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Agenda | Doc. 14272 | 24 April 2017

Second part of the 2017 Ordinary Session

(24-28 April 2017)

Origin - Adopted by the Assembly on 24 April 2017. 2017 - Second part-session

  • Bur Bureau of the Assembly
  • Per Standing Committee
  • Pol Committee on Political Affairs and Democracy
  • Jur Committee on Legal Affairs and Human Rights
  • Soc Committee on Social Affairs, Health and Sustainable Development
  • Mig Committee on Migration, Refugees and Displaced Persons
  • Cult Committee on Culture, Science, Education and Media
  • Ega Committee on Equality and Non-Discrimination
  • Mon Committee on the Honouring of Obligations and Commitments by Member States of the Council of Europe (Monitoring Committee)
  • Pro Committee on Rules of Procedure, Immunities and Institutional Affairs
  • Cdh Committee on the Election of Judges to the European Court of Human Rights
  • EPP/CD Group of the European People's Party
  • SOC Socialist Group
  • EC European Conservatives Group
  • ALDE Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe
  • UEL Group of the Unified European Left
  • NR Representatives not belonging to a political group

Bureau of the Assembly

  • Monday07:30 - 09:30
  • Friday08:30 - 10:00

Committees

  • Monday14:00 - 15:00
  • Tuesday08:30 - 10:00
  • Tuesday14:00 - 15:30
  • Wednesday14:00 - 15:30
  • Thursday08:30 - 10:00
  • Thursday14:00 - 15:30

Political groups

  • Monday09:30 - 11:30
  • Monday17:00 - 19:00
  • Wednesday08:30 - 10:00

Opening of the part-session

Statement by the President

Examination of credentials

List of delegations:

Election of a Vice-President of the Assembly in respect of Romania

Changes in the membership of committees (Commissions (2017) 04 + Add. 1)

Requests for debate:

Current affairs debate: “European values under threat: addressing rising xenophobia, antisemitism and Islamophobia in Europe”
Urgent procedure debate: “Political consequences of the new Israeli Settlement Regulation Law”
Urgent procedure debate: “Draft Council of Europe Convention on Offences relating to Cultural Property”
Urgent procedure debate: “Alarming developments in Hungary: A new NGO law restricting civil society and the closure of an international university”
Urgent procedure debate: “Introducing an impeachment procedure for Members holding elected office in the Parliamentary Assembly”

Adoption of the agenda

Approval of the minutes of proceedings of the Standing Committee (Madrid, 10 March 2017) (AS/Per (2017) PV 01)

Debate

Progress report of the Bureau and the Standing Committee

Observation of the early parliamentary elections in Bulgaria (26 March 2017)

Presentation by:

Ms Marie-Christine DALLOZ
France, EPP/CD
Rapporteur, AS/Bur

Address (15:00 - 16:00)

Communication from the Committee of Ministers

Presentation by:

Mr Ioannis KASOULIDES, Minister for Foreign Affairs of Cyprus, Chairperson of the Committee of Ministers

Debate

The functioning of democratic institutions in Turkey

Presentation by:

Ms Ingebjørg GODSKESEN
Norway, EC
Co-Rapporteur, AS/Mon
Ms Marianne MIKKO
Estonia, SOC
Co-Rapporteur, AS/Mon

Question time (15:30 - 16:00)

Mr Thorbjørn JAGLAND, Secretary General of the Council of Europe

Debate (continued)

Progress report of the Bureau and the Standing Committee

Observation of the early parliamentary elections in Bulgaria (26 March 2017)

Debate

Human rights in the North Caucasus: what follow-up to Resolution 1738 (2010)?

Presentation by:

Mr Michael McNAMARA
Ireland, SOC
Rapporteur, AS/Jur

Debate

Fighting income inequality as a means of fostering social cohesion and economic development

Presentation by:

Mr Andrej HUNKO
Germany, UEL
Rapporteur, AS/Soc

Debate

Protecting refugee women from gender-based violence

Presentation by:

Ms Gisela WURM
Austria, SOC
Rapporteur, AS/Ega
Ms Petra De SUTTER
Belgium, SOC
Rapporteur for opinion, AS/Mig

Address (12:00 - 13:00)

Mr Prokopios PAVLOPOULOS, President of the Hellenic Republic‎

Speech (12:00-12:20)

Questions and replies (12:20-13:00)

Address (15:30 - 16:30)

Annual activity report 2016 by the Council of Europe Commissioner for Human Rights (CommDH(2017)3)

Presentation by:

Mr Nils MUIŽNIEKS, Council of Europe Commissioner for Human Rights

Current affairs debate

European values under threat: addressing rising xenophobia, antisemitism and Islamophobia in Europe

Debate

25 years of the CPT: achievements and areas for improvement

Presentation by:

Mr Jordi XUCLÀ
Spain, ALDE
Rapporteur, AS/Jur

Debate

Abusive use of the Interpol system: the need for more stringent legal safeguards

Presentation by:

Mr Bernd FABRITIUS
Germany, EPP/CD
Rapporteur, AS/Jur

Debate under urgent procedure

Alarming developments in Hungary: draft NGO law restricting civil society and possible closure of the European Central University

Presentation by:

Mr Mogens JENSEN
Denmark, SOC
Rapporteur, AS/Pol

Address (12:00 - 13:00)

His Majesty the King of Spain

Debate

The protection of the rights of parents and children belonging to religious minorities

Presentation by:

Mr Valeriu GHILETCHI
Republic of Moldova, EPP/CD
Rapporteur, AS/Ega

Debate

Possible ways to improve the funding of emergency refugee situations

Presentation by:

Mr Cezar Florin PREDA
Romania, EPP/CD
Rapporteur, AS/Mig

Debate

Technological convergence, artificial intelligence and human rights

Presentation by:

Mr Jean-Yves LE DÉAUT
France, SOC
Rapporteur, AS/Cult
Mr Boriss CILEVIČS
Latvia, SOC
Rapporteur for opinion, AS/Jur

Debate under urgent procedure

Draft Council of Europe Convention on Offences relating to Cultural Property

Presentation by:

Mr Stefan SCHENNACH
Austria, SOC
Rapporteur, AS/Cult

Progress report

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

Addendum:

Closure of the part-session