21/06/2021 | 16:12:29 Thank you. Dear colleagues, I would like to draw your attention to the fact that after the ceasefire statement of the 9th of November Azerbaijani authorities haven't yet released Armenian prisoners of war including civilians. Today 13 Armenian POWs have trials in Azerbaijan. They are false criminal proceedings against the Armenian POW's in Azerbaijan, which violates the international humanitarian law. President Aliyev states that he will not release our POWs unless he receives the mine maps... 19/04/2021 | 17:16:16 Thank you, Madam Chair. I would like to touch an issue that just a week ago in Azerbaijan happened which is a really disgusting event. So, the public TV in Azerbaijan broadcasted an hour-long program inaugurating a new Museum in Baku to celebrate the victory in the 44th day in Nagorno-Karabakh. In this show of terror, the president of Azerbaijan, Ilham Aliyev was seen proudly walking around in a military uniform showing off the Armenian military equipment and the life-size installation of the... 25/01/2021 | 18:22:30 Thank you, Madam President. I would like to react to a decision of the Bureau of the PACE not to hold the current affairs debate about Armenian prisoners of war in Azerbaijan. So I think we have a lot of important issues to debate here but this issue is a very important one that was ignored by the Bureau and after that the Chairman of the Azerbaijani delegation is here talking about confidence-building, you're talking about peace, but how can we talk about confidence-building when Azerbaijan... 30/01/2020 | 12:12:38 Now. Now it works. Thank you, Mister Chairman. Dear colleagues, ladies and gentlemen, First of all I would like to thank the rapporteur for this great work, this extraordinary report which is a serious report about political prisoners in Azerbaijan. Actually I understand Mr Samad SEYIDOV, why he's angry that we are having speeches. Our main concern is about our neighboring country. We need stable, predictable neighbor, democratic neighbor, which is, by the way, a member of the Council of... 29/01/2020 | 17:05:55 Thank you. Dear colleagues, I will begin my speech with the statute of the Council of Europe Article 1: "The aim of the Council of Europe is to achieve a greater unity between its members for the purpose of safeguarding and realising the ideals and principles which are their common heritage and facilitating their economic and social progress. This aim shall be pursued through the organs of the Council by discussion of questions of common concern and by agreements and common action in economic... 28/01/2020 | 18:46:05 It doesn't work. Thank you, Mr Chairman, dear colleagues, First of all, I'd like to thank the rapporteurs of this report. One of the most significant achievements of the Council of Europe is the development and adoption of the European Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms. Article 10 of the Convention, which guarantees human right to freedom of expression and opinion as well as disseminating information and ideas without any restriction is the foundation of... 02/10/2019 | 18:30:16 Thank you, Mr Chairman. As we all heard, I have to answer our Azerbaijani colleagues. Actually, I have a speech which is pan-European, which is about the fight against terrorism. But I'm wondering if the Azerbaijani delegates here are speaking about terrorism and speaking about Armenia in a situation when we were debating here. And while we were debating here today, an Armenian soldier was attacked and wounded in Armenia in the Tavush region — not in Nagorno-Karabakh, in the Tavush region of... 02/10/2019 | 10:28:04 Thank you, Mr Chairman. Dear colleagues, Ladies and gentlemen, First of all, on behalf of the ALDE group, let me thank the rapporteur Lord Richard BALFE for his valuable work and emphasise some important aspects. As a former human rights advocate, I must underline the importance of such mechanisms directed towards the empowerment and protection of ombudsmen institutions. In a true democracy, it is critical that governments can be properly held accountable for their actions. But whom should a... 01/10/2019 | 11:00:23 Thank you, Madam President. I would like to thank the rapporteur, Mr Sylvain WASERMAN, for his efforts to make a real cultivated report that creates an opportunity to share our ideas on this very crucial topic. Starting my speech, there is no doubt whistleblowers now have a unique role to play in local and regional governance. At the subnational level, the one closest to the citizens, it is easier to detect alleged violations of law than at the national level. This also means that local and... 11/04/2019 | 16:15:49 I thank the rapporteur Mr Mart van de VEN for his extraordinary work in this report, which raises important issues and targets the reinforcement of the international fight against money laundering, organised crime and corruption. They are serious and growing threats to the rule of law and are obstacles to democratic and economic development in any country. Corruption is one of the main obstacles in the development of institutions in developing countries. Governments around the world must step...