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First part of the 2024 Ordinary Session

(22-26 January 2024)

Agenda | Doc. 15884 | 26 January 2024

Origin: Adopted by the Assembly on 22 January 2024. 2024 - First part-session

Abbreviations
Meetings outside the Chamber

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
EC/DA European Conservatives Group and Democratic Alliance
ALDE Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe
UEL Group of the Unified European Left
NR Members not belonging to a political group

Joint Committee

Thursday13:00 - 14:00

Bureau of the Assembly

Monday08:00 - 09:30
Friday08:30 - 10:00

Committees

Monday18:00 - 19:30
Tuesday08:30 - 10:30
Tuesday10:30 - 12:30
Wednesday10:30 - 12:30
Thursday08:30 - 09:45
Thursday14:00 - 15:15

Political groups

Monday09:30 - 11:45
Monday13:30 - 15:15
Wednesday08:30 - 10:30

Sitting 12:00 - 13:00 (No. 1)
Sitting 15:30 - 17:30 (No. 2)

Opening of the part-session

Examination of the credentials

List of delegations:

Election of the President of the Assembly (AS/Inf (2024) 03)

Election of the Vice-Presidents of the Assembly (AS/Inf (2024) 01)

Appointment of members of committees (Commissions (2024) 01 and Add. 1)

Request for debate:

Urgent procedure debate: "Situation of the children of Ukraine"

Adoption of the agenda

Approval of the minutes of the Standing Committee (Vaduz, 28 November 2023) (AS/Per (2023) PV 04)

Debate

Progress report of the Bureau and the Standing Committee

Presentation by:

Mr Tiny KOXNetherlandsUELRapporteurAS/Bur

Doc. 15885 Doc. 15885 Add. 1 Doc. 15885 Add. 2 rev Doc. 15885 Add. 3 Doc. 15885 Add. 4 Doc. 15885 Add. 5

Observation of the early parliamentary elections in Serbia (17 December 2023)

Presentation by:

Mr Stefan SCHENNACHAustriaSOCRapporteurAS/Bur

Debate

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

Observation of the early parliamentary elections in Serbia (17 December 2023) (continued)

List of speakers (deadline for registration: Monday 22 January, 12:00)

Address

Annual activity report 2023 by the Council of Europe Commissioner for Human Rights (CommHR(2024)3)

Presentation by:

Ms Dunja MIJATOVIĆ Council of Europe Commissioner for Human Rights

Questions (deadline for registration: Monday 22 January, 12:00)

Sitting 14:30 - 20:00 (No. 3)

Elections (14:30 - 18:00)

Council of Europe Commissioner for Human Rights

List of candidates:

Doc. 15870 Doc. 15885 Add. 2 rev

Judges to the European Court of Human Rights

Lists of candidates:

Bulgaria

Doc. 15867 rev Doc. 15885 Add. 3

Lithuania

Doc. 15877 Doc. 15885 Add. 3

Luxembourg

Doc. 15876 Doc. 15885 Add. 3

Address (14:30 - 15:30)

His Excellency Mr Nikos CHRISTODOULIDES, President of the Republic of Cyprus

Questions (deadline for registration: Monday 22 January, 16:30)

Address (15:30 - 16:30)

His Excellency Mr Jakov MILATOVIĆ, President of Montenegro

Questions (deadline for registration: Monday 22 January, 16:30)

Debate

Recent developments in the Middle East: Hamas’ terrorist attack on Israel and Israel’s response

Presentation by:

Mr Piero FASSINOItalySOCRapporteurAS/Pol

Doc. 15890 Doc. 15890 Add.

List of speakers (deadline for registration: Monday 22 January, 16:30)
Amendments (deadline for tabling: Monday 22 January, 10:00)
Vote on a draft resolution (Doc. 15890)

Debate

The theme of migration and asylum in election campaigns and the consequences on the welcoming and rights of migrants

Presentation by:

Mr Pierre-Alain FRIDEZSwitzerlandSOCRapporteurAS/Mig

Mr Tural GANJALIYEVAzerbaijanEC/DARapporteur for opinionAS/Pol

List of speakers (deadline for registration: Monday 22 January, 16:30)
Amendments (deadline for tabling: Monday 22 January, 10:00)
Vote on a draft resolution (Doc. 15832)

Sitting 14:30 - 20:00 (No. 4)

Elections (2nd round) (14:30 - 18:00)

Council of Europe Commissioner for Human Rights

List of candidates:

Doc. 15870 Doc. 15885 Add. 2 rev

Judge to the European Court of Human Rights

List of candidates:

Bulgaria

Doc. 15867 rev Doc. 15885 Add. 3

Address (14:30 - 15:30)

Mr Daniel RISCH, Prime Minister of Liechtenstein

Questions (deadline for registration: Tuesday 23 January, 19:00)

Debate

Globalisation in times of crisis and war: the role of the OECD since the Russian Federation's aggression against Ukraine

Presentation by:

Mr Bertrand BOUYXFranceALDERapporteurAS/Pol

Doc. 15868: Mr George KATROUGALOS (Greece, UEL)

Ms Liliana TANGUYFranceALDERapporteur for opinionAS/Soc

Statement by:

Mr Mathias CORMANN Secretary-General of the OECD

List of speakers (deadline for registration: Tuesday 23 January, 19:00)
Amendments (deadline for tabling: Monday 22 January, 14:30)
Vote on a draft resolution (Doc. 15868)

Debate

Challenge, on substantive grounds, of the still unratified credentials of the parliamentary delegation of Azerbaijan

Presentation by:

Mr Mogens JENSENDenmarkSOCRapporteurAS/Mon

Ms Ingjerd Schie SCHOUNorwayEPP/CDRapporteur for opinionAS/Pro

List of speakers (deadline for registration: Tuesday 23 January, 19:00)
Amendments (deadline for tabling: Tuesday 23 January, 18:00)
Vote on a draft resolution (Doc. 15898)

Debate

Allegations of systemic torture and inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment in places of detention in Europe

Presentation by:

Mr Constantinos EFSTATHIOUCyprusSOCRapporteurAS/Jur

List of speakers (deadline for registration: Tuesday 23 January, 19:00)
Amendments (deadline for tabling: Monday 22 January, 14:30)
Vote on a draft resolution (Doc. 15880)

Sitting 10:00 - 12:30 (No. 5)
Sitting 15:30 - 20:00 (No. 6)

Debate under urgent procedure

Situation of the children of Ukraine

Presentation by:

Ms Olena KHOMENKOUkraineEC/DARapporteurAS/Soc

Ms Sandra ZAMPAItalySOCRapporteur for opinionAS/Mig

Statement by:

Ms Olena Volodymyrivna ZELENSKA First Lady of Ukraine (online)

List of speakers (deadline for registration: Wednesday 24 January, 19:00)
Amendments (deadline for tabling: Wednesday 24 January, 18:00)
Votes on a draft resolution and a draft recommendation (Doc. 15901)

Address (11:30 - 12:30)

Communication from the Committee of Ministers

Presentation by:

Ms Dominique HASLER Minister of Foreign Affairs, Education, and Sport of Liechtenstein and President of the Committee of Ministers

Parliamentary question:

Questions (deadline for registration: Wednesday 24 January, 19:00)
Written questions (deadline for tabling: Monday 15 January, 12:00)

Address (15:30 - 16:30)

Communication from the Secretary General of the Council of Europe

Presentation by:

Ms Marija PEJČINOVIĆ BURIĆ

Questions (deadline for registration: Thursday 25 January, 11:30)

Debate

A democratic future for Belarus

Presentation by:

Mr Kimmo KILJUNENFinlandSOCRapporteurAS/Pol

Doc. 15892 Doc. 15892 Add.

Mr Emanuelis ZINGERISLithuaniaEPP/CDRapporteur for opinionAS/Jur

Statement by:

Ms Sviatlana TSIKHANOUSKAYA Leader of the Belarusian democratic forces

List of speakers (deadline for registration: Thursday 25 January, 11:30)
Amendments (deadline for tabling: Tuesday 23 January, 15:30)
Votes on a draft resolution and a draft recommendation (Doc. 15892)

Joint debate

Countering SLAPPs: an imperative for a democratic society

Presentation by:

Mr Stefan SCHENNACHAustriaSOCRapporteurAS/Cult

Mr Davor Ivo STIERCroatiaEPP/CDRapporteur for opinionAS/Jur

Guaranteeing media freedom and the safety of journalists: an obligation of member States

Presentation by:

Mr Mogens JENSENDenmarkSOCRapporteurAS/Cult

List of speakers (deadline for registration: Thursday 25 January, 11:30)
Amendments (deadline for tabling: Tuesday 23 January, 15:30)
Votes on a draft resolution and a draft recommendation (Doc. 15869)
Votes on a draft resolution and a draft recommendation (Doc. 15891)

Sitting 10:30 - 13:00 (No. 7)

Debate

Child abuse in institutions in Europe

Presentation by:

Mr Pierre-Alain FRIDEZSwitzerlandSOCRapporteurAS/Soc

Mr Constantinos EFSTATHIOUCyprusSOCRapporteur for opinionAS/Jur

List of speakers (deadline for registration: Thursday 25 January, 19:00)
Amendments (deadline for tabling: Wednesday 24 January, 10:30)
Votes on a draft resolution and a draft recommendation (Doc. 15889)

Debate

The progress of the Assembly's monitoring procedure (January-December 2023)

Presentation by:

Mr Piero FASSINOItalySOCRapporteurAS/Mon

List of speakers (deadline for registration: Thursday 25 January, 19:00)
Amendments (deadline for tabling: Wednesday 24 January, 10:30)
Vote on a draft resolution (Doc. 15893)

Progress report (continued)

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

Addendum:

Doc. 15885 Add. 6

Constitution of the Standing Committee

Appointment of the members of the Standing Committee (Commissions (2024) 02)

Closure of the part-session