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Agenda | Doc. 14220 rev | 24 January 2017

First part of the 2017 Ordinary Session

(23-27 January 2017)

Origin - Adopted by the Assembly on 23 January 2017. 2017 - First 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

  • Monday08:00 - 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

Examination of the credentials

List of delegations:

Election of the President of the Assembly

Election of the Vice-Presidents of the Assembly (AS/Inf (2017) 01)

Appointment of members of committees (Commissions (2017) 01 + Addendum 1)

Requests for debate:

Urgent procedure debate: “The functioning of democratic institutions in Turkey”
Current affairs debate: “The situation in Syria and its effects upon surrounding countries”
Urgent procedure debate: “The need to reform European migration policies”

Adoption of the agenda

Approval of the minutes of proceedings of the Standing Committee (Nicosia, 25 November 2016) (AS/Per (2016) PV 03)

Debate

Progress report of the Bureau and the Standing Committee

Presentation by:

Observation of the presidential election in Bulgaria (6 and 13 November 2016)

Presentation by:

Mr Joseph O'REILLY
Ireland, EPP/CD
Rapporteur, AS/Bur

Observation of the early parliamentary elections in “the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia” (11 December 2016)

Presentation by:

Mr Stefan SCHENNACH
Austria, SOC
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

Progress report and observation of elections (continued)

Elections (10:00 - 13:00)

Judges to the European Court of Human Rights

List of candidates in respect of:

Hungary and the Netherlands (Doc. 14222 | Doc. 14215 | Doc. 14231 Addendum 2)

Address (10:00 - 11:00)

Mr Johannes HAHN, European Commissioner for European Neighbourhood Policy and Enlargement Negotiations

Speech (10:00-10:20)

Questions and replies (10:20-11:00)

Address (11:00 - 12:00)

Mr Nicos ANASTASIADES, President of Cyprus

Speech (11:00-11:20)

Questions and replies (11:20-12:00)

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

Judges to the European Court of Human Rights

Address (15:30 - 16:30)

Communication from the Secretary General of the Council of Europe

Presentation by:

Mr Thorbjørn JAGLAND

Debate

Attacks against journalists and media freedom in Europe

Presentation by:

Mr Volodymyr ARIEV
Ukraine, EPP/CD
Rapporteur, AS/Cult

Debate

The humanitarian crisis in Gaza

Presentation by:

Ms Eva-Lena JANSSON
Sweden, SOC
Rapporteur, AS/Mig
Lord Donald ANDERSON
United Kingdom, SOC
Rapporteur for opinion, AS/Pol

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

Judges to the European Court of Human Rights

Joint debate

Online media and journalism: challenges and accountability

Presentation by:

Ms Adele GAMBARO
Italy, ALDE
Rapporteur, AS/Cult
Mr Boriss CILEVIČS
Latvia, SOC
Rapporteur for opinion, AS/Jur

Ending cyberdiscrimination and online hate

Presentation by:

Ms Marit MAIJ
Netherlands, SOC
Rapporteur, AS/Ega
Mr Volodymyr ARIEV
Ukraine, EPP/CD
Rapporteur for opinion, AS/Cult

Address (12:00 - 13:00)

Mr Klaus Werner IOHANNIS, President of Romania

Speech (12:00-12:20)

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

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

Judges to the European Court of Human Rights

Debate

The functioning of democratic institutions in Ukraine

Presentation by:

Mr Jordi XUCLÀ
Spain, ALDE
Co-Rapporteur, AS/Mon
Mr Axel FISCHER
Germany, EPP/CD
Co-Rapporteur, AS/Mon

Debate

Reinforcing social dialogue as an instrument for stability and decreasing social and economic inequalities

Presentation by:

Mr Ögmundur JÓNASSON
Iceland,
Rapporteur, AS/Soc

Examination of credentials

Credentials

Debate under urgent procedure

The need to reform European migration policies

Presentation by:

Mr Ian LIDDELL-GRAINGER
United Kingdom, EC
Rapporteur, AS/Mig

Debate

Challenge on procedural grounds of the still unratified credentials of the parliamentary delegation of the Slovak Republic

Presentation by:

Mr Jordi XUCLÀ
Spain, ALDE
Rapporteur, AS/Pro
Ms Elena CENTEMERO
Italy, EPP/CD
Rapporteur for opinion, AS/Ega

Current affairs debate

The situation in Syria and its effects upon surrounding countries

Debate

The progress of the Assembly's monitoring procedure (September 2015-December 2016) and the periodic review of the honouring of obligations by Austria, the Czech Republic, Denmark, Finland, France and Germany

Debate

The situation in Lebanon and challenges for regional stability and European security

Presentation by:

Mr Tobias ZECH
Germany, EPP/CD
Rapporteur, AS/Pol

Joint debate

Human rights compatibility of investor–State arbitration in international investment protection agreements

Presentation by:

Mr Pieter OMTZIGT
Netherlands, EPP/CD
Rapporteur, AS/Jur
Mr Geraint DAVIES
United Kingdom, SOC
Rapporteur for opinion, AS/Soc

“New generation” trade agreements and their implications for social rights, public health and sustainable development

Presentation by:

Mr Geraint DAVIES
United Kingdom, SOC
Rapporteur, AS/Soc

Debate

Promoting the inclusion of Roma and Travellers

Presentation by:

Mr Tobias ZECH
Germany, EPP/CD
Rapporteur, AS/Ega

Debate

Free debate (continued)

Progress report

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

Constitution of the Standing Committee

Closure of the part-session