agnieszka, Poland, EPP/CD PUTICA Sanja, Croatia, EPP/CD RODRIGUEZ HERNANDEZ Melisa, Spain, ALOE SCHENNACH Stefan, Austria, SOC SCHNEIDER-SCHNEITER Elisabeth, Switzerland, EPP/CD SCHOU lngjerd, Norway, EPP/CD SCHWABE Frank, Germany, SOC SEPIC Senad, Bosnia and Herzegovina, EPP/CD SILVA Adao, Portugal, EPP/CD SKOBERNE Jan, Slovenia, SOC SMITH Angela, United Kingdom, SOC SOBOLEV Serhiy, Ukraine, EPP/CD SOLEIM Velie Wang, Norway, EPP/CD SOTNYK Olena, Ukraine, ALOE SPAHIU Klodiana, Albania, SOC STELLINI David, Malta, EPP/CD STEVANOVIC Aleksandar, Serbia, ALOE STIER Davor Iva, Croatia, EPP/CD STRIK Tineke, Netherlands, SOC SVENSSON Michael, Sweden, EPP/CD TH6RARINSSON Birgir, Iceland, NR TOUHIG Don, United Kingdom, SOC TSKITISHVILI Dimitri, Georgia, SOC VAREIKIS Egidijus, Lithuania, EPP/CD VENIZELOS Evangelos, Greece, SOC VERCAMER Stefaan, Belgium, EPP/CD VLASENKO Sergiy, Ukraine, EPP/CD WHITFIELD Martin, United Kingdom, SOC WILSON Phil, United Kingdom, SOC YEMETS Leonid, Ukraine, EPP/CD ZINGERIS Emanuelis, Lithuania, EPP/CD 3 Doc.
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: /" ii ' ' ~·>I Doc.14469 17 January 2018 The assassination of Ms Daphne Caruana Galizia Written question No.
727 to the Committee of Ministers by Mr Plater OMTZiGT, Netherlands, Group of the European People's Party On 16 October 2017, Ms Daphne Caruana Galizia, the prominent journalist who led the Panama Papers investigations in Malta, was assassinated in a car bomb.

In 2016 and 2017, Ms Caruana Galizia revealed, among other things, that the Maltese Prime Minister's wife, his chief of staff and a government minister own secret Panamanian companies.
Ms Caruana Gallzla also reported failure of the pollee tci Investigate evidence revealed by whistleblowers and subject of a highly critical report of the Maltese Financial Intelligence Unit.

This is confirmed by a European Parliament fact-finding mission to Malta.
Mr Omtzigt, To ask the Committee of Ministers, Will you request formal explanations from the Maltese Government on Its Police Force's failure to investigate evidence of money laundering by government officials and their relatives, on its failure to adequately protect Ms Caruana Galizia and on the protection it intends to afford to the relevant whistleblowers?

A quick reply would be appreciated.

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