Activities of the Assembly’s Bureau and Standing Committee (28 January 2022)

Progress report | Doc. 15439 Add. 4 | 28 January 2022

Committee

Bureau of the Assembly

Rapporteur :

Mr Rik DAEMS, Belgium, ALDE

1 Decisions of the Bureau of 28 January 2022 requiring ratification by the Assembly

1.1 References and transmissions to committees

The Bureau considered and approved the following references:

• Doc. 15413, Motion for a resolution, The need to ensure free access to historical documents: transmission to the Committee on Legal Affairs and Human Rights for information;
• Follow-up to the current affairs debate - Recent challenges to security in Europe: what role for the Council of Europe?: reference to the Committee on political affairs and democracy for report.

1.2 Request for an extension of reference

The Bureau considered and approved the request to extend a reference:

• Doc. 14382, Motion for a resolution, The continuing need to restore human rights and the rule of law in the North Caucasus region (Reference 4333 of 13 October 2017): extension until 30 June 2022.

1.3 Committee on Rules of Procedure, Immunities and Institutional Affairs

The Bureau:

• on the basis of a proposal by the Turkish delegation, appointed Mr Ahmet Yıldız (NR) as a member;
• on the basis of a proposal by the EPP/CD Group, appointed Mr Anastasios Chatzivasileiou (Greece) as a member.

1.4 Monitoring Committee

The Bureau, on the basis of a proposal by the Group SOC, appointed Mr Tony Lloyd (United Kingdom) as a member.