Activities of the Assembly’s Bureau and Standing Committee (25 January-7 April 2019)
Progress report
| Doc. 14855
| 06 April 2019
1 Introduction
At its meeting on 25 January 2019, the Bureau appointed me
as rapporteur for this report, which covers its activities over
the period from the last Bureau meeting of the first part-session
of 2019 (Friday 25 January) to the first Bureau meeting of the second
part-session of 2019 (Monday 8 April).
The following chapters include the decisions taken at the
Bureau meetings of 25 January in Strasbourg and 28 February in Paris.
Chapter 2 presents a list of activities and decisions which do not
require ratification. Chapter 3 presents decisions which have already
been ratified by the Assembly on 25 January and by the Standing
Committee on 1 March.
An addendum to this report will be issued after the Bureau
meeting of 8 April, which will also include decisions to be ratified
on the same day. Another addendum will be issued after the Bureau
meeting of 12 April. It will include only the decisions to be ratified
by the Assembly on the same day, notably the references and transmissions,
which will have been approved by the Bureau.
The Bureau will hold its next meetings in Strasbourg on Monday
8 April at 8 am and Friday 12 April at 8:30 am, then on Thursday
23 May in Paris. The next meeting of the Standing Committee will
be held in Paris on 24 May.
2 Activities
of the Bureau since the last part-session and decisions not requiring
ratification by the Assembly
2.1 Follow-up to
the first part-session of 2019 (Strasbourg, 21-25 January)
On 25 January, the Bureau held an exchange of views on the
first-part session.
2.2 Standing Committee
(Paris, 1 March 2019)
On 25 January and 28 February, the Bureau took note of the
draft agenda.
2.3 Second part-session
of 2019 (Strasbourg, 8-12 April)
On 25 January, the Bureau drew up the preliminary draft agenda.
On 28 February, it drew up the draft agenda.
2.4 Communications
On 28 February, the Bureau took note of the communications
by the President of the Assembly, the Secretary General and the
Deputy Secretary General of the Council of Europe.
2.5 Election observation
2.5.1 Meeting of the
Chairpersons and members of ad hoc committees for the observation
of elections (23 January 2019)
On 28 February, the Bureau took note of the report of the
meeting.
2.5.2 Republic of Moldova:
parliamentary elections (24 February 2019)
On 25 January, the Bureau approved the updated list of members
of the ad hoc committee to observe these elections (Appendix 1).
On 28 February, the Bureau took note of the statement of the
election observation mission.
2.5.3 Ukraine: presidential
election (31 March 2019)
On 25 January, the Bureau approved the list of members of
the ad hoc committee to observe this election and appointed Ms Angela
Smith (United Kingdom, SOC) as its Chairperson.
On 28 February, the Bureau approved the final list of members
of the ad hoc committee to observe this election (Appendix 2).
2.5.4 North Macedonia:
presidential election (21 April 2019)
On 25 January, the Bureau approved the list of members of
the ad hoc committee to observe this election and appointed Ms Marie-Christine
Dalloz (France, EPP/CD) as its Chairperson.
On 28 February, the Bureau approved the updated list of members
of the ad hoc committee to observe this election (Appendix 3).
2.6 Formation of
a new political group: New European Democrats/Europe of Nations
and Freedom (NED/ENF)
On 25 January, the Bureau decided to postpone the decision
to acknowledge the formation of the new political group and to invite
its Chairperson for an exchange of views at its next meeting.
On 28 February, the Bureau held an exchange of views with
Mr Martin Graf, Chairperson of the NED/ENF Group and took note of
the information provided and decided to ask – in the context of
the formation of the NED/ENF Group – the Committee on Rules of Procedure,
Immunities and Institutional Affairs for advice on the procedure
defined in Art. 19.1 of the Rules of Procedure.
2.7 Extension and
lapse of references
2.7.1 Extension of
references
On 25 January, the Bureau approved the following extensions
of references:
- Doc. 14042, Motion for a resolution, The
role of education in the digital era: from “digital natives” to “digital
citizens” (Reference 4216 of 20 June 2016 – validity:
31 January 2019): extension until 30 June 2019
- Doc. 13967, Motion for a resolution, The
need to shed light on the background of the murder of Boris Nemtsov (Reference
4276 of 10 March 2017 – validity: 10 March 2019): extension until
30 June 2019
2.7.2 Lapse of references
On 28 February, the Bureau approved the following lapse of
references:
- Request from the
Committee of Ministers, Granting of participatory
status to the international non-governmental organisation ADF International (withdrawal
of the request to review the decision not to grant participatory
statuts to ADF International, and end of the procedure in the Committee
of Ministers – reference 4404 of 12 October 2018);
- Doc. 14301, Human rights situation in
the occupied regions of Georgia, in a letter dated 20
February 2019, the Committee on Legal Affairs and Human Rights indicated
that it had decided to discontinue work on this report (reference
4337 of 13 October 2017).
2.8 Issues raised
by committees
2.8.1 Committee on
Social Affairs, Health and Sustainable Development
On 28 February, the Bureau authorised Ms Stella Kyriakides
(Cyprus, EPP/CD) to carry out a fact-finding visit to Israel in
2019, in the framework of the preparation of her report on Organ transplant tourism.
2.8.2 Committee on
Political Affairs and Democracy
On 28 February, the Bureau took note of the memorandum on Relations between the Assembly and the Organisation
for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), prepared
by the Committee on Political Affairs and Democracy.
2.9 2019 Václav Havel
Human Rights Prize
On 25 January, the Bureau:
- took
note of the press release of the launch of the 2019 edition of the
Prize as well as of the memorandum prepared by the Secretary General
of the Assembly;
- re-appointed Ms Bemelmans Videc as member of the Selection
Panel, for a second term of two years starting from 1 June 2019;
- invited Bureau members to propose candidatures for the
vacant seats in the Selection Panel and to submit the names and
CVs of candidates together with justification of fulfilment of required
condition (“recognised moral standing in the field of human rights”)
to the Secretary General of the Assembly by 15 April 2019, in view
of the Bureau taking a decision on the appointments at its meeting
in Paris on 23 May 2019.
2.10 European Committee
for the Prevention of Torture and Inhuman or Degrading Treatment
or Punishment (CPT)
On 25 January, the Bureau approved the lists of candidates
in respect of Andorra, Belgium, Finland, Iceland, Lithuania, Malta
and San Marino to be forwarded to the Committee of Ministers.
2.11 Institutional
representation of the Parliamentary Assembly in 2019
On 25 January, the Bureau approved the designations as set
up in Appendix 4.
2.12 Meetings elsewhere
than Strasbourg and Paris
On 25 January, the Bureau authorised:
- the ad hoc Sub-Committee to participate in the Commission
on the Status of Women (CSW 63) on 12 March 2019 of the Committee
on Equality and Non-Discrimination to meet in New-York, United States;
- the Sub-Committee on Diasporas of the Committee on Migration,
Refugees and Displaced Persons to meet in Warsaw on 22 March 2019;
- the Committee on Migration, Refugees and Displaced Persons
to meet in Zurich (Switzerland) on 28-29 May 2019;
- the Committee on Equality and Non-Discrimination and Sub-Committee
on the Rights of Minorities to meet in Belgrade on 5-6 June 2019;
- the Committee on Political Affairs and Democracy and the
Committee on Legal Affairs and Human Rights to meet in Berlin on
14-15 November 2019.
On 28 February, the Bureau authorised:
- the ad hoc Sub-Committee (of the Committee on Political
Affairs and Democracy) to participate in the Conference on Countering
International Terrorism to be organised by the IPA-CIS, the parliamentary assemblies
of the Council of Europe, of the OSCE, of the Mediterranean, the
CSTO and the IPU, to meet on 18 April 2019, in Saint Petersburg,
Russian Federation;
- the Committee on Social Affairs, Health and Sustainable
Development and the Sub-Committee on Children to meet on 13 and
14 May 2019, in Vienna.
3 Decisions taken
by the Bureau at its meetings on 25 January and 28 February, and
subsequently ratified by the Assembly or the Standing Committee
3.1 Bureau meeting
on 25 January
Decisions taken by the Bureau at its meeting on 25 January
2019 which were subsequently ratified by the Assembly on 25 January
can be found in Doc 14796
Add. 3 (see Appendix 5).
3.2 Bureau meeting
on 28 February
On 28 February, the Bureau approved the following references
and transmissions which were subsequently ratified by the Standing
Committee:
- Doc. 14802, Motion for a resolution, Should
politicians be prosecuted for statements made in the exercise of
their mandate?: reference to the Committee on Legal Affairs
and Human Rights for report;
- Doc. 14806, Motion for a resolution, Giving
a voice to every child: promoting child participation as a foundation
for democratic societies: reference to the Committee
on Social Affairs, Health and Sustainable Development for report;
- Doc. 14807, Motion for a resolution, Possibility
for remote participation in committee meetings outside Parliamentary
Assembly sessions: transmission to the Committee on Rules
of Procedure, Immunities and Institutional Affairs for information;
- Bureau decision: The role and
responsibilities of political leaders in combating hate speech and intolerance: reference
to the Committee on Equality and Non-Discrimination for report;
- Terms of reference of the committee, Budget and priorities of the Council of Europe
for the biennium 2020-2021: reference to the Committee
on Rules of Procedure, Immunities and Institutional Affairs for report;
- Terms of reference of the committee, Expenditure of the Parliamentary Assembly for
the biennium 2020-2021: reference to the Committee on
Rules of Procedure, Immunities and Institutional Affairs for report.
4 Activities of
the Standing Committee (Paris, 1 March 2019)
The Standing Committee:
- ratified
the credentials of new members of the Assembly submitted by the
delegations of Albania and Spain;
- approved changes in the composition of Assembly committees;
- took note of the draft agenda of the second part-session
of the Assembly (8-12 April 2019);
- ratified the references proposed by the Bureau;
- held an exchange of views with Ms Feride Acar, President
of GREVIO (Group of Experts on Action against Violence against Women
and Domestic Violence), and Ms Dubravka Šimonović, UN Special Rapporteur
on violence against women;
- adopted the following texts on behalf of the Assembly:
- decided to hold its next meeting in Paris on 24 May 2019.
Appendix 1 – List of members of the ad hoc
committee to observe the parliamentary elections in the Republic
of Moldova (24 February 2019)
Chairperson / Président: Mr /
M. Claude Kern, France (ALDE/ADLE)
Group of the European People’s Party (EPP/CD)
/ Groupe du Parti populaire européen (PPE/DC)
Mr / M. Corneliu Mugurel
COZMANCIUC, Romania / Roumanie
Ms / Mme Alina Ştefania GORGHIU,
Romania / Roumanie
Mr / M. Killion MUNYAMA, Poland / Pologne
Ms / Mme Maria Concepción de
SANTA ANA, Spain / Espagne
Ms / Mme Elisabeth SCHNEIDER-SCHNEITER,
Switzerland / Suisse*
Mr / M. Ionuţ-Marian STROE, Romania / Roumanie
Mr / M. Krzysztof TRUSKOLASKI, Poland / Pologne
Mr / M. Stefaan VERCAMER, Belgium / Belgique
Mr / M. Volkmar VOGEL, Germany / Allemagne
Socialists, Democrats and Greens Group
/ Groupe des socialistes, démocrates et verts (SOC)
Mr / M. Titus CORLĂŢEAN,
Romania / Roumanie
Mr / M. Stefan SCHENNACH, Austria / Autriche*
Mr / M. Pierre-Alain FRIDEZ, Switzerland / Suisse
Mr / M. Antonio GUTIÉRREZ, Spain / Espagne
Mr / M. André VALLINI, France
Mr / M. Roberto RAMPI, Italy / Italie
Ms / Mme Soraya RODRÍGUEZ RAMOS,
Spain / Espagne
Mr / M. Ervin BUSHATI, Albania / Albanie
Substitute / suppléant
Mr / M. José CEPEDA, Spain
/ Espagne
European Conservatives Group (EC) / Groupe
des conservateurs européens (CE)
Mr / M. Yıldırım Tuğrul
TÜRKEŞ, Turkey / Turquie
Mr / M. Markus WIECHEL, Sweden / Suède
Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for
Europe (ALDE) / Alliance des démocrates et des libéraux pour l’Europe
(ADLE)
Mr / M. Claude KERN, France*
Ms / Mme Melisa RODRÍGUEZ HERNÁNDEZ,
Spain / Espagne
Mr / M. Andrii LOPUSHANSKYI, Ukraine
Group of the Unified European Left (UEL)
/ Groupe pour la gauche unitaire européenne (GUE)
Mr / M. Petter EIDE, Norway
/ Norvège
Ms / Mme Miren Edurne GORROTXATEGUI,
Spain / Espagne
Substitutes / suppléants
Mr / M. Tiny KOX, Netherlands
/ Pays-Bas
Mr / M. George LOUKAIDES, Cyprus / Chypre
Free Democrats Group (FDG) / Groupe des
démocrates libres (GDL)
Co-rapporteurs AS/MON (ex officio)
Mr / M. Egidijus VAREIKIS,
Lithuania / Lituanie
Ms / Mme Maryvonne BLONDIN,
France
Venice Commission / Commission de Venise
Mr / M. Richard BARRETT,
member / member
* Member of the pre-electoral mission / membre de la mission
pré-électorale
Appendix 2 – List of members of the ad hoc
committee for the observation of the presidential election in Ukraine
(31 March 2019)
Chairperson / Présidente: Ms /
Mme Angela SMITH, United Kingdom / Royaume-Uni
(SOC)
Group of the European People’s Party (EPP/CD)
/ Groupe du Parti populaire européen (PPE/DC)
Ms / Mme Boriana
ÅBERG, Sweden / Suède
Ms / Mme Ann-Brit ÅSEBOL, Sweden
/ Suède
Mr / M. Corneliu Mugurel COZMANCIUC, Romania / Roumanie
Ms / Mme Nicole DURANTON, France
Mr / M. Aleksander POCIEJ, Poland / Pologne
Ms / Mme Maria RIZZOTI, Italy
/ Italie
Mr / M. Vetle Wang SOLEIM, Norway / Norvège
Mr / M. Birgir THÓRARINSSON, Iceland / Islande
Mr / M. Egidijus VAREIKIS, Lithuania / Lituanie*
Mr / M. Matern von MARSCHALL, Germany / Allemagne
Socialists, Democrats and Greens Group
/ Groupe des socialistes, démocrates et verts (SOC)
Mr / M. Pierre-Alain FRIDEZ,
Switzerland / Suisse
Mr / M. Ervin BUSHATI, Albania / Albanie
Mr / M. Stefan SCHENNACH, Austria / Autriche
Ms / Mme Angela SMITH, United
Kingdom / Royaume-Uni*
Ms / Mme Edite ESTRELA, Portugal
Mr / M. José CEPEDA, Spain / Espagne
Mr / M. Roberto RAMPI, Italy / Italie
Ms / Mme Adriana Diana TUȘA,
Romania / Roumanie
Ms / Mme Tabea RÖSSNER, Germany
/ Allemagne
Substitutes / Suppléants
Mr / M. Andrea ORLANDO,
Italy / Italie
Mr / M. Etienne GRECH, Malta / Malte
Mr / M. André VALLINI, France
Mr / M. Predrag SEKULIĆ, Montenegro / Monténégro
European Conservatives Group (EC) / Groupe
des conservateurs européens (CE)
Lord David BLENCATHRA,
United Kingdom / Royaume-Uni
Lord Simon RUSSELL, United Kingdom / Royaume-Uni *
Mr / M. Yıldırım Tuğrul TÜRKEŞ, Turkey / Turquie
Mr / M. Markus WIECHEL, Sweden / Suède
Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for
Europe (ALDE) / Alliance des démocrates et des libéraux pour l’Europe
(ADLE)
Ms / Mme Gyde
JENSEN, Germany / Allemagne
Ms / Mme Emilie Enger MEHL,
Norway / Norvège *
Mr / M. Jacques LE NAY, France
Ms / Mme Alexandra LOUIS, France
Substitutes / Suppléants
Mr / M. Mart van de VEN,
Netherlands / Pays-Bas
Mr / M. Claude KERN, France
Group of the Unified European Left (UEL)
/ Groupe pour la gauche unitaire européenne (GUE)
Mr / M. Momodou Malcolm
JALLOW, Sweden / Suède
Mr / M. Tiny KOX, Netherlands / Pays-Bas
Substitutes / Suppléants
Mr / M. Andrej HUNKO, Germany
/ Allemagne
Free Democrats Group (FDG) / Groupe des
démocrates libres (GDL)
Mr / M. Nagif HAMZAYEV,
Azerbaijan / Azerbaïdjan*
Co-rapporteurs AS/MON (ex officio)
Mr / M. Alfred HEER, Switzerland
/ Suisse
Ms / Mme Dzhema GROZDANOVA,
Bulgaria / Bulgarie
Venice Commission / Commission de Venise
* Member of the pre-electoral mission / membre de la mission
pré-électorale
Appendix 3 – List of members of the ad hoc
committee for the observation of the presidential election in North
Macedonia (21 April 2019)
Chairperson / Présidente: Ms /
Mme Marie-Christine DALLOZ, France (EPP/CD
– PPE/CD)
Group of the European People’s Party (EPP/CD)
/ Groupe du Parti populaire européen (PPE/DC)
Mr / M. Viorel Riceard
BADEA, Romania / Roumanie
Mr / M. David BAKRADZE, Georgia / Géorgie
Ms / Mme Marie-Christine DALLOZ,
France
Mr / M. Joseph O’REILLY, Ireland / Irlande
Mr / M. Attila TILKI, Hungary / Hongrie
Mr / M. Egidijus VAREIKIS, Lithuania / Lituanie
Socialists, Democrats and Greens Group
/ Groupe des socialistes, démocrates et verts (SOC)
Ms / Mme Petra
BAYR, Austria / Autriche
Mr / M. Stefan SCHENNACH, Austria / Autriche
Mr / M. Miroslav NENUTIL, Czech Republic / République
tchèque
Substitutes / Suppléants
Mr / M. Antonio GUTIÉRREZ,
Spain / Espagne
Mr / M. Predrag SEKULIC, Montenegro / Monténégro
European Conservatives Group (EC) / Groupe
des conservateurs européens (CE)
Lord Richard BALFE, United
Kingdom / Royaume-Uni
Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for
Europe (ALDE) / Alliance des démocrates et des libéraux pour l’Europe
(ADLE)
Mr / M. Mart van de VEN,
Netherlands, Pays-Bas
Mr / M. Raphaël COMTE, Switzerland / Suisse
Substitutes / Suppléants
Mr / M. Anne MULDER, Netherlands
/ Pays-Bas
Ms / Mme Zdeňka HAMOUSOVÁ,
Czech Republic / République tchèque
Mr / M. Jokin BILDARRATZ, Spain / Espagne
Group of the Unified European Left (UEL)
/ Groupe pour la gauche unitaire européenne (GUE)
Ms / Mme Rósa
Björk BRYNJÓLFSDÓTTIR, Iceland / Islande
Substitutes / Suppléants
Mr / M. Marco NICOLINI,
San Marino / Saint-Marin
Mr / M. Henk OVERBEEK, Netherlands / Pays-Bas
Free Democrats Group (FDG) / Groupe des
démocrates libres (GDL)
Ms / Mme Ganira
PASHAYEVA, Azerbaijan / Azerbaïdjan
Co-rapporteurs AS/MON (ex officio)
Mr / M. Valeriu GHILETCHI,
Republic of Moldova / République de Moldova
Venice Commission / Commission de Venise
Appendix 4 – Institutional representation
of the Parliamentary Assembly in 2019
|
Body
|
who
represents the Assembly
|
reference
|
2019
|
|
I. Council of Europe bodies
|
|
European Commission for Democracy
through Law
Venice Commission
|
Representatives of the Assembly
appointed by the Bureau to attend the sessions of the Commission
|
Article 2.4 of the Venice Commission
Statute
(Res CM (2002) 3)
|
Members:
Ms Kyriakides,
EPP/CD
Appointment by the President
Mr Vlasenko
– EPP/CD (AS/Jur)
Substitute:
Ms Rojhan
Gustafsson – SOC (AS/Jur)
|
|
Council on Democratic
Elections of the Venice Commission
|
Representatives of AS/Pol, AS/Jur
and AS/Mon approved by the Bureau of the Assembly
|
Bureau decision of 10 March
2003
|
Members:
Mr Cozmanciuc
– EPP/CD (AS/Pol)
Lord Balfe – EC (AS/Jur)
Mr Kox
– UEL (AS/Mon)
Substitutes:
ZZ… (AS/Pol)
Ms Beselia
– SOC (AS/Jur)
Mr Pociej – EPP/CD (AS/Mon)
|
|
European Centre for Global Interdependence
and Solidarity
North-South Centre
|
Two members of the Executive
Council – appointed by the Bureau of the Assembly
|
Article 4.2 (b) of the North-South
Centre revised Statute
(Res CM (2011) 6)
|
Members:
Ms Günay
– EC (AS/Soc)
Mr Leite Ramos – EPP/CD (AS/Cult)
Substitutes:
Mr Schennach
– SOC (AS/Soc)
Ms Pallarés – ALDE (AS/Cult)
|
|
European Commission Against Racism
and Intolerance
ECRI
|
Representatives of the Assembly
appointed by the Bureau (representatives of the following three committees:
AS/Pol, AS/Ega and AS/Cult)
|
Article 5 of the ECRI Statute
(Res
CM (2002) 8)
|
Members:
Mr Corlăţean
– SOC (AS/Pol)
Mr Efstathiou – SOC (AS/Cult)
Mr Thiéry
– ALDE (AS/Ega)
Substitutes:
Mr Korodi
– EPP/CD (AS/Pol)
Mr Davies – EC (AS/Ega)
|
|
Group of States against
Corruption
GRECO
|
A representative of the Assembly
appointed by the Bureau
|
CM decision of 717th meeting
in 2000 in accordance with Article 7.2 of the Statute of the GRECO
|
Member:
Mr Logvynskyi-
EPP/CD (AS/Jur)
Substitute:
Ms Sotnyk
– ALDE (AS/Jur)
|
|
Committee for Works of
Art
|
Two members appointed
by the Bureau of the Assembly (at present AS/Cult Committee member
and Museum Prize rapporteur)
|
CM decision of 482nd meeting
in 1992
|
Members:
Lady
Eccles – EC (AS/Cult)
Ms Goguadze – EC (AS/Cult)
|
|
MONEYVAL
|
A representative of the Assembly
appointed by the Bureau
|
Article 4.1 of Resolution CM/Res
(2010) 12
|
Member:
Mr Corlăţean
– SOC (AS/Jur)
Substitute:
Mr Omtzigt
– EPP/CD (AS/Jur)
|
|
Council of Europe Convention
on Offences relating to Cultural Property
|
A representative of the Assembly
appointed by the Bureau
|
STCE n°221
CM(2017)32,
Chapter V, Article 23.1
|
|
|
II. Other
|
|
EUROPA NOSTRA
Pan-European Federation
for Heritage
|
One member (and substitute) to
be nominated by the Assembly – to attend the Federation Council
meetings as observer
|
Article 21.4 of the Statute
of Europa Nostra
|
Mr Gryffroy – NR (AS/Cult)
|
Appendix 5 – Decisions taken by the Bureau
at its meeting on 25 January 2019, and subsequently ratified by
the Assembly on 25 January 2019
Doc. 14796 Add. 3
25 January 2019
Activities of the Assembly’s Bureau and
Standing Committee (25 January 2019)
Progress report
Bureau of the Assembly
Mr Ian LIDDELL-GRAINGER, United Kingdom, European Conservatives
Group
1. Decisions of the Bureau of 25 January
2019 requiring ratification by the Assembly
1.1. References and transmissions to committees
The Bureau considered and approved the following reference:
Doc. 14810, Motion for a resolution, Promoting parliaments free
of sexism and sexual harassment: reference to the Committee on Equality
and Non-Discrimination for report.
1.2. Resolution 2094 (2016) on the situation in KosovoNote and the role of the Council
of Europe
The Bureau took note of the letter by the President of the
Assembly of Kosovo informing the President of the Assembly of the
names of the members of the delegation of the Assembly of Kosovo
for the ordinary session of 2019:
Members:
- Mr Xhavit Haliti,
Democratic Party of Kosovo, Chairperson of the delegation
- Ms Aida Dërguti, Social Democratic Party
- Mr Srdjan Mitrović, Serb List
Substitutes:
- Mr Gani
Dreshaj, Alliance for the Future of Kosovo, substitute for Mr Haliti
- Mr Ismet Beqiri, Democratic League of Kosovo, substitute
for Ms Dërguti
- Ms Müfera Srbica-Şinik, Kosovo Turkish Democratic Party,
substitute for Mr Mitrović
1.3. Composition of the Monitoring Committee,
the Committee on Rules of Procedure, Immunities and Institutional
Affairs and the Committee on the Election of Judges to the European
Court of Human Rights
1.3.1. Monitoring Committee
The Bureau:
- on the basis
of a proposal by the EC Group, appointed Ms Branka Stamenkovic (Serbia);
- on the basis of a proposal by the ALDE Group, appointed
Mr Iulian Bulai (Romania) and Mr František Kopriva (Czech Republic).
1.3.2. Committee on Rules of Procedure,
Immunities and Institutional Affairs
The Bureau:
- on the basis
of proposals by the EPP/CD Group, appointed Mr José Badia (Monaco)
and Mr Volodymyr Ariev (Ukraine);
- on the basis of a proposal by the SOC Group, appointed
Mr Martin Whitfield (United Kingdom);
- on the basis of a proposal by the EC Group, appointed
Mr Serhii Kiral (Ukraine);
- on the basis of a proposal by the ALDE Group, appointed
Ms Anne Kalmari (Finland) and Mr Robert Troy (Ireland);
- on the basis of a proposal by the FDG Group, appointed
Mr Elshad Hasanov (Azerbaiijan);
- nominated Mr Alvise Maniero (Italy, NR) as a member.
1.3.3. Committee on the election of judges
to the European Court of Human Rights
The Bureau:
- on the basis
of proposals by the EPP/CD Group, appointed Ms Alina Ștefania Gorghiu
(Romania) and Mr Sergiy Vlasenko (Ukraine) as members; and Mr Corneliu
Mugurel Cozmanciuc (Romania) as an alternate;
- on the basis of a proposal by the SOC Group, appointed
Lord Donald Anderson (United Kingdom) and Mr Titus Corlăţean (Romania)
as members; and Mr André Vallini (France) as an alternate;
- on the basis of a proposal by the EC Group, appointed
Sir Christopher Chope (United Kingdom) as a member; Mr Kostiantyn
Usov (Ukraine) and Lord David Blencathra (United Kingdom) as alternates;
- on the basis of a proposal by the ALDE Group, appointed
Mr Olivier Becht (France), Mr Edmon Marukyan (Armenia) and Ms Olena
Sotnyk (Ukraine) as members; and Ms Emilie Enger Mehl (Norway) as
an alternate.
