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List of sittings: 2026 - First part-session

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  • Monday, January 26, 2026 11:00-13:15 Sitting No.: 1 View substitutes

    • Opening of the part-session : Examination of the credentials / Farewell ceremony for the outgoing President of the Assembly / Election of the President of the Assembly / Election of the Vice-Presidents of the Assembly / Appointment of members of committees / Requests for debate: / Adoption of the agenda / Approval of the minutes of the Standing Committee

  • Monday, January 26, 2026 15:40-17:30 Sitting No.: 2 View substitutes

    • Current affairs debate : Safeguarding the system of international justice

    • Joint debate : Progress report of the Bureau and the Standing Committee / Observation of the early parliamentary elections in the Kyrgyz Republic (30 November 2025) / The progress of the Assembly's monitoring procedure (January-December 2025)

  • Tuesday, January 27, 2026 10:00-13:00 Sitting No.: 3 View substitutes

    • Elections : Judges to the European Court of Human Rights

    • Address : Ms Maia SANDU, President of the Republic of Moldova

    • Address : Communication from the Secretary General of the Council of Europe

    • Ceremony marking the International Day of Commemoration in Memory of the Victims of the Holocaust |See separate programme, AS/Inf(2026)05. :

  • Tuesday, January 27, 2026 15:40-20:00 Sitting No.: 4 View substitutes

    • Election (2nd round) :

    • Debate : Elections in times of crisis

    • Debate : Supporting the commitment to a comprehensive, just and lasting peace for Ukraine and the security of the European continent

    • Debate : The functioning of democratic institutions in Bosnia and Herzegovina

  • Wednesday, January 28, 2026 10:10-13:00 Sitting No.: 5 View substitutes

    • Debate : Strengthening democracies with young people: from participation to shared responsibility

    • Address : Mr Ararat MIRZOYAN, Minister for Foreign Affairs of Armenia

  • Wednesday, January 28, 2026 15:40-20:00 Sitting No.: 6 View substitutes

    • Address : Communication from the Committee of Ministers

    • Current affairs debate : Ensuring accountability, humanitarian protection and respect for international law in Gaza and the West Bank after the ceasefire

    • Debate : Draft additional protocol to the Convention on Human Rights and Biomedicine concerning the protection of human rights and dignity of persons with regard to involuntary placement and involuntary treatment within mental healthcare services

    • Debate : Socialising at schools: for an inclusive and participatory education fostering democratic values

  • Thursday, January 29, 2026 10:10-13:00 Sitting No.: 7 View substitutes

    • Debate under urgent procedure : Threats against the international order: the case of Greenland

    • Debate under urgent procedure : Political crisis in the broader Middle East: need to protect human rights and the rights of all minority groups

  • Thursday, January 29, 2026 16:30-20:00 Sitting No.: 8 View substitutes

    • Debate : For a ban on conversion practices

    • Debate under urgent procedure : The 65th anniversary of the European Social Charter: social rights as the foundation of resilient democracies and social justice

    • Debate : Post-monitoring dialogue with North Macedonia

  • Friday, January 30, 2026 10:10-13:00 Sitting No.: 9 View substitutes

    • Free debate :

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

    • Constitution of the Standing Committee : Appointment of the members of the Standing Committee

    • Closure of the part-session :