Activities of the Assembly’s Bureau and Standing Committee (26 June 2026)
Progress report
| Doc. 16430 Add. 2
| 26 June 2026
- Author(s):
- Bureau of the Assembly
1 Decisions of
the Bureau of 26 June 2026 requiring ratification by the Assembly
1.1 Follow-up to
the third part-session of 2026 (Strasbourg, 22-26 June 2026)
The Bureau approved the follow-up proposals made by the Secretary
General of the Parliamentary Assembly (Appendix 1).
1.2 References and
transmissions to committees
The Bureau considered and approved the following references:
- Fictional
justice under occupation: a
pseudo-legal system as an instrument of repression, Doc. 16396, motion for a resolution: reference to the Committee
on Legal Affairs and Human Rights for
report and to the Committee of Equality and Non-Discrimination for opinion;
- The New Democratic Pact,
Terms of reference of the Special Committee on the New Democratic
Pact: reference to the Special Committee on the New Democratic Pact for report;
- Promoting the concept of comprehensive security in Council
of Europe member States, Doc. 16403, reference to the Special Committee on the New Democratic
Pact to be taken into account in the preparation
of the report on The New Democratic Pact;
- Europe’s energy sovereignty:
a strategic path toward security and sustainability, Doc. 16411, motion for a resolution: reference to the Committee
on Social Affairs, Health and Sustainable Development for report and to the Committee
on Political Affairs and Democracy for
opinion;
- Taking action against sexually
transmitted infections, Doc. 16416, motion for a resolution: reference to the Committee
on Social Affairs, Health and Sustainable Development for report;
- Europe, democratic Russian
civil society in exile and a democratic future for post-Putin Russia, Doc. 16427, motion for a resolution: reference to the Committee
on Political Affairs and Democracy for report;
- End Israel’s unlawful detention
of Palestinian children, Doc. 16433, motion for a
resolution: reference to the Committee on Social Affairs, Health
and Sustainable Development for report and
to the Committee on Legal Affairs and Human Rights for opinion;
- Protecting the right to education
in Gaza, Doc. 16445, motion for a resolution: reference to the Committee
on Culture, Science, Education and Media for
report.
1.3 Election observation
1.3.1 Palestine: parliamentary
elections (1st November 2026)
The Bureau decided, subject to security conditions, to observe
these elections and to set up an ad hoc committee composed of 20
members (SOC-7; EPP/CD-5; ECPA-4; ALDE-3; UEL-1).
1.4 Anticipation
Summit 2026 (Geneva, Switzerland, 14-15 October)
The Bureau decided to set up an ad hoc committee of the Bureau
to participate in this event, composed of two members of the following
committees: Committee on Political Affairs and Democracy, Committee
on Legal Affairs and Human Rights, Committee on Social Affairs,
Health and Sustainable Development, Committee on Migration, International
Protection and Economic Co-operation, Committee on Culture, Science,
Education and Media, Committee on Equality and Non-Discrimination
and the Special committee on the New Democratic Pact.
The Assembly is invited to ratify
these Bureau decisions.
Appendix – Follow-up to the third part-session
of 2026 (Strasbourg, 22-26 June)
Current affairs debate on The functioning
of the judicial system and the crackdown on the opposition in Türkiye
- Follow-up:
decided to seize the Monitoring Committee for this issue to be taken into account into the preparation
of the report on The honouring of obligations and commitments by
Türkiye.
- Follow-up:
decided to seize the Committee on Legal Affairs and Human Rights for report on Protecting human
rights defenders and independent journalists in Azerbaijan.
Current affairs debate on Migration to
Europe
- Follow-up:
decided to seize the Committee of Migration, International Protection
and Economic Co-operation for this issue to be taken into account in the preparation of the single report merging the two motions:Council of Europe action to protect the human
rights of migrants, asylum-seekers and refugees and The Parliamentary Assembly has to play an active
role in the process launched by the Secretary General concerning
migration, human rights and security.
