Activities of the Assembly’s Bureau and Standing Committee (30 September 2024)
Progress report
| Doc. 16045 Add. 1
| 30 September 2024
- Committee
- Bureau of the Assembly
- Rapporteur :
- Mr Iulian BULAI,
Romania, ALDE
1 Decisions of
the Bureau of 30 September 2024 requiring ratification by the Assembly
1.1 Election of judges
to the European Court of Human Rights
The Bureau took note of the report drawn up by the Committee
on the election of judges following interviews with candidates for
the post of judges in respect of Cyprus and Poland, including its
decision to proceed with the interviews of candidates for the post
of judge in respect of Slovenia during its next meeting and its recommendation
to reject the list as regard Cyprus, subject to ratification by
the Assembly through the progress report (Doc. 16045 Add. 2).
1.2 Composition of
the Honouring of Obligations and Commitments by Member States of
the Council of Europe (Monitoring Committee)
On the basis of a proposal by the EPP/CD Group, the Bureau
nominated Ms Marija Petrushevska (North Macedonia) as a member.
On the basis of proposals by the EC/DA Group, the Bureau nominated
as members: Lord David Blencathra (United Kingdom) instead of Ms
Jill Mortimer (United Kingdom); Sir Christopher Chope (United Kingdom); Ms Victoria
Tiblom (Sweden) instead of Ms Beatrice Timgren (Sweden); Mr Norbert
Kleinwächter (Germany); Ms Alexandra Schoos (Luxembourg).
On the basis of a proposal by the ALDE Group, the Bureau nominated
Mr Petri Honkonen (Finland) as a member.
1.3 Composition of
the Committee on Rules of Procedure, Immunities and Institutional
Affairs
On the basis of a proposal by the EC/DA Group, the Bureau
nominated Mr Marco Dreosto (Italy) as a member.
1.4 Composition of
the Committee on the Election of Judges to the European Court of
Human Rights
On the basis of proposals by the EC/DA Group, the Bureau nominated
as members: Lord David Blencathra (United Kingdom) and Mr Harald
Weyel (Germany).
The Assembly is invited to ratify
these Bureau decisions.
2 Other decisions
by the Bureau
2.1 Fourth part-session
of 2024 (Strasbourg, 30 September - 4 October)
2.1.1 Requests for
debates under urgent procedure
The Bureau took note of the request tabled by the leaders
of the five political groups to hold a debate on:
- Missing
persons due to the war of aggression of the Russian Federation against
Ukraine: prisoners of war and civilians in captivity:
decided to recommend to the Assembly to hold this debate; agreed
to modify the title as follows: Missing persons, prisoners of war
and civilians in captivity, due to the war of aggression of the
Russian Federation against Ukraine, and to refer the matter to the
Committee Migration, Refugees and Displaced Persons for report.
The Bureau also took note of the request tabled by the Committee
on Social Affairs, Health and Sustainable Development to hold a
debate on:
- The emergency healthcare and humanitarian situation
of women and children in Gaza, and decided to recommend
to the Assembly not to hold this debate.
2.1.2 Requests for
current affairs debates
The Bureau took note of the requests for the Assembly to hold
current affairs debates on:
- Deteriorating situation of human rights, Rule
of law and democracy in Azerbaijan, tabled by the leaders of
the five political groups: decided to recommend to the Assembly
to hold this debate and appointed Ms Lise Christoffersen (Norway,
SOC) as the first speaker;
- Situation in the Middle-East:
escalation of violence and mounting humanitarian crisis particularly
in Gaza; tabled by leaders of the EPP/CD, EC/DA and ALDE
political groups: decided to recommend to the Assembly to hold this
debate and appointed Ms Saskia Kluit (Netherlands, SOC) as the first
speaker.
2.1.3 Draft agenda
The Bureau updated the agenda of the part-session.
2.1.4 Joint Committee
The Bureau prepared the meeting of the Joint Committee.
2.2 Progress report
of the Bureau of the Assembly and of the Standing Committee (28
June- 29 September 2024)
The Bureau approved the Progress report (Doc. 16045).
2.3 Election observation
2.3.1 Bulgaria – early
parliamentary elections (27 October 2024)
The Bureau approved the list of members of the ad hoc committee
to observe these elections (Appendix).
2.3.2 Republic of Moldova:
Presidential election and Constitutional Referendum (20 October 2024)
The Bureau took note of the statement of the pre-electoral
mission held on 17-18 September 2024.
2.3.3 Georgia: Parliamentary
elections (26 October 2024)
The Bureau took note of the statement of the pre-electoral
mission held on 23-24 September 2024.
2.4 Communications
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. It held an exchange of views with
the Secretary General of the Council of Europe.
Appendix – List of members of the ad hoc
committee to observe the early parliamentary elections in Bulgaria
(27 October 2024)
Chairperson / Président: Mr /
M. Oleksii GONCHARENKO, Ukraine
Socialists, Democrats and Greens Group
/ Groupe des socialistes, démocrates et verts (SOC)
- Mr / M. Yunus EMRE,
Türkiye
- Ms / Mme Bisera KOSTADINOVSKA-STOJCHEVSKA,
North Macedonia / Macédoine du Nord
- Mr / M. Saša MAGAZINOVIĆ, Bosnia and Herzegovina / Bosnie-Herzégovine
- zz
- zz
- zz
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 Andrea EDER-GITSCHTHALER,
Austria / Autriche
- Mr / M. Chris SAID, Malta / Malte
- Ms / Mme Maria SYRENGELA, Greece
/ Grèce
- zz
- zz
Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for
Europe (ALDE) / Alliance des démocrates et des libéraux pour l’Europe
(ADLE)
- Mr /
M. Mehmet AKALIN, Türkiye
- Mr / M. Alfred HEER, Switzerland / Suisse
- Ms / Mme Lucia PLAVAKOVA, Slovak
Republic / République slovaque
- zz
Substitutes / Suppléant·es
- Ms / Mme Carla
MOONEN, Netherlands / Pays- Bas
European Conservatives Group and Democratic
Alliance (EC/DA) / Groupe des conservateurs européens et Alliance
démocratique (CE/AD)
- Mr / M. Oleksii GONCHARENKO,
Ukraine
- Mr / M. Daniel MILEWSKI, Poland / Pologne
- Ms / Mme Heather WHEELER, United
Kingdom / Royaume-Uni
- zz
Group of the Unified European Left (UEL)
/ Groupe pour la gauche unitaire européenne (GUE)
- Ms / Mme Sevilay
ÇELENK ÖZEN, Türkiye
Co-rapporteur·es AS/MON (ex officio)
- Ms / Mme Deborah
BERGAMINI, Italy / Italie – EPP/CD (TBC) (excused)
- Ms / Mme Thórhildur Sunna ÆVARSDÓTTIR,
Iceland / Islande – SOC (excused)
Venice Commission / Commission de Venise
- Mr / M. Richard BARRETT,
Ireland / Irlande – Member of the Venice Commission / membre de
la Commission de Venise
- Mr / M. Domenico VALLARIO, Venice Commission Secretariat
/
Secrétariat de la Commission de Venise
