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Mr Constantinos EFSTATHIOU (Cyprus, SOC)

Mandates

In the political groups

  • Member: Socialists, Democrats and Greens Group since 22/01/2024
  • Vice-Chairperson: Socialists, Democrats and Greens Group from 23/01/2023 to 21/01/2024
  • Member: Socialists, Democrats and Greens Group from 27/01/2020 to 22/01/2023
  • Vice-Chairperson: Socialists, Democrats and Greens Group from 21/01/2019 to 26/01/2020
  • Member: Socialists, Democrats and Greens Group from 01/08/2017 to 20/01/2019
  • Member: Socialist Group from 23/01/2017 to 31/07/2017
  • Vice-Chairperson: Socialist Group from 20/06/2016 to 22/01/2017

In the Assembly

  • since 20/06/2016 Substitute - Cyprus

In the committee(s) and sub-committee(s)

  • Member: Committee on Rules, Ethics and Immunities (since 26/01/2026)
  • Chairperson: Committee on Rules, Ethics and Immunities (from 25/06/2025 to 25/01/2026)
  • Chairperson of the Committee on Rules, Ethics and Immunities: Bureau of the Assembly (from 25/06/2025 to 25/01/2026)
  • Chairperson of the Committee on Rules, Ethics and Immunities: Standing Committee (from 25/06/2025 to 25/01/2026)
  • Member: Committee on Rules, Ethics and Immunities (from 12/04/2025 to 24/06/2025)
  • Third Vice-Chairperson: Committee on Culture, Science, Education and Media (from 23/01/2024 to 27/01/2025)
  • Member: (Former) Committee on Rules of Procedure, Immunities and Institutional Affairs (from 31/01/2020 to 11/04/2025)
  • Full Member SOC: Committee on the Election of Judges to the European Court of Human Rights (since 27/01/2020)
  • Second Vice-Chairperson: Committee on the Election of Judges to the European Court of Human Rights (from 22/01/2019 to 28/01/2020)
  • Alternate SOC: Committee on the Election of Judges to the European Court of Human Rights (from 16/03/2018 to 26/01/2020)
  • Second Vice-Chairperson: Committee on Culture, Science, Education and Media (from 23/01/2018 to 20/01/2019)
  • Full Member: Committee on Legal Affairs and Human Rights (since 20/06/2016)
  • Full Member: Committee on Culture, Science, Education and Media (since 20/06/2016)
  • Full Member: Sub-Committee on Culture, Education and Democratic Values (since 27/01/2026)
  • Chairperson: Sub-Committee on the implementation of judgments of the European Court of Human Rights (from 28/01/2025 to 25/06/2025)
  • Full Member: Sub-Committee on Youth and the Society of the Future (from 23/01/2024 to 27/01/2026)
  • Full Member: Sub-Committee on Media and Information Society (since 23/01/2024)
  • Full Member: Sub-Committee on Artificial Intelligence and Human Rights (since 23/01/2023)
  • Full Member: Sub-Committee on the implementation of judgments of the European Court of Human Rights (from 04/04/2022 to 26/01/2026)
  • Full Member: Sub-Committee on Human Rights (from 22/03/2021 to 25/01/2022)
  • Full Member: Sub-Committee on the implementation of judgments of the European Court of Human Rights (from 22/03/2021 to 25/01/2022)
  • Chairperson: Sub-Committee on Culture, Diversity and Heritage (from 25/01/2021 to 22/01/2023)
  • Vice-Chairperson: Sub-Committee on Culture, Diversity and Heritage (from 30/01/2020 to 24/01/2021)
  • Vice-Chairperson: Sub-Committee on Education, Youth and Sport (from 27/05/2019 to 29/01/2020)
  • Full Member: Sub-Committee on Human Rights (from 21/01/2019 to 24/01/2021)
  • Full Member: Sub-Committee on the implementation of judgments of the European Court of Human Rights (from 21/01/2019 to 24/01/2021)
  • Full Member: Sub-Committee on Human Rights (from 26/01/2017 to 24/01/2018)
  • Full Member: Sub-Committee on the implementation of judgments of the European Court of Human Rights (from 26/01/2017 to 24/01/2018)
  • Full Member: Sub-Committee on Culture, Diversity and Heritage (from 23/06/2016 to 21/01/2024)
  • Full Member: Sub-Committee on Education, Youth and Sport (from 23/06/2016 to 21/01/2024)
  • Alternate of Ms Christiana EROTOKRITOU (Full Member): Committee on Social Affairs, Health and Sustainable Development (since 27/01/2020)
  • Alternate of Ms Christiana EROTOKRITOU (Full Member): Committee on Equality and Non-Discrimination (from 27/01/2020 to 28/01/2025)
  • Alternate of Ms Christiana EROTOKRITOU (Full Member): Committee on Equality and Non-Discrimination (since 26/01/2026)

Interventions

Last speeches

29/01/2026 | 13:06:53 (Undelivered speech, Rules of Procedure Art. 31.2)   Dear Colleagues, The right to self-determination together with the right of peoples and states to determine their own futures free from external interference is a core principle of international law. In reality, almost the totality of the problems and misery in the Middle East comes as a result of the denial of the principle of self determination at the beginning of the 20th century. At the same time, colonialism and foreign intervention... 09/04/2025 | 19:51:02 Thank you. I wish to thank all the interventions. And what comes out from the interventions is that it is obvious that we need a stronger political will. Governments must treat judgments as opportunities to prove, to reform, and to progress. The second is that national parliaments need to play a more active role in overseeing implementation. Transparency, accountability, and civil society participation are crucial. The third is that we must strengthen the tools at the disposal of the Council... 09/04/2025 | 18:55:48 Thank you, Madam Chair. Friends, This is an important year. This year is the 75th anniversary of the European Convention on Human Rights. The Convention and the Court are monumental achievements in the history of our continent. Judgments of the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) have led to the release of political prisoners; protections of speech, assembly and association that are the bedrock of democratic life; the decriminalisation of homosexuality; the development of fairer trials; an... 02/10/2024 | 16:42:48 Thank you. Thank you, Mister President. As rightly stated by the President of the Parliamentary Assembly, Mr Theodoros ROUSOPOULOS, whilst we are all aware of the immunities accorded to us as members of the Assembly, this is the first time that such a matter comes before the Assembly. And importantly, we should welcome the fact that Mr Marcin ROMANOWSKI's immunity as a member of the Assembly was recognised and respected by the authorities. This was not obviously going to be the case when the... 02/10/2024 | 10:27:27 Thank you for this very revealing report. This must be a wake-up call. The ASSANGE case must truly be a wake-up call for the future in the face of the suppression of political freedoms for European citizens in the name of an abusive political correctness. The unfair treatment of Mr Julian ASSANGE is shocking. This is an obstacle to the defence of human rights, and especially media freedom and freedom of information. Mr Julian ASSANGE was instrumentalised in order to create a climate of fear...

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