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Agenda | Doc. 15241 | 21 April 2021

Second part of the 2021 Ordinary Session

(19-22 April 2021)

  • 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
  • SOC Socialists, Democrats and Greens Group
  • EPP/CD Group of the European People's Party
  • ALDE Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe
  • EC/DA European Conservatives Group and Democratic Alliance
  • UEL Group of the Unified European Left
  • NR Members not belonging to a political group

Joint Committee

  • Monday 26 April09:30 - 10:30

Bureau

  • Friday 16 April09:30 - 13:00
  • Monday 26 April11:00 - 13:00

Committees

  • Monday14:00 - 15:30
  • Tuesday18:00 - 19:30
  • Wednesday14:00 - 15:30
  • Thursday08:30 - 09:00

Political groups

  • Monday09:00 - 11:00
  • 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 the Republic of Moldova

Changes in the membership of committees (Commissions (2021) 04 + Add.)

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

Urgent procedure debate: "The arrest and detention of Alexei Navalny in January 2021"
Urgent procedure debate: "The functioning of democratic institutions in Turkey"
Current affairs debate: "Covid passports or certificates: protection of fundamental rights and legal implications"
Current affairs debate: "Armenian prisoners of war, other captives and displaced persons"
Current affairs debate: "Covid-19 vaccination certificates: how to protect public health and human rights?"
Current affairs debate: "Russian threat to the pursuit of peace in Europe"

Adoption of the agenda

Approval of the minutes of the Standing Committee (19 March 2021) (AS/Per (2021) PV 01)

Debate

Progress report of the Bureau and the Standing Committee

Presentation by:

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

Václav Havel Human Rights Prize 
			(1) 
			See
programme published separately (<a href='https://assembly.coe.int/LifeRay/APCE/pdf/DocsAndDecs/2021/AS-INF-2021-08-EN.pdf'>AS/Inf
(2021) 08</a>).

Address (16:00 - 17:00)

Ms Maia SANDU, President of the Republic of Moldova

Speech (16:00-16:20)

Questions and replies (16:20-17:00)

Debate

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

  • [possibly] Vote ()

Debate

Preserving national minorities in Europe

Presentation by:

Ms Elvira KOVÁCS
Serbia, EPP/CD
Rapporteur, AS/Ega

Elections (09:00 - 14:00)

Judges to the European Court of Human Rights

List of candidates in respect of:

Current affairs debate

Covid passports or certificates: protection of fundamental rights and legal implications

Address (10:00 - 11:00)

Ms Angela MERKEL, Federal Chancellor of Germany

Speech (10:00-10:20)

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

Debate

The Assembly's vision on the strategic priorities for the Council of Europe

Presentation by:

Mr Tiny KOX
Netherlands, UEL
Rapporteur, AS/Pol

Debate (continued)

The Assembly's vision on the strategic priorities for the Council of Europe

  • Votes on a draft resolution and a draft recommendation (Doc. 15252)

Question time (14:30 - 15:00)

Ms Marija PEJČINOVIĆ BURIĆ, Secretary General of the Council of Europe

Debate

Fighting fiscal injustice: the work of the OECD on taxation of digital economy

Presentation by:

Mr George KATROUGALOS
Greece, UEL
Rapporteur, AS/Pol
Ms Selin SAYEK BÖKE
Turkey, SOC
Rapporteur for opinion, AS/Soc

Statement by:

Mr Angel GURRÍA, Secretary-General of the OECD

Current affairs debate

Armenian prisoners of war, other captives and displaced persons

Address (10:00 - 11:00)

Mr David SASSOLI, President of the European Parliament

Speech (10:00-10:20)

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

Joint debate

Urgent need for electoral reform in Belarus

Presentation by:

Lord David BLENCATHRA
United Kingdom, EC/DA
Rapporteur, AS/Pol

Human rights violations in Belarus require an international investigation

Presentation by:

Ms Alexandra LOUIS
France, ALDE
Rapporteur, AS/Jur

Address (16:00 - 17:00)

Annual activity report 2020 by the Council of Europe Commissioner for Human Rights (CommDH(2021)12)

Presentation by:

Ms Dunja MIJATOVIĆ, Council of Europe Commissioner for Human Rights

Debate

Discrimination against persons dealing with chronic and long-term illnesses

Presentation by:

Ms Martine WONNER
France, ALDE
Rapporteur, AS/Soc
Ms Béatrice FRESKO-ROLFO
Monaco, ALDE
Rapporteur for opinion, AS/Ega

Debate

Post-monitoring dialogue with Montenegro

Presentation by:

Mr Damien COTTIER
Switzerland, ALDE
Co-Rapporteur, AS/Mon
Mr Emanuelis ZINGERIS
Lithuania, EPP/CD
Co-Rapporteur, AS/Mon

Address (09:00 - 10:00)

Communication from the Committee of Ministers

Presentation by:

Mr Michael ROTH, Minister of State for Europe at the Federal Foreign Office of Germany, Special Representative of the Federal Government for the German Presidency of the Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe

Parliamentary questions:

Debate under urgent procedure

The arrest and detention of Alexei Navalny in January 2021

Presentation by:

Mr Jacques MAIRE
France, ALDE
Rapporteur, AS/Jur

Debate under urgent procedure

The functioning of democratic institutions in Turkey

Presentation by:

Mr Thomas HAMMARBERG
Sweden, SOC
Co-Rapporteur, AS/Mon
Mr John HOWELL
United Kingdom, EC/DA
Co-Rapporteur, AS/Mon

Closure of the part-session