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Ms Petra BAYR (Austria, SOC)

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Representative
Deputy
SPÖ

Parlament
AT - 1017 - Wien
Austria

Working language: English

Declarations of interests:
2026 , 2025 , 2024 , 2023 , 2022

Declarations of interest regarding election observations (if applicable)

Latest news

04/06/2026 - President As momentum grows, PACE President urges states to move towards a right to a healthy environment 01/06/2026 - Equality and Non-Discrimination Bringing Roma and Traveller history and stories into the light through culture 01/06/2026 - President During official visit to Greece, Assembly President holds high-level meetings in Athens 22/05/2026 - Standing Committee PACE Standing Committee met in Monaco 22/05/2026 - Standing Committee PACE Standing Committee meeting opens in Monaco with reminders of the need to uphold the Council of Europe’s founding ideals

Mandates

In the political groups

  • Women’s Group President: Socialists, Democrats and Greens Group from 09/10/2023 to 19/04/2026
  • Member: Socialists, Democrats and Greens Group from 22/01/2018 to 08/10/2023
  • Member: Socialists, Democrats and Greens Group since 22/01/2018

In the Assembly

  • since 26/01/2026 Representative - Austria
  • from 22/01/2018 to 25/01/2026 Substitute - Austria

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

  • President of the Assembly: Presidential Committee (since 26/01/2026)
  • President of the Assembly: Bureau of the Assembly (since 26/01/2026)
  • President of the Assembly: Standing Committee (since 26/01/2026)
  • Member: Committee on Rules, Ethics and Immunities (from 12/04/2025 to 25/01/2026)
  • Chairperson of the Committee on the Election of Judges to the European Court of Human Rights: Bureau of the Assembly (from 24/01/2024 to 25/01/2026)
  • Chairperson of the Committee on the Election of Judges to the European Court of Human Rights: Standing Committee (from 24/01/2024 to 25/01/2026)
  • Chairperson: Committee on the Election of Judges to the European Court of Human Rights (from 24/01/2024 to 25/01/2026)
  • General Rapporteur on combating racism and intolerance: Committee on Equality and Non-Discrimination (from 25/01/2022 to 18/03/2024)
  • Full Member SOC: Committee on the Election of Judges to the European Court of Human Rights (from 24/01/2022 to 25/01/2026)
  • Chairperson: Committee on Equality and Non-Discrimination (from 27/01/2020 to 23/01/2022)
  • Chairperson of the Committee on Equality and Non-Discrimination: Bureau of the Assembly (from 27/01/2020 to 23/01/2022)
  • Chairperson of the Committee on Equality and Non-Discrimination: Standing Committee (from 27/01/2020 to 23/01/2022)
  • Ex officio (Rule 44.1 of the Rules of Procedure): Committee on the Election of Judges to the European Court of Human Rights (from 27/01/2020 to 23/01/2022)
  • Member: (Former) Committee on Rules of Procedure, Immunities and Institutional Affairs (from 24/06/2019 to 11/04/2025)
  • Full Member: Committee on Equality and Non-Discrimination (since 22/01/2018)
  • Full Member SOC: Committee on the Election of Judges to the European Court of Human Rights (from 22/01/2018 to 30/01/2020)
  • Full Member: Sub-Committee on Disability, Multiple and Intersectional Discrimination (from 23/01/2024 to 26/01/2026)
  • Full Member: Sub-Committee on Gender Equality (from 25/01/2022 to 27/01/2026)
  • Full Member: Sub-Committee on the Rights of Minorities (from 25/01/2022 to 22/01/2024)
  • Ex officio: Sub-Committee on Gender Equality (from 24/01/2022 to 24/01/2022)
  • Ex officio: Sub-Committee on the Rights of Minorities (from 24/01/2022 to 24/01/2022)
  • Ex officio: Sub-Committee on Disability, Multiple and Intersectional Discrimination (from 24/01/2022 to 24/01/2022)
  • Member: Sub-Committee on Ethics (from 24/01/2022 to 22/01/2023)
  • Full Member: Sub-Committee on Human Rights (from 22/03/2021 to 26/01/2026)
  • Full Member: Sub-Committee on the implementation of judgments of the European Court of Human Rights (from 22/03/2021 to 26/01/2026)
  • Full Member: Sub-Committee on Human Rights (from 28/01/2020 to 24/01/2021)
  • Full Member: Sub-Committee on the implementation of judgments of the European Court of Human Rights (from 28/01/2020 to 24/01/2021)
  • Ex officio: Sub-Committee on Gender Equality (from 27/01/2020 to 23/01/2022)
  • Ex officio: Sub-Committee on the Rights of Minorities (from 27/01/2020 to 23/01/2022)
  • Ex officio: Sub-Committee on Disability, Multiple and Intersectional Discrimination (from 27/01/2020 to 23/01/2022)
  • Chairperson: Sub-Committee on Gender Equality (from 07/03/2019 to 27/01/2020)
  • Full Member: Sub-Committee on Gender Equality (from 24/01/2019 to 27/01/2020)
  • Full Member: Sub-Committee on Disability, Multiple and Intersectional Discrimination (from 01/03/2018 to 29/01/2020)
  • Full Member: Sub-Committee on Human Rights (from 25/01/2018 to 22/01/2019)
  • Alternate of Ms Agnes Sirkka PRAMMER (Full Member): Committee on Legal Affairs and Human Rights (since 26/05/2023)
  • Alternate of Mr Michel REIMON (Full Member): Committee on Legal Affairs and Human Rights (from 27/01/2020 to 10/05/2023)
  • Alternate of Mr Andreas SCHIEDER (Full Member): Committee on Legal Affairs and Human Rights (from 22/01/2018 to 26/01/2020)

Interventions

Last speeches

24/04/2026 | 11:01:33 Thank you very much. That concludes the list of speakers, and the debate is closed. The next item on today’s agenda is the continuation of the debate on the Progress Report of the Bureau and the Standing Committee (Document 16377 Addendum 3). The Bureau has proposed several references to Committees, set out in Addendum 3. These references must be submitted for ratification by the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe in accordance with Rule 26.3. Any objections successfully raised... 23/04/2026 | 11:22:19 I want to thank you all for this very important debate. I remind you that at the end of a current affairs debate, the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe is not asked to decide about a text, but the matter may be referred by the Bureau of the Assembly to the responsible committee for a report. Now I would like to come to the announcement that I already mentioned. I very much regret to inform you that the restricted Assembly document on the agenda of one of our Assembly's... 23/04/2026 | 10:06:51 Good morning, dear colleagues, The sitting is open. I remind members that in order to be registered for the sitting, you should insert your badge when you take your seat and keep it inserted for at least 30 seconds. You should also insert your badge in order to speak or to vote. To request the floor, please press the request button just once. I also want to remind the Assembly that members who have not submitted an annual declaration of interest are required to start any intervention with an... 22/04/2026 | 16:32:05 The next item of business this afternoon is the debate on the report titled "Towards the universal abolition of the death penalty in all circumstances", Document 16375, presented by Ms Gala VELDHOEN on behalf of the Committee on Legal Affairs and Human Rights. This will be followed by statements by Ms Barbara LOCHBIHLER, Commissioner at the International Commission against the Death Penalty, and Ms Antoinette CHAHINE, international human rights defender. In order to finish by 6:30 p.m., I... 22/04/2026 | 15:52:30 Thank you very much, Mr Michael O'FLAHERTY, for this address. I absolutely agree that I think, first and foremost, it's important to protect our Convention system, at the core of everything. But also allow me to single out only one other issue. I think to mention the KlimaSeniorinnen-Urteil decision of the Court of Human Rights. It is really something that is guiding for us, because to protect our environment and to work on the human right to live in a healthy, sustainable and safe...

Activities

Reports and committee opinions

17/03/2026 | Doc. 16361 | Report Procedure for the election of judges to the European Court of Human Rights 05/11/2025 | Doc. 16293 | Report Increasing members’ active participation in the work of the Parliamentary Assembly 24/06/2025 | Doc. 16211 | Report Women's rights in Europe – Progress and challenges 28/01/2025 | Doc. 16107 | Committee Opinion Challenge, on substantive grounds, of the still unratified credentials of the parliamentary delegation of Georgia 31/05/2024 | Doc. 15993 | Report Protecting women human rights defenders in Europe

Motions, Written Declarations, Questions

26/01/2026 | Doc. 16333 | Motion for a resolution Democratising the economy: a new frontier for democratic governance 26/01/2026 | Doc. 16331 | Motion for a resolution The convergence of extremist, autocratic and oligarchic threats to democracy in Europe 09/01/2026 | Doc. 16318 | Motion for a resolution Strengthening the affective and emotional dimension of comprehensive sexuality education to prevent and combat discrimination, hate crime and gender-based violence 23/12/2025 | Doc. 16313 | Written declaration The detention of Temirlan Sultanbekov 17/12/2025 | Doc. 16307 | Written declaration The detention of Rached Ghannouchi

Votes on adopted texts

03/10/2025 | Doc. 16240, vote on the draft text for recommendation Artificial intelligence and migration 03/10/2025 | Doc. 16252, vote on the draft text for resolution Ensuring Parliamentary Assembly members can travel freely to carry out their work 03/10/2025 | Doc. 16250, vote on the draft text for resolution Sexual violence against men and boys 03/10/2025 | Doc. 16240, vote on the draft text for resolution Artificial intelligence and migration 02/10/2025 | Doc. 16272, vote on the draft text for resolution Russia: new threats to European democracies