1st part of the 2016 Ordinary Session (25-29 January 2016)

Agenda | Doc. 13932 | 25 January 2016

Origin

Adopted by the Assembly on 25 January 2016.. 2016 - First part-session

• Preamble
• Monday 25January 2016
• Tuesday 26January 2016
• Wednesday 27January 2016
• Thursday 28January 2016
• Friday 29January 2016

• 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

• EPP/CD Group of the European People's Party
• SOC Socialist Group
• ALDE Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe
• EC European Conservatives Group
• UEL Group of the Unified European Left
• NR Representatives not belonging to a political group

Bureau of the Assembly

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

Committees

• Monday14:00 - 15:00
• Tuesday08:30 - 10:00
• Tuesday14:00 - 15:30
• Wednesday14:00 - 15:30
• Thursday08:30 - 10:00
• Thursday14:00 - 15:30

Political groups

• Monday09:30 - 11:30
• Monday17:00 - 19:00
• Wednesday08:30 - 10:00

• Sitting 11:30 - 13:00 (No. 1)
• Sitting 15:00 - 17:30 (No. 2)

Opening of the part-session

Examination of the credentials

List of delegations:

Doc. 13953

Election of the President of the Assembly

Election of the Vice-Presidents of the Assembly (AS/Inf (2016) 01)

Appointment of members of committees (Commissions (2016) 01 + Addendum 1)

Requests for debate:

Urgent procedure debate: “Combating international terrorism while protecting Council of Europe standards and values”

Urgent procedure debate: “The functioning of democratic institutions in Poland”

Urgent procedure debate: “The protection of women and the honest reporting of unpalatable truths”

Current affairs débate: “Recent attacks against women in European cities – the need for a comprehensive response”

Adoption of the agenda

Approval of the minutes of proceedings of the Standing Committee (Sofia, 27 November 2015) (AS/Per (2015) PV 03)

Debate

Progress report of the Bureau and the Standing Committee

Presentation by:

Ms Anne BRASSEURLuxembourgALDERapporteurAS/Bur

Doc. 13945Doc. 13945 Addendum IDoc. 13945 Addendum IIDoc. 13952(Doc.)

• List of speakers (deadline for registration: Monday 25 January, 10:00)

Debate

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

• List of speakers (deadline for registration: Monday 25 January, 10:00)
• [possibly] Vote ()

Address (15:30 - 16:30)

Communication from the Committee of Ministers

Presentation by:

Mr Daniel MITOV Minister for Foreign Affairs of Bulgaria, Chairperson of the Committee of Ministers

• Questions (deadline for registration: Monday 25 January, 12:00)

Debate

Free debate

• List of speakers (deadline for registration: Monday 25 January, 12:00)

• Sitting 10:00 - 13:00 (No. 3)
• Sitting 15:30 - 20:00 (No. 4)

Election (10:00 - 13:00)

Judges to the European Court of Human Rights

List of candidates in respect of:

Cyprus

Doc. 13933Doc. 13945 Addendum II

Joint debate

Escalation of violence in Nagorno-Karabakh and the other occupied territories of Azerbaijan

Presentation by:

Mr Robert WALTER (United Kingdom EC), Rapporteur AS/Pol

Doc. 13930

Inhabitants of frontier regions of Azerbaijan are deliberately deprived of water

Presentation by:

Ms Milica MARKOVIĆBosnia and HerzegovinaSOCRapporteurAS/Soc

Doc. 13931

• List of speakers (deadline for registration: Monday 25 January, 16:30)
• Amendments (deadline for tabling: Monday 25 January, 16:00)
• Vote on a draft resolution (Doc. 13930)
• Vote on a draft resolution (Doc. 13931)

Address (12:00 - 13:00)

Mr Rosen PLEVNELIEV, President of Bulgaria

• Questions

Election (continued) (15:30 - 17:00)

Judges to the European Court of Human Rights

Address (15:30 - 16:30)

Communication from the Secretary General of the Council of Europe

Presentation by:

Mr Thorbjørn JAGLAND

• Questions

Debate

Request for partner for democracy status with the Parliamentary Assembly submitted by the Parliament of Jordan

Presentation by:

Ms Josette DURRIEUFranceSOCRapporteurAS/Pol

Doc. 13936

Mr Jordi XUCLÀSpainALDERapporteur for opinionAS/Jur

Doc. 13955

Mr Valeriu GHILETCHIRepublic of MoldovaEPP/CDRapporteur for opinionAS/Ega

Doc. 13954

Statement by:

Mr Atef TARAWNEH Speaker of the House of Representatives of Jordan

• List of speakers (deadline for registration: Tuesday 26 January, 12:00)
• Amendments (deadline for tabling: Monday 25 January, 16:00)
• Vote on a draft resolution (Doc. 13936)

Debate

Introduction of sanctions against parliamentarians

Presentation by:

Mr Arcadio DÍAZ TEJERASpainRapporteurAS/Pro

Doc. 13944

• List of speakers (deadline for registration: Tuesday 26 January, 12:00)
• Amendments (deadline for tabling: Monday 25 January, 16:00)
• Votes on a draft resolution and a draft recommendation (Doc. 13944)

• Sitting 10:00 - 13:00 (No. 5)
• Sitting 15:30 - 20:00 (No. 6)

[Possibly 2nd round] Election (10:00 - 13:00)

Judges to the European Court of Human Rights

List of candidates in respect of:

Cyprus

Doc. 13933

Joint debate

The Mediterranean Sea: a front door to irregular migration

Presentation by:

Ms Daphné DUMERYBelgiumNRRapporteurAS/Mig

Doc. 13942

Organised crime and migrants

Presentation by:

Mr Irakli CHIKOVANIGeorgiaALDERapporteurAS/Mig

Doc. 13941

• List of speakers (deadline for registration: Tuesday 26 January, 19:00)
• Amendments (deadline for tabling: Tuesday 26 January, 10:30)
• Vote on a draft resolution (Doc. 13942)
• Vote on a draft resolution (Doc. 13941)

[Possibly 2nd round] Election (continued) (15:30 - 17:00)

Judges to the European Court of Human Rights

Joint debate

Debate under urgent procedure: Combating international terrorism while protecting Council of Europe standards and values

Presentation by:

Mr Tiny KOXNetherlandsUELRapporteurAS/Pol

Doc. 13958

Mr Pierre-Yves LE BORGN'FranceSOCRapporteur for opinionAS/Jur

Doc. 13960

Ms Gülsün BİLGEHANTurkeySOCRapporteur for opinionAS/Ega

Doc. 13966

Foreign fighters in Syria and Iraq

Presentation by:

Mr Dirk Van der MAELENBelgiumSOCRapporteurAS/Pol

Doc. 13937

Mr Pieter OMTZIGTNetherlandsEPP/CDRapporteur for opinionAS/Jur

Doc. 13959

Statement by:

Mr Harlem DESIR Minister of State for European Affairs, France

• List of speakers (deadline for registration: Wednesday 27 January, 12:00)
• Amendments (deadline for tabling: Tuesday 26 January, 18:00)
• Vote on a draft resolution (Doc. 13958)
• Votes on a draft resolution and a draft recommendation (Doc. 13937)

Debate

Challenge on procedural grounds of the still unratified credentials of the parliamentary delegation of the Republic of Moldova

Presentation by:

Mr Egidijus VAREIKISLithuaniaEPP/CDRapporteurAS/Pro

Doc. 13962

• List of speakers (deadline for registration: Wednesday 27 January, 12:00)
• Amendments (deadline for tabling: Wednesday 27 January, 10:30)
• Vote on a draft resolution (Doc. 13962)

• Sitting 10:00 - 13:00 (No. 7)
• Sitting 15:30 - 20:00 (No. 8)

Debate under urgent procedure

Recent attacks against women in European cities – the need for a comprehensive response

Presentation by:

Mr Jonas GUNNARSSONSwedenSOCRapporteurAS/Ega

Doc. 13961

• List of speakers (deadline for registration: Wednesday 27 January, 19:00)
• Amendments (deadline for tabling: Wednesday 27 January, 12:00)
• Vote on a draft resolution (Doc. 13961)

Address (12:00 - 13:00)

Ms Lorella STEFANELLI and Mr Nicola RENZI, Captains Regent of San Marino

• Questions

Debate

The situation in Kosovo* [(1) *All reference to Kosovo, whether to the territory, institutions or population, in this text shall be understood in full compliance with United Nations Security Council Resolution 1244 and without prejudice to the status of Kosovo.] and the role of the Council of Europe

Presentation by:

Mr Agustín CONDESpainRapporteurAS/Pol

Doc. 13939

• List of speakers (deadline for registration: Thursday 28 January, 12:00)
• Amendments (deadline for tabling: Wednesday 27 January, 16:00)
• Vote on a draft resolution (Doc. 13939)

Joint debate

Strengthening the protection and role of human rights defenders in Council of Europe member States

Presentation by:

Ms Mailis REPSEstoniaALDERapporteurAS/Jur

Doc. 13943

How to prevent inappropriate restrictions on NGO activities in Europe?

Presentation by:

Mr Yves CRUCHTENLuxembourgSOCRapporteurAS/Jur

Doc. 13940

• List of speakers (deadline for registration: Thursday 28 January, 12:00)
• Amendments (deadline for tabling: Wednesday 27 January, 16:00)
• Votes on a draft resolution and a draft recommendation (Doc. 13943)
• Votes on a draft resolution and a draft recommendation (Doc. 13940)

• Sitting 10:00 - 13:00 (No. 9)

Debate

Access to school and education for all children

Presentation by:

Mr Gvozden Srećko FLEGOCroatiaRapporteurAS/Cult

Doc. 13934

• List of speakers (deadline for registration: Thursday 28 January, 19:00)
• Amendments (deadline for tabling: Thursday 28 January, 10:30)
• Vote on a draft resolution (Doc. 13934)

Debate

Judicial corruption: urgent need to implement the Assembly’s proposals

Presentation by:

Doc. 13824Doc. 13824 Add.Mr Kimmo SASI (Finland, EPP/CD), Rapporteur AS/Jur

• List of speakers (deadline for registration: Thursday 28 January, 19:00)
• Amendments (deadline for tabling: Thursday 28 January, 10:30)
• Votes on a draft resolution and a draft recommendation (Doc. 13824)

Progress report

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

Activity report:

Doc. 13945 Addendum III

Constitution of the Standing Committee

Closure of the part-session